Shrines, museums, parks, and the spots in between, with the access details worked out.
A Nagoya museum of Japanese export ceramics, with more than 5,000 pieces made for overseas markets in the Meiji and Taisho eras and later brought back to Japan.
Nagoya · AichiA Nagoya museum of Japanese swords, samurai armor and ukiyo-e, opened in 2024, with a collection of about 500 swords that includes a National Treasure tanto.
Nagoya · AichiAn indoor attraction in Nagoya built around cute poop, with a poop volcano, a glowing path of poop and games from throwing poop to a ride-on cart.
Nagoya · AichiAichi head shrine of about 3,000 Tsushima shrines across Japan, honouring the deities Gozutenno and Susanoo, with legendary origins in the 3rd century BCE.
Tsushima · AichiInazawa shrine that is the guardian of Owari Province, enshrining the land spirit revered for protecting agriculture and commerce since the Nara period.
Inazawa · AichiPure Land Buddhist temple in Okazaki, founded in 1475 by Matsudaira Chikayoshi to honour the war dead, and the ancestral temple of the Tokugawa shoguns.
Okazaki · AichiA highly revered Nagoya shrine established during Emperor Keiko's reign, it houses the Kusanagi no Tsurugi, one of the three symbols of the Imperial throne.
Nagoya · AichiAn open-air museum in Aichi preserving over 60 buildings from Japan's Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa periods, including Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel.
Inuyama · AichiThis shrine dedicated to fertility and agricultural prosperity enshrines deities rooted in Japan's ancient traditions of harvest blessing and family well-being.
Komaki · AichiSoto Zen temple founded in 1441, known for its guardian deity Inari, who blends Buddhist and Shinto traditions and is linked to fertility and trade.
Toyokawa · AichiCastle constructed in 1612 as the center of a major Edo-era post station, destroyed in World War II bombing but reconstructed since 1957.
Nagoya · AichiOpened in 1935, the museum holds over 10,000 works of the Owari Tokugawa family, including nine National Treasures and the Tale of Genji Illustrated Scrolls.
Nagoya · AichiLinked to Oda Nobunaga's rise, the castle was built 1394-1427 to guard the Ise Kaido and Nakasendo crossroads and was partly rebuilt in 1989 for a centennial.
Kiyosu · AichiA 7.1-hectare theme park in Nagakute built around the worlds of Studio Ghibli films, with five themed zones and restaurants serving character-inspired food.
Nagakute · AichiA Shingon temple in central Nagoya, moved here by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1612, whose Osu Bunko library holds a National Treasure manuscript of the Kojiki.
Nagoya · AichiA gorge on the Tomoe River at Asuke in Aichi, planted with momiji maples in the 17th century and now one of the best known places in Japan for autumn colour.
Toyota · AichiShopping destination reopening September 2026 with one of Japan's largest entertainment zones, featuring 40 character and franchise shops.
Nagoya · AichiCastle with a watchtower believed to be Japan's oldest tenshu, dating to the 1580s and rebuilt multiple times before being seized after the Meiji Restoration.
Inuyama · Aichi
