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1. Noritake Garden
Nagoya has been a pottery and porcelain production center for centuries; today, the city and its vicinity manufacture 90% of Japan's total export...
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2. Museum Meiji Mura
Inuyama City's most important attraction is one of my favorite museums in Japan. In fact, it may well be the main reason for a Nagoya stopover....
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3. Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
This museum seems an odd marriage: It's devoted to both textile machinery and automobile production and technology. That's because the Toyota Group,...
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4. Nagoya Castle
Built for his ninth son by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun, Nagoya Castle was completed in 1612 and served as both a strategic stronghold...
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5. Tokugawa Art Museum
Located on the grounds of a former mansion owned by the Owari branch of the Tokugawa family -- with the original entry gate and a guardhouse still...
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6. Port of Nagoya Aquarium
Young Japanese flock to Nagoya's port area on weekends, drawn by a re-creation of a Venetian village, a small amusement park, a maritime museum,...
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7. Inuyama Castle
Constructed in 1537 atop a bluff overlooking the Kiso River, miraculously surviving centuries of war and earthquake (part of it was damaged by...
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8. Nagashima Spa Land
- Nagashima Spa Land is a major amusement park in Mie Prefecture, Japan. It features several roller coasters, a giant Ferris wheel, and a water park... read more
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9. Asano Book Shop
- This small bookstore specializes in imported, mostly English-language, books. Favorably located in an area that contains many of the city's colleges... read more
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10. Arimatsu Narumi Shibori Kaikan
During the days of the shogun, Arimatsu was a small village on the old Tokaido Highway. Its inhabitants made a living producing tie-dyed cotton...
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The Best of NileGuide
- There’s never a reason to be bored in Nagoya. There are just too many things to do. Start with the must-see attractions, move to the big sights and fine museums, check out some tours, dig in to some outdoor activities, and work your way down to the between-the-cracks, off-the-beaten-path gems. Just leave some time to catch your breath.
