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80th Anniversary Exhibition “Ceramics from Ceramics from Japan”

In this exhibition, we will also be exhibiting wartime ceramic products, centering on works bearing the seal of DURATION JAPAN.

Date : Jul 22, 2025 ～ Oct 3, 2025
World Miniature Bistro Exhibition in Nagoya

[Held from Monday July 28 (Monday) to September 15 (Monday/holiday), 2025] This is a new type of miniature art exhibition filled with the realism of looking into a bistro kitchen…

Date : Aug 23, 2025 ～ Sep 15, 2025
Art Aquarium Exhibition Nagoya 2025

[Held from 7/18 (Friday) to 9/15 (Monday/holiday) from 10:00 to 18:00!] Held in Nagoya for the first time in 7 years since 2018! Immersive entertainment art that uses light, inc…

Date : Jul 18, 2025 ～ Sep 15, 2025
Aichi Aviation Museum: Aircraft that protect our lives 2025

➀ Nagoya City Fire Air Force Fire Helicopter/Disaster Prevention Helicopter Actual fire and disaster prevention helicopters will be exhibited, aircraft etc. will be introduced by…

Date : Sep 13, 2025 , 14 , 20 , 27 , Oct…
10:00～17:00
Aichi International Women's Film Festival 2025

[Held from 9/11 (Thu) to 15 (Monday/holiday)!] The Aichi International Women's Film Festival is the only international women's film festival in Japan that gathers films by female…

Date : Sep 11, 2025 ～ Sep 15
Dam Sake Festival ~ Juku 3rd Stage 2025 ~

[2025/9/13 (Sat) to 9/14 (Sun)] This project started in 2023 by 13 breweries in Aichi and Gifu teaming up with 4 local dams (Yahagi dam, Maruyama dam, Agigawa dam, and Ozatogaw…

Date : Sep 13, 2025 ～ Sep 14
Special exhibition “Hosoneyama Koyama Garden”, the back seat of the Chiyokura family

[Held from 9/11 (Thu) to 10/18 (Sat)!] Mount Hosone, which stretches out at the southeast end of the former Narumi village, It is a villa area owned by the Chiyokura family sinc…

Date : Sep 11, 2025 ～ Oct 18, 2025
Tokugawaen Garden Float Gathering

Date : Sep 13, 2025 ～ Nov 9, 2025
11:00 am–12:00 pm Note: • Event cancellation or a reduced number of floats may occur depending on the weather the day before and the day of.
City Archives Mystery Solving Project No. 3 "Mystery Solving! Who is the protagonist of urban development? - Tracing the roots of urban development in Nagoya"

The third mystery-solving project has begun at the Nagoya City Municipal Archives! Souvenirs will be available for those who participate in the mystery-solving. Please give it a…

Date : Sep 2, 2025 ～ Mar 31, 2026
Collection Exhibition - From Spring to Autumn -

Approximately 180 pieces will be on display, including paintings from the Rococo to the Ecole de Paris period, Art Nouveau glass, and furniture.

Date : Mar 28, 2025 ～ Oct 19, 2025
Hina Doll Festival of the Owari Tokugawa Family special exhibit

Date : Sep 13, 2025 ～ Nov 9, 2025
10:00 am–5:00 pm (admission until 4:30 pm)
Moving Yokai Exhibition NAGOYA ~Imagination of Japan~

This event is the world's first immersive digital art museum where you can immerse yourself in specter art that Japan is proud of, such as “Hyakki Yagyo Emaki,” “Hyakki Yagyo Emak…

Date : Jul 19, 2025 ～ Sep 23, 2025
The Magical Museum 2025

[Held from 8/2 (Sat) to 9/21 (Sun) 10:00-18:00!] look! Touch it! You can play! That popular “super” experiential museum has been powered up, and I'm back in Nagoya! Once you st…

Date : Aug 2, 2025 ～ Sep 21, 2025
Nagoya City Science Museum Special Exhibition “Ancient DNA - The Way the Japanese Came”

[7/19 (Sat) to 9/23 (Tuesday/Holiday)] Ancient DNA research that decodes very little DNA left in the bones of ancient people excavated from ruins and traces the footprints of hum…

Date : Jul 19, 2025 ～ Sep 23, 2025
Nagoya City Center Community Development Lecture “Aiming to Balance Creating Works and Contributing to Society” (Architect Shigeru Ban)

[Held on September 14, 2025!] World-class architect Shigeru Ban, who won the Nobel Prize “Pritzker Prize” in the architectural world, will be on stage! We will approach such acti…

Date : Sep 14, 2025
Paralym Art Exhibition 2025

In this special exhibition, we are exhibiting a total of 13 works: 1 Grand Prize work, 2 Excellent Award works, and 10 Hoyu Award works selected from 175 art contests for people w…

Date : Sep 9, 2025 ～ Nov 30, 2025
10:00-17:00
Special Exhibition “Famous Swordsmiths - From Old Swords to New Swords”

The Nagoya Sword Museum “Nagoya Touken World” will hold a special exhibition “Famous Swordsmiths - From Old Swords to New Swords” in the special exhibition room on the 4th floor o…

Date : Sep 4, 2025 ～ Oct 26, 2025
De La Mirai Nagoya (De La Mirai Nagoya)

[Held on 9/13 (Sat) and 14 (Sun) 10:00-17:00!] On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Aichi Expo (2005 Japan International Exposition), Nagoya City will host the commemor…

Date : Sep 13, 2025 ～ Sep 14
Special Exhibition “Yayoi People and Creatures 2025: An Insects Message”

In this special exhibition, materials related to insects excavated at ruins from the Yayoi period in various places, ritual tools in the shape of insects, and silk products from t…

Date : Jul 19, 2025 ～ Sep 15, 2025
Gorgeous Ceramic Doll Exhibition

Ceramic dolls, which are crafted with great care down to the facial expressions and fingertips, have enriched the hearts of people not only in Japan but also overseas. Ceramics ar…

Date : Sep 19, 2025 ～ Dec 21, 2025
45th Osu Street Performance Festival

Date : Oct 18–20, 2024
Tourism EXPO Japan 2025 Aichi/Chubu-Hokuriku

[General days: 2025/9/27 (Sat) to 2025/9/28 (Sun)] *Since September 25th and 26th are industry days, the general public will not be able to enter. Held for the first time in Aic…

Date : Sep 27, 2025 ～ Sep 28
"Ladle the Moon" Tokugawaen Moon Viewing Party

[Held on 10/4 (Sat) and 5 (Sun)!] This year's Jugoya is on 10/6 (Monday). At the Tokugawa-en Moon Viewing Party, the park is open at night until 20:30, and Japanese boats with mo…

Date : Oct 4, 2025 ～ Oct 5, 2025
Nagoya Antiques Festival

Since 1991, the Nagoya Antique Festival is one of the largest indoor antique events in the Tokai region that has been loved by everyone for over 30 years. Japanese and Western an…

Date : Sep 27, 2025 , 28
72nd Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition Nagoya

[Held from 9/26 (Fri) to 10/6 (Mon) 10:00-17:00!] The Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition is an open call exhibition where artists facing crafts make full use of their skills to …

Date : Sep 26, 2025 ～ Oct 6, 2025
Nagoya Tsurumai International Shogi Class

The Japanese game of shogi—equivalent to Western chess—is a game of strategy and cunning. Thus many may think it to difficult to understand. However, this is not the case! Learn …

Date : Jul 26, 2025 , Aug 30 , Sep 20 , …
9:30 am–11:30 am
Arimatsu Tenmansha Autumn Festival (Arimatsu Float Festival)

[2025/10/5 (Sun)] The “Arimatsu Tenmansha Autumn Festival” is a float festival that has been nurtured in the town of Aki. Three floats (Hotei, Karako, Empress Jingu) designated …

Date : Oct 5, 2025
Shirotori Garden Autumn Dew Festival

[Held from 9/30 (Tue) to 10/19 (Sun)!] At Shiratori Garden, the “Autumn Dew Festival (Autumn Dew Festival)” is held every year during the most comfortable season of the year, whi…

Date : Sep 30, 2025 ～ Oct 19, 2025
Nayabashi Yoichi Beer Festival BIG 4

Each Big Maker will introduce brands that are not usually drinkable in barrels, and each company will be introduced. Beer festival right in the middle of Nagoya! Let's drink a lot…

Date : Sep 26, 2025 , 27
Nagoya Reptiles World 2025

In addition to exhibitions and sales events, it's an event that anyone from adults to children can enjoy all day long, such as a food and drink corner named after exotic animals, …

Date : Sep 20, 2025 , 21
METERLE Ramen Festival with SUSURU TV. supported by SUNTORY: Think for your body Allfree

This is an event where you can enjoy ramen carefully selected by popular ramen YouTuber SUSURU, who has over 1.8 million registered users, and has eaten at over 5,000 ramen shops.…

Date : Sep 26, 2025 ～ Oct 1, 2025
Oasis21 iCenter Hands-On Event (Family crest dyeing)

Oasis21 can help you get a deeper sense of Nagoya through one of its traditional crafts. The city of Nagoya has a rich dyeing tradition going back eons, such as its Arimatsu/Naru…

Date : Sep 16, 2025