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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
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
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
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
Shining in the Dark - Enchanting Beams

When the book comes down, dance Hatsumuru is an enchanting light ― What comes in the dark of Edo is an enchanting stage of light. The darkness of the Edo period, when there wa…

Date : Sep 11, 2025 ～ Jan 18, 2026
9:00～15:30
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
“Minami Kurutto Digital Stamp Rally” northwest edition made by everyone

[2025/9/11 (Thu) to 2025/11/30 (Sun)] The “recommended spots” in Minami Ward that were collected from everyone are now in a stamp rally! The stage for the stamp rally is in th…

Date : Sep 11, 2025 ～ Nov 30, 2025
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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)
Aichi 2025 International Art Festival

Aichi 2025 is one of the largest international art festivals in Japan, and many artists from Japan and abroad participate. We will cross genres such as contemporary art, performin…

Date : Sep 13, 2025 ～ Nov 30, 2025
Junji Ito Exhibition Temptation JUNJI ITO EXHIBITION ENCHANTMENT

Insanity and fear inducing with precision Manga artist Junji Ito depicts a world where beauty and grotesqueness coexist. As his first large-scale original picture exhibition, th…

Date : Oct 11, 2025 ～ Dec 25, 2025
10:00～16:30
Japan Craft Spirits Holiday 2025

[Held on 10/12 (Sun) 11:00-17:00] A festival of Japanese craft spirits where you can meet a special cup. In recent years, “Craft Spirits” has been in the global spotlight. Many …

Date : Oct 12, 2025
39th Craftsmanship of Owari Nagoya Exhibition

Date : Oct 19–Oct 20, 2024
• 9:45 am–6:00 pm; Sat, Oct 19 • 10:00 am–5:00 pm; Sun, Oct 20
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
70th Nagoya Festival

Date : Oct 19–Oct 20, 2024
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
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
Sister City Festival 2024

This event allows participants to deepen their interest in international exchange while enjoying the culture and art of Nagoya's sister and friendship cities and their countries. …

Date : Oct 18, 2025 ～ Oct 19
The 26th Kinsan de Night!

[2025/10/20 (Mon)] I have to enjoy the night of Nishikizo! This is an event where you can enjoy eating, walking, and drinking. This is the 26th time it has been held. After wal…

Date : Oct 20, 2025
Oasis21 iCenter Hands-On Event (Marble pattern dyeing)

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

Date : Oct 20, 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
"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
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
Dode Festival 2024

A fan appreciation event held by the morning information program ""Dodeska!"" (Me-Tele).

Date : Oct 18, 2025 ～ Oct 19
Oasis21 iCenter Hands-On Event (Arimatsu-Narumi Shibori tie-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 : Oct 14, 2025
Special exhibition Uemura Shoen 150th Anniversary Uemura Shoen and Kaburaki Kiyokata -What I want to deliver is a human drama-

This year marks the 150th anniversary of Uemura Shoen's birth. The first Uemura Shoen and Kaburagi Kiyokata exhibition will be held at this museum, which boasts one of the nation'…

Date : Oct 10, 2025 ～ Dec 7, 2025
10:00～16:30
SOCIAL CASTLE MARKET 2025

[Held on 10/4 (Sat) and 10/5 (Sun)!] Following last year, “SOCIAL CASTLE MARKET 2025” will be held again this year at Nagoya's symbol “Nagoya Castle.” Approximately 300 unique s…

Date : Oct 4, 2025 , 5
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
74th Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens Autumn Festival

Date : Oct 5–Nov 17, 2024
9:00 am–4:50 pm (admission until 4:30 pm)
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
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
45th Osu Street Performance Festival

Date : Oct 18–20, 2024
Nagoya Horikawa Cruise in Autumn

It is Horikawa, which was born in 1610 along with the construction of Nagoya Castle, and it is a ship with an inboard guide that operates two routes connecting each boarding point…

Date : Oct 4, 2025 ～ Dec 7, 2025
10:00～16:30(Night cruise: 18:00～20:00)
Endoji Book Walking Road

“Endoji Temple Book Walk” is a flea market-style “book festival” where ordinary book-loving participants and selected bookstores, secondhand bookstores, and publishers gathered fr…

Date : Oct 18, 2025 , 19 , 25 , 26
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
Animal Festival 2025 Nagoya

[2025/10/5 (Sun) 10:00-16:00] It is held every year in conjunction with Animal Welfare Week (9/20-26) so that a wide range of citizens can have fun while deepening their interest…

Date : Oct 5, 2025
Halloween party at LEGOLAND®

Halloween at LEGOLAND® Japan Resort, which is crowded with children who enjoy wearing costumes every year, is “I can take lots of great photos!” It is a popular season for childre…

Date : Oct 3, 2025 ～ Nov 3, 2025
10:00-17:00 (Saturdays and Sundays 10:00-18:00)
Toyota Collection Special Exhibition "Skyscraper - Map-making, Wisdom and Skills in Edo"

The Toyota Collection special exhibition ""Surveying the Heavenly Land - Mapmaking, Wisdom and Skill in Edo"" will be held from October 5th. During the Edo period, there were map…

Date : Oct 4, 2025 ～ Dec 14, 2025
Nagoya Castle Autumn Festival

Date : Oct 5–Nov 24, 2024
9:00 am–4:30 pm (admission until 5:00 pm) Note: • Admission to Hommaru Palace and Nishinomaru Okura Museum until 4:00 pm. • Admission to tea ceremony sessions until 3:45 pm. • Admission to the main tower keep currently unavailable.
Special Exhibition “Fujita Tsuguharu Paintings and Photographs”

I will decipher works by Tsuguharu Fujita using photographs as keywords. Fujita, who has owned a camera since he was young, left thousands of photographs throughout his life. In t…

Date : Sep 27, 2025 ～ Dec 7, 2025
9:30～16:30