Sightseeing Spots

Noritake Garden

Opened in commemoration of the 100th year anniversary of the pottery and ceramics maker Noritake. In this premises filled with lush greenery, you can tour a pottery and ceramics factory and museum displaying the Noritake of the good ol' days, as well as paint on patterns for yourself. You can also enjoy shopping for dishes and other tableware in the Noritake-operated store. There is also a restaurant, cafe, and more using Noritake dishes. All buildings are wheelchair accessible. See More

Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology

Established by the Toyota group, this museum preserves and uses a factory building used during the Taisho era (1912–1926) which still remains in the birthplace of the Toyota group as an industrial heritage. Within its walls are the Textile Machinery Pavilion and Automobile Pavilion, where you are introduced to and can easily learn about shifts in technologies of the industry, mainly with textile machinery and automobiles the Toyota group has been involved in, through dynamic displays as well as machine demonstrations by operators. Enjoy a full day here with the additional museum shop, restaurant, cafe, and library. See More

Nagoya Lucent Tower

Nagoya Lucent Tower is a high-grade, high-rise office building located at the north of Nagoya Station. Various kinds of restaurants and cafes are available. See More

Lucent Avenue

Lucent Avenue is a 290-meter long underground passage leading to Lucent Tower from the underground arcade of Nagoya Station. Illumination creates a fantastic spectacle. See More

Midland Square Open-Air Observation Platform Sky Promenade

At the open-air observation platform on the 44th to 46th floors of Midland Square, you can enjoy a giant panorama of Nagoya's night scenery in almost 360 degrees. From 19:00 to 21:30, mist is sprayed every 30 minutes. The changing colors of the mist together with the night views creates a magical space. This memorable spot is a place you’ll want to visit with someone special. See More

KITTE NAGOYA

KITTE NAGOYA is a commercial establishment spanning from the first basement floor and the third floor of JP TOWER NAGOYA, one of the largest building complexes in the Chubu area. It offers Nagoya-ness and novelty as its concept, and broadcasts a new era of Nagoya, adding both excitement and also a low-key and comfortable time for everyone. KITTE NAGOYA aims to be a commercial establishment contributing to the city and lives of its inhabitants. See More

JR Central Towers / JR Gate Tower

JR Central Towers are two towers that rise above JR Nagoya Station, and hold a hotel, offices, a department store, restaurants, and more. JR Gate Tower opened in April 2017 next-door to them, and has commercial facilities, a hotel, specialty stores like Bic Camera and Uniqlo, and more. Together, these buildings form a multipurpose, multi-story city that can cater to a diverse range of needs. There are 76 restaurants between the two facilities—more than any other place like them in Japan. See More

Historic Townscapes of Shikemichi

Shikemichi is a town of merchants located on the west bank of Horikawa River that goes through the castle town of Nagoya. This town was built in 1610, when the whole town of Kiyosu moved to the site with the construction of Nagoya Castle. "Shikemichi" means an about 7 meter-wide street, and the name is derived from the fact that the street's width was expanded for fire protection and for the commercial activities after an inferno occurred in 1700. Storehouses are built on the stone walls and traditional townhouses stand in a row. The landscape as we know it today was completed in the Genbun era (around 1740). It was designated as a townscape preservation area of Nagoya in 1986. See More

Yanagibashi Central Market Marunaka Food Center

Yanagibashi Central Market is a 10-minute walk from Nagoya Station,the biggest transportation hub of Nagoya. As the "pantry of the citizens", the market is crowded with shoppers from early morning. Not only brokers but the general public can purchase fresh foods peculiar to the market. Visitors can also enjoy meals. See More

Hisaya-odori Park

Featuring popular stores from across Japan, the park has a total of around 40 places to shop and eat (21 of which have opened in Nagoya for the first time). As an everyday place for relaxation and refreshment, the park offers various options for fashion, sports, gourmet food, and more. See More

Oasis 21

A three-dimensional park with various facilities, including the glass roof Spaceship-Aqua, where you can take a walk through the sky 14 meters above the ground, a large lawn called the Field of Green, a half-underground Bus Terminal, an underground event facility called the Galaxy Platform, and around 30 different shops. Spaceship-Aqua is lit up at night, so it's very popular as a photo spot. The “Field of Green" is on the ground level where flowers and trees are planted. The “Galaxy Platform" is basement level where many events are held. Also on the ground level, there are various shops and restaurants, and a connecting to bus terminal on the second level. See More

Chubu Electric Power MIRAI TOWER

Gaze out far across a range of mountains including Mt. Ontake and Mt. Hakusan as well as the city of Nagoya from the 90-meter high Sky Deck and 100-meter high Sky Balcony in Hisaya-odori Park, located at the very center of Nagoya in Sakae. Built in 1954, Chubu Electric Power MIRAI TOWER is the first consolidated radio tower built in Japan. The tower was made into a registered tangible cultural property in 2005, and was renovated with a reopening on September 18, 2020. ・New version of the tower light-up! A production that makes Sakae’s night scenery even more beautiful. ・Enjoy a 360° view from Sky Deck MIRAI 360. ・Stay overnight at THE TOWER HOTEL, the world's first tower hotel created in collaboration with artists from the Tokai region! See More

Nagoya City Science Museum

A science museum equipped with NTP Planet, one of the world's largest planetarium domes, with an inside diameter of 35 meters. Along with an exterior design that features the dome's spherical shape, the museum has four large-scale exhibits, including an aurora film viewed in a -30° room and a nine-meter tall man-made tornado. In addition, the building itself acts as an exhibit through its use of solar power and green walls, visible earthquake-resistant structures and elevator mechanisms, and more. See More

Choja-machi Textile Wholesale

Choja-machi Textile Wholesale District is located in the center of Nagoya. It used to be a major textile wholesaling district in Japan. Today, shops dealing in fibers and textiles, variety goods shops, interior furnishing shops dealing in imported furniture, and cafes operate. See More

Aichi Arts Center

Adjacent to Oasis 21, Aichi Arts Center is a consolidated art and culture complex composed of several key facilities. One of these is Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, which has a collection of approximately 8,000 works, while another is the Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, with a main theater, a concert hall, and a mini theater, distinguishing it as one of the largest in the prefecture. There are also art spaces that can be used for lectures, exhibitions, and conferences, an art library where documents related to the arts are collected and made available to the public, a restaurant, an art shop, and more. See More

Nagoya City Environmental Education Center [ECOPAL NAGOYA]

Exhibition room with four themes: Pollution and environmental protection, reducing waste, ecological diversity, and global warming With panels and why/what machines (touch screens) with easy-to-understand explanations, a garbage recycling game to learn about garbage separation, Eco Eco House where you solve puzzles to calculate amounts of CO2 reduction, and more, there are plenty of activities kids will love, too! We also hold temporary exhibitions that change every month. Learn about environmental problems by creating things in a workshop See More

Dental Museum

The Dental Museum was opened in 1989 to promote better understanding of oral hygiene and there are few such museums in Japan. Visitors can enjoy rare experiences including seeing an ancient examination room and checking their knowledge of oral hygiene. See More

Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine

The enshrined deities of Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine are Emperor Nintoku, Emperor Ojin and Takeuchinosukune, a legendary person who served in Japan's first imperial government. Tokugawa Ieyasu designated the shrine to be the main tutelary deity of Nagoya in 1610. In addition to its regular festivals, the Wakamiya Festival held on May 15-16 every year; the harikuyo festival, a memorial service for dull and broken needles; and other festivals and events are held. See More

Hisaya-odori Garden Flarie

Made of 6 themed gardens which allow you to enjoy the city's greenery, flowers, waterscapes, and more while you are able to take walks, eat, and shop. Events and various classes are also held here. See More

MUFG Bank Money & Ukiyo-e Museum (Formerly MUFG Bank Money Museum)

With the aim of contributing to society by preserving cultural properties and educating the public about them, this museum owns around 15,000 rare coins and bank notes and 1,800 ukiyo-e woodblock prints which are put on public display. The money exhibition room displays rare coins and notes from Japan and various countries around the world, including the world's oldest currency in the form of Shang dynasty cowrie shells. The Japanese currency features a gold coin called "Tensho Oban" whose production was ordered by Hideyoshi Toyotomi as well as Edo period currency and printing blocks, few of which are extant today. See More