Sightseeing Spots

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

The Electricity Museum

This museum has an exhibition room where visitors can learn all about electricity, the environment and energy. The Ohm theater is where interesting experiments help teach the mysteries of science. Patrons can play fun games using their own faces. This participation-oriented museum allows anyone to see, touch and experience science. See More

International Design Center NAGOYA (within NADYA Park)

The world of design is introduced widely at the “creator's shop Loop" (B1) that sells works of and supports activities by creators, and the Design Gallery (4F) where designers and firms make their presentations. This is a strong point to support the design creation. See More

Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art

This museum allows you to gaze over the 300-year history of French art from the 18th to 20th century with French Rococo to Ecole de Paris painted pieces, Art Nouveau glasswork and furniture pieces represented by Emile Galle, and more. ・Easy access, directly connected to Exit 1 of Shinsakae-machi Station on the subway Higashiyama Line ・Many Rococo paintings, including works by Marie Antoinette's personal painters ・The galleries are decorated with chandeliers and wallpaper that turn them into 18th century salons ・Free audio guides available See More

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art opened in 1992 on the 10th floor of the Aichi Arts Center. The museum collects international and domestic art works from the early 20th century to the present which are shown at permanent collection exhibitions. In addition, temporary exhibitions are held periodically based on various art movements or artists. See More

Nagoya City Art Museum

A modern building designed by famous architect Kisho Kurokawa, this art museum houses a collection of about 5000 works that are continually on display including École de Paris artists such as Modigliani, works from Mexican Renaissance, contemporary art, and local Japanese artists. See More