Sightseeing Spots

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

Take in the romantic night views from a height of 220 meters! 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.This memorable spot is a place you’ll want to visit with someone special. 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

Hisaya-Odori Park

Hisaya-Odori Park reopened in autumn of 2020 as a combined park and shopping space! 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

HAERA

“HAERA” is a coined term combining “prosper” and “era.” It embodies the desire to create the next “prosperity / brilliance” and to become the starting point for new vibrancy in the city and for shaping a new era. The lineup will feature 65 shops, including flagship stores of world-renowned luxury brands; new-classic fashion and lifestyle offerings that generate new culture; and restaurants, sweets, and more spanning everything from high-end to casual dining, with many shops making their Tokai-area debut. Gathering new things and inspiration, it offers a museum-like experiential value that is completed through the unique lens of each visitor. See More

Nagoya City Center

This community exchange hub was established to commemorate the completion of the urban land readjustment project for reconstruction and to contribute to the development of a new Nagoya city. It offers informative exhibitions that showcase the footsteps of Nagoya's urban planning and various aspects of town development in an easily understandable way. Visitors can also relax in the cafe corner while enjoying the cityscape from 50 meters above ground. Moreover, the facility boasts a specialized library on urban development, a rarity in the country, with an impressive collection of around 79,000 books and administrative materials covering topics such as urban planning, architecture, transportation, and the environment. See More

Higashiyama Sky Tower

A restaurant with a view on the highest floor　 Higashiyama Sky Tower stands right next-door to Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens, and was built in 1988 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Nagoya City. The building is 134 meters tall, but because it stands on an 80-meter tall hill, its observation deck is at a total height of over 200 meters. On clear days, you can see as far as Mt. Ontake, the Suzuka mountains, and the Japanese Alps, and at night there's a romantic night view you can gaze at over dinner that has been selected as a Night View Heritage of Japan and one of Japan's 100 best night views. See More

Nagoya Port Toriton

The nickname for the three cable-stayed bridges (Meiko Higashi-ohashi Bridge, Meiko Chuo-ohashi Bridge, and Meiko Nishi-ohashi Bridge) between the Tokai IC and Tobishima IC on the Isewangan Expressway. Among the world's largest cable-stayed ocean bridges, they are often one of the points people want to see on sightseeing boat courses. The main towers on each bridge are colored blue, white, and red respectively. They were completed on March 30, 1998, after eight years of construction. See More

Nabana no Sato

In the site of 230,000 square meters are the following facilities: "Begonia Garden, a Flower Garden of the Andes" where about 12,000 flowers of many kinds vividly bloom throughout the year, a spa named "Nagashima Onsen Satonoyu", "Nagashima Beer Restaurant" where visitors can enjoy three types of local beer, and eight restaurants of Japanese, Chinese and Western styles. See More

Inuyama Castle

The castle tower looks three stories tall, but has four stories inside, plus two basement floors. It was built by Oda Yojiro Nobuyasu in 1537, and is believed to be the oldest type of Japanese castle. It is designated as a National Treasure. The Naruse family lived in the castle since it was bestowed upon them by the second shogun Hidetada in the Edo period until the end of the period, and until 2004, it was one of only a few privately owned castles in Japan. Possession of the castle has now been transferred to the Inuyama Castle Hakutei Bunko, and it is managed by Inuyama City and visited by many people who come to the castle See More