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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
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 “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
Yokoyama Museum of Art Special Exhibition “Cloisonne of Transcendental Technique”

Cloisonne is a beautiful pottery made by fusing glaze to a base such as copper or silver, and its vivid colors can be compared to seven jewels, and it is also called cloisonne. It…

Date : Sep 19, 2025 ～ Dec 21, 2025
10:00～17:00
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
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)
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
Toyota Collection Special Exhibition “Fujin Raijin: Curiosity in Edo and a Journey Toward Electric Power Nurtured by Meiji Science”

Some of the roots of modern electrical appliances lie in tools from the Edo period, and engineers who met electricity laid the foundation for Japanese manufacturing. This time, w…

Date : Oct 4, 2025 ～ Dec 14, 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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
"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
“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
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
Takiko Marche Halloween Party 2025

Under the motto “children can enjoy it with peace of mind,” there are impressive performances by children on stage, and around 50 stores with a variety of gourmet foods, workshops…

Date : Nov 2, 2025
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
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
Sister City Festival 2025

It deepens interest in international exchange while enjoying Nagoya's sister city and the culture and art of that country. In the 7th year of Reiwa, to commemorate the 45th anniv…

Date : Oct 18, 2025 ～ Oct 19
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
45th Osu Street Performance Festival

Date : Oct 18–20, 2024
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
75th Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens Autumn Festival

[Held from 10/11 (Sat) to 11/25 (Tue) 9:00 to 16:50] The fall festival will be held at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens and Higashiyama Sky Tower again this year! Many even…

Date : Oct 11, 2025 ～ Nov 25, 2025
World Collaboration Festa 2025

The World Collaboration Festa is the largest event in the Chubu region to promote “international exchange, international cooperation, multicultural coexistence, and SDGs,” and thi…

Date : Oct 25, 2025 ～ Oct 26
10：00～17：00
An Autumn's Tale

[Held from 10/11 (Sat) to 13 (Mon/Holiday) 9:00-16:30!] There are many events where you can enjoy harvesting and nature, such as sweet potato harvesting experiences and threshing…

Date : Oct 11, 2025 ～ Oct 13
Art Site Nagoya Castle 2024: Walk, drink, listen

An art project with the theme of ""Walking, Milking, Listening"" will be held at Nagoya Castle, a special national historic site visited by over 2 million people from Japan and ab…

Date : Oct 11, 2025 ～ Oct 19
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
70th Nagoya Festival

Date : Oct 19–Oct 20, 2024
Aichi Aviation Museum “Do you know gliders? There is also a sitting experience!”

The Aichi Aviation Museum will hold an event with the theme of “gliders.” A glider is a type of aircraft, and it is a glider that is popular as a sky sport, and the experience of…

Date : Oct 25, 2025 ～ Nov 3, 2025
10:00～16:30
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
Yattokame Festival DOORS 2024 —Open the Door to Nagoya Culture!—

Date : Oct 26–Nov 17, 2024
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Odilon Redon: Crossing Dreams: As a Painter and as a Critic

[2025/10/24 (Friday) to 2026/2/23 (Monday/holiday)] Odilon Redon (1840-1916) is a master of modern French painting known for his fantastic style. In addition to exhibiting mas…

Date : Oct 24, 2025 ～ Feb 23, 2026
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
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
COFFEE EXPO DAY 2025

[2025/11/3 (Monday holiday)] Coffee Expo Day is an annual event connecting consumers with home-roasted shops and cafes under the theme of “the diversity of coffee.” Centering …

Date : Nov 3, 2025