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Aichi

Home to Nagoya and local powerhouse Toyota

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Photo: Castle Moat – Michael / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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Around Aichi

Nagoya

Nagoya

The centrally located city of Nagoya has a long history and a deep culture that is often overlooked by the rest of the countr...

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Inuyama

Inuyama

Inuyama is a city in central Japan, known for the 16th-century Inuyama Castle. Nearby Urakuen is a peaceful garden with the c...

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Upcoming Aichi Events

Laguna Illuminations

Laguna Illuminations

Kim

From November 6th until February 28th, Aichi's Laguna Ten Bosch resort is hosting an illumination event which is said to be t...

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Where to eat in Aichi

Menya Hanabi

Menya Hanabi

Tom Roseveare

Menya Hanabi (麺屋はなび) serves up maze-soba (soupless ramen) in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture.

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Places to stay in Aichi

Hotel Mielparque Nagoya

Hotel Mielparque Nagoya

Tada Ratchagit

In Nagoya, Hotel Mielparque offers to visitors a charming property with a convenient connection to the heart of the city and ...

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Latest Aichi Reports

Dusk at Nagoya Port 14

Dusk at Nagoya Port

Vicky Amin

A short yet amazing trip to Nagoya-ko, Nagoya's port area which is popular with locals, with a variety of visitors and activi...

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One Day in Nagoya

One Day in Nagoya

Vicky Amin

A guide to the history and cuisine of central Japan, within easy reach from Nagoya Railway station.

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About Aichi

Aichi
Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Chubu
Island Honshu
Capital Nagoya
Population 7,410,719
Area 5,172.40 sq. km

Look no further than Aichi Prefecture (愛知県, Aichi-ken) as the perfect example of Japan’s perfectly balanced fusion of old and new.

One one hand, the prefecture is abundant with history; the first shogun of Japan, Minamoto Yoritomo, and the “Big 3” warlords of Japanese history—Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu—were all born in Aichi. Furthermore, Aichi has by far more temples (roughly 4,650) than any other Japanese prefecture. On the other hand, Aichi is also the industrial capital of Japan, being the home to many major companies, most notably Toyota.

Popular tourist destinations include the prefectural capital of Nagoya and its castle, the Toyota Automobile Museum, the unique Meiji Mura, and Legoland Japan. Don’t forget to try their miso-flavored dishes, Aichi’s local delicacy!

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