Shopping Matsuzakaya Department Store Chris Glenn Matsuzakaya is one of the world’s oldest department stores, founded in central Nagoya in 1611 when samurai Ito Yudo opened a ...
Shopping Denpark Katrina Webber Anjo`s garden oasis is designed to help you get in touch with your roots, or find them for the first time (pun intended).
Activities Himakajima Sarah Mathews A short ferry ride from the mainland near Nagoya will get you to Himakajima (Himaka Island). It’s a great day trip from Nagoy...
Culture Tokugawa-en, Nagoya Sarah Mathews If, like me, you’re addicted to traditional Japanese Gardens, then be sure to check out Tokugawa-en in Nagoya.
Culture Rokusho Jinja Katrina Webber Rokusho Jinja- shrine where Tokugawa Ieyasu was prayed for and taken to be named as a child. Walk in the footsteps of feudal ...
Transportation Riding the Kintetsu to Ise Justin Dart If you want to get to Ise, Toba and the Shima areas of Mie from Nagoya, the Kintetsu is convenient, fun and inexpensive.
Culture Nunoike Cathedral Chris Glenn Nunoike is Nagoya and Central Japan's largest Catholic Cathedral, with a Gothic Revivalist architectural style and 50m belfri...
Food Shikemichi Restaurant Chris Glenn French styled cuisine in a 270 year old traditional Japanese kura warehouse.
Activities Okazaki Fujikawa Juku Chris Glenn The 37th station on the old Tokaido lives on! Okazaki's Fujikawa Juku is being reinvigorated!