Sightseeing Spots

Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens

A "forest where you can meet the animals of the world" surrounded by nature in the middle of a city　 There are tons of popular animals at this zoo! From tiny medaka fish to huge elephants, it is home to the largest number of animals in Japan. Come and see the wide variety of animals. There are many facilities, including the gorilla and chimpanzee house—home to famously handsome gorilla Shabani—the Asian elephant house, and the koala house. Here, you can not only watch the animals, but also learn about their ecologies and habitats through educational displays, so you can learn while having fun. Including the greenhouse and the natural woods on the hillsides, the botanical garden is home to around 7,000 species of plants. The cherry blossom pathway has around 1,000 cherry trees of about 100 different species, which all bloom in the spring. In the fall, around 500 trees—mainly su… See More

Nagoya University Akasaki Institute

The Akasaki Institute was built to commemorate the research achievements of Distinguished Professor Isamu Akasaki, promote original and cutting-edge scientific and technological research at Nagoya University, and contribute to society at large. The exhibition room on the first floor is free to enter and open to the public. On display are a 160-inch LED display, traffic lights and mobile phones using blue light-emitting diodes, Professor Akasaki's research achievements, and experimental equipment. In addition, you can see an official replica of the Nobel Prize medal awarded to Professor Akasaki and Professor Hiroshi Amano in 2014, as well as the same equipment that Professor Akasaki donated to the Nobel Museum. See More

Nagoya University 2008 Nobel Prize Exhibition Hall

This exhibition hall was opened to commemorate the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Dr. Toshihide Masukawa and Dr. Makoto Kobayashi, both graduates of Nagoya University, and the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Dr. Osamu Shimomura, a former assistant professor at the same university. It displays official replicas of Nobel Prize medals and numerous explanatory panels on Nobel Prize research, allowing visitors to get up close and personal with the research that led to the Nobel Prize. It also introduces some of the research and educational styles of the Shoichi Sakata Laboratory (Elementary Particle Theory Laboratory, commonly known as "E-Lab"), which produced Dr. Masukawa and Dr. Kobayashi, and the Yoshimasa Hirata Laboratory, which trained Dr. Shimomura. See More

Nagoya University Chemistry Gallery (Noyori Materials Science Laboratory)

This gallery on the second floor of the Noyori Materials Science Laboratory was built to commemorate Nagoya University Distinguished Professor Ryoji Noyori, who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001. It is open to the public with the aim of widely communicating the importance of chemistry to the general public and nurturing the next generation of researchers, and includes an exhibition room related to Distinguished Professor Noyori's Nobel Prize with the Inspiration Space for the Next-generation Researchers, Introduction to Dr. Noyori's Footsteps, and other sections. See More

Nagoya University Gender Research Library

The Gender Research Library is open to anyone interested in gender issues. You can browse books related to women's, feminism, and gender studies, as well as various archives and collections. The library also plans and holds lectures, seminars, reading groups, etc. in the library's lecture rooms. See More

Nagoya University Disaster Mitigation Research Building

Nagoya University’s Disaster Mitigation Research Building is a base for the realization of a disaster-mitigating society through collaboration between industry, academia, government, and the private sector. It is the university's first seismically isolated building and is equipped with self-powered and solar power generation equipment. In normal times, it serves as a place for cutting-edge research into disaster prevention and mitigation as well as a learning space open to the public. Should a large-scale disaster occur, it acts as a base for disaster response by the university and local area. In addition, it is equipped with a ground monitoring system as well as an experimental facility that reproduces large-amplitude, long-period seismic shaking, and the entire building serves as a place for the development and testing of architectural earthquake-resistance technology. See More

Nagoya University Museum

Nagoya University Museum was established in April 2000 as the fifth integrated university museum in Japan. Its purpose is to comprehensively and internationally provide feedback, resources, and social return on the academic specimens and materials of Nagoya University, as well as the results of university research. It has six main missions: Research, Education for the Next Generation, Exhibitions, Creation and Inheritance of Knowledge, Specimen Collection, International Exchange, etc. See More

Hoyu Hair Color Museum

Japan's first museum specializing in hair color, the widely known hair coloring company Hoyu opened the Hoyu Hair Color Museum as part of its 100th anniversary commemoration project. The museum highlights the culture and history of hair dyeing in Japan and Hoyu's history and involvement in the field. See More

Furukawa Art Museum and Tamezaburo Memorial Hall

Sukiya-style architecture and art Furukawa Art Museum was opened in November 1991 to display art collected over many years by the first curator, Tamezaburo Furukawa (1890-1993). The art was donated with the wish that it would be enjoyed by many people, not just shut away in a private collection. The collection totals about 2,800 items, with a focus on contemporary Japanese painting. It also includes oil paintings, ceramics, crafts, a 15th century illustrated manuscript, and more. Currently, various educational activities, such as art lectures and workshops, are also available in addition to the exhibition of the collection. In November 1995, Tamezaburo's private residence was opened up to the public as the Tamezaburo Memorial Hall, in accordance with his wish for it to be a place of relaxation for everyone. Six buildings from the Tamezaburo Memorial Hall built in 1934, including … See More

Chiyokura Memorial Museum

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