Sightseeing Spots

Atsuta Shrine Museum

About 4,000 historic items donated from the worshippers of Atsuta Jingu are maintained and exhibited. A total of 176 items are designated as national treasures, important cultural property, or Aichi prefectural cultural property. See More

Hattori Family Residence (Arimatsu)

Registered Important Cultural Property of Aichi Prefecture. This is a mansion established in the late Edo era and consisting of one main building, one guest house, a gate, mon-nagaya (houses in a row with the gate), and six storehouses in the large site. Fire protection technology of those days is well preserved with the following architectural styles: renjikoshi, a kind of lattice window; namakokabe, a wall with square tiles jointed with raised plaster; mushikomado, a type of window containing a lattice like an insect cage; nurigome-zukuri, a process used to build a fire-resident wall; and udatsu, a short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole. House of Hattori is a representative building of Arimatsu. See More

Kozuka Family Residence (Arimatsu)

A designated cultural property of Nagoya. Important townscape building. The House of Kozuka was built after the great fire of Tenmei occurred in Nagoya in 1784. The house consists of one main house, two storehouses, and one tea ceremony room. The following architectural styles are remarkably well preserved: renjikoshi, a kind of lattice window; namakokabe, a wall with square tiles jointed with raised plaster; mushikomado, a type of window containing lattice like an insect cage; nurigome-zukuri, a process used to build a fire-resistant wall; and udatsu, a short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole. A ring to tie horses that remains on the outer pillar recalls to mind the old days. See More

Takeda Family Residence (Arimatsu)

One of Nagoya City's designated cultural properties and buildings of scenic importance A well-preserved tie-dyeing merchant's townhouse-style residence, and one of the landmark buildings of Arimatsu on the Tokaido Road. The residence consists of the main house, three storehouses, one tea room, and a 26-mat shoin-zukuri tatami drawing room. The walls on the second floor are painted with black plaster to make them fire-resistant, and Meiji period lamps remain on the eaves. These meticulously preserved details offer a glimpse of a prosperous merchant house of that time. See More

Historic Townscapes of Arimatsu

The village was established in 1608 between the post towns of Chiryu and Narumi on the Old Tokaido Road, through encouragement by the ruling clan. The traditional Arimatsu-shibori tie-dyeing of this area is said to have been invented by the first immigrant to the village, Takeda Shokuro, and the village prospered along with the tie-dyeing industry. Arimatsu lies along about 800 gently bending meters of the Tokaido Road. The townscape's relatively relaxed atmosphere has been preserved, with many wide-plot tie-dyeing stores, gates, and fences. See More

Cruise Nagoya

Cruise Nagoya—A ferry that connects Nagoya city center and the port Cruise Nagoya is a regularly scheduled passenger boat that loops around Nagoya city center and Nagoya Port. Enjoy all sorts of sights you can only see from the water on the still surface of the Nakagawa Canal, such as the Sasashima Live 24 district, where you can see the crowd of buildings around Nagoya Station, the Nakagawaguchi-dori lock gates, where you can have a mini Panama Canal experience, long-standing warehouses, and large ships coming and going at Nagoya Port. It provides efficient access to popular spots in Nagoya, such as LEGOLAND® Japan and the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium. See More