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Aichi

Home to Nagoya and local powerhouse Toyota

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  1. Satsuki and Mei's House
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    Satsuki and Mei's House

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  2. Toyohashi's Tezutsu Hanabi
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    Toyohashi's Tezutsu Hanabi

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  3. Okazaki Fireworks Festival
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    Okazaki Fireworks Festival

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  4. World Cosplay Summit Championship
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    World Cosplay Summit Championship

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  5. Nagoya Castle Summer Festival
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    Nagoya Castle Summer Festival

    Nagoya
  6. Sky Promenade Observatory - Nagoya
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    Sky Promenade Observatory - Nagoya

    Nagoya
  7. Nunoike Cathedral
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    Nunoike Cathedral

    Nagoya
  8. Menya Hanabi
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    Menya Hanabi

    Nagoya
  9. History of Nagoya Castle
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    History of Nagoya Castle

    Nagoya
  10. Osu Kannon Shopping District
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    Osu Kannon Shopping District

    Nagoya

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Menya Hanabi
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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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Kajiken Ramen
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Kajiken Ramen

Tom Roseveare

Kajiken (歌志軒) is a 40-something chain ramen shop originally from Nagoya, serving up the local style – Taiwanese mazesoba.

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One Day in Nagoya
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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

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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