Nagoya
Nagoya (名古屋) is the capital and largest city of Aichi prefecture, in the Chubu region of Honshu. It's not one of Japan's top tourist draws as most tourists just zip through on the bullet train on their way between Tokyo and Kyoto. Wikivoyage
Population 2,326,844 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Japan
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
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Nagoya Castle Castle · 770 m -
Nagoya City Municipal Archives Museum Museum · 380 m -
楽只美術館 Museum · 800 m - Teeth Museum Museum · 470 m
- Ruins of the Aomatsuba Incident Memorial · 480 m
- 名勝名古屋城 二之丸庭園 Memorial · 480 m
- 鎮魂 Memorial · 490 m
- Viewpoint of Nagoya Castle and Sunset from East Viewpoint · 490 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Nagoya Sumo Tournament
July
Watch the big boys of Japanese sumo battle it out in Nagoya. An annual tradition. Tickets are generally available at the counter unless it is the first or last day. Ticket prices start at ¥3,200 and up.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Nagoya); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
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Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
More train stations: Sakaemachi 1.2 km, Amagasaka 1.4 km, Morishita 2.2 km, Nagoya 2.3 km, Kintetsu-Nagoya 2.4 km, Meitetsu Nagoya 2.4 km, Chikusa 2.5 km, Ozone 3.0 km, Sakō 3.0 km, Tsurumai 3.0 km, Sashima-raibu 3.1 km, Kami-Iida 3.3 km, Komeno 3.3 km, Higashi-Biwajima 3.4 km, Sannō 3.7 km, Shimo-Otai 4.0 km, Yada 4.0 km, Nishi-Biwajima 4.0 km, Otōbashi 4.1 km, Kogane 4.3 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.