Nagoya — Sights
Golden roof fish, red miso on everything.
- Nagoya Castle — The keep is shut; the gold-leaf Hommaru Palace is the real draw
- Atsuta Shrine — A forest shrine guarding one of the imperial regalia
- Osu Shopping Streets & Osu Kannon — Arcades by a red temple: snacks, junk and anime goods
- Oasis 21 — Free night views from a water-topped glass roof
- Chubu Electric Power MIRAI TOWER (Nagoya TV Tower) — Japan's first TV tower, with a 100 m deck over the park
- Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology — From looms to cars, with machines running in a brick mill
- SCMAGLEV and Railway Park — 39 trains, from the 581 km/h maglev to the first shinkansen
- LEGOLAND Japan — A park for kids 2–12, with Japan's cities built in Lego
- Ghibli Park — Step inside the houses from Totoro and Kiki
- Noritake Garden — An old porcelain works: free gardens and a factory tour
- Tokugawaen Garden — A Tokugawa lord's estate turned pond-and-waterfall garden
- Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium — One of Japan's biggest aquariums, home to orcas
- Inuyama Castle — Japan's oldest original keep, with a river view
- Shirakawa-go — A mountain village of steep thatched roofs
- Takayama — Latticed old streets, morning markets, Hida beef sushi
- Tokugawa Art Museum — Owari Tokugawa swords, Noh masks and national treasures
- Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens — Shabani the gorilla, koalas, gardens and a retro fairground
- Nagoya City Science Museum — Silver-sphere planetarium and a tornado lab for rainy days
- Hisaya-odori Park — A long city-centre park with cafes and shops for evening walks
- Arimatsu Narumi Shibori Old Town — Edo-era Tokaido post town lined with tie-dye shops
- Shikemichi — Old merchant lane with mud-walled storehouses and cafes
- Nagoya Port Garden Pier — Harbor pier by the aquarium, with a port-view tower
- Toyota Automobile Museum — 140-plus cars tell a century of motoring
- Nittaiji Temple — Quiet hill temple holding Buddha relics from Thailand
- Tsurumai Park — Cherry trees, a fountain tower and a Japanese garden