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愛知県 · Shrines & temples

Sanage Jinja

豊田市西三河

It has the unusual custom of dedicating left-handed sickles.

愛知県 · Shrines & temples

Ohama Teramachi

碧南市西三河

Seven temples gathered into a small block.

愛知県 · Shrines & temples

Yoshida Jinja

豊橋市東三河

Held to be the birthplace of tezutsu hanabi. A pillar of fire rises from a tube held in the arms.

愛知県 · Shrines & temples

Horaiji

新城市東三河

You climb 1,425 stone steps. A Toshogu built by Tokugawa Iemitsu stands alongside.

愛知県 · Shrines & temples

Sanganesan

西尾市西三河

A mountain looking down on Mikawa Bay, with memorial towers standing in rows.

愛知県 · Tourism

Kamezaki Shiohi

半田市西三河

The floats are hauled down onto the beach. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

愛知県 · Tourism

Inuyama-jo

犬山市尾張

A surviving keep, and a National Treasure. It stands on a cliff above the Kiso river.

愛知県 · Tourism

Nagoya-jo

名古屋市尾張

Known for its golden shachihoko. The Honmaru palace has been reconstructed.

愛知県 · Tourism

Tatsuki Jinja

岡崎市西三河

The birthplace of Ieyasu. Hatcho miso warehouses stand nearby.

愛知県 · Tourism

Osu Bunko

名古屋市尾張

It holds classical texts including the oldest surviving manuscript of the Kojiki.

愛知県 · Tourism

Tokoname

常滑市西三河

One of the six ancient kilns of Japan. The history of the pottery trade survives on Dokanzaka, the clay-pipe slope.

愛知県 · Tourism

Tsushima Tenno Matsuri

津島市尾張

Boats hung with lanterns cross the river. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

愛知県 · Tourism

Meiji-mura

犬山市尾張

Meiji-era buildings moved here and preserved, including the entrance hall of the Imperial Hotel.

愛知県 · Tourism

Seto Kamagaki

瀬戸市尾張

Walls built from stacked kiln tools form the lanes. The town that gave the Japanese word for crockery.

愛知県 · Tourism

Toyota Kaikan

豊田市西三河

You can watch the assembly line. Just-in-time production, on the floor.

愛知県 · Tourism

Arimatsu Shibori

名古屋市尾張

A town of shibori dyeing that grew up between the post stations of the Tokaido.

愛知県 · Tourism

Korankei

豊田市西三河

Maples planted by an abbot became four thousand trees of autumn colour.

愛知県 · Tourism

Atsuta Monzen

名古屋市尾張

A rice cake born of the custom of purifying yourself before worship. Hitsumabushi restaurants are close by.

愛知県 · Tourism

Handa Canal

半田市西三河

Vinegar and sake breweries line the water. Mizkan has its head office here.

愛知県 · Tourism

Nagoya TV Tower

名古屋市尾張

Japan's first integrated broadcast tower, designed by Naito Tachu.

愛知県 · Art & museums

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art

名古屋市尾張

A systematic 20th-century collection, holding one of the very few Klimt oils in Japan.

愛知県 · Art & museums

Nagoya City Art Museum

名古屋市尾張

Four collecting pillars, including a rare Japanese holding of the Mexican muralists, in a Kurokawa building.

愛知県 · Art & museums

Tokugawa Art Museum

名古屋市尾張

The Owari Tokugawa treasury intact, including the 12th-century Tale of Genji scrolls - shown a few scenes a year, each November.

愛知県 · Art & museums

Nagoya Castle Honmaru Palace

名古屋市尾張

A palace burned in 1945 and rebuilt in real timber from surveys and photographs, its Kano-school gold rooms recreated.