35 Sights in Nagoya, Japan (with Map and Images)

Ōsu Kannon (大須観音) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Ōsu, in central Nagoya, Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon. Its address is 愛知県名古屋市中区大須2-21-47.

Wikipedia: Ōsu Kannon (EN), Website

Nagoya Station is a major railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is Japan's, and one of the world's largest train stations by floor area, and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company. Much of this space is located in the JR Central Towers atop the station, as well as in underground concourses. The current station complex was completed on December 20, 1999. The station and the area around it is officially called Meieki (名駅) in the Japanese addressing system.

Wikipedia: Nagoya Station (EN), Website

Legoland Japan Resort is a theme park in Nagoya, Japan. Opening on 1 April 2017, it was the first Legoland theme park in Japan and the second in Asia, and the eighth worldwide. Upon opening, the park was projected to attract over two million visitors every year.

Wikipedia: Legoland Japan Resort (EN), Website

Osu Performing Arts Center is a vaudeville theater located in Osu 2-chome, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. It is located right next to Osu Kannon. It is known as the only vaudeville theater in the Chukyo area.

Wikipedia: 大須演芸場 (JA), Website

The Tokugawa Art Museum is a private art museum, located on the former Ōzone Shimoyashiki compound in Nagoya, central Japan. Its collection contains more than 12,000 items, including swords, armor, Noh costumes and masks, lacquer furniture, Chinese and Japanese ceramics, calligraphy, and paintings from the Chinese Song and Yuan dynasties (960–1368).

Wikipedia: Tokugawa Art Museum (EN)

Itaka Ryokuchi is a comprehensive park with a total area of 66.2 hectares located in Meito Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. It is also called "Itaka Forest". The green space itself straddles the neighboring city of Nagakute to the east, and on the Nagakute City side, it is maintained as a city park "Hotogi no Sato Ryokuchi". In this paper, the scope of "Hotogi no Sato Green Area" is included as necessary.

Wikipedia: 猪高緑地 (JA)

Chofukuji Temple is a quasi-separate main temple of the Chizan sect of Shingon Buddhism located in Osu, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Inazono. The main Buddha is the Bodhisattva Kannon and the Bodhisattva of Seiji. It is also called Nanatsudera.

Wikipedia: 長福寺 (名古屋市中区) (JA)

Shinshu Otani Sect Nagoya Betsuin is a Shinshu Otani temple located in Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. A separate house of the same faction. The main temple of Shinshu Buddhism (Higashi Honganji) is called the main temple. Kaiki is the 16th lord of Higashi Honganji. The common names are "Higashi Betsuin", "Higashi Gobo", "Nagoya Higashi Betsuin", and "Higashi Honganji Nagoya Betsuin".

Wikipedia: 真宗大谷派名古屋別院 (JA)

The Fountain of Hope is a fountain located in the Plaza of Hope on the south side of the Nagoya TV Tower in Hisaya-Odori Park in Sakae-no-Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, between Nishiki-dori and Hirokoji-dori.

Wikipedia: 希望の泉 (JA)

Shiratori Kofun is an ancient burial mound located in Shiratori, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The shape is an anterior-posterior mound. At Atsuta Jingu Shrine, it is called "Shiratori Imperial Tomb".

Wikipedia: 白鳥古墳 (名古屋市) (JA)

Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art (Yamazaki Mazak Bijutsukan) is an art museum that opened on April 23, 2010 (Heisei 22) in Aoi 1-chome, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The collection and exhibition of Teruyuki Yamazaki's collection are operated by Yamazaki Mazak.

Wikipedia: ヤマザキマザック美術館 (JA), Website

Sokenji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Japan of the Rinzai sect of Myoshinji sect located in Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Jingyang Mountain. The main statue is a sitting statue of Yakushi Nyorai. The mountain gate is Niomon Gate.

Wikipedia: 總見寺 (JA)

The Fusenki Memorial Altar is an outdoor stage located in Tsurumai Park in Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. It was built to commemorate the implementation of the universal suffrage system in Japan and is designated as a tangible cultural property of Nagoya City.

Wikipedia: 普選記念壇 (JA)

Shiratori Park is an urban park located in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. It consists of the Nagoya International Convention Center, its South Square, and Shiratori Garden, as well as a block park in Hatayacho and an ancient burial mound park in Shiratoricho.

Wikipedia: 白鳥公園 (JA)

Bunka Michi Futabakan is an exhibition facility located in Tsurugi-cho, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. It is also called the former Kawakami Sada Mansion. It is a facility that constitutes a cultural center, and is located just outside the "White Wall, Main Tax, and Tsurugi Townscape Preservation District".

Wikipedia: 文化のみち二葉館 (JA)

Sewerage Science Museum is a learning and public relations facility related to sewage systems located in Meijo 1-chome, Kita-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. It is operated by the Nagoya City Water Supply and Sewerage Bureau.

Wikipedia: 下水道科学館 (名古屋市) (JA)

Hikami Anegojinja (Hikami Anegojinja) is a shrine located in Mt. Hikami, Ōtaka-cho, Midori-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. It is a Shikiuchi company, and the former company name is Gosha. Currently, it is a shrine outside the precincts of Atsuta Jingu Shrine.

Wikipedia: 氷上姉子神社 (JA)

Endonji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located at 1-11-7 Nakono, Nishi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mr./Ms.. The former main temple is the main temple of Kyoto. Seishi Dharma. It is also written as Entonji Temple

Wikipedia: 圓頓寺 (名古屋市) (JA)

Kyukokuji Temple is a temple of the Soto sect located in Ōsugi 3-chome, Kita-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Tencho. It is known for the bell "Bell of Joy" by Taro Okamoto.

Wikipedia: 久国寺 (JA)

The Dampusan Kofun (断夫山古墳) is a large keyhole-shaped kofun burial mound located within the grounds of the Atsuta Shrine complex in the Hayata neighborhood of Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1987. Per legend, the tumulus is the tomb is Miyazuhime, the wife of Prince Yamato Takeru, whose purported grave is located nearby.

Wikipedia: Danpusan Kofun (EN)

Chokyuji Temple is a temple of the Shingon sect of the Chizan sect located in Shirakabe 3-chome, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Higashidake. The name of the temple is Ichijo-in. The honzon is Fudo Myo.

Wikipedia: 長久寺 (名古屋市) (JA)

Honenji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Shiratori, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. Also known as Atsuta Hokado. The name of the mountain is Mt. Myoko. The former main temple is Ōmotoyama Honkuji Temple (Rokujōmon-ryū), Seishi Hōen.

Wikipedia: 本遠寺 (名古屋市) (JA)

The Catholic Chikaramachi Church (カトリック主税町教会) is one of the oldest Christian churches in the city of Nagoya, central Japan. The official name is Church of Our Lady (聖母教会).

Wikipedia: Catholic Chikaramachi Church (EN)

Bentenji Temple is a temple of the Chizan sect of Shingon Buddhism located in Minato-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Baosheng Mountain. Enshrine the Benzaiten of the Seven Lucky Gods.

Wikipedia: 辯天寺 (JA)

Oasis 21 is a modern facility located adjacent to Nagoya TV Tower in Sakae, Nagoya which was opened to the public in 2002. It contains restaurants, stores, and a bus terminal, as well as an area for tourist information.

Wikipedia: Oasis 21 (EN)

Mononobe Shrine is a shrine located in Tsutsui, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. It is a shikinai shrine in the Enki Shikishin Name Book. Since the large stone is the deity, it is also called Ishigami Shrine (Ishigami Jinja), Ishigami Hall (Ishigamido), and Mountain God (Yamagami).

Wikipedia: 物部神社 (名古屋市) (JA)

The Yokoyama Museum of Art is a private art museum located in Aoi, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The collection and exhibition of Hirokazu Yokoyama's collection is operated by the Yokoyama Museum of Art.

Wikipedia: 横山美術館 (JA)

Kenchū-ji (建中寺) is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in Tsutsui, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, central Japan. Starting in the Edo period, the mausoleums of the lords of the Owari Domain were located there, making it the Bodaiji of the Owari Tokugawa family.

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Kentokuji Temple is a temple of the Rinzai sect of Myoshinji located in Makimachi, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Houn Mr./Ms.. The honzon is Shakyamuni. Myoshinji Sue.

Wikipedia: 乾徳寺 (名古屋市瑞穂区) (JA)

Peace Aichi, a museum of war and peace, is a museum related to war and peace located in Yomogidai, Meito-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. On August 24, 2010 (Heisei 22), it was designated as a museum equivalent facility.

Wikipedia: 戦争と平和の資料館ピースあいち (JA)

Zenkoji Temple is a temple of the Jodo sect located in Minato-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Linjiang Mountain. It is a temple built for the purpose of enshrining the alter ego of Zenkoji Temple in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 善光寺 (名古屋市) (JA)

The Hachimanyama Kofun (八幡山古墳) is a large Kofun period burial mound in the Yamawaki neighborhood of Shōwa Ward in the city of Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. Dating from the mid-fifth century, it is the largest circular kofun in the Tōkai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated as a National Historic Site in 1931.

Wikipedia: Hachimanyama Kofun (Nagoya) (EN)

The Furukawa Memorial Museum was opened as a branch of the Furukawa Museum of Art on November 3, 2007 (Heisei 15) at the mansion where Furukawa spent his last years. It is located about 50 meters southwest of the main building.

Wikipedia: 爲三郎記念館 (JA)

Gokurakuji Temple is a single temple located in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Kyoho Mountain, and the main statue is a sitting statue of Amitabha, which is said to be the work of the monk Keishin. Officially, it is called Kyohozan Isshinin Gokurakuji.

Wikipedia: 極楽寺 (名古屋市) (JA)

Myogyoji is a Nichiren sect temple located in Nakamura -cho, Nakamura -ku, Nagoya -ku, Nagoya -shi, Aichi. The mountain name is Shoetsuyama. The principal is the Hokkei Three Law. It is said to be the birthplace of Kiyomasa Kato, a believer and warlord of Nichiren sect. The former Motoyama is Omotoyama Motokuni -ji (Rokujo Gate). The masterpiece of the master.

Wikipedia: 妙行寺 (名古屋市) (JA), Website