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International Tourism and Convention Devision, Tourism Bureau, Aichi Prefectural Government 3-1-2 Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya City 460-8501 Tel:052-954-6476 FAX:052-973-3584 2017.10 A B C

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ⅰ A Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri B C Rapeseed Blossom Festival Inuyama Festival Chiryu Festival B E (Naked Festival) Tahara City January to the end of March Inazawa City Inuyama City Chiryu City Mid-February (13th Day of the Lunar New Year) First Saturday and Sunday in April May 2-3 (Bunraku and karakuri doll performance every other year) A solid carpet of yellow. Rapeseed blossoms announce the arrival of spring A on the Atsumi Peninsula. An unusual—and feverish—festival with a throng of A powerful sight of 13 splendid festive oats parading Chiyru is the only location in Japan where bunraku puppets 8,000 naked men jostling and colliding with each other. though the castle town awash in cherry blossoms. and karakuri mechanical dolls perform on dashi oats. ⅲ ⅱ F ⅱ Owari Tsushima Fuji Matsuri ⅳ H (Owari Tsushima Wisteria Festival) D E Kiso River Ukai F Owari Tsushima Tenno Matsuri Tsushima City Kamezaki Shiohi Festival (Cormorant Fishing on the Kiso River) (Owari Tsushima Tenno Festival & Fireworks) Late April to early May Handa City Inuyama City Tsushima City G C A curtain of purple spreads overhead. The scene is also lit up at night. May 3-4 June to mid-October 4th Saturday in July and following day ⅲ Shibazakura Festival (Moss Pink Festival) Five splendidly decorated Dashi oats proceed Traditional shing method used for 1,300 years. The The light of countless lanterns icker on the river majestically along the beach. shermen's handling of the cormorants that catch the surface. This solemn and splendid river festival boasts D Toyone Village river sh is a form of art. a history of over 600 years. Mid-May to early June Walk through one of the highest hillside ower elds in Japan, where blossoms G H I meet the sky. You can also take a wonderful airborne stroll on the ski lift. Kariya Mando Festival Sunari Festival Honoo-no-Saiten (Fire Festival) I (Akiba Shrine Festival) ⅳ Obara Shikizakura Winter Cherry Blossoms Kariya City Kanie Town Toyohashi City Last Saturday in July and following day First Saturday in August and following day Second Saturday in September ⅰ Toyota City November Eye-opening festival in the midsummer twilight. Beautifully decorated boats go up the river with Giant pillars of re color the night sky. "Tezutsu Gigantic papier-mache warlord dolls oat and dance festival music players. hanabi," reworks shot from handheld cylinders, Beautiful autumn leaves rival cherry blossoms for beauty. Do you know that and dances. provide a powerfully exciting scene. there are cherry blossoms that bloom...in autumn? History and Culture

"Samurai worriers dream team" 1 "Japan's oldest donjon" 2 "Legendary Ninja Team" 3 "Birthplace of the Shogun" 4 "Castle where you can be a Samurai" 5 6 “Home of Tokoname-Yaki" Okazaki Castle (Okazaki City) Kiyosu Castle (Kiyosu City) Nagoya Omotenashi Bushotai Pottery Footpath (Tokoname City) Inuyama Castle (Inuyama City) Hattori Hanzo and The Ninjas (Nagoya City) Centered on the castle where Ieyasu Tokugawa was born, This castle was a key base for the warlords seeking to This nostalgic townscape is a perfect setting for photographs. A national treasure, this castle features marvelous views At Nagoya Caste, you may encounter the legendary Okazaki Park is one of Japan's noted sites for cherry unify Japan. Here you can even try on suits of samurai The heroes of uni ed Japan are getting the word out on You can also purchase Tokoname-Yaki or Tokoname-ware of mountains and the river from the top level. ninjas who saved Ieyasu Tokugawa. blossom viewing. armor or kimono robes. Nagoya's attractions, with a focus on Nagoya Castle! and try your hand at crafting ceramic art.

To Gifu Nagoya

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6 7 8 9 10 ⓒ2009 Nagoya Omotenashi Busho-Tai Secretariat 5 13 Nagoya 7 "Post town captured "Treasures of a Daimyo" 8 9 "Mythical Forest" 10 "Slip 150 years back into the past" in ukiyo-e woodblock prints" The Tokugawa Art Museum (Nagoya City) Atsuta Jingu (Nagoya City) The Museum Meiji-Mura (Inuyama City) Futagawa Shuku Honjin Museum (Toyohashi City) Focusing primarily on items owned by Tokugawa Ieyasu, this Nagoya This is the only post town in Japan where you can see the inns of museum houses implements and other articles of the feudal load. This historical shrine stands amid a forest alive with myth. Set in a verdant natural setting, this open-air museum exhibits a Toyotashi West Mikawa both the samurai nobility and the common people and Also stored here are the Genji Monogatari Emaki picture scrolls, a Enshrined here is the Sacred Kusanagi no Tsurugi sword, one of variety of structures from the Meiji Era (1868-1912). Visitors can merchant houses of the Edo period (1603-1867). National Treasure. the Three Imperial Regalia of Japan. also enjoy riding on a steam locomotive and other rides.

27 11 "Birthplace of the Toyota Group" 12 13 "A collection of the world's famed vehicles" 14 "Experience the progress of "Exhibiting Toyota's pride in technology" Toyota Commemorative Museum of Toyota Automobile Museum (Nagakute City) high-speed railway technology" Toyota Kaikan Museum (Toyota City) Mikawa Anjo 3 19 Industry and Technology (Nagoya City) This facility introduces the history of the automobile, with the SCMAGLEV and Railway Park (Nagoya City) This museum makes use of treasured factory buildings. See, Located within Toyota headquarters, this exhibition hall introduces main focus being the collection of approximately 160 actual Along with actual vehicles on display, a variety of simulators, 27 hear, and touch in experiencing Toyota's history, technology, visitors to Toyota's latest technologies. Factory tours are also vehicles. It is impressive to see a lineup of precious vehicles from train set dioramas, and other exhibits let visitors enjoy learning Chita Okazaki and passion. available with advance reservations. around the world. about history and workings of the railways. To Mie 6 Tokoname 15

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21 27 31 Photo provided by Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology 11 12 12 13 2014

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"Discover the wonders of clay and ceramics" "Want to become a Matcha expert?" 15 16 17 "Traditional tie-dyeing" 18 "Birthplace of modern ceramics" 19 "Traditional taste of Mikawa Area" 20 INAX MUSEUMS (Tokoname City) "Huge collection of lucky cats" Aiya Nishio Matcha Museum Maneki-Neko Museum (Seto City) Arimatsu Shibori (Nagoya City) Noritake Garden (Nagoya City) Hatcho Miso (Okazaki City) A cultural facility operated by well-known tile and "Waku Waku" (Nishio City) shower toilet brand LIXIL. Visitors can enjoy exhibits of Visitors can try their hands at painting a "manekineko" Arimatsu shibori is a technique of tie-dying silk and cotton Visitors can enjoy factory and museum tours, try their hands Two brewers still preserve the traditional production of An experience-oriented museum where you can observe matcha valuable pottery or become familiar with tiles and clay beckoning cat here at Japan's largest museum specializing fabrics with threads that produces complex patterns in the at painting ceramics, shopping, and other activities. A stroll Hatcho Miso, a dark red fermented soybean paste. Visit a manufacturing process, try your hand at appraising the quality of through unique hands-on workshops. in these gures. Make your own "lucky cat. resulting folds. Small Shibori items make a perfect souvenir. through the landscaped gardens is also recommended. historic miso factory, then try the taste. tea leaves, blending, grinding, and tasting the tea, and more.

Industry Hot Springs

21 "Hot springs with magnificent views" 22 "Aichi's biggest hot springs sightseeing area" Minami Chita Hot Springs (Minamichita Town) Gamagori Hot Springs (Gamagori City) This is a hot spring resort area including towns of Utsumi, Yamami, and Toyohama. This refers to the four hot springs towns of Miya, Gamagori, Katahara, and Nishiura. The Soaking in an outdoor bath while taking a magni cent view of the sea before you is a surrounding area features theme parks and many other attractions as well. special experience. 21 22 23

Nagoya Nature

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11 14 17 18 23 "Mineral Foundation Crafting Experience" 24 "Stone terraced rice paddies irrigated with spring water" 28 29 30 32 naori (Toei Town) Yotsuya Senmaida Terraced Rice Paddies (Shinshiro City) To Nagano 34 35 36 37 Toei-Town is a source of the mineral sericite, a prime ingredient in cosmetic foundation. With abundant water and greenery, these terraced rice paddies are also home to a How about creating your own handmade cosmetic from the basic materials? variety of plants and animals. The original landscape of Japan—with humans and nature in coexistence—lives on today. 25 24

25 "Isle of scenic beauty" 26 "Sacred site for lovers" 27 "Delicious fresh-picked flavor" Takeshima Island (Gamagori City) Cape Irago (Tahara City) Fruit picking This island features many attractions, including a shrine that is famous This cape is located at the tip of Atsumi Peninsula. Legends of Blessed with a temperate climate, the Mikawa Bay coast and for praying for good fortune, a safe and easy birth delivery, and happy love live on at "Koijigahama," or "Lover's Beach," a beautiful Chita Peninsula allow visitors to enjoy fruit picking marriages, along with an aquarium, beautiful natural scenery, and more. sandy beach that stretches away from the lighthouse. throughout the four seasons.

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East Mikawa Foods Amusement Park 19 24

28 "Enjoy the taste three ways in one dish" 30 "Cute little tempura rice balls" 32 "First landing in Japan!" 33 "Premier resort" Hitsumabushi Tenmusu LEGOLAND® Japan (Nagoya City) Laguna Ten Bosch (Gamagori City) In Aichi's version of the "unadon" eel/rice bowl, the rst portion is These bite-sized rice balls highlight the wonderful matching of rice Popular all over the world, this outdoor theme park for This resort includes an amusement park, a shopping mall, nice enjoyed as is, the second is topped with condiments, and for the third, tea and shrimp. children allows you to become fully absorbed in the world restaurants, and hot springs. Employees at the hotel directly 27 33 To Shizuoka is poured over the remaining eel and rice, which is eaten as "ochazuke. of LEGO®. connected to the park include a dinosaur robot!

Toyokawa 29 "Spicy deep fried chicken wings" 31 "Balloon fish" 34 "Overwhelmingly powerful dolphin performance!" 25 Tebasaki Karaage Fugu pufferfish Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium (Nagoya City) Toyohashi Light, tasty, and cheap, spicy chicken wings typify Nagoya-style Located just o the coast of the Chita Peninsula, the islands of Home to a large group of popular marine animals, including dishes. Have no doubt, once you start eating them, you won't want Himakajima, Shinojima, and Sakushima make up one of Japan's belugas and orcas. The dolphin performance, presented in Japan's to stop. leading fugu producing areas. largest pool, is a must-see event! 7 Shinkansen 33 33

Mikawatahara Railway 29 Subway

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35 36 "The Chubu region's biggest 37 "All-weather Shopping mall" "Nagoya's Akihabara" downtown area" Underground shopping area Osu Shopping District (Nagoya City) Sakae (Nagoya City) (Nagoya City) Food, fashion, home appliances, "otaku" nerd, idol, and Featuring shopping malls and streets lined with luxury This huge shopping area spreads under the Nagoya other sub-cultures...the lively arcade streets have all brand boutiques, restaurants, and other shops, this major Station and Sakae areas. Shop in comfort, even on those manner of interesting oerings. commercial district also has a lively nighttime scene. rainy or hot days.

Shopping 35 36 37 Access to Aichi Prefecture