Aichi Prefecture is located at
the center of Tokai District.
The east part of the prefecture is mountainous, and the west part is
flatland.
Many cities including Nagoya are in the west part.
The prefecture has two peninsula, western Chita Peninsula and eastern
Atsumi Peninsula.
There is Mikawa Bay inside both peninsulas. To the west of Chita
Peninsula,
there is Ise Bay.
From the late 16th century to the early 17th century, three outstanding
feudal warlords were produced in this prefecture.
They were Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Ieyasu Tokugawa, and
they are the most famous figures in Japanese history.
The main industry is manufacturing, and car industry is particularly
known.
Toyota city located to the east of Nagoya has the name of the worldwide
car company "Toyota".
In 2005, the World Exposition was held in Aichi Prefecture.
Nagoya is the prefectural capital, and is also the central city of
Tokai District.
It has a population of 2.25 million people, and is the fourth largest
city in Japan, after Tokyo, Yokohama and Osaka.
It is between Tokyo metropolitan area (Tokyo, Yokohama, Saitama and
Chiba) and Kansai area (Osaka, Kyoto,Kobe), and a large city area is
formed.
The busy shopping areas in Nagoya are Nagoya station area and Sakae area.
To visit Aichi Prefecture, Tokaido Shinkansen is very convenience.
From Tokyo, we can reach Nagoya within 2 hours. And from Kyoto, we can
come within only 40 minutes.
There is Chubu Centrair International Airport is in Tokoname city
located about 35 km south of Nagoya.
It has the flights from many local cities in Japan and many cities in
foreign countries in the world.
And Prefectural Nagoya Airport is located about 10 km northeast of
Nagoya.
It has the flights from some other local cities in Japan.
A sightseeing Guide to Aichi Prefecture
Chubu Centrair International Airport
official website
Prefectural
Nagoya Airport official website
Nagoya
Raiload (Meitetsu) official website : the railroad company
accessing to Centrair
Transportation
Bureau of Nagoya city official website
To tour around some spots in Nagoya city, the sightseeing route bus "Me-guru" is operated.
Average value 1981-2010 | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC |
Highest Temperature (deg C) | 9.0 | 10.1 | 13.9 | 19.9 | 24.1 | 27.2 | 30.8 | 32.8 | 28.6 | 22.8 | 17.0 | 11.6 |
Lowest Temperature (deg C) | 0.8 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 9.6 | 14.5 | 19.0 | 23.0 | 24.3 | 20.7 | 14.1 | 8.1 | 3.1 |
Mean monthly rainfall (mm) | 48 | 66 | 122 | 125 | 157 | 201 | 204 | 126 | 234 | 128 | 80 | 45 |
Around Nagoya station
/1/
Nagoya
Castle /2/
Nagoya TV Tower
/3/
Oosu
district /4/
Tokugawa Art Museum
/5/
Nittaiji
temple /6/
Atsuta Shrine /7/
Kiyosu Castle /8/
Inuyama Castle
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Urakuen
garden /12/
Museum
Meiji-mura /13/
Seto
city /14/
Tokoname
city /15/
Okazaki Castle
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Toyokawa Inari temple
/17/
Houraiji
temple /18/
It is the unique traditional festival, and is held at
Kounomiya Shrine in Inazawa city located about 10 km northwest of
Nagoya. "Hadaka" means "naked".
A sacred man is selected from candidates. The selected man purifies
himself in the shrine for three days.
On the day, thousand of men with only a loincloth gather this shrine
from surrounding area. They are 25 or 42 years old which are the
unlucky year in men's life in Shinto.
After they jostle each other, the sacred man without a stitch of
clothing enter the crowd.
All men try to touch the sacred man to drive away their unlucky, so the
crowd becomes very exciting.
After about an hour, the sacred man enter into the shrine.
The sacred man sucking much unlucky is removed from
the shrine in the midnight, then the festival is finished.
It is the festival held in Inuyama city. It is said that
this festival has been held since 1635.
Thirteen floats parade throughout the city.
The float has three stories.
On the floor, Karakuri Doll (Japanese mechanized puppets) is set up.
And the operators on the second floor operate the doll, and the
musicians play music on the lowest floor.
Not only the parade of the floats but also the show of the Karakuri
Dolls is the main attraction.
Udon is one of popular noodle in Japan.
Kishimen is the thin and wide noodle made from the same dough as udon.
There are the various dishes of kishimen like udon, so kishimen is
served in most noodle restaurants in Nagoya city.
Most basic kishimen dish is the boiled noodle in hot soup of dashi and
soy sauce.
And a piece of age (fried tofu), kamaboko and boiled spinach are
topped, and heaped shaved dried-bonito is added on the dish.
It is the udon noodle dish stewed in miso soup, and it is
one of popular dishes in Japan.
But the one around Nagoya is unique.
Haccho-miso (red miso made from only soy beans and mainly made in
Okazaki
city) is used, so the soup has a thick taste.
And the udon noodle is thick and hard. So the people who eat it first
may think that the noodle is half-cooked.
It is also the dish in Nagoya.
A bowl of rice topped with grilled eel with dipping soy sauce,
mirin and sugar is served.
First, you put a quarter of the dish into a small bowl by yourself, and
eat it.
Secondly, you put a quarter of dish into the small bowl, and eat it
after topping with nori (dried laver), wasabi and chopped negi (green
onion).
Thirdly, you put a quarter of dish into the small bowl, and top in the
same way. Additionally you pour green tea or dashi soup over it and eat
it.
Finally, you eat the last quarter by your favorite way.
It is the steamed cake made of rice flour and sugar. The
confectionery is made in some area in western Japan, but uirou in
Nagoya is well-known.
There are several variations of the cake.
White uirou is made with white sugar, and brown uirou is made with
brown sugar.
And there are other various flavored uirou such as green tea, red bean,
coffee, citrus, and so on. They are colorful.
It is a Japanese cracker with shrimp, and most productions
in Japan is made in the towns facing Mikawa Bay and in Chita Peninsula.
Especially, Issiki town is well-known.
Ebi-senbei is made by baking starch with water in a circle.
Shrimp is used with adding in whole on the starch, or minched shrimp is
mixed in the starch.