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Official page of Aichi Prefecture for realistic, timely and down-to-earth tourist & sightsee Stay with us in this amazing journey!!

Official page for Tourism & Sightseeing Information about Aichi Prefecture, the "Heart of Japan", "Homeland of the Samurai" and "Birthplace of Modern Japan"! We are a team of foreigners living in Aichi, continuously delivering our experiences here on Facebook. We may be office workers, or researchers, or freelance writers who live and work in Aichi, but in our spare time we become Aichi's

"Shinobi" or "Ninja" in our secret lives, doing our SNS acrobatics! Our mission is to discover the best spots of Aichi for foreigners and disseminate that information. We keep on bringing Aichi's charming spots, restaurants, festivals, culture, shopping tips and much more!

14/08/2026

🌊Cool experiences in the great outdoors! Aichi’s top 5 river fun spots✨

Enjoy some time with Mother Nature as a cool rush of water rushes the summer heat away🍃 We’ve got some river fun spots including fish hand grabs, splashing around, canoeing, and other good times for any age! So, call up that friend or family member for some cool outdoor adventures😊

Check the Aichi Now site via the link in our profile for a bunch of different spots!

Note: Business days and hours vary by establishment. Check each official website before heading out.

Details
📍 Oiden Fishing Weir
• Address: Onose-cho, Toyota-shi, Aichi

📍 Oto River Fishing Weir
• Address: 23 Himukai, Awabuchi-cho, Okazaki-shi, Aichi

📍 Asobibito
• Address: 66 Shimo-Gochi, Miwa, Toei-cho, Kita-Sh*tara-gun, Aichi

📍 Green Stage Hana no Ki
• Address: 70-198 Goshodaira, Sakauba, Toyone-mura, Kita-Sh*tara-gun, Aichi

📍 Yagumoen, Kiyosaki Location
• Address: 16-1 Tanaka, Kiyosaki, Sh*tara-cho, Kita-Sh*tara-gun, Aichi

07/08/2026

🏕 Revel in our rich nature: Aichi’s top 9 camp sites🏕

Have you planned out your summer vacation yet?🌿 We hope not, cause we’ve got some awesome camping spots in Aichi Prefecture perfect for the summer holiday!
Barbecue, splash around in the river, stargaze, or hop in the sauna… the choices are endless✨ Make some memorable moments among Aichi’s rich nature with friends, family, or that special someone this summer!⛺️

Details
📍 Santa Barbara Sunset ( )
• Address: 10-1 Yamamitenjin-nishi, Minamichita-cho, Chita-gun, Aichi

📍 Kuragari Gorge Camp Site
• Address: 2-2 Makibara Hikage, Ishihara-cho, Okazaki-shi, Aichi

📍 Wood Design Park Okazaki (.okazaki )
• Address: 8-4 Himen, Kajino-cho, Okazaki-shi, Aichi

📍 Mikawakougen Camp Village ( )
• Address: 2 Hannoki, Higashi-Obayashi-cho, Toyota-shi, Aichi

📍 Asahi Nature Highland ( )
• Address: 68-1 Neyama, Asahiyawata-cho, Toyota-shi, Aichi

📍 Yamabiko no Oka ( )
• Address: 9 Kurozearai, Shinshiro-shi, Aichi

📍 Aichi Prefecture Citizens’ Forest (.aichi.sanko )
• Address: 7-60 Horaiji, Kadoya, Shinshiro-shi, Aichi

📍 SH*TARA VILLAGE (.village )
• Address: 12-1 Hachikugo, Nishi-Nagura, Sh*tara-cho, Kita-Sh*tara-gun, Aichi

📍 ToyoneLand Auto-Camp Mura ( )
• Address: 1-45-1 Yoshinotaira, Sakauba, Toyone-mura, Kita-Sh*tara-gun, Aichi

06/08/2026

Festivals you’ve just got to see: Nagoya and Aichi's top 3 2026 summer festivals✨

Aichi is bursting with traditional festivals and hot, can’t-miss events!🌻

One of the largest dance fests in Japan, a festival with some 600 years of history, and an event lighting up the night in a historic townscape are available only now, during the summer season😊 Come on and be a part of the fun!

Details
📍 28th Nippon Domannaka Festival
Dates:
• Downtown venues: Fri, Aug 28–Sun, Aug 30, 2026
• Online/real-life events: Wed, Nov 25–Sun, Nov 29, 2026

📍 Tankororin Lantern Nights
Dates: Sat, Aug 8–Sat, Aug 15, 2026

📍 73rd Anjo Tanabata Star Festival
Dates: Fri, Aug 7–Sun, Aug 9, 2026

30/07/2026

🎆Nagoya and Aichi's Fireworks and Festivals Special Feature 2026🎆

The summer festivals never cease in Nagoya and Aichi🏮✨ Let us show you just some of the powerful fireworks and fervent festivals Aichi Prefecture has to offer for an unforgettable summer experience🎆🌻

Details
📍 Japan Rhine Summer Festival and Long-Running Fireworks
Period: Sat, Aug 1–Mon, Aug 10, 2026 (Canceled should water levels rise in the Kiso River or inclement weather occurs.)

📍 95th Seto Pottery Festival
Period: Sat, Sep 12–Sun, Sep 13, 2026

📍 13th Shinmaiko Beach Festival Fireworks
Period: Sat, Aug 29, 2026 (canceled should inclement weather occur)

📍 2026 Kariya Wansaka Festival and Fireworks Display
Period: Sat, Aug 15, 2026 (canceled should inclement weather occur)

📍 Kira Fireworks Festival
Period: Sat, Oct 31, 2026 (Held in light rain and postponed to Sun, Nov 1 should inclement weather occur.)

📍 31st Fire Festival and November Fire Dance
Period: Sat, Nov 7, 2026

29/07/2026

5 photo spots around Nagoya and Aichi perfect for cosplay📸✨

From historic, popular spots to modern, natural parks—Nagoya and Aichi are home to photogenic spots your camera will love! This time, we bring you 5 places perfect for cosplay📷👍

Note: Follow establishment/venue rules and remember manners when photographing.

📍 Nagoya Castle ( )
• Address: 1-1 Hommaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi
• Closed: Dec 29–31 and Jan 1

📍 Meijo Park ( )
• Address: 1-2-25 Meijo, Kita-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi
• Closed: Open every day

📍 Nagoya City Archives
• Address: 1-3 Shirakabe, Higashi-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi
• Closed: Mon (following weekday if a national or make-up holiday), 3rd Thu of the month (4th if a national holiday), and Dec 29–Jan 3

📍 SCMAGLEV and Railway Park (.railwaypark_official )
• Address: 3-2-2 Kinjofuto, Minato-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi
• Closed: Tue (the following day if a national holiday) and Dec 28–Jan 1

📍 Laguna Ten Bosch’s Lagunasia ( )
2-3 Kaiyo-cho, Gamagori-shi, Aichi
• Closed: Business days and hours differ by season. Check the official website before heading out.

24/07/2026

🌲 Aichi’s top 5 forest walks 🌲

Gorgeous sunlight and the moist aroma of greenery mark the early summer season. Aichi is home to parks with refreshing breezes as well as lush, virgin forests full of life.

🌲 Kirara no Mori Forest
Trees over 200 years old radiate light through branches in one of Aichi’s largest old-growth forests.
Address: 1-1 Dando, Damine, Sh*tara-cho, Kita-Sh*tara-gun

🌲 Aichi Prefecture Citizens’ Forest
This giant forest is home to numerous hiking courses with seasonally changing scenery.
Address: 7-60 Horaiji, Kadoya, Shinshiro-shi

🌲 Kuragari Gorge
Enjoy this riverside ravine offering river play, forest bathing, camping, and BBQs with a view of the Southern Alps from atop Mt. Hongu.
Address: 2-2 Makibarahikage, Ishihara-cho, Okazaki-shi

🌲 Otaki Gorge
Otaki Gorge winds along a river with scenery celebrated around the prefecture and paved paths to five observation decks.
Address: Otaki-cho, Toyota-shi, Aichi

🌲 Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park
An expansive forest offers an escape with a Japanese garden and lawn perfect for picnics.
Address: 1533-1 Otsu, Ibaragabasama, Nagakute-shi

10/07/2026

🌏To all you international cosplayers✨
We've brought up the World Cosplay Summit multiple times, but thought we should add something else. Since you're coming to Aichi and Nagoya, cosplay will be an awesome part of that trip, but don't forget to check out the rest of the awesome travel ideas here📸

Historic Nagoya Castle, photogenic townscapes, exquisite culinary dishes, and seasonal events... Why, Aichi and Nagoya have it all! Bookmark Aichi Prefecture's official tourism site, Aichi Now ( ), and get a little insight into making your travel experience here a little more fun. Aichi Now even offers recommended itineraries in addition to its useful travel info and sightseeing spots😊

Between cosplay photo shoots and the event itself, take a trip out to all the other allure awaiting you in our perfect prefecture!

▼Aichi Now official tourism site
https://aichinow.pref.aichi.jp/en/

09/07/2026

Aichi Gardens Special Feature Vol. 2🍃

Continuing on with our previous post of Aichi’s Samurai Gardens Vol. 1, we bring you some more historic, famous gardens from all around the prefecture✨ Gardens offer different spectacles from the rainy season to early summer like the beauty of green Japanese maple leaves and moss topped with raindrops. Rainy weather doesn’t have to be a drag; enjoy a different take on the history and natural beauty of these gardens, pristine with precipitation.
Explore gardens in the castle towns of Lords and , beautiful havens, and characteristic spots you’ll find nowhere else. Save this post as a tool for your tour around our wonderful gardens📌

Vol. 2 ✨🏯

📍 Taiseiji Temple
Lord Ieyasu is said to have rested here while heading for Nagakute from Mt. Komaki during a historic battle.

📍 Jozan-en Garden
This rejuvenating and relaxing garden packs the aesthetic sense of warrior-turned-man-of-culture Jozan.

📍 Former Kasuya Residence
Once lodging for inspectors of the Shogunate, this location combines prestigious landscaping and tea ceremony architecture.

📍 Kezoji Temple
Explore the gorgeous moss-covered and seasonal garden of a temple with ties to the Kira clan.

📍 Nishio City History Park (Former Konoe Residence / Shoko Cottage
These gardens face Nishio Castle’s Main Turret with majesty and a rich history.

📍 Mankoji Temple
This temple registered as a cultural property has ties with a tale of saving Lord Ieyasu, though modest in its serene aura.

📍 Kiyosu Castle
Behold a dynamic yet pure garden at a castle acting as the base for national unification by Lord Nobunaga.

📍 Honkoji Temple
Gaze upon gorgeous hydrangeas as they bloom at this location prayed at by the historic Matsudaira clan.

Don’t miss out on Vol. 1✅🌱

09/07/2026

Some grand ol’ gardens🪴
The serene Japanese gardens of Aichi
https://aichinow.pref.aichi.jp/en/features/detail/3/
Aichi is home to numerous with ponds, landscapes incorporating the local terrain, and even teahouses🌳🍵 Why not take a day each month to make a visit and get a little rest and relaxation in?☺️💡

📍 Tokugawaen Garden
Address: 1001 Tokugawa-cho, Higashi-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi

📍 Nakamura Park
68 Takabata, Nakamura-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi

📍 Ni-no-Maru Garden, Nagoya Castle
Address: 1-1 Hommaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi

📍 Shirotori Garden
Address: 2-5 Atsuta-Nishi-machi, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi

📍 Toyohashi City Futagawa Shuku Honjin Museum
Address: 65 Naka-machi, Futagawa-cho, Toyohashi-shi, Aichi

📍 Horai Garden, Okutono Jinya
Address: 10 Zoyage, Okutono-cho, Okazaki-shi, Aichi

📍 Former Hayashi Family Garden
Address: 211 Shimo-machi, Okoshi, Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi

📍 Utsutsu Jinja Shrine
Address: 24 Utsutsu-cho, Kasugai-shi, Aichi

02/07/2026

Man oh man, it’s picking time!🫳🍈
Melon picking in Aichi
https://aichinow.pref.aichi.jp/en/features/detail/24/
The melon season is here, and has all the JUICY information on where to pick ‘em🤤🍽️ We’ve put together a list of spots around the prefecture with many of them located in the southernmost, seaside area, making for an sensational summer trip🏖️🌞 Get on out to pick some fresh fruit as you take in the cool breeze🤗

📍 Maruka Farm ( )
Location: 60 Shojingawa, Ikeshiri-cho, Tahara-shi
Melon picking period: Mon, Jun 1–Wed, Sep 30, 2026

📍 New Atsumi Kanko ( )
Location: 165 Dando, Hobi-cho, Tahara-shi
Melon picking period: Mon, Jun 1–Sun, Aug 16, 2026

📍 Nikken Farm ( )
Location: 65 Sekobata, Horikiri-cho, Tahara-shi
Melon picking period: Late Apr–late Sep, 2026

📍 Atsumi Tourism Marutake Farm
Location: 15 Maebata, Ashi-cho, Tahara-shi
Melon picking period: Mid-Jun – end of Sep, 2026

📍 Strawberry Park MIFUNE ( )
Location: 34-2 Higashi-Yamahata, Mifune-cho, Toyota-shi
Melon picking period: Weekends and national holidays; Aug 1–Aug 30, 2026

📍 Gamagori Orange Park ( )
Location: 1-93 Ogurimi, Seida-cho, Gamagori-shi
Melon picking period: Early Jun–late Sep, 2026

📍Seaside Farm Irago ()
Location: 155 Shimo-Omichi, Waji-cho, Tahara-shi
Melon picking period: Jun 10–Aug 20, 2026

住所

Nagoya-shi, Aichi