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- Encounter High-class Scenery and an Ancient Castle as the Wind Blows
- Experience historic Aichi Prefecture and home to Japan's three great heroes: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Present-day shopping districts dotted with shrines and temples related to the heroes as well as an outdoor museum featuring rare Meiji-period architecture await you.
Course details
Ghibli Park → Ai-Chikyuhaku Kinen Koen Station → (Linimo) → Hoshigaoka Station → (Subway) → Sakae Station or Nagoya Station → Stay in Nagoya City → Sakae Station or Nagoya Station → (Subway) → Nagoyajo 'Nagoya Castle' Station → Nagoya Castle → Nagoya Station → (Subway) → Osu Kannon Station or Kamimaezu Station → Osu Shopping District → Osu Kannon Station → (Subway) → Kami Otai Station → (Meitetsu) → Inuyama Station → Stay in Inuyama City → Inuyama Station → (Bus) → Meijimura Bus Stop → Meiji-Mura Museum → Meijimura Bus Stop → (Bus) → Inuyama Station → Inuyama Castle (national treasure)
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Nagakute-City
- Ghibli Park
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Ghibli Park is a park that represents the world of Studio Ghibli. Ghibli Park came to life on November 1, 2022 in Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park (Moricoro Park).
The park consists of five areas and spreads out across the expansive grounds of Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park. See more
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Nagoya-City
- Nagoya Castle and Hommaru Palace
- Nagoya Castle is certainly at the top of Nagoya City's signature sightseeing spots. The modern castle was a piece in Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu's wish to unite the then warring states of the Japanese archipelago, and construction began in 1610. The castle was the residence of the local Owari Tokugawas—one of the three great Tokugawa clans from which a shogun could be chosen if a next generation of was unavailable. See more
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Nagoya-City
- Osu Shopping District
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The Osu Shopping District is located at the south end of Nagoya's metropolitan hub Sakae. The area is home to a whopping 1,200 or so shops and other establishments.
From the staple Nagoya eats to other fare with lines forming out the restaurants' doors, you're sure to find a plethora of cuisine characteristic of Japan and other countries around the world in addition to relaxing cafes. See more
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Inuyama-City
- Museum Meiji-Mura
- The Meiji-Mura open-air museum is made up of more than 60 historical buildings, moved to the current location and preserved on display to the public. Architect Yoshiro Taniguchi and then president of Nagoya Railroad Moto'o Tsuchikawa wanted to preserve at all costs the precious historic structures of the Meiji period as they were fading away, and worked together to open an economically beneficial museum in 1965. See more
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Inuyama-City
- Inuyama Castle, national treasure
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Inuyama Castle is one of the mere five national treasure castles in Japan; the others being Matsumoto Castle, Himeji Castle, Hikone Castle, and Matsue Castle. It is said to have been built by Lord Oda Nobuyasu, the uncle of famous warlord Oda Nobunaga, in 1537 during the Muromachi period and boasts an incredible view from the castle keep's top floor.
The castle is very rare in that, until 2004 when ownership was transferred to the Inuyama Castle Hakutei Library Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, it was under private ownership. See more
