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Nagoya was founded as a castle town more than 390 years ago on orders of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who considered its strategic position on the Tokaido Highway useful for controlling Osaka and other points west. Today, Nagoya is Japan's fourth-largest city with a population of 2.19 million—yet it's a place most foreigners never stop to see. True, it doesn't have the attractions of many of the nation's other cities, but it does have a castle originally built by the first Tokugawa shogun, as well as one of Japan's most important Shinto shrines. You can also stroll through an aquarium famous for its penguins and sea turtles, visit the world-famous Noritake chinaware display rooms, spend hours at an open-air architectural museum (one of my favorites in Japan), and watch cormorant fishing in summer. Nagoya, capital of Aichi Prefecture, also serves as the gateway to Takayama in the Japan Alps and Ise-Shima National Park. In 2005, the World Expo was held just outside Nagoya.
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AttractionsArimatsu Narumi Shibori Kaikan
Arimatsu-cho, Midori-ku
Hashi-higashiminami 60-1 Nagoya, Japan Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Description: During the days of the shogun, Arimatsu was a small village on the old Tokaido Highway.... Read More Atsuta Jingu Shrine
Atsuta-ku
1-1-1 Jingu Nagoya, Japan Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Description: Because it contains one of the emperor's Three Sacred Treasures, this is revered as one of... Read More Inuyama Castle
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