The Hosa Library is a wonderful public library that is a real treat for anyone interested in Asian literature. It’s home to a large number of exceptionally high quality Japanese and Chinese books, as well as a rich collection of images, old maps, drawings and other interesting papers.

The Tokugawa Art Museum is a private art museum that contains more than 12,000 cultural objects. Here you can see beautiful paintings from the Chinese Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368). The museum’s collection also features swords, armor, Noh costumes and masks, lacquer furniture, Chinese and Japanese ceramics and calligraphy. Its most important and valuable treasures are the three illustrated hand-scrolls of The Tale of Genji, dating from the Heian period of the 1130s. The collection is housed in a historical reproduction of the living quarters of the Owari daimyō, allowing visitors to see the objects as they were actually used in settings like a Japanese tea-house or a Noh stage.

Tokugawaen is a beautiful Japanese garden that typifies the daimyo gardens of the Edo period. Here you can admire the wonderful landscape of Japanese nature with its beautiful greenery and many different flowers.

The Nagoya Dome is the home of the Chunichi Dragons baseball team. Built in 1997, this stadium has the capacity to seat more than 38,000 people. As well as its home team, the venue also hosts games for the Orix Blue Wave and Kintetsu Buffaloes at different times during the year. It’s also the city’s top music venue for international artists, having hosted big names, such as The Rolling Stones, Celine Dion, Bon Jovi and Luciano Pavarotti.

The Chikusa Park is a beautiful public park in the Chikusa-ku neighborhood. It’s a great place to come and walk along its numerous paths and avenues, which take you through a whole rainbow of beautiful Japanese plants and flowers that will soothe your mood and awaken your senses.

First built around the turn of the 20th Century, the Nittaiji Temple is a unique religious building that houses some of the mortal remains of the great Buddha Shakyamuni. It’s one of Nagoya’s top tourist attractions among the Buddhist community for this reason. However, any visitor is sure to be impressed by the beauty of this significant religious landmark.

The Toganji Temple is a beautiful building which is most famous for its 10-meter high Buddha statue. This enormous, imposing statue can be found in the temple’s yard – look out for the elephant statues at its pedestal. The temple is surrounded by a beautiful, relaxing garden.

The Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens is one of the biggest zoo complexes in all of Asia that is home to a huge variety of animals from all over the world. On the same site you can enjoy the striking greenery of the botanic gardens, with its tall trees and exquisite orchids. There’s also a fun amusement park.

Known locally as “the pencil tower”, the Higashiyama Sky Tower is a tall triangular edifice that dominates the local skyline. You can travel up in one of its great glass elevators to get a wonderful view of the nearby zoo and botanical gardens.