The castle and the Tokugawa
6 stops · 3 h · by subway and on foot · 6 stops
- Nagoya Castle
- Honmaru Palace
- Kinshachi Yokocho
- IG Arena
- Municipal Archives
- Tokugawaen Garden
140 spots · MICHELIN Aichi 2019, Gault&Millau 2026 and local guides · no Eater coverage here
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This interactive map of Nagoya (Japan) brings together 140 hand-picked places: 50 attractions, 43 restaurants, 24 cafés and 23 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
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名古屋城 · 中区本丸
Ieyasu's fortress crowned by golden shachihoko. Heads up: the main keep has been shut since 2018, so you cannot climb it today.
Tip: Admission doubled from 500 to 1,000 yen on 1 Oct 2026 — but today the 17th and tomorrow the 18th it is free for the Nagoya Matsuri.
🚇 Meijo Line to Nagoyajō, exit 7, then a 5-min walk
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Show on map名古屋城本丸御殿 · 中区本丸
An exact rebuild of the shogunal palace, finished in 2018 using 400-year-old techniques: cypress, gold leaf and Kanō school panels.
Tip: Shoes off and expect a queue — reckon on a 30-minute wait. Last entry is one hour before the main gate closes.
🚇 Meijo Line to Nagoyajō; inside the castle grounds
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Show on map二之丸庭園 · 中区二の丸
An Edo-period stroll garden listed as a Place of Scenic Beauty, with a tea house and the maples that will be November's big photo.
Tip: The tea house stops admitting at 15:45, earlier than the rest of the castle. The maples here are not due to turn until late November.
🚇 Meijo Line to Nagoyajō, then 8 min on foot to the east gate
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Show on map金シャチ横丁 義直ゾーン · 中区三の丸
A food lane beside the castle's main gate: the Yoshinao zone gathers the nagoya meshi classics under dark timber frontages.
Tip: It sits outside the paid area, so you can eat without entering the castle. The Muneharu zone on the east side opens and closes later.
🚇 Meijo Line to Nagoyajō, 10 min on foot to the main gate
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Show on map名城公園 · 北区名城
The green lung north of the castle: 80 hectares of lawn, a Dutch windmill and the best moat-side running loop, free of tourists.
Tip: Open around the clock and free. The cherry-lined stretch along the north moat is the classic outside viewpoint of the castle.
🚇 Meijo Line to Meijō Kōen, then 6 min on foot
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Show on mapIGアリーナ · 北区名城1丁目
The 17,000-seat arena that opened in 2025 north of the castle. This week it is the Para Games wheelchair basketball venue.
Tip: It is IG Arena by naming rights, yet during the Games the signage reads Aichi International Arena. July's sumo tournament runs here.
🚇 Meijo Line to Meijō Kōen, then 3 min on foot
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Show on map愛知県体育館 · 中区二の丸
Nagoya's old sumo hall from 1964, right by the castle. It lost the July tournament when IG Arena opened: here as a witness, not a tip.
Tip: Do not come looking for sumo: since 2025 the July Basho moved to IG Arena, ten minutes north. Only the building is left here.
🚇 Meijo Line to Nagoyajō, then 5 min on foot
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Show on map名古屋能楽堂 · 中区三の丸
Facing the castle's west gate, with a stage cut from a single cypress and a small museum of Noh masks and costumes.
Tip: The exhibition room is free; you only pay for performances. During Yattokame Bunka-sai, on until 15 November, short shows are staged.
🚇 Tsurumai Line to Sengen-chō, then 10 min on foot
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Show on map名古屋市役所西庁舎 · 中区三の丸
A 1933 Important Cultural Property in teikan-yōshiki style: a Western body crowned by a Japanese roof with a castle-like tower.
Tip: The lobby is free to visit on weekdays, 8:45 to 17:15. The station was called Shiyakusho until 2023, when it became Nagoyajō.
🚇 Meijo Line to Nagoyajō, exit 5: it sits above the station
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Show on map愛知県庁舎 · 中区三の丸
The 1938 twin of City Hall, likewise teikan-yōshiki and likewise an Important Cultural Property. Together, Nagoya's art deco set piece.
Tip: Walk into the main lobby: the marble staircase and coffered ceiling are free to see during office hours, Monday to Friday.
🚇 Meijo Line to Nagoyajō, exit 5, then 3 min on foot
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Show on map名古屋市市政資料館 · 東区白壁
The 1922 former court of appeals in neo-baroque brick: a stained-glass stairwell, preserved cells and a rotunda seen in a hundred dramas.
Tip: Admission is free all year. Closed Mondays and the third Wednesday; open 9:00 to 17:00, and the stained glass reads best in the morning.
🚇 Meitetsu Seto Line to Higashiōte, then 5 min on foot
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Show on map徳川園 · 東区徳川町
A daimyō garden on the retirement estate of Owari's second lord: a three-step waterfall, a sea-like pond and 300 maples awaiting their cue.
Tip: Tomorrow, Sunday the 18th, entry is free for the Nagoya Matsuri, 9:30 to 17:30. The maples here are only forecast for around 5 December.
🚇 Meitetsu Seto Line to Morishita, then 9 min on foot
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Show on map徳川美術館 · 東区徳川町
The inherited treasure of the Owari Tokugawa: armour, swords, a daimyō bridal trousseau and the oldest Tale of Genji scrolls on earth.
Tip: The original Genji scrolls only come out in November; the rest of the year you see the facsimile. Since April 2026 under-15s pay nothing.
🚇 Meitetsu Seto Line to Morishita, then 10 min on foot
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Show on map文化のみち二葉館 · 東区橦木町
The orange house of Sadayakko Kawakami, Japan's first modern actress: a Western villa fused to a Japanese wing, with 1920s stained glass.
Tip: Tomorrow, Sunday the 18th, it is free 10:00 to 17:00 for the Nagoya Matsuri; otherwise general entry rose from 200 to 300 yen in October.
🚇 Sakura-dori Line to Takaoka, then 12 min on foot
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Show on mapオアシス21 · 東区東桜1丁目
Sakae's glass spaceship: a floating sheet of water you can walk around on top, with a bus terminal tucked underneath.
Tip: From the 18th to the 24th this hosts ONE HEART WORLD, the free Para Games live site, with a giant screen and visiting medallists.
🚇 Higashiyama and Meijo lines to Sakae, exit 4
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Show on map中部電力 MIRAI TOWER · 中区錦3丁目
Japan's first TV tower, built in 1954 and elder sister to Tokyo's. Now an Important Cultural Property, with a hotel inside it.
Tip: It stopped being Nagoya TV Tower in 2021 under naming rights. The open-air deck on level 5 is free; the enclosed one is ticketed.
🚇 Sakura-dori and Meijo lines to Hisaya-ōdōri, exit 4B
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Show on map久屋大通公園 · 中区
Two kilometres of linear park slicing Sakae in half, remade in 2020 with shops under the trees and the tower as backdrop.
Tip: Today and tomorrow it is the Nagoya Matsuri main stage, 11:00 to 20:00 then 10:00 to 20:00. All free, and there is no car park.
🚇 Higashiyama and Meijo lines to Sakae: the exit opens onto it
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Show on map愛知県美術館 · 東区東桜1丁目
Floors 8 and 10 of the Aichi Arts Center: Klimt, Picasso and a strong holding of modern Japanese art, high above Sakae.
Tip: It is prefectural, not municipal: it is not part of the Nagoya Matsuri free days. Closed Mondays, open until 18:00.
🚇 Higashiyama and Meijo lines to Sakae, exit 3A, 4 min on foot
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Show on mapFUJIなごや科学館 · 中区栄2丁目
The silver globe holds the world's largest single-dome planetarium, 35 metres across, plus a polar room kept at minus 30 degrees.
Tip: Since 2024 it carries the FUJI naming rights. Tomorrow, Sunday, the permanent exhibits are free, but the planetarium still costs.
🚇 Higashiyama and Tsurumai lines to Fushimi, exit 5, 9 min on foot
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Show on map名古屋市美術館 · 中区栄2丁目
A Kisho Kurokawa building in Shirakawa Park: School of Paris, Mexican muralism and the local avant-garde, all under one roof.
Tip: Tomorrow, Sunday the 18th, entry is free 9:30 to 17:00. Since October the permanent show went from 300 to 450 yen; specials are separate.
🚇 Tsurumai Line to Ōsu Kannon, exit 2, then 6 min on foot
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Show on mapでんきの科学館 · 中区栄2丁目
Four floors of hands-on electricity and energy games run by the regional utility. Free admission all year, which is rare in Japan.
Tip: Closed Mondays and the second Friday of the month. The best rainy-day plan with kids downtown, and it does not cost a yen.
🚇 Higashiyama and Tsurumai lines to Fushimi, exit 4, 4 min on foot
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Show on map大須観音 · 中区大須2丁目
The red temple moved here in 1612 on Ieyasu's orders. It holds the oldest Kojiki manuscript, and its flea market is legendary.
Tip: The antiques market runs on the 18th and 28th of each month, 7:00 to 16:00 — tomorrow lands on it. The grounds are always free.
🚇 Tsurumai Line to Ōsu Kannon, exit 2, then 4 min on foot
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Show on map大須商店街 · 中区大須3丁目
Twelve hundred shops under covered arcades: vintage, electronics, anime, kebabs and a temple every third block. Nagoya, undiluted.
Tip: Nearly all of it is roofed, so it is downtown's rain plan. Many second-hand shops only open at 11:00 and shut by 20:00.
🚇 Meijo and Tsurumai lines to Kamimaezu, exit 8, 9 min on foot
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Show on map大須演芸場 · 中区大須2丁目
Central Japan's last rakugo and vaudeville house. It closed over debts in 2014 and reopened a year later — still going, just about.
Tip: You need no Japanese for the paper-cutting or the juggling acts. Check the day's bill, though: there is not a show every day.
🚇 Tsurumai Line to Ōsu Kannon, exit 2, then 5 min on foot
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Show on map三輪神社 · 中区大須3丁目
A hidden Osu shrine with a Nara-style triple torii, stone rabbits in every corner and goshuin seals that change every month.
Tip: You zigzag through the triple torii to triple your luck. Goshuin seals go 9:00 to 17:00 and the monthly design sells out fast.
🚇 Meijo Line to Yabachō, exit 6, then 6 min on foot
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Show on mapミッドランドスクエア スカイプロムナード · 中村区名駅4丁目
An open-air deck on floors 44 to 46 of Midland Square, 220 m above the station: the only rooftop at that height in the city.
Tip: Open 11:00 to 22:00, last entry 21:30. The Me~guru day pass drops it from 1,000 to 800 yen; it can shut in rough weather.
🚇 Higashiyama and Sakura-dori lines to Nagoya, exit 7, 3 min on foot
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Show on mapナナちゃん人形 · 中村区名駅1丁目
A 6.1-metre mannequin standing under the Meitetsu tracks since 1973. She changes outfits some thirty times a year and is THE meeting point.
Tip: She is on the pavement, free and always visible. Say 'meet me at Nana-chan' and any local in Nagoya knows exactly where you mean.
🚇 Higashiyama and Sakura-dori lines to Nagoya, exit 8, 2 min on foot
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Show on mapノリタケの森 · 西区則武新町
The 1904 porcelain works turned into a park: brick chimneys, an Old Noritake museum and a studio where you paint your own plate.
Tip: The park is free; only the Craft Center charges, 500 yen, or 450 if you show the Me~guru pass. Closed on Mondays.
🚇 Higashiyama Line to Kamejima, exit 2, then 6 min on foot
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Show on mapトヨタ産業技術記念館 · 西区則武新町4丁目
The original spinning mill where the Toyodas went from looms to cars. It all runs: a live foundry demo and three hundred looms.
Tip: Open 9:30 to 17:00, last entry 16:30, closed Mondays. It is 1,000 yen, or 800 if you hold the Me~guru day pass.
🚇 Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Sakō, then 5 min on foot
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Show on map熱田神宮 · 熱田区神宮1丁目
Japan's second most revered shrine after Ise. It guards the Kusanagi sword, one of three imperial regalia, which nobody ever sees.
Tip: The forest is open round the clock and free. Enter by the southern first torii and find the thousand-year camphor behind the second gate.
🚇 Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Jingū-mae, then 5 min on foot
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Show on map熱田神宮宝物館 · 熱田区神宮1丁目
Six thousand pieces given to the shrine over the centuries. The swords rotate monthly: the region's best katana display, by far.
Tip: Open 9:00 to 16:30, closed the last Wednesday and Thursday of each month. The Kusanagi is not shown: nobody has seen it in centuries.
🚇 Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Jingū-mae, then 5 min on foot
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Show on map白鳥庭園 · 熱田区熱田西町
The city's largest Japanese garden, laid out as a map of the region: Mount Ontake at the top and Ise Bay at the bottom.
Tip: Tomorrow, Sunday the 18th, it opens free 9:00 to 17:00 with a tea ceremony. The maples here are only due around 2 December.
🚇 Meijo Line to Atsuta Jingū Nishi, exit 4, then 10 min on foot
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Show on map名古屋港水族館 · 港区港町
Killer whales, belugas and dolphins in Japan's largest main pool, plus a whole wing tracing the Antarctic ship Fuji's route.
Tip: Closed Mondays. The dolphin show in the main pool runs to a fixed timetable: check the board on arrival and plan around it.
🚇 Meiko Line to Nagoyakō, exit 3, then 7 min on foot
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Show on map名古屋海洋博物館・南極観測船ふじ · 港区港町
The icebreaker that carried Japan to Antarctica from 1965 to 1983, moored and open: cabins, helicopter and the sled dogs' quarters.
Tip: The joint ticket with the aquarium and the big wheel beats buying separately. Open 9:30 to 17:00, closed on Mondays.
🚇 Meiko Line to Nagoyakō, exit 3, then 5 min on foot
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Show on map鶴舞公園 · 昭和区鶴舞1丁目
Nagoya's first municipal park, from 1909: half Japanese garden, half European circus with a fountain and a bandstand.
Tip: An autumn festival with weekend workshops runs to 15 November. The maples here are forecast for around 1 December.
🚇 Tsurumai Line or JR Chuo Line to Tsurumai, exit 4
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Show on mapパロマ瑞穂スタジアム · 瑞穂区山下通
Mizuho's rebuilt 35,000-seat stadium: tomorrow night the Para Games opening ceremony lights up right here.
Tip: Tomorrow, the 18th, roads around the stadium and the urban expressway close. Come by subway: no entry once the pre-show starts.
🚇 Meijo Line to Mizuho Undōjō Higashi, exit 1, 7 min on foot
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Show on map日本ガイシホール · 南区笠寺町
The 10,000-seat arena in the south, called Rainbow Hall until ceramics maker NGK bought the name. This week, the boccia venue.
Tip: The complex keeps the old name inside: the pool is still the Rainbow Pool, and it is the Para Games swimming venue.
🚇 JR Tokaido Line to Kasadera, 5 min on foot along the deck
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Show on mapバンテリンドーム ナゴヤ · 東区大幸南1丁目
Home of the Chunichi Dragons since 1997, fixed roof and 36,000 seats. In Nagoya a 'dome' doubles as a unit of area.
Tip: It was Nagoya Dome until 2021: Kowa bought the name and renewed the deal in 2025, so Vantelin it remains.
🚇 Meijo Line to Nagoya Dome-mae Yada, exit 1, 11 min on foot
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Show on map東山動植物園 · 千種区東山元町3-70
Five thousand animals and seven thousand plants over 60 hectares. The gorilla Shabani went viral years ago and still draws daily fans.
Tip: Admission rose from 500 to 800 yen on 1 October, but tomorrow, Sunday the 18th, it is free 9:00 to 16:50. Closed Mondays.
🚇 Higashiyama Line to Higashiyama Kōen, exit 3, 14 min on foot
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Show on map東山スカイタワー · 千種区田代町
A 134-metre tower on an 80-metre hill: on a clear day you can pick out the Japan Alps, and the whole bay at sunset.
Tip: Tomorrow, Sunday the 18th, it is free until 21:30 for the Nagoya Matsuri: the year's only chance to go up at night for nothing.
🚇 Higashiyama Line to Higashiyama Kōen, exit 3, 12 min on foot
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Show on map日泰寺 · 千種区法王町
The only temple in Japan belonging to no sect: founded in 1904 to house relics of the Buddha gifted by Siam.
Tip: On the 21st of each month the approach street fills with stalls from 8:00: the Kōbō market, and the best day to come.
🚇 Higashiyama Line to Kakuōzan, exit 1, then 9 min on foot
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Show on map揚輝荘 · 千種区法王町
The 1920s pleasure estate of Matsuzakaya's founder: a Chinese pavilion, a pond and a basement of Indian murals under the house.
Tip: The north garden is always free; the Chōshōkaku pavilion rose from 300 to 450 yen in October. Tomorrow, Sunday, all of it is free.
🚇 Higashiyama Line to Kakuōzan, exit 1, then 9 min on foot
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Show on mapヤマザキマザック美術館 · 東区葵1丁目
Three centuries of French art, Watteau to Picasso, assembled by a machine-tool maker. No glass cases and no rope barriers.
Tip: Closed Mondays, open until 17:00, and until 17:30 on Saturdays. The audio guide is included in the price and well worth taking.
🚇 Higashiyama Line to Shinsakae-machi, exit 1: it opens into it
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Show on map真宗大谷派名古屋別院 · 中区橘2丁目
A 1690 Shin temple with a vast courtyard and a ginkgo that towers over the district. On the 12th each month, a craft market fills it.
Tip: The courtyard is free and opens early. The 12th's craft market starts at 8:00, and by noon half the city has already been through.
🚇 Meijo Line to Higashi Betsuin, exit 4, then 5 min on foot
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Show on map八事山興正寺 · 昭和区八事本町
An 1808 five-storey pagoda, the prefecture's only wooden one, on a wooded Yagoto hill with a bamboo grove behind it.
Tip: Open 8:00 to 17:00 and free. Markets fall on the 5th, 13th and 21st each month; almost nobody walks the bamboo grove behind.
🚇 Meijo and Tsurumai lines to Yagoto, exit 1, then 6 min on foot
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Show on map笠寺観音（笠覆寺） · 南区笠寺町
One of the four Kannon guarding Nagoya. Its legend tells of a servant girl who sheltered a Buddha with her own straw hat in the rain.
Tip: On the 6th and 18th of each month a market fills the grounds — tomorrow is one. The temple is free and opens at 8:00.
🚇 Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Moto-Kasadera, 5 min on foot
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Show on map中村公園 · 中村区中村町
The park on the spot where Toyotomi Hideyoshi was born, with a 24-metre vermilion torii visible across the whole district.
Tip: Park and Japanese garden are free and always open. The Hideyoshi and Kiyomasa museum sits inside and closes on Mondays.
🚇 Higashiyama Line to Nakamura Kōen, exit 1, 14 min on foot
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Show on map四間道 · 西区那古野1丁目
A 1700s warehouse street widened to four ken after a fire. The white plaster walls and the rooftop shrines are still there.
Tip: Look at the roofs: each house carries a little fire-god shrine up on the tiles. It is free, and at night it is lit and empty.
🚇 Tsurumai and Sakura-dori lines to Marunouchi, exit 8, 6 min walk
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Show on map円頓寺商店街 · 西区那古野1丁目
Nagoya's oldest shopping arcade, late nineteenth century, revived by bars, bookshops and a French festival each November.
Tip: On 14 and 15 November it hosts the Endoji Paris Festival, with French bakeries and a market, 11:00 to 18:00 and free.
🚇 Sakura-dori Line to Kokusai Center, exit 2, then 8 min on foot
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Show on map名古屋市博物館 · 瑞穂区瑞穂通1丁目
A warning, not a tip: the city's history museum is shut for a major refit and has not fully reopened yet.
Tip: Do not come without checking the website: the pre-opening was announced for after autumn 2026, with a price rise due in 2028.
🚇 Sakura-dori Line to Sakurayama, exit 4, then 7 min on foot
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Show on mapあつた蓬莱軒 本店 · 熱田区神戸町
The house that invented hitsumabushi in 1873: eel chopped and grilled, served in a lacquer tub to be eaten three different ways.
Tip: Closed Wednesdays and the second and fourth Thursday. Take a number on arrival and allow two hours: the lunch wait is brutal.
🚇 Meijo Line to Atsuta Jingū Temma-chō, exit 4, 6 min on foot
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Show on mapあつた蓬莱軒 松坂屋店 · 中区栄3丁目
The same eel as the mother house, only inside the Matsuzakaya store: identical recipe, a far shorter queue.
Tip: It sits on floor 10 of the south building and keeps store hours, so it shuts earlier than Atsuta: last order 20:00.
🚇 Meijo Line to Yabachō, exit 5, then 3 min on foot
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Show on mapひつまぶし名古屋備長 エスカ店 · 中村区椿町
The other great hitsumabushi house, inside the Esca arcade on the Shinkansen side: eel grilled over binchotan charcoal.
Tip: Open 11:00-15:30 and 17:00-22:00. The train plan: the Esca arcade links underground to the platforms without going outside.
🚇 Higashiyama and Sakura-dori lines to Nagoya, Shinkansen exit
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Show on mapひつまぶし花岡 · 中区栄3丁目
A Sakae eel house where the queue hurts less than at the classics, with the same lacquer tub and a properly made dashi.
Tip: Open 11:00-15:00 and 18:00-21:00. Order the small hitsumabushi if you plan to keep eating: the large is genuinely large.
🚇 Higashiyama and Meijo lines to Sakae, exit 12, 7 min on foot
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Show on mapうな富士 · 昭和区白金
The eel locals rank above the tourist houses: fat, from its own supplier, grilled without steaming, Nagoya style.
Tip: Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays, open 11:00-20:00. There is a digital waitlist: scan the QR at the door before you settle in to wait.
🚇 Tsurumai Line or JR Chuo Line to Tsurumai, 13 min on foot
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Show on mapみそかつ矢場とん 本店 · 中区大須3丁目
The miso katsu that defined the genre since 1947: fried pork cutlet drowned in thick, sweet Hatcho red miso sauce.
Tip: Order the waraji tonkatsu: a whole cutlet split down the middle. If you do not want it drowned, ask for the sauce on the side.
🚇 Meijo Line to Yabachō, exit 4, then 5 min on foot
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Show on map矢場とん 栄店 · 中区栄3丁目
The Sakae branch of the miso katsu house, same menu and same sauce but with faster turnover than the Yabacho original.
Tip: Check the little pig logo before you walk in: there are several branches in town and their hours do not all match.
🚇 Higashiyama and Meijo lines to Sakae, exit 12, 4 min on foot
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Show on mapみそかつ 矢場とん 金シャチ横丁店 · 中区三の丸
The miso katsu branch inside the castle's food lane: you eat without paying to enter the walled grounds.
Tip: The best midday move at the castle: Kinshachi Yokocho sits outside the paid area and runs 11:00 to 21:00.
🚇 Meijo Line to Nagoyajō, exit 7, then 10 min on foot
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Show on map山本屋総本家 · 中区栄3丁目
Classic miso nikomi udon: brutally firm noodles simmered in a clay pot of red miso, served boiling with the lid as your plate.
Tip: The noodle arrives deliberately undercooked: it is not a mistake. Use the pot lid as a plate so it cools before you eat.
🚇 Meijo Line to Yabachō, exit 5, then 4 min on foot
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Show on map山本屋本店 伏見店 · 中区錦1丁目
The other miso nikomi udon chain, milder broth and free pickled radish on every table. An old rivalry with Sohonke.
Tip: Honten and Sohonke are two separate companies with nearly identical names: read the sign to know which one you walked into.
🚇 Higashiyama and Tsurumai lines to Fushimi, exit 8, 5 min on foot
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Show on map世界の山ちゃん 本店 · 中区栄4丁目
Black-pepper tebasaki wings that bite and hook you, born here in 1981. Eaten with beer and with your hands, no exceptions.
Tip: Evenings only, from 17:00. Ask for the 'gensho' to get the original version, spicier than the standard one.
🚇 Higashiyama Line to Shinsakae-machi, exit 1, 8 min on foot
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Show on map風来坊 伏見店 · 中区錦2丁目
The house that invented tebasaki in 1963, before Yamachan: sweeter glaze, less pepper, and a rivalry that splits the city.
Tip: Do both in one night: Furaibo and Yamachan are ten minutes apart on foot, and the difference lands on the first bite.
🚇 Higashiyama and Tsurumai lines to Fushimi, exit 1, 2 min on foot
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Show on map味仙 今池本店 · 千種区今池1丁目
Taiwan ramen was born here in the seventies: a Taiwanese cook improvised a fiery bowl that does not exist in Taiwan.
Tip: Ask for 'amerikan' if you cannot take the heat: same recipe, half the chilli. It serves late, past midnight.
🚇 Higashiyama and Sakura-dori lines to Imaike, exit 9, 2 min walk
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Show on map味仙 大須店 · 中区大須3丁目
The Osu branch of the taiwan ramen house, at the arcade's end: same chilli-garlic hit, faster turnover than Imaike.
Tip: Taiwan ramen carries serious garlic: do not order it before a meeting. They also do taiwan mazesoba, brothless and stronger yet.
🚇 Meijo and Tsurumai lines to Kamimaezu, exit 8, 8 min on foot
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Show on map住よし · 中村区名駅1丁目
Stand-up kishimen on the Nagoya Station platform: flat noodles, dark broth and bonito flakes, in your hands in ninety seconds.
Tip: You need a platform ticket or a valid journey to reach it. Identical stands sit on several platforms: use whichever is yours.
🚇 Inside Nagoya Station, right on the JR Tokaido Line platform
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Show on map宮きしめん 熱田神宮店 · 熱田区神宮1丁目
Kishimen inside the Atsuta Jingu forest, with open-air tables among the trees: the shrine's best cheap lunch, hands down.
Tip: You order from a machine and collect at the counter. It is inside the free shrine grounds: you pay for the bowl and nothing else.
🚇 Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Jingū-mae, then 6 min on foot
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Show on mapきしめん 石川屋 · 東区白壁
A neighbourhood kishimen house in Shirakabe, hand-stretched noodles and a clear broth: the local dish without tourists.
Tip: Lunch only, and it shuts when the dough runs out, so go before 13:00 if you want to be sure of a bowl.
🚇 Meitetsu Seto Line to Higashiōte, then 9 min on foot
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Show on mapあんかけ太郎 金シャチ横丁店 · 中区三の丸
Ankake spaghetti: thick noodles fried in butter under a peppery gravy, a Nagoya invention from the nineteen sixties.
Tip: Order the 'Milanese' with sausage or the 'Country' with vegetables: the half-and-half exists, and it is what locals order.
🚇 Meijo Line to Nagoyajō, exit 7, then 3 min on foot
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Show on mapあんかけ太郎 栄店 · 中区栄4丁目
The Sakae branch of the ankake spaghetti house, counter and small tables: a quick way into the city's oddest beloved dish.
Tip: The standard portion is already big: order 'regular', not 'jumbo', unless you are truly hungry. The pepper is part of the dish.
🚇 Higashiyama and Meijo lines to Sakae, exit 13, 5 min on foot
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Show on map天むす · 中村区牛島町
Tenmusu: rice balls with a tempura prawn buried inside and nori wrapped round. Nagoya's walk-and-eat snack, bought by the box.
Tip: Open 9:00 to 18:00, closed Mondays. Sold by the box of five: buy before midday, because they sell out early.
🚇 Sakura-dori Line to Kokusai Center, exit 2, then 3 min on foot
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Show on map島正 · 中区栄2丁目
A 1949 izakaya famous for dotenabe: pork offal stewed for years in the same red miso, a pot never fully emptied.
Tip: Open 17:00-22:00 Monday to Friday, closed at weekends. Ten counter seats only: arrive at opening time or you will not get in.
🚇 Higashiyama and Tsurumai lines to Fushimi, exit 7, 4 min on foot
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Show on map若鯱家 · 中区錦3丁目
Nagoya's curry udon: a thick curry broth over fat noodles, with a paper bib supplied because it will splash, guaranteed.
Tip: Put the paper bib on without embarrassment: everyone does. The broth stains white fabric permanently and water will not save it.
🚇 Sakura-dori and Meijo lines to Hisaya-ōdōri, exit 1A, 8 min walk
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Show on map鈴波 · 中区栄3丁目
Fish cured in sake lees and miso, grilled, with rice and soup. A thousand-yen lunch set that eats like twice the price.
Tip: Lunch service only, 11:00 to 14:30. The shop below sells the cured fish vacuum-packed: it survives the flight home.
🚇 Higashiyama and Meijo lines to Sakae, exit 16, 6 min on foot
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Show on map宮鍵 · 中村区名駅5丁目
An 1899 house doing kashiwa sukiyaki: Nagoya Cochin chicken in an iron pot, a recipe almost nobody else still keeps.
Tip: Book ahead: the tatami room fills up and the Cochin sukiyaki is made to order. Closed Sundays and public holidays.
🚇 Sakura-dori Line to Kokusai Center, exit 4, then 9 min on foot
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Show on map八勝館 · 昭和区八事本町
A Yagoto ryotei in a pavilion designed by Sutemi Horiguchi, two MICHELIN stars in the regional guide and its own garden.
Tip: Book days ahead, and it is genuinely expensive. The Hassho-kan pavilion is an Important Cultural Property: ask to be seated there.
🚇 Meijo and Tsurumai lines to Yagoto, exit 4, then 4 min on foot
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Show on mapラ・フロレゾン・ドゥ・タケウチ · 中区栄2丁目
A Sakae French table with a MICHELIN star in the regional guide and three Gault&Millau 2026 toques: downtown's most decorated.
Tip: Open 12:00 to 21:00, closed Mondays. Set menu only and booking required: you cannot just chance a walk-in on a Tuesday.
🚇 Higashiyama and Tsurumai lines to Fushimi, exit 6, 8 min on foot
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Show on map河文 · 中区丸の内2丁目
Nagoya's oldest ryotei, trading since 1615, the same year as the castle. Today it serves French and Japanese over a water garden.
Tip: The lunch menu is far more affordable than dinner and you still eat in the Mizukagami room, out over the pond.
🚇 Tsurumai and Sakura-dori lines to Marunouchi, exit 1, 5 min walk
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Show on map鳥開 総本家 · 中村区名駅3丁目
Nagoya Cochin oyakodon that won the national donburi championship, with barely set egg and a broth made from the carcasses.
Tip: Order the Cochin oyakodon and the fried tebasaki in the same round: that pairing is what justifies the trip.
🚇 Higashiyama and Sakura-dori lines to Nagoya, exit 4, 6 min on foot
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Show on mapうな善 · 中村区名駅4丁目
Eel near the station in a small counter house, with hitsumabushi at a human price and none of the big names' queue.
Tip: Few seats and an early evening close. If Bincho's queue puts you off, this is the plan B five minutes away.
🚇 Higashiyama and Sakura-dori lines to Nagoya, exit 4, 8 min on foot
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Show on mapうなぎ四代目菊川 · 中区栄3丁目
Fourth-generation eel grillers in the middle of Sakae: charcoal grilling in full view and hitsumabushi served past nine.
Tip: One of the few good eel houses serving at night: most shut at 20:00 and this one keeps going afterwards.
🚇 Higashiyama and Meijo lines to Sakae, exit 12, 4 min on foot
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Show on mapうなぎ竜田 · 中区門前町
A neighbourhood eel house behind Osu Kannon, twelve seats and local prices: the antithesis of the queueing houses.
Tip: Open 11:30-14:00 and 17:30-21:00, closed Sundays. With twelve seats, arrive right at opening or just after 13:30.
🚇 Tsurumai Line to Ōsu Kannon, exit 2, then 10 min on foot
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Show on map寿がきや 大須店 · 中区大須3丁目
Pork-broth ramen at kiosk prices, served with the patented spoon-fork hybrid that exists only in this Nagoya chain.
Tip: It really is cheap: the basic ramen runs under 500 yen. Take the 'sugakko' spoon-fork home as a properly odd souvenir.
🚇 Meijo and Tsurumai lines to Kamimaezu, exit 8, 3 min on foot
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Show on map大須たんたん麺 · 中区大須3丁目
Sesame-and-chilli tantanmen in the middle of the Osu arcade, a narrow counter and an office queue at 12:30 sharp.
Tip: Come before 12:00 or after 13:30: at peak the queue wraps around the arcade and there is nowhere to sit and wait.
🚇 Meijo and Tsurumai lines to Kamimaezu, exit 8, 3 min on foot
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Show on map大須回転寿司 三陸屋 · 中区大須2丁目
Conveyor sushi in Osu with Sanriku fish brought down from the northeast: cheap plates and real tuna, rare on a belt.
Tip: The good stuff is what does not rotate: order the day's board by hand, written on the paper strips along the wall.
🚇 Tsurumai Line to Ōsu Kannon, exit 2, then 5 min on foot
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Show on map名物きしめん 新大黒 · 千種区千種通
Fukiage kishimen with a bonito broth and hand-cut noodles, in a neighbourhood house without a word of English.
Tip: It is one minute from exit 1, so distance is no excuse. Point at the photo menu if the Japanese defeats you.
🚇 Sakura-dori Line to Fukiage, exit 1, then 1 min on foot
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Show on mapよもだそば · 中村区名駅1丁目
A stand-up soba bar under the station, open from 7:00, doing an Indian curry implausibly good for a noodle counter.
Tip: Open 7:00-22:30 and the salvation of an early train. Order the curry soba: it sounds wrong and it is why people come back.
🚇 Higashiyama and Sakura-dori lines to Nagoya, exit 5, 1 min on foot
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Show on map鶏そば 啜る · 中区丸の内2丁目
Clear chicken ramen in Marunouchi, with none of the taiwan ramen's fat: the clean option when you have had too much miso.
Tip: This is an office district: it closes early and does not open Sundays. Go at weekday lunchtime or you will miss it.
🚇 Tsurumai and Sakura-dori lines to Marunouchi, exit 5, 2 min walk
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Show on map中華料理 串静 · 東区東桜2丁目
A neighbourhood Chinese in Takaoka with hand-folded gyoza and wok plates at old prices: the classic after-work dinner.
Tip: Japanese-only menu and small tables: go early, before 19:00, and order the gyoza as you sit because they run out.
🚇 Sakura-dori Line to Takaoka, exit 1, then 2 min on foot
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Show on mapどて家 · 中村区則武1丁目
Dotenabe and offal stewed in red miso by the station's west exit, with a standing counter and small glasses of beer.
Tip: Order the dotenabe with a side bowl of rice and dunk it in the sauce: that is how everyone eats it, and it is not on the menu.
🚇 Higashiyama and Sakura-dori lines to Nagoya, exit 2, 5 min on foot
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Show on map王様のフレンチ · 昭和区御器所
A neighbourhood bistro in Gokiso with a canteen-priced lunch menu and serious French cooking from a single chef.
Tip: It is a one-person kitchen: lunch has very few covers and a call ahead helps. Closed on Wednesdays.
🚇 Tsurumai and Sakura-dori lines to Gokiso, exit 5, 3 min on foot
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Show on map大久手山本屋 神宮前店 · 熱田区三本松町
Miso nikomi udon two minutes from Atsuta Jingu: the family's third house, with a darker broth than the two famous ones.
Tip: The best stop after Atsuta if you will not queue for eel. Two minutes from the station, tucked under the tracks.
🚇 Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Jingū-mae, then 2 min on foot
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Show on mapアリーナ イーツ · 北区名城1丁目
IG Arena's food hall, open even without an event ticket: nagoya meshi in fast-service form right by the castle.
Tip: On event days it fills two hours beforehand and the queues grow. Para Games matches run this week, so come off-peak.
🚇 Meijo Line to Meijō Kōen, exit 2, then 4 min on foot
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Show on map天むすびの多香野 · 瑞穂区洲山町
Neighbourhood tenmusu in Sakurayama, hand-rolled each morning: the same prawn rice balls, minus the downtown tourist markup.
Tip: Takeaway only, no seating. Pair it with Tsuruma Park, ten minutes away on the Tsurumai Line, and eat them on the grass.
🚇 Sakura-dori Line to Sakurayama, exit 1, then 4 min on foot
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Show on mapコンパル 大須本店 · 中区大須3丁目
A 1947 kissaten famous for the ebi-fry sando: breaded prawns, cabbage and sauce between two crustless white slices.
Tip: Note: the morning set is not free here, it is 200 yen extra between 8:00 and 11:00. Iced coffee arrives for you to mix yourself.
🚇 Meijo and Tsurumai lines to Kamimaezu, exit 8, 5 min on foot
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Show on mapコンパル サンロード店 · 中村区名駅
The ebi-fry sando branch down in the station's underground arcade: the same sandwich without surfacing at all.
Tip: Open 8:00-21:00 daily. Order the sandwich to go and eat it on the train: it comes cut and wrapped exactly for that.
🚇 Higashiyama and Sakura-dori lines to Nagoya: inside Sun Road arcade
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Show on mapおかげ庵 伏見店 · 中区錦1丁目
Komeda's Japanese-style arm: the same toast-and-egg morning, but with matcha, shiratama and a tiny grill to toast your own dango.
Tip: Open 7:00-22:00. The morning runs until 11:00 and is free with any drink: that is how the system works across Nagoya.
🚇 Higashiyama and Tsurumai lines to Fushimi, exit 1, 8 min on foot
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Show on map喫茶ニューポピー · 西区那古野1丁目
A Shikemichi kissaten inside an old wooden house, morning service until 11:00 and vinyl playing right through.
Tip: Open 8:00-20:00. The best breakfast stop before walking Shikemichi and Endoji, both two blocks away.
🚇 Tsurumai and Sakura-dori lines to Marunouchi, exit 8, 6 min walk
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Show on mapなごのや · 西区那古野1丁目
A kissaten and hostel in the Endoji arcade, set in a 1936 house: morning sets, books and locals at every hour.
Tip: Morning runs to 11:00 and the ogura toast is the arcade's best. It is under cover, so it works in the rain.
🚇 Sakura-dori Line to Kokusai Center, exit 2, then 8 min on foot
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Show on map喫茶まつば · 西区那古野1丁目
A neighbourhood kissaten in Endoji with worn armchairs, dark-roast coffee and regulars who have had the same table for forty years.
Tip: Open 8:00-18:00, closed Wednesdays. The morning brings a boiled egg and half a slice of toast, free: Nagoya's baseline.
🚇 Tsurumai and Sakura-dori lines to Marunouchi, exit 8, 7 min walk
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Show on mapKAKO 柳橋店 · 中村区名駅4丁目
A historic Nagoya roaster famous for its melon toast: an absurdly thick slice with half a melon on top, big enough for two.
Tip: Order the melon toast to share: one covers two people, and it is not part of the free morning set.
🚇 Sakura-dori Line to Kokusai Center, exit 4, then 4 min on foot
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Show on mapBucyo Coffee · 中村区名駅南1丁目
A modern roaster bridging kissaten and third wave: a proper morning set and single-origin coffee on the same menu.
Tip: Opens at 8:00 with the morning running to 11:00. Take the ogura toast with the filter coffee: that is the exact local pairing.
🚇 Higashiyama and Tsurumai lines to Fushimi, exit 8, 12 min on foot
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Show on mapボンボン · 東区泉2丁目
A cake shop and kissaten since 1949 with a Showa-era cake cabinet: everything cheap, everything as it was sixty years ago.
Tip: Pick your cake at the front cabinet first, then sit down: that is the system. Opens at 8:00 and it really is cheap.
🚇 Sakura-dori Line to Takaoka, exit 1, then 7 min on foot
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Show on map加藤珈琲店 · 東区東桜1丁目
A Sakae roaster offering two bean types at one price and an espresso list served in little glass jugs.
Tip: Opens at 8:00, closed Wednesdays. Morning runs to 11:00; after midday the queue forms out on the pavement.
🚇 Sakura-dori and Meijo lines to Hisaya-ōdōri, exit 1A, 3 min walk
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Show on map松屋コーヒー本店 · 中区大須3丁目
An Osu roaster founded in 1909, the city's oldest: sacks of beans to the ceiling and a tasting bar at the back.
Tip: Buy the house blend beans: it is what Nagoya's kissaten have used for a century, and they grind it on the spot.
🚇 Meijo and Tsurumai lines to Kamimaezu, exit 8, 3 min on foot
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Show on mapブラジルコーヒー 金山店 · 中区金山1丁目
A Kanayama kissaten roasting since the sixties, with the area's most generous morning set and original formica tables.
Tip: Opens at 7:00, earlier than almost anything. Two minutes from Kanayama: the obvious morning stop coming in from the airport.
🚇 Meijo Line to Kanayama, exit 1, then 2 min on foot
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Show on map大須珈琲 · 中区大須2丁目
A tiny kissaten in the Osu arcade, an eight-seat counter and ogura toast served with proper butter.
Tip: Ogura toast is Nagoya's most surprising plate: hot toast with sweet azuki bean paste and butter over the top.
🚇 Tsurumai Line to Ōsu Kannon, exit 2, then 8 min on foot
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Show on map喫茶マウンテン · 昭和区滝川町
Japan's most famous and most deranged kissaten: it serves sweet strawberry spaghetti with cream, and people come to suffer it.
Tip: Closed Mondays. 'Sōnan' means failing to finish: locals joke that climbing the mountain is emptying the plate without quitting.
🚇 Tsurumai Line to Irinaka, exit 1, then 9 min on foot
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Show on map喫茶ツヅキ · 中村区亀島
One of Nagoya's oldest kissaten, on a Nakamura corner: the morning set lands from 7:00 and has never changed.
Tip: The morning is free with any drink until 11:00 and it is generous: toast, egg and sometimes salad or yoghurt too.
🚇 Higashiyama Line to Nakamura Nisseki, exit 1, 10 min on foot
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Show on map花ごよみ · 東区橦木町
A Cultural Path kissaten next to Futaba-kan, with a late-running morning and tables facing the Taisho-era houses.
Tip: Open 7:30-23:00, among the district's longest hours. The natural pause between Futaba-kan and the municipal archives.
🚇 Sakura-dori Line to Takaoka, exit 1, then 13 min on foot
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Show on mapTrunk Coffee · 中区平和1丁目
The roaster that brought Nordic third wave to Nagoya: light roasts, slow filter and a concrete room with no concessions.
Tip: There is no morning set here: this is the kissaten's opposite. Come for the contrast after a toast-and-egg breakfast.
🚇 Meijo Line to Higashi Betsuin, exit 1, then 4 min on foot
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Show on mapTrunk Coffee & Craft Beer · 中区大須4丁目
Trunk's second house, in Kamimaezu: specialty coffee by day and Aichi craft beer carrying it into the night.
Tip: One of the few downtown spots pouring good coffee after 18:00: most kissaten have long since shut by then.
🚇 Meijo and Tsurumai lines to Kamimaezu, exit 9, 3 min on foot
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Show on mapQ.O.L. COFFEE · 中区丸の内3丁目
An Izumi roaster in a double-height room with north light: single-origin coffee, house pastry and wifi that actually works.
Tip: Opens at 8:00 on weekdays and is one of the few places with sockets. The flat white beats the filter here.
🚇 Meijo Line to Nagoyajō, exit 1, then 7 min on foot
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Show on mapKANNON COFFEE 栄店 · 中区栄2丁目
The Osu brand doing matcha and hojicha crêpes alongside specialty coffee. Small room, steady queue, mostly takeaway.
Tip: The Nishio matcha crêpe, from Aichi's own tea town, is the one to order: that is local produce, not decoration.
🚇 Higashiyama and Tsurumai lines to Fushimi, exit 5, 4 min on foot
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Show on mapKANNON COFFEE 大須本店 · 中区大須2丁目
The original house, beside Osu Kannon temple: a street window, four stools and the best crêpes in the district.
Tip: There is barely any seating: buy the crêpe and eat it in the temple courtyard thirty paces away, free and with benches.
🚇 Tsurumai Line to Ōsu Kannon, exit 2, then 6 min on foot
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Show on map西原珈琲店 本山本店 · 千種区四谷通
A Motoyama coffee house with medium roast and in-house baking: the kissaten the nineties generation chose for itself.
Tip: The logical stop before heading up to Higashiyama: three minutes from the subway mouth and open from 8:00.
🚇 Higashiyama Line to Motoyama, exit 1, then 3 min on foot
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Show on mapピエール プレシュウズ · 千種区覚王山通
A French pâtisserie in Kakuozan with its own salon, one of those that turned the temple district into Nagoya's sweet street.
Tip: Open 10:00-20:00, closed Mondays. Pair it with the 21st-of-the-month market at Nittai-ji, straight up the same street.
🚇 Higashiyama Line to Kakuōzan, exit 1, then 13 min on foot
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Show on mapカフェ ド サラ · 西区那古野1丁目
A converted machiya near Shikemichi, with a Japanese-style morning set and an inner courtyard maple waiting for autumn.
Tip: Ask for a courtyard table if the sun is out: the maple at the back is still green and only turns in late November.
🚇 Sakura-dori Line to Kokusai Center, exit 2, then 6 min on foot
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Show on mapコメ兵 大須本店 · 中区大須3丁目
Japan's king of luxury resale was born here in 1947: eight floors of pre-owned watches, bags and kimono, all authenticated.
Tip: Open 11:00-19:30. Everything is authenticated in house, and the used kimono floor is the cheapest in the whole city.
🚇 Tsurumai Line to Ōsu Kannon, exit 2, then 6 min on foot
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Show on mapコメ兵 時計・宝石館 · 中区大須3丁目
The sibling building, watches and jewellery only: cabinets of sixties Seiko at prices that still make sense.
Tip: For tax-free you need your passport, and the counter is on the ground floor, not on the floor where you buy.
🚇 Tsurumai Line to Ōsu Kannon, exit 2, then 7 min on foot
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Show on map第一アメ横ビル · 中区大須3丁目
Osu's electronics tower: loose components, obscure cables, old radios and people fixing things right at the counter.
Tip: The units are tiny and each keeps its own hours: many open at 11:00 and shut at 19:00, and several close on Wednesdays.
🚇 Meijo and Tsurumai lines to Kamimaezu, exit 8, 5 min on foot
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Show on map大須301ビル · 中区大須3丁目
A vintage and second-hand clothing building in the heart of Osu: nineties Americana, loose kimono and worn-in trainers.
Tip: Every unit is independent: you pay separately in each, and several take cash only. Carry loose yen with you.
🚇 Meijo and Tsurumai lines to Kamimaezu, exit 8, 3 min on foot
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Show on map大須アパート · 中区大須3丁目
An old apartment block turned nest of tiny shops: second-hand anime, zines, odd clothing and record crates.
Tip: These are one-person shops: many only open at 13:00 and close by 19:00. Go up to the top floor, which is the strange one.
🚇 Meijo and Tsurumai lines to Kamimaezu, exit 8, 6 min on foot
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Show on map大須屋 · 中区大須3丁目
A second-hand kimono and yukata shop in the arcade, with silk pieces from a thousand yen and obis sold separately.
Tip: Short haori are the easiest to wear outside Japan: they work as a light jacket and need no obi and no help to put on.
🚇 Meijo and Tsurumai lines to Kamimaezu, exit 8, 4 min on foot
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Show on map大須ういろ · 中区大須2丁目
Uiro: a steamed rice-flour cake, chewy and barely sweet, Nagoya's emblem sweet for centuries now.
Tip: It keeps only a few days: do not buy it early in the trip. The matcha and azuki flavours are the ones worth taking.
🚇 Tsurumai Line to Ōsu Kannon, exit 2, then 5 min on foot
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Show on map青柳総本家 · 中区大須2丁目
An uiro house since 1879 and the classic rival: it also makes kaeru manju, the little frog-shaped buns locals grew up on.
Tip: The kaeru manju keep longer than uiro and travel better: that is the pick if you buy souvenirs early in the trip.
🚇 Tsurumai Line to Ōsu Kannon, exit 2, then 5 min on foot
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Show on map美濃忠 · 中区丸の内1丁目
A wagashi confectioner since 1854, once purveyor to the lords of Owari: its spring mochi sells out the day it appears.
Tip: Seasonal wagashi change every few weeks and the autumn ones carry chestnut and persimmon: ask for the day's namagashi.
🚇 Tsurumai and Sakura-dori lines to Marunouchi, exit 8, 5 min walk
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Show on map納屋橋饅頭本店 · 中村区名駅南1丁目
Steamed brown-sugar manju since 1886, beside the Horikawa canal. Bought warm and eaten the same day.
Tip: Ask for the fresh ones, still warm from the steamer: the difference is huge and they cost the same as the shelf ones.
🚇 Sakura-dori Line to Kokusai Center, exit 4, then 7 min on foot
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Show on map納屋橋饅頭 大須店 · 中区大須3丁目
The Osu branch of the brown-sugar manju, inside the arcade: sold by the piece and eaten on the move.
Tip: You can buy a single one: no need to take the whole box. It is the cheapest snack in the entire Osu arcade.
🚇 Meijo and Tsurumai lines to Kamimaezu, exit 8, 6 min on foot
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Show on map川村屋本舗 · 東区白壁
A neighbourhood wagashi workshop in Shirakabe where the sweets are still shaped by hand, one by one, behind the counter.
Tip: During Yattokame Bunka-sai, on until 15 November, the district runs wagashi walks with tastings included.
🚇 Sakura-dori Line to Takaoka, exit 1, then 7 min on foot
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Show on map不朽園 · 中川区尾頭橋
Taiyaki and wagashi since 1927 in Otobashi: the azuki-filled fish cake comes off the iron mould right in front of you.
Tip: Open 7:00-19:00. Eat the taiyaki there, hot: within ten minutes the batter softens and loses half the point.
🚇 JR Tokaido Line to Otōbashi, then 7 min on foot
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Show on map覚王山 吉芋 本店 · 千種区覚王山通
Sweet potato cut into fine strands, fried and honeyed — Nagoya's best-selling souvenir. Made to order, with a queue.
Tip: It keeps only two or three days: a last-day souvenir, not a first-day one. Also sold in the Takashimaya depachika.
🚇 Higashiyama Line to Kakuōzan, exit 1, then 11 min on foot
Featured in: Kakuozan local guides
Show on map有松鳴海絞会館 · 緑区有松
The home of Arimatsu shibori: hand-tied resist dyeing since 1608, with live demonstrations and a scarf-dyeing workshop.
Tip: Open 9:30-17:00. Arimatsu is inside Nagoya even if it feels like another town: twenty minutes by Meitetsu from the station.
🚇 Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Arimatsu, then 2 min on foot
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Show on mapノリタケスクエア名古屋 · 西区則武新町3丁目
The porcelain factory's own shop, with seconds at half price and lines that never leave the country.
Tip: Open 11:00-19:00, closed Mondays. Find the outlet corner at the back: that is where the barely flawed pieces sit.
🚇 Higashiyama Line to Kamejima, exit 2, then 6 min on foot
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Show on map松坂屋名古屋店 · 中区栄3丁目
Nagoya's flagship store, founded in 1611 as a kimono draper. Its depachika is the best covered food market in town.
Tip: The basement depachika closes at 20:00, and from 19:00 the bentō and sushi go down to half price.
🚇 Meijo Line to Yabachō, exit 5: it connects straight into the store
Featured in: Matsuzakaya Official
Show on mapJR名古屋タカシマヤ · 中村区名駅1丁目
The station store, glued to the platforms: ten floors and the country's handiest depachika for loading up before a train.
Tip: Open 10:00-20:00. The basement-one depachika gathers every local sweet in one place: the fastest souvenir run going.
🚇 Higashiyama and Sakura-dori lines to Nagoya: linked underground
Featured in: JR Nagoya Takashimaya Official
Show on map名鉄百貨店本館 · 中村区名駅1丁目
The store above Meitetsu station, with Nana-chan planted on the pavement: two buildings, one men's and one women's.
Tip: For Centrair airport, Meitetsu's μ-SKY leaves from the station below, not from the subway: 28 minutes door to door.
🚇 Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Meitetsu Nagoya: it sits above
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Show on mapラシック · 中区栄3丁目
Sakae's young fashion mall, attached to Matsuzakaya: Japanese designer labels and a whole restaurant floor on top.
Tip: Open 11:00-21:00, with the seventh-floor restaurants going to 23:00: downtown's easiest late dinner plan.
🚇 Higashiyama and Meijo lines to Sakae, exit 16, 4 min on foot
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Show on map名古屋パルコ · 中区栄3丁目
Three connected buildings in Yabacho, with the city's most complete anime and figure floors right at the top.
Tip: Open 10:00-21:00. The anime floors sit in the East building: go in there directly and skip walking the other two.
🚇 Meijo Line to Yabachō, exit 5, then 2 min on foot
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Show on map星が丘テラス · 千種区星が丘元町
An open-air mall on the Hoshigaoka hill, with terraces, design shops and cherry trees along the stepped walkways.
Tip: It is one stop from Higashiyama zoo: combine the two in one day and come back on the same line.
🚇 Higashiyama Line to Hoshigaoka, exit 6, then 3 min on foot
Featured in: Hoshigaoka Terrace Official
Show on map金鯱の館 · 中区本丸
The castle's own shop, inside the grounds: everything that can be stamped with a golden shachihoko, ice cream included.
Tip: It sits inside the paid area, so today and tomorrow you get in free. After that the 1,000-yen ticket is needed again.
🚇 Meijo Line to Nagoyajō, exit 7, then 7 min on foot
Featured in: Nagoya Castle Official
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