Top Things to do in Tokai
Top Hotels in Tokai
- 1. Nagoya Tokyu Hotel
- 2. Nikko Style Nagoya
- 3. Mitsui Garden Hotel Nagoya Premier
- 4. Richmond Hotel Nagoya Nayabashi
- 5. Richmond Hotel Nagoya Shinkansenguchi
- 6. Dormy Inn Premium Nagoya Sakae
- 7. Honjin Hiranoya Kachoan
- 8. Shimoda Tokyu Hotel
- 9. The Royal Park Canvas - Nagoya
- 10. Daiwa Royal Hotel D-CITY Nagoya Nayabashi
Top 10 Specialty Museums in Tokai, Chubu
Discover the best top things to do in Tokai, Japan including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MRJ MUSEUM, Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology, Toyota Automobile Museum, Toyota Kaikan Museum, SCMAGLEV and Railway Park, The Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall, Takayama Showa Museum, Suzuki Plaza, Kannami Buddha Statues Museummuse, Seto-gura Museum.
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1. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MRJ MUSEUM
2. Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,517 reviews
Reviewed By PeterthePauper - Ulsan, South Korea
Arriving in Nagoya mid-morning by train from Matsumoto, I thought I would abandon my luggage in a locker at Nagoya Station and head to the Toyota Museum before checking-in to my hotel for a 2-night stay. A short hop (1-stop) on a local Meitetsu train to the nearby Sako Station and a few minutes walk down the street brings you to the main entrance. Just entering the attraction, it immediately earned 5-stars for me when I discovered that the normal Y500 entrance fee is waived for Seniors (over 65's) like myself. Audio guides are available if required for Y200, but for me the informative leaflet in English was sufficient to find my way around. I was blissfully unaware of the Textile Machinery Pavilion and Toyota's history of spinning and weaving prior to visiting and found this part of the exhibit surprisingly interesting. Like most people, I had been drawn to the Museum by the "Cars" and the Automotive Pavilion contained a reasonable cross-section of models across the decades since Toyota's first passenger car (Model AA) was produced in 1936. As well as the cars, I particularly enjoyed the Production Line Reconstructions associated with the Model AA and the exhibit where robotic arms assemble a modern car chassis (.... press the button, stand back and video the balletic performance!). Before you leave, make sure you take in a performance of a Toyota robot playing the violin in the South Lobby (see leaflet for times). It's not only the "Cars" that are the "Stars"!
3. Toyota Automobile Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 338 reviews
Reviewed By instajan66 - Bornem, Belgium
It's not just Toyota, it's about cars... history and cars. The release of a certain car set in the time era. Good lay-out, cars all look amazing, as new. You can also see nice cars on the parking lot, sometimes Toyota-fans gather with their oldtimers.
4. Toyota Kaikan Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 230 reviews
Reviewed By santiagon986
Toyota museum is a great place where can learn about the evolution of Toyota, see Toyota car’s history and see how the assembly line works, simple amazing
5. SCMAGLEV and Railway Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,048 reviews
Reviewed By PeterthePauper - Ulsan, South Korea
Arriving in Nagoya by train around mid-morning on a Sunday, my initial intention was to park my luggage in a locker at Nagoya Station and take in the Railway Museum before checking-in to my hotel. The Museum (in the Port area of Nagoya) is only accessible by taking the (private) Aonami Line train to the terminus station of Kinjo-Futo. Luggage parked, I made my way to the Aonami Line Transfer Gate at the far side of Nagoya Station only to be confronted by a queue of several hundred people (and crowd control measures in place), ...... simply to access the few ticket machines for the Aonami Line. I abandoned my proposed itinerary and headed off to the Toyota Museum instead. Later I was to discover that the other major attraction adjacent to Kinjo-Futo Station is Legoland; probably a very popular destination on a Sunday. The Railway Museum is open on Mondays, so the following day I headed out for v.2 of my itinerary; no queue at the ticket machines but the train about to depart was already standing room only. As a late 60-something, I didn't fancy standing for the 24-min journey, so elected to get seated the next train on the opposite platform which was due to depart 15-mins later. Although this train too was packed by departure, I was relieved to find that virtually all the passengers, on arrival at Kinjo-Futo, headed off towards Legoland. Although it was raining heavily, the Museum is an ideal destination in inclement weather as there is a covered walkway from the Station to the Museum entrance. Having toured Japanese Railway Museums in Kyoto and Kyushu on previous visits and rated them highly, the Nagoya exhibits were equally impressive. On entry, three items of rolling stock that set world speed records (C62 Steam Locomotive, 300X Shinkansen and Superconducting Maglev) are stunningly presented in near darkness. Walk through to the spacious open hall beyond and the advances in high-speed railway technology are showcased from early Electric Railcars to the latest Shinkansen. For me, the Railway Park is memorable for its' impressive array of various iterations of Shinkansen from Series 0 (1964) through to the latest Series N700 (displayed outside).
6. The Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 59 reviews
Reviewed By ISR_TR
We drove for hours just to pay our respect to Chiune Sugihara - a noble man who stood up in the darkest days of mankind, because his conscience didn't let him turn away as most of the others did. Every man or woman should know the story of Sugihara, and this museum should have been located in Tokyo or in another major Japanese city. I wonder why the museum is in such a remote place (not even his birthplace). I hope that it's not because the Japanese authorities are still ashamed how they punished Sugihara because of the noble things he did.
7. Takayama Showa Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 135 reviews
Reviewed By judysM4786LI
A fun interactive museum from the Showa period(post WW11)-great for oldies as it is a walk down memory lane.Packed with items-somewhere different to waste a bit (or a lot) of time
8. Suzuki Plaza
9. Kannami Buddha Statues Museummuse
10. Seto-gura Museum
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