Location: Nagoya
Top Things to do in Nagoya
What to do and see in Nagoya, Chubu: The Best Museums
Nagoya (名古屋) is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is Japan's third-largest incorporated city and the fourth-most-populous urban area. It is located on the Pacific coast on central Honshu. It is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, and Kitakyushu. It is also the center of Japan's third-largest metropolitan region, known as the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area. As of 2015, 2.28 million people lived in the city, part of Chūkyō Metropolitan Area's 9.10 million people.
Restaurants in Nagoya
1. 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"!
2. Furukawa Art Museum
3. 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).
4. The Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art
5. Yokoyama Art Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 11 reviews
Nagoya used to be a center point for pottery export from Japan from the end of 19th century to middle of 20th century. Many pottery factories were located in eastern part of Nagoya. Nagoya Potteries were magnificently decorated by gold and various colors and exported to overseas. Yokoyama Art Museum is collecting those Pottery,exported more than 100years ago. Now 640 potteries are exhibited at t
6. Noritake no Mori
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 367 reviews
Reviewed By maxfield
Fun!! Nice museum showing the Noritake porcelain process, with an excellent on site store and nice cafe. Highlight for us was the paint your own plate experience, for $100 Aud we painted two plates and that included shipping once fired, to Australia. Choose plain or pre patterned plates (pattern outline burns off when fired) and create your masterpiece. Delivery was quick, actually beat us back from Japan. Highly recommended.
7. Tokugawa Art Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 447 reviews
Reviewed By yshargal - Haifa, Israel
I strongly recommend this museum, specially if you are interested in Japanese history. It has a very good collection of all items of the 17th century.
8. Nagoya City Science Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1,011 reviews
Reviewed By SheanFD
We had an unexpected tour to this museum as it was raining on during our time of visit. It has 6 floors of interesting activities for kids and adults. There is also a restaurant and souvenir shop.
