Riding Aichi, All Aboard Aichi’s Transport Museums
As a major base for heavy industry manufacturing, and as a transport hub, Aichi offers a number of fascinating museums and attractions where you can see and experience various kinds of transport.
Nagakute CityToyota Automobile Museum
See Over 120 Beautiful Bodies!
Just east of the Nagakute battlegrounds is one of the world’s greatest collections of motor vehicles in the magnificent Toyota Automobile Museum, featuring over 120 cars from all eras of the motoring age.
Ai-Chikyu Haku Kinen Koen Park
- Ride the famed Linimo, a high speed commercial magnetic levitation train to the Ai-Chikyu Haku Kinen Koen Park, also known as Expo Park, or Moricoro Park, which was the site of the 2005 World Expo! The symbolic giant Ferris Wheel is still in operation too!
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Nagoya CitySCMAGLEV and Railway Park
All Aboard the SCMAGLEV and Railway Park
Japan’s extensive, efficient, clean and orderly train services are admired around the world. Now you can admire Nagoya’s dynamic SCMAGLEV and Railway Park, a fascinating hands-on museum looking at the past, present and future of Japan’s railway systems and rolling stock.
Nagoya CityPort of Nagoya Public Aquarium
- One of Japan’s biggest and best aquariums is the exciting Port Of Nagoya Public Aquarium at Nagoya Port. Home to Orca killer whales, dolphins and Beluga Whales, this aquarium features marine life from Japan to Antarctica.
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Tokoname CityFLIGHT OF DREAMS
Let Your Imagination Soar at FLIGHT OF DREAMS
Centered around the very first Boeing 787 airliner, FLIGHT OF DREAMS is an airplane theme park at Chubu Centrair International Airport. Enter the flight deck, become a crew member, or sketch your own airplane to turn into a digital model.
Tokoname CityPottery Footpath
- In Tokoname, a historically famous city for pottery, wind through either Course A or Course B of the Pottery Footpath and come across numerous pottery galleries and the picturesque Clay Pipe Hill.
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Nagoya CityToyota Techno Museum
Toyota Techno Museum, Machines and Technology that Changed the World!
See the history of Japan’s manufacturing industry powerhouse, the Toyota Group, from its beginnings as a textiles manufacturer, and the machinery and technology that would make Japan a world leader in textiles, and later, automobile manufacturing.
Nagoya CityNoritake Garden
- Discover the roots, the range and the manufacturing processes of prestigious Noritake tableware and casual dinnerware at the elegant Noritake garden in the heart of Nagoya City.
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Toyoyama-TownAichi Museum of Flight
Where Aichi's Proud History of Aircraft Technology and Expertise Is on Display!
Aichi Museum of Flight exhibits a wide range of real aircraft with connections to Aichi Prefecture. Facilities include flight simulators, a science laboratory, an orientation theater, an observation deck and other fun learning experiences!
Inuyama CityThe Museum Meiji-Mura
The Living Museum of the Past, Open-Air Museum Meiji Mura
Meiji-Mura is an open-air museum of historical architecture, structures and items from the Meiji Period (1868-1912), arranged in a theme park-like village in historical Inuyama city. Visitors can ride an authentic Meiji period street-car or hop board a working steam train.
