Japan's Prefectures: Aichi

愛知
Aichi

Aichi's prefectural mark (sorry it isn't too pretty)

I certainly haven't explored all of this great ken, but just in Nagoya there is a lot to see. Nagoya has many great museums, a must-see castle, a very large International center, and much more.

At the station ask for tourist information in English.

ABOUT:

Prefectural Flower: Iris
Prefectural Bird: Screech Owl
Prefectural Tree: the Red Maple

CAPITAL: NAGOYA

NAGOYA CASTLE:

Open from 9:00-4:30
All year except from Dec 29-Jan 1
Admission: 500 yen

Although a great deal of the original castle was destroyed during the WW2, it has been reconstructed and many national treasures are exhibited there.

Museums include (sorry I don't have more info)

Nagoya Boston Art Museum - displaying works from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Museum Meiji-Mura - a large outside museum which has reconstructions of Meiji period buildings.
Nagoya City Art Museum -

LINKS:
In English:

Prefectural:

Aichi International Plaza - a guide to events, how to get there and other info
NETAICHI - The prefectural homepage with links to important local homepages
Nagoya ben - Very interesting. Learn how to speak the dialect of Nagoya before you go!

Cities

Nagoya City Homepage - The official Nagoya homepage
Nagoya English Forum - This starts in Japanese, but click on English page to go there. Not much, but...
Nagoya Boston Fine Arts Museum - Their homepage

In Japanese:

愛知 - Yahoo! Japan's Aichi Page

If you live in or know something interesting about this prefecture, why not email me info to add to this page? iamclayb@hotmail.com A BIG THANKS!!!