Audio tour · Japan

Nagoya

A self-guided audio walking tour of Nagoya.

Nagoya sits at the heart of Japan, a city that has built and rebuilt itself around craft and industry without losing its quieter pleasures. The castle that anchors the centre gives way to garden paths, covered shopping arcades, and the deep calm of Atsuta Shrine. It is a city that rewards wandering without agenda, where a side street off a main road can open into something entirely unhurried. In the app, 55 stops in Nagoya are narrated aloud, about 1h 34m of listening across 8 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 81 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.

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What you'll hear in Nagoya

The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.

Nagoya Castle. Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered this castle built in the early 1600s as the seat of the Owari branch of his family and one of the largest fortresses in all of Japan.
Ghibli Park. You are standing inside the grounds of the Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park, in the town of Nagakute, where Studio Ghibli has brought scenes from its films into the real world.
Atsuta Shrine. You have walked into one of the most important shrines in all of Shinto, set within a wooded park in southern Nagoya that dates back nearly two thousand years.
Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium. You are at the waterfront south of the city center, at one of the larger aquariums in Japan.
Inuyama Castle. This is the real thing.
Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology. Before Toyota made cars, it made looms.

All 55 stops in Nagoya

Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route.

Landmark (42)

Nagoya Castle
Ghibli Park
Atsuta Shrine
Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium
Inuyama Castle
Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
Legoland Japan
Tokugawa Garden (Tokugawaen)
Museum Meiji-mura
Chubu Electric Power Mirai Tower (Nagoya TV Tower)
Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Tokugawa Art Museum
Nagoya City Science Museum
Ōsu Kannon
Ōsu District
Oasis 21
Aichi Arts Center
Kōrankei
Nagoya City Hall
Nagoya City Art Museum
Hisaya Ōdori Park
Tsuruma Park
Tōgan-ji
Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine
Banshō-ji
Kōshō-ji
Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Money Museum
Nagoya Tōshō-gū
International Design Centre Nagoya
Kasadera Kannon (Ryūfuku-ji)
Kuwayama Art Museum
Showa Museum of Art
Nanzan University
Nagoya Institute of Technology
Toyota Technological Institute
Nagoya University of Commerce & Business
Nagoya City University
Aichi University of Education
Daido University
Nagoya Gakuin University
Ohkagakuen University

Skyscraper (4)

JR Central Towers
Midland Square
Higashiyama Sky Tower
Mode Gakuen Spiral Towers

Religious (3)

Nagoya Mosque
Catholic Chikaramachi Church
St. Matthew's Church Cathedral, Nagoya

Theatre (2)

Nagoya Noh Theater
Misono-za

Museum (2)

Noritake Garden
Japan Spinning Top Museum

Bridge (1)

Nagoya Port Drawbridge

Park (1)

Nagoya Agricultural Center

Walking routes in Nagoya

Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.

Castles, Shrines and Noritake. A sweep through Nagoya's historic heart from the golden dolphins of the castle keep to the elegant porcelain world of Noritake Garden. (8 stops)
Atsuta Shrine to the Ōsu Bazaar Quarter. From one of Japan's most sacred Shinto sites through the buzzing retro shopping arcades and green lawns of Tsuruma Park. (8 stops)
Harbour Wonders and the Southern Shore. Sea life, spinning tops and a graceful drawbridge make for an unusual adventure along Nagoya's working waterfront. (5 stops)
Towers, Science and the Station Skyline. Nagoya's boldest modern architecture rises all around as you walk from the Toyota industrial legacy to the city's twin science and art museums. (8 stops)
Tokugawa Gardens to the Sakae Arts Mile. Stroll from the serene stroll garden that once belonged to the Owari domain lords to the design centres and grand boulevard at Sakae. (8 stops)
Higashiyama Hills and the Sky Tower. Wander wooded hillside paths past a giant Buddha, a beloved zoo and a needle tower with panoramic views over eastern Nagoya. (7 stops)