Discover 6 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Inuyama (Japan). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Meiji-mura, Inuyama Castle, and Ōyama temple ruins. Also, be sure to include Higashinomiya Kofun in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Inuyama (Aichi).
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Meiji-mura
Also known as: 博物館明治村
Historically significant buildings. Meiji-mura is an open-air architectural museum/theme park in Inuyama, near Nagoya in Aichi prefecture, Japan. It was opened on March 18, 1965. The museum preserves historic buildings from Japan's Meiji, Taisho, and early Shōwa periods. Over 60 historical buildings have been moved and reconstructed onto 1 square kilometre of rolling hills alongside Lake Iruka. The most noteworthy building there is the reconstructed main entrance and lobby of Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark Imperial Hotel, which originally stood in Tokyo from 1923 to 1967, when the main structure was demolished to make way for a new, larger version of the hotel.[1]
Address: 1 Uchiyama, Inuyama-shi, 484-0000 Inuyama
Inuyama Castle
Also known as: 犬山城
Elegant 16th-century riverside castle. Inuyama Castle is a yamajiro-stye Japanese castle located in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The castle overlooks the Kiso River, which serves as the border between Aichi and Gifu Prefectures. The tenshu of Inuyama Castle, one of only 12 pre-modern tenshu remaining in existence, is determined to the oldest remaining tenshu, dating from the late 1580s. The castle has been a National Historic Site since 2018.[2]
Address: 65-2 Inuyama Kitakoken, 484-0082 Inuyama
Ōyama temple ruins
The Ōyama temple ruins is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Buddhist temple which existed from the Nara through Heian period, located in what is now the city of Komaki, Aichi, Japan. No remnant of the temple now exists except for some foundation stones, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1929, with the area under protection expanded in 1980.[3]
Higashinomiya Kofun
The Higashinomiya Kofun is a Kofun period burial mound, located in what is now part of the city of Inuyama, Aichi in the Tōkai region of Japan. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1975.[4]
Jo-an
Jo-an is a seventeenth-century Japanese teahouse located in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture. Jo-an is said to be one of the three finest teahouses in Japan and has been in its current location in Inuyama since 1972.
Jo-an was designated a National Treasure in 1951.[5]
Inuyama Bridge
Also known as: 犬山橋
Truss bridge in Inuyama, Japan. The Inuyama Bridge is a bridge over the Kiso River in Japan. It is an laced steel truss bridge which connects Kakamigahara in the Gifu Prefecture with Inuyama in the Aichi Prefecture. Meitetsu Inuyama Line runs on it.
This bridge was a road-rail bridge before 2000 when a new road bridge was constructed at the lower stream side (west side) of this bridge.[6]