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Aichi-Nagoya
Japan’s New Destinationin the “Heart” of JapanYou may be looking for anew destination for yournext meetings and events.
How about Aichi-Nagoya
as your next destination?
Aichi-Nagoya is the capital of the third
most populated metropolitan area inJapan, situated in the very heart of Japan,
just between Tokyo and Kyoto-Osaka, andwell served by both highways and rail lines.
Aichi-Nagoya has a 24-hour international
airport, which is only 30 minutes byexpress train away from the city center.
Aichi-Nagoya has two uniquecharacteristics. One is Samurai culture
and its rich history. This area produced thethree most prominent Samurai heroes who
dedicated themselves to national unificationin the 16th century. One of the three,
Tokugawa Ieyasu, and his descendants built
the castle town and left treasures including
armor and swords. Visitors can enjoy thosetreasures and their history in museums andeven in real castles.
The other characteristic is manufacturing.
Today, Aichi-Nagoya is renowned for its
many cutting-edge technologies, especiallyautomobiles (Toyota), jet airplanes(Mitsubishi Regional Jet) and robotics
of many companies. In the automobileindustry, Toyota and its group companies
are based in this region and form a large
manufacturing cluster. These cutting-edge
industries have been built upon a traditionof craftsmanship and accumulated in thisarea. For example, the technologies for
Karakuri dolls, traditional wooden automata
with springs, weights and gears actively
developed in Aichi-Nagoya, have evolvedand been applied in the fields of robotics,
automobiles and other industries. In AichiNagoya, visitors can learn about thesetechnologies and traditions.
Aichi-Nagoya also boasts a lot of excellent
universities and research institutions
including Nagoya University, which has

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produced six Nobel Prize laureates. With thebackground of its accumulation of cuttingedge technologies, a series of events andconferences in the field of AI and robotics
are being held in Aichi-Nagoya. Last July, theRoboCup 2017 Nagoya World Championshipwas successfully convened with around 4,000
participants and more than 130,000 visitors.
After this event, The 29th International Joint
Conference on Artificial Intelligence andWorld Robot Summit will be held in 2020. If
you hold your meetings and events here in
Aichi-Nagoya, where advanced R&D is always
proceeding, participants will be inspired togenerate new ideas.
Aichi-Nagoya is a modern city and has all
the necessary elements for meetings andevents, just like Tokyo or Osaka. Nagoya
Congress Center has hosted a numberof prestigious international conferencessuch as COP10 (2010) and ESD (2014). Itis also suited to a range of meetings andevents with its variety of spaces from small
meeting rooms for several dozen to a 3,012seat hall and other large halls.
In 2019, Aichi International Exhibition
Center will open in the area of the Chubu
Centrair International Airport. One of thenation’s largest exhibition halls (equippedwith a total of 60,000 square meters ofexhibition area and 18 conference roomsof various sizes), it will promote moremeetings and events in Aichi-Nagoya.
As for accommodations, Aichi-Nagoya
delivers with about 26,000 hotel rooms
throughout the city center and theairport area. The next few years will see
the unveiling of about 4,000 additionalrooms—this is evidence of Aichi-Nagoya’s
growing reputation as a destination formeetings and events.
Aichi-Nagoya MICE Promotion Council
offers every possible support to holdsuccessful and memorable events andwill welcome visitors with the warmest
hospitality (omotenashi).

For more information:
Mao Sasanabe, Assistant Manager,Convention Marketing
Aichi-Nagoya MICE Promotion Council(c/o Nagoya Convention& Visitors Bureau)
Tel: +81-52-202-1146
Email: convention@ncvb.or.jp
www.nagoya-info.jp/en/convention/