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About Aichi-Nagoya

Attractive features of Aichi-Nagoya
Aichi Prefecture is the center of the auto industry in Japan, including Toyota Motor Corporation. The aerospaceindustry has been booming through the manufacture of Boeing 787 components and H-IIA rockets, among others.
In addition to serving as a manufacturing hub in Japan, Aichi prefecture is also one of the largest agriculturalproducers. Blessed with abundant nature and water resources, this region is characterized by harmony between
industry and the environment.
Nagoya City, which serves as the venue, features convenient public transport, enabling visitors to easily enjoysightseeing (historical and industrial tourism), shopping, and dining.
On the occasion of the opening of the UNESCO World Conference on ESD, the attractive features of AichiNagoya will be publicized to participants from all over the world.

In the 16th century, Aichi-Nagoya produced three great feudal
warlords — Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, andTokugawa Ieyasu — who led Japan toward unification. As aresult, this region has many historic sites. Tourist attractions
include Nagoya Castle (Nagoya’s symbol with a pair of goldenshachi ornaments on the roof ridge), Inuyama Castle (anational treasure built in 1537 featuring Japan’s oldest extant
castle tower), Atsuta Jingu (a shrine originally founded about
1,900 years ago), and Tokugawaen (a large Japanese garden
that represents a microcosm of the natural landscape).

Aichi-Nagoya retains many traditional festivals that have beencelebrated for centuries, including Hana Matsuri (designatedas an important intangible folk cultural property by theJapanese government), Owari Tsushima Tenno Matsuri (oneof the three largest river festivals in Japan), and Handa Dashi
Matsuri (a festival parade of up to 31 exquisite floats). Newevents designed to disseminate the culture of young people
include World Cosplay Summit and Nippon Domannaka
Matsuri. Aichi-Nagoya is also home to Aichi Arts Center(which serves as the main venue of the Aichi Triennale, aninternational arts festival that started in 2010) and Aichi
Prefectural Ceramic Museum (the largest museum specializingin ceramics in Japan).

Aichi-Nagoya is blessed with a diverse natural environment,
ranging from green mountains rising over 1,000 meters high inthe north, fertile plains through which large rivers flow such as
the three Kiso rivers and the Yahagigawa and Toyogawa
Rivers, to coastal areas along the calm Mikawa Bay with its
rich marine resources. Visitors can enjoy beautiful nature, suchas Fujimae tidal flat (a Ramsar site), Yanami wetland,Korankei (a ravine famous for its beautiful fall colors), andscenic hot springs.

Industrial tourism has been booming in Aichi-Nagoya, which is
the hub of manufacturing in Japan. It is recommended toexperience the manufacturing culture that underpins Japan’s
economy by joining a plant tour at Toyota Motor Corporation(which has advanced environmental technologies such as
those built into the Prius), the TOYOTA Commemorative
Museum of Industry and Technology (where visitors can learn
about the history of manufacturing technologies in this region),
the Toyota Automobile Museum (where about 140 classic cars
manufactured in and outside Japan are on display), Noritake
Garden (where visitors can take a look at the manufacturing
process of Noritake’s world-class bone china), and Tokoname
City (one of the largest pottery producing areas in Japan).

Aichi-Nagoya has prospered as a traffic hub since ancient
times and so has developed a unique food culture, asexemplified by aka-miso (reddish fermented bean paste).
Popular Nagoya-meshi dishes include miso-katsu (friedbreaded pork cutlet served with miso), miso-nikomi udon
(noodle cooked in miso broth), hitsumabushi (grilled eel onrice), tebasaki (chicken wings), kishimen (flat noodles), andankake spaghetti (spaghetti with a spicy and sticky sauce).

Aichi-Nagoya has many shopping areas primarily in Nagoya
City, which is the fourth largest city in Japan. Notably, theEkimae area around the JR Nagoya Station and the Sakaearea around the Sakae subway station are home to large
department stores and a number of shops. The Osu areaaround the Osu Kannon subway station is home to about
1,200 shops and facilities, old and new, selling fashion itemsand PCs. Visitors of all ages can enjoy shopping here.

Profile of Aichi Prefecture
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