Inuyama Castle Town
| The Good | The Not-So Good |
| Cute little town | Not action packed |
| Combine with Meiji Village |
Inuyama is a pleasant town with a more local atmosphere than the bit city of Nagoya to the south. From Nagoya Station it is a 30 or 40 minutes train ride (depending on if you take the express train or not) along the Meitetsu line.
The main reason to visit is for the main shopping street that is lines with more period buildings full of local-feel restaurants and small stores selling more traditional goods. There is also a special shopping parade called Meiji Avenue (map), which has a dozen or so small restaurants that have kept an old-fashioned look to them.
The other reason is to visit Inuyama castle, which stands out proud on a hill towards the north of the town and offers great views of the whole town from the top floors.
Map of Inuyama Castle Town
The official site only has machine translation of the original Japanese and isn’t very good. The high-resolution PDF maps are also only in Japanese. So to help, below is the main map with the key places marked.
Exit Inuyama station on the west side and head straight, following the green line along the main shopping street until the castle. Here is a link to the path to follow in Google maps.
Places nearby to Inuyama
Meiji Mura (Meiji Village)
Located in the Inuyama district a short trip from Nagoya, Meiji Village is an expansive open-air museum with numerous reconstructions of buildings in Japan between 1868 and 1912, with a number of activities and other attractions to keep you entertained.When JapanTweet The GoodThe Not-So GoodA lot to see and doIt’s…
