Aichi

Welcome to the home of samurai and the center of Japan’s automotive industry! Aichi Prefecture is best known as the birthplace of many samurai heroes, most notably the nation’s Three Great Unifiers–Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. As a result, Aichi was dotted with over 3,600 castles of various sizes and importance. The region prospered as a cultural and economic hub. Today it stands as the country’s leader in aerospace and robotics technologies, as well as automotive, ceramics, and general machinery manufacturing. Its prefectural heart, Nagoya, hosts the headquarters of many famous names such as Brother Industries, Noritake, Ibanez, Lexus, Toyota Tsusho, and others. Aichi is also home to Legoland Japan, and the first Studio Ghibli theme park (opens in 2022).

Destinations

Aichi is renowned as the country’s technology center, home of Toyota, lively nightlife, Japan’s largest castle keep, unique arts, and B-kyu gurume (B-class gourmet cuisine), referring to hearty, popular, reasonably priced dishes. Explore this beautiful land of contrast!

Group Meals

We arrange a wide array of meal choices for you, from Japanese traditional set meals, all you can eat, to local and seasonal specialties. Join us in exploring the taste of Japan!

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Local Specialty

Different regions have their own traditional recipes and agricultural farming system. Many of the regional dishes can only be tasted in the original area they came from.

Hitsumabushi

A dish with small chunks of soy sauce-based, grilled eels served on top of steamed rice. You can enjoy 3 different flavors of Hitsumabushi; (1) eat as it is, (2) top with condiments such as nori seaweed, chopped green onions, and wasabi, (3) pour green tea or dashi soup over. Compared to unaju, the eel in hitsumabushi is sliced more finely, making it easier to eat.

Tebasaki

Nagoya-style chicken wings that are deeply fried twice without batter to obtain supreme crispiness. It is then coated in a tasty salty-sweet sauce and sprinkled with aromatic spices and sesame seeds.
Crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside, tebasaki are easy to eat, fulfilling, fairly cheap, and go extremely well with alcoholic drinks, especially beers

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Experience

Whether this is your first time visiting, or returning, make sure to participate in these unique activities, that cannot be done elsewhere!

Obara Paper Making

Experience making Obara Washi paper, a strong and versatile handcrafted Japanese paper produced since the 15th century. The raw material, Kozo (paper mulberry), is dyed and drew on. After drying, you can attach it to an LED lamp, a notebook, or a paper fan to create your original work of art! (Image via Aichi Now)

Strawberry Picking

With a warm climate, the Chita Peninsula of Aichi is home to over ten strawberry farms and offers the chance of enjoying some strawberry picking from January to May. The strawberry variety includes the sweet and juicy “Akihime,” which has rather soft skin and little acidity.

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