Inuyama Castle
Castle on the banks of the Kiso River, with one of Japan’s oldest main towers, a national treasure, and an open balcony on the top floor overlooking the river and the plain.
Antarctica
Aichi · Japan
In the destination Nagoya (Japan): Nagoya; Inuyama.
In the photo: Inuyama Castle at cherry-tree season.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
City on the banks of the Kiso River, north of Nagoya, Inuyama preserves a castle keep from the Edo period, a national treasure, overlooking the river. At the foot of the castle are the old castle-town street and the Urakuen garden, while just outside the center is the Meiji Mura open-air museum.
There's no accommodation in the guide yet in Inuyama.
There are no restaurants in the guide yet in Inuyama.
Know a good one? Recommend it to ushow to get there · how many days · itinerary · questions
The local experience
Castle on the banks of the Kiso River, with one of Japan’s oldest main towers, a national treasure, and an open balcony on the top floor overlooking the river and the plain.
Japanese garden at the foot of Inuyama Castle that houses the Joan tea house, a national treasure, built in 1618 in Kyoto by Oda Urakusai, the younger brother of Oda Nobunaga and a tea master.
Open-air museum in Inuyama with more than 60 buildings from the Meiji era brought from across Japan and abroad, located on a hill by a lake, with an operational steam train and historic tram.
Beyond the guide