Things to Do in Chubu, Japan
Central Japan: Mount Fuji, the Japan Alps, historic post towns and the Sea of Japan coast.
183 destinations across 9 prefectures
Festivals in Chubu
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Takayama Matsuri
14 to 15 April 2027
Gifu · Float procession
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Nagaoka Fireworks
2 to 3 August 2027
Niigata · Fireworks festival
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Lake Suwa Fireworks
15 August 2027
Nagano · Fireworks festival
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Katakai Fireworks
10 to 11 September 2027
Niigata · Fireworks festival
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Places to Visit in Chubu
Yahiko Shrine
Bow Twice, Clap Four Times at Echigo's First Shrine Below Mount Yahiko
The first-ranked shrine of the old Echigo province, at the foot of 634 m Mount Yahiko, whose summ...
Yarigatake
Yarigatake: Two Days from Kamikochi, Then Ladders to a 3,180 m Spire
The 3,180-meter spear-shaped peak of the Northern Alps, fifth-highest in Japan, usually climbed o...
Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall
The Yaotsu Museum of the Diplomat Who Wrote 2,139 Visas in 1940
A small cypress-built museum in the Hill of Humanity park in Yaotsu about Chiune Sugihara, the Ja...
Michi-no-Eki Fujiyoshida
Fuji spring water and Yoshida udon
A busy station just off Route 138 near Kawaguchiko IC. People queue at its free tap of Mount Fuji...
Akiyamago
Akiyamago: Thirteen Snowbound Hamlets Up the Nakatsu River, and a Riverbed You Dig Your Own Bath In
Thirteen hamlets strung about 20 km along the Nakatsu River gorge, five in Sakae village (Nagano)...
Ichijodani Asakura Family Historic Ruins
A Castle Town Burned in 1573, Dug Up and Partly Rebuilt in a Fukui Valley
The site of the Asakura clan's castle town, which Oda Nobunaga's army burned in 1573, now a 278-h...
Lagunasia
Bayside rides, summer pools and winter light shows in Gamagori
The ride park inside the Laguna Ten Bosch resort on Mikawa Bay. Mid-sized and family friendly, wi...
Michi-no-Eki Ito Marine Town
A seaside onsen and dried fish on the Izu coast
A roadside station and harbour stop beside Ito Sunrise Marina on Route 135. Day-trip onsen baths ...
Michi-no-Eki Noto Chirihama
Noto produce at the start of the beach driveway
A roadside station by Chirihama IC, where cars turn off for the Chirihama Nagisa Driveway along t...
Michi-no-Eki Okuhida Onsengo Kamitakara
Wasabi, char and a riverside campground in Okuhida
A small Route 471 station beside the Takahara River, on the way into the Okuhida hot spring villa...
Michi-no-Eki Senmaida Pocket Park
The Shiroyone Senmaida terraces, open on weekends
The roadside station above the Shiroyone Senmaida rice terraces on Route 249. Damaged in the 2024...
Sunpu Castle Park
In central Shizuoka, moats and reconstructed gates outline the castle where Tokugawa Ieyasu spent...
Toyota Automobile Museum
About 140 Cars From Around the World, Not Just Toyotas
Toyota's car museum in Nagakute traces motoring from the first petrol cars of the late 19th centu...
Michi-no-Eki Heisei
Shiitake country in a village that shares an era's name
A small station in the hills of Seki, in a district written with the same characters as the Heise...
Michi-no-Eki Narusawa
Highland vegetables with Mount Fuji behind the car park
On Route 139 at the northern foot of Mount Fuji, about ten minutes from Kawaguchiko IC. The farm ...