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
Kiyosu Castle
Oda Nobunaga's First Power Base, Rebuilt in 1989 Near Nagoya
Oda Nobunaga ran his campaigns from Kiyosu from 1555, and after his death the Kiyosu Conference c...
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...
Tokugawa Art Museum
Owari Tokugawa Treasures and the Genji Scrolls, Shown Each November
The collection of the Owari Tokugawa family, more than 10,000 items including nine National Treas...
Yamanaka Onsen
Basho's Nine-Day Stop, a Public Bath in Two Buildings and a 1.3 km Gorge Walk
One of the Kaga onsen towns, in the valley of the Daishoji River. The public bath, Kikunoyu, cost...
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...
Fugaku Wind Cave
A Flat 15-Minute Walk Through a Lava Tube Once Used for Silkworm Eggs
A horizontal lava tube 201 m long in the Aokigahara forest, about 3°C inside, with ice that lasts...
Nishimikawa Placer Gold Mine
Nishimikawa, the Gold Field Sado City Calls the Island's Oldest: Red Hillsides Washed Away for Gold and the Farming Hamlet of Sasagawa
The placer gold field around the hamlet of Sasagawa in south-west Sado, which Sado City calls the...
Ueda Castle
The Sanada clan’s stronghold is remembered for resisting the Tokugawa armies twice. Today Ueda’s ...
Shimoguri no Sato
Shimoguri no Sato: A Hamlet on 38-Degree Slopes Above the Toyama Valley
A farming hamlet in the Toyama valley of southern Iida, its houses and potato fields spread over ...
Sumatakyo Gorge
A Ten-Person Suspension Bridge over Turquoise Water
A gorge at the top of the Oi River valley where the Yume no Tsuribashi, a 90-meter footbridge, ha...
Lake Hamana
Eel, a Red Torii in the Water and a Sunset Lined Up in Winter
A brackish lagoon of about 65 square kilometres on the west side of Hamamatsu, open to the sea si...
Michi-no-Eki Kyoryu Keikoku Katsuyama
Dinosaur Valley stop on the way to the museum
Katsuyama’s roadside station, opened in 2020, is about ten minutes by car from the Fukui Prefectu...
Kakegawa Castle
A timber-reconstructed keep and surviving Edo-period palace make Kakegawa a rewarding contrast to...
Kawazu Nanadaru Loop Bridge
A Road That Turns Two Full Circles to Climb 45 Meters, Inland from Kawazu
A road bridge on Route 414 that turns two full circles, each about 80 meters across, to climb 45 ...
Mount Ontake
Mount Ontake: A Ropeway to 2,150 m and a Summit Open Only in Summer
A 3,067-meter active volcano on the Nagano and Gifu border, the second-highest volcano in Japan a...