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q Toro ruins Jews using transit visas via
" ⌂ 5-10-5 Toro § (054)
Japan. He is commemorated
Shizuoka 285-0476 # 9am–4:30pm by a monu ment and museum
静岡 Tue–Sun at the Hill of Humanity Park.
! F5 ⌂ Shizuoka & Ocha no Sato Inuyama Castle
Yamanashi Prefecture
£ n In JR Stn; www.visit- " ⌂ 3053-2 Kanaya " ⌂ 65-2 Inuyama Kitakoken
shizuoka.com/en Fujimicho § (0547) 46- § (0568) 61-1711 # 9am–
5588 # 9am–5pm Wed–Mon 4:30pm daily
Settlement in this area goes
back to AD 200–300. Later the Meiji Mura
retirement home of Tokugawa w " ⌂ 20 mins by bus from
Ieyasu, Shizuoka is today a Inuyama Stn § (0568) 67-
sprawling urban center, the Inuyama 0314 # 9:30am–5pm Tue–
city in Japan at greatest risk 犬山 Sun (from 10am Aug; to 4pm
of a major earthquake – and ! E5 ⌂ Aichi Prefecture Nov–Feb) ¢ Jan 21–Feb 25
probably the only place that
is fully prepared. k £ n In front of W side of
station; (0568) 61-6000
The Toro ruins near the port
have reconstructions of ancient This quiet town sits on the
buildings and an excellent Kiso River. The small, simple DRINK
interactive museum. The view Inuyama Castle, built in 1537,
from Nihondaira plateau, in the is the oldest in Japan. It places
east of the city, to Mount Fuji more emphasis on de fense ID Café
and Izu is superb. Nearby is than show, but is still quite This vast nightclub in
Kunozan Tosho-gu, one of the graceful, with views across Nagoya’s raucous Sakae
three top Tosho-gu shrines. the river far below. district packs as many
West of Shizuoka, Kanaya Outside Inuyama is Meiji as 5,000 people on to its
has one of Japan’s largest tea Mura, a theme park with over six dance floors.
plantations. Fields can be 60 Meiji-era (1868–1912) build- ! E5 ⌂ 3-1-15 Sakae,
visited, and the elegant Ocha ings. Yaotsu, where Chiune Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi,
no Sato museum portrays Sugihara was born, is a train Aichi 460-0008
tea lore. Nearby, the Oigawa ride away. Japan’s consul in ∑ idcafe.info
steam railroad takes you right Lithuania in World War II,
into the untamed South Alps. Sugihara saved around 6,000 Shooters
With seating for 130,
Shooters is Nagoya’s
largest sports bar, with
over a dozen screens.
! E5 ⌂ 2-9-26 Sakae,
Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi,
Aichi 460-0008
§ (052) 202-7077
7 Days Brew
Close to Nagoya station,
this bar dispenses an
excellent range of
craft beer on draft.
! E5 ⌂ 4-42-1 Meieki,
Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-
shi, Aichi 450-0002
∑ 7daysbrew.
business.site

A tourist boat on the Kiso
River, overlooked by the
charming Inuyama Castle
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