Okazaki

Worth seeing in and around Okazaki

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Okazaki Castle

   Okazaki Castle is a Japanese castle located in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Okazaki Castle was home to the Honda clan, daimyō of Okazaki Domain, but the castle is better known for its association with Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Tokugawa clan.

   1 km · castle in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
2. 02
   National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan

   The National Institute for Basic Biology is a research institute and post graduate university in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1977 to promote biological research in Japan in cooperation with public and private universities, and research institutes.

   100 m · research institute in Okazaki, Japan · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Daiju-ji Temple

   Daiju-ji ) is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect located in Okazaki, Aichi. Built by Matsudaira Chikatada in 1475, Daiju-ji was the family temple of the Matsudaira and Tokugawa clans which ruled Japan between 1600 and 1868.

   3.8 km · Buddhist temple located in Okazaki, Aichi, Japan · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Rokusho Shrine

   Rokusho Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture in Japan.

   200 m · Shinto shrine in Aichi Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Okazaki Central General Park

   The Okazaki Central General Park is a park with a sports complex in Okazaki in the Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

   4.4 km · park and sports complex in Japan · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Okazaki Central Park General Gymnasium

   Okazaki Central Park General Gymnasium is a multi-purpose arena in Okazaki, Aichi, Japan.

   4.2 km · multi-purpose arena in Okazaki, Aichi, Japan · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Institute for Molecular Science

   The Institute for Molecular Science is an inter-university research institute located in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, which is part of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences. The IMS was founded in April 1975 with Hideo Akamatsu as the founding director general.

   300 m · inter-university research institute in Japan · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Takisan Tōshō-gū

   Takisan Tōshō-gū is a Shinto shrine in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu.

   5.6 km · Shinto shrine in Aichi Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Ōhira Ichirizuka

   Ōhira Ichirizuka is a historic Japanese distance marker akin to a milestone, located in what is now part of the city of Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture in the Tōkai region of Japan. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1937.

   2.6 km · historic site in Aichi, Japan · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Kitano temple ruins

    The Kitano temple ruins is an archaeological site with the ruins of an Asuka period Buddhist temple located in what is now the city of Okazaki, Aichi, Japan. The actual name of the temple is unknown, and no structures of the original temple exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1929, with the area under protection expanded in 1988.

    5.1 km · archaeological site of an Asuka period Buddhist temple in present day Okazaki, Aichi, Japan · Wikipedia

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Getting to Okazaki

Airports

Chubu Centrair (NGO), 35 km · Mount Fuji Shizuoka (FSZ), 95 km · Osaka Itami (ITM), 159 km

Stations

Okazaki Station, 2.8 km · Higashi-Okazaki Station, 200 m · Nishi-Okazaki Station, 4 km · Okazakikōen-mae Station, 1.4 km · Daimon Station, 3.7 km

• Makinohara / Shimada → Okazaki

  94 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · ¥1,200–1,640
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• Osaka → Okazaki

  155 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · ¥2,100–2,870
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• Kanazawa → Okazaki

  190 km · quickest by road, 4h 31m · ¥2,960–4,040
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