Anjō

Worth seeing in and around Anjō

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.

   7.2 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.

   7.8 km · research institute in Okazaki, Japan · Wikipedia
3. 03
   National Institute for Physiological Sciences

   The National Institute for Physiological Sciences is an inter-university research institute and part of the National Institute of Natural Sciences, located in the city of Okazaki, Aichi, Japan. It was established in 2004.

   7.8 km · Japanese research institute · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   8.3 km · Buddhist temple located in Okazaki, Aichi, Japan · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Rokusho Shrine

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

   8.1 km · Shinto shrine in Aichi Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Anjo Sports Park

   Anjō Sports Park, also known as the Anjo City General Athletic Park, is a park and sports complex in Anjō at the Aichi Prefecture in Japan.

   1.7 km · park in Anjo, Aichi, Japan · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Kariya City Art Museum

   Kariya City Art Museum opened in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan in 1983. The collection focuses on local, modern, post-war, and contemporary art, and includes some 3,441 works by 168 artists, as of April 2020.

   7.4 km · museum in Kariya City, Aichi, Japan · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Kariya Stadium

   Kariya Stadium is a baseball stadium in the city of Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was also used as an Association football stadium until 1994.

   9.3 km · baseball stadium in Kariya, Aichi, Japan · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Wing Arena Kariya

   Wing Arena Kariya is an arena in Kariya, Aichi, Japan. It is located in Kariya City General Athletic Park.

   9.3 km · arena in Kariya, Japan · Wikipedia
10. 10
    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.

    7.9 km · inter-university research institute in Japan · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Getting to Anjō

Airports

Chubu Centrair (NGO), 27 km · Mount Fuji Shizuoka (FSZ), 103 km · Osaka Itami (ITM), 151 km

Stations

Anjō Station, 600 m · Mikawa-Anjō Station, 2.1 km · Kariya Station, 7.4 km · Okazaki Station, 7.9 km · Higashi-Kariya Station, 4 km

• Makinohara / Shimada → Anjō

  102 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · ¥1,280–1,740
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• Osaka → Anjō

  147 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · ¥2,040–2,780
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• Kanazawa → Anjō

  187 km · quickest by road, 3h 38m · ¥2,890–3,950
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