--- title: "Anjō – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Anjō, Japan: Anjō is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Nearby: Okazaki Castle, National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan, National Institute for…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/anjo" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/anjo.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Anjo_Denpark_flower_bed_ac_%282%29.jpg/3840px-Anjo_Denpark_flower_bed_ac_%282%29.jpg" --- City in Chūbu, Japan · Aichi # Anjō Anjō is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. ![Anjō](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Anjo_Denpark_flower_bed_ac_%282%29.jpg/3840px-Anjo_Denpark_flower_bed_ac_%282%29.jpg) Anjō · Wikimedia Commons The place Anjō is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the city had an estimated population of 188,693 in 76,087 households, and a population density of 2,193 persons per km². The total area of the city was 86.05 square kilometres (33.22 sq mi). Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anj%C5%8D), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okazaki_Castle) 2. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_for_Basic_Biology,_Japan) 3. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_for_Physiological_Sciences,_Japan) 4. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daiju-ji) 5. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokusho_Shrine,_Okazaki) 6. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anj%C5%8D_Sports_Park) 7. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariya_City_Art_Museum) 8. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariya_Stadium) 9. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Arena_Kariya) 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Molecular_Science) 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. Go there ## 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 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/makinohara-shimada-to-anjo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Makinohara+%2F+Shimada&to=Anj%C5%8D) - Osaka → Anjō 147 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · ¥2,040–2,780 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/osaka-to-anjo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Osaka&to=Anj%C5%8D) - Kanazawa → Anjō 187 km · quickest by road, 3h 38m · ¥2,890–3,950 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kanazawa-to-anjo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kanazawa&to=Anj%C5%8D) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Anj%C5%8D) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Anjō Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Anjō. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Muuido and the Incheon islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/muuido) KR 9 ways of moving, 20 sources 994 km 2. [Zamami and the Kerama Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zamami) JP 12 ways of moving, 19 sources 1,347 km 3. [Sakhalin](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sakhalin) RU 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 1,425 km 4. 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