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Inuyama

Inuyama is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

Inuyama
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The place

Inuyama is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the city had an estimated population of 73,420 in 31,276 households, and a population density of 980 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 74.90 square kilometres (28.92 sq mi). The name of the city literally translates to "Dog Mountain". The name appears in historical records from 1336, but its origin is unknown.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Inuyama

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
    Mount Komaki

    Mount Komaki is an 86 m-high mountain located in the city of Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. At one point, the mountain was topped with the original Komakiyama Castle, built by Oda Nobunaga.

    10 km · mountain in Aichi Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Museum Meiji-mura

    Meiji-mura is an open-air architectural museum and theme park in Inuyama, near Nagoya in Aichi prefecture, Japan. It was opened on March 18, 1965.

    5.8 km · open-air museum in Japan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Lake Iruka

    Lake Iruka is a reservoir located near the Meiji Mura theme park in Inuyama, Aichi, Japan. In 1868 the dam holding the reservoir collapsed after heavy rain.

    6.3 km · lake in Inuyama, Chūbu region, Japan · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Tagata Shrine

    Tagata Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture. It is famous for its Hōnensai, popularly referred to as the Penis Festival, which is held annually on March 15.

    7 km · Shinto shrine in Aichi Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum

    Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum is an aviation museum located in Kakamigahara in Gifu Prefecture in Japan. It is at Gifu Air Field of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

    7.6 km · Japanese aviation museum · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Aigi Bridge

    The Aigiōhashi Bridge is a truss bridge over the Kiso River in Japan. It is an iron beam bridge which connects Kakamigahara in the Gifu Prefecture with Inuyama in the Aichi Prefecture.

    5.2 km · bridge in Gifu - Aichi Prefectural border · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Shinagawa Lighthouse

    Shinagawa Lighthouse is a lighthouse that was originally located in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The lighthouse is the third of four lighthouses built by French engineer Léonce Verny, and was operated in Shinagawa until 1957.

    6.1 km · lighthouse in Japan · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Mama Kannon Temple

    Mama Kannon Temple, officially known as Ryūon-ji, is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple located in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is the 24th temple on the Owari Thirty-three Kannon pilgrimage.

    9.8 km · temple in Komaki, Aichi · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Little World Museum of Man

    The Little World Museum of Man is an open-air museum and amusement park near Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

    7.1 km · museum in Aichi, Japan · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Park Arena Komaki

    Park Arena Komaki is an arena in Komaki, Aichi, Japan.

    8.3 km · indoor arena in Komaki, Aichi, 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.

Go there

Getting to Inuyama

Airports
Chubu Centrair (NGO), 59 km · Komatsu / JASDF Komatsu Air Base (KMQ), 123 km · Mount Fuji Shizuoka (FSZ), 131 km
Stations
Inuyama Station, 200 m · Ajioka Station, 7.7 km · Inuyama-Yūen Station, 1.3 km · Shin-Unuma Station, 2 km · Hotei Station, 9.5 km
  • Tokoname → Inuyama
    55 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · ¥660–900
  • Osaka → Inuyama
    152 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · ¥2,080–2,840
  • Kanazawa → Inuyama
    139 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · ¥2,280–3,110
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Inuyama

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 Inuyama. 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. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    968 km
  2. 02
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,371 km
  3. 03
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    1,385 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,742 km
  5. 05
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,913 km

If you know how people move in Inuyama – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Inuyama

Inuyama is 15 km from Kasugai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Kakamigaharacity in Gifu Prefecture, Japan6.6 km
  • Kōnan-shicity in Aichi Prefecture, Japan8.5 km
  • Minokamocity in Gifu Prefecture, Japan9.4 km
  • Oguchitown in Niwa District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan6.1 km
  • Fusō-chōtown in Niwa District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan3.6 km
  • Sakahogitown in Kamo district, Gifu prefecture, Japan6.5 km