Inuyama
Inuyama is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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.
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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.
- 01Mount 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 - 02Museum 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 - 03Lake 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 - 04Tagata 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 - 05Gifu-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 - 06Aigi 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 - 07Shinagawa 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 - 08Mama 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 - 09Little 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 - 10Park Arena Komaki
Park Arena Komaki is an arena in Komaki, Aichi, Japan.
8.3 km · indoor arena in Komaki, Aichi, Japan · Wikipedia
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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 → Inuyama55 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · ¥660–900
- Osaka → Inuyama152 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · ¥2,080–2,840
- Kanazawa → Inuyama139 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · ¥2,280–3,110
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
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.
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If you know how people move in Inuyama – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
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