--- title: "Nishio – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Nishio, Japan: Nishio is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. Nearby: Nishio Castle, Honshō-ji Temple, Iwase Bunko Library.…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nishio" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nishio.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/NIshio-Castle-4.jpg/3840px-NIshio-Castle-4.jpg" --- City in Chūbu, Japan · Aichi # Nishio Nishio is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. ![Nishio](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/NIshio-Castle-4.jpg/3840px-NIshio-Castle-4.jpg) Nishio · Wikimedia Commons The place Nishio is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the city had an estimated population of 169,984 in 65,553 households, with a population density of 1,054 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 160.22 square kilometres (61.86 sq mi). It is a regional commercial and manufacturing center and the country's leading producer of powdered green tea. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishio), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Nishio 7 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. Nishio Castle Nishio Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Nishio, eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Nishio Castle was home to the Ogyu Matsudaira, daimyō of Nishio Domain. 4.1 km · building in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishio_Castle) 2. Honshō-ji Temple Honshō-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Ōtani-ha Jōdo Shinshū sect in the city of Anjō, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Its main image is a statue of Amida Nyōrai. 7.9 km · Buddhist temple in Anjō, Aichi Prefecture, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%8D-ji) 3. Iwase Bunko Library The Iwase Bunko Library located in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, Japan is home to important collections of early modern Japanese printed books and manuscripts. The library was founded in 1908 by wealthy local businessman and politician Iwase Yasuke, who made his fortune selling fertilizer and stock investments. 5.1 km · museum · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwase_Bunko_Library) 4. Yahata Choseichi Dam Yahata Choseichi Dam is a rockfill dam located in Aichi Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. 4.5 km · dam in Aichi Prefecture, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahata_Choseichi_Dam) 5. Kotozawa Choseichi Dam Kotozawa Choseichi Dam is a rockfill dam located in Aichi Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. 7.4 km · dam in Aichi Prefecture, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotozawa_Choseichi_Dam) 6. Anjochiku Kibonooka Gymnasium Anjochiku Kibonooka Gymnasium is an arena in Anjo, Aichi, Japan. It is the home arena of the Aisin Areions of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league. 8.1 km · arena in Anjo, Aichi, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anjochiku_Kibonooka_Gymnasium) 7. Nishio City Gymnasium The Nishio City Gymnasium, also known as the Daisen Arena Nishio for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor arena in Nishio, Aichi, Japan. 6.2 km · indoor arena in Nishio, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishio_City_Gymnasium) 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 Nishio **Airports:** Chubu Centrair (NGO), 24 km · Mount Fuji Shizuoka (FSZ), 102 km · Osaka Itami (ITM), 149 km\ **Stations:** Kōda Station, 9.3 km · Hekinan Station, 9.1 km · Kira-Yoshida Station, 4 km · Nishio Station, 4 km · Sangane Station, 9.8 km\ - Makinohara / Shimada → Nishio 104 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · ¥1,390–1,890 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/makinohara-shimada-to-nishio) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Makinohara+%2F+Shimada&to=Nishio) - Osaka → Nishio 143 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · ¥2,100–2,870 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/osaka-to-nishio) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Osaka&to=Nishio) - Kobe → Nishio 172 km · quickest by road, 3h 24m · ¥2,420–3,300 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kobe-to-nishio) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kobe&to=Nishio) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Nishio) 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 Nishio 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 Nishio. 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 998 km 2. [Zamami and the Kerama Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zamami) JP 12 ways of moving, 19 sources 1,337 km 3. [Sakhalin](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sakhalin) RU 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 1,439 km 4. [Taketomi and the Yaeyama islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/taketomi) JP 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 1,711 km 5. [Matsu Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/matsu) TW 9 ways of moving, 34 sources 1,896 km If you know how people move in Nishio – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cnishio&title=Nishio&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fnishio), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Nishio Nishio is 16 km from [Okazaki](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/okazaki), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Hekinan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hekinan) city in Aichi prefecture, Japan 9.2 km - [Kota](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kota) town in Nukata District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan 9.6 km - [Nukata district](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nukata-district) district in Aichi prefecture, Japan 9.7 km - [Isshiki](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isshiki) dissolved municipality in Hazu district, Aichi prefecture, Japan 4.2 km - [Hazu](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hazu) dissolved municipality in Hazu district, Aichi prefecture, Japan 6.5 km - [Kira](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kira) dissolved municipality in Hazu district, Aichi prefecture, Japan 3 km [The place page for Nishio](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/nishio) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Japan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-JP) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nishio, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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