--- title: "Tokoname – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Tokoname, Japan: Tokoname is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Nearby: Sugimoto Art Museum, Handa Red Brick Building, Shōjū-in Temple, Tokoname. Every…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tokoname" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tokoname.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Yakimonosanpomichi1.JPG/3840px-Yakimonosanpomichi1.JPG" --- City in Chūbu, Japan · Aichi # Tokoname Tokoname is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. ![Tokoname](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Yakimonosanpomichi1.JPG/3840px-Yakimonosanpomichi1.JPG) Tokoname · Wikimedia Commons The place Tokoname is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the city had an estimated population of 57,872 in 24,872 households, and a population density of 1,035 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 55.90 square kilometres (21.58 sq mi). The city is notable as one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokoname), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Tokoname 3 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. Sugimoto Art Museum The Sugimoto Art Museum features the work of the Japanese painter Kenkichi Sugimoto and is located in Mihama, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The museum is operated by the Meitetsu railway company. 9.9 km · art museum in Aichi, Japan (1987-2021) · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugimoto_Art_Museum) 2. Handa Red Brick Building The Handa Red Brick Building is a historic brick warehouse located in Handa City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is certified by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan as one of the Heritage of Industrial Modernization of Japan sites and plaque locations. 8.9 km · building in Handa City, Aichi Prefecture · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handa_Red_Brick_Building) 3. Shōjū-in Temple, Tokoname Shōjū-in is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū, located in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. 1.2 km · Buddhist temple dedicated to Amitābha Buddha in Tokoname, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dj%C5%AB-in,_Tokoname) 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. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. Mentai Park Tokoname You may want to see how pollock roe (鱈子, tarako) was made there. 2. Rinku Beach 3. Ōno 4. Pottery Footpath 5. Tokonyan From [Wikivoyage: Tokoname](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tokoname), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat 1. Okuramochi A little famous store in the city that provides various Wagashi (Japanese sweets) that can be presents. From [Wikivoyage: Tokoname](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tokoname), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Tokoname **Airports:** Chubu Centrair (NGO), 4 km · Mount Fuji Shizuoka (FSZ), 124 km · Osaka Itami (ITM), 128 km\ **Stations:** Chubu Centrair International Airport, 4 km · Central Japan International Airport Station, 3.3 km · Chita-Handa Station, 8.6 km · Handa Station, 9 km · Higashi-Narawa Station, 8.4 km\ - Osaka → Tokoname 125 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · ¥2,000–2,730 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/osaka-to-tokoname) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Osaka&to=Tokoname) - Makinohara / Shimada → Tokoname 122 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · ¥1,680–2,300 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/makinohara-shimada-to-tokoname) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Makinohara+%2F+Shimada&to=Tokoname) - Kobe → Tokoname 154 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · ¥2,330–3,180 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kobe-to-tokoname) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kobe&to=Tokoname) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Tokoname) 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 Tokoname 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 Tokoname. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Everyone arriving at () will arrive Tokoname if they aren't going to transfer or using ferries. - Get in If you are from Tsu, Mie, you will take a ferry to Chubu Airport, then go to the city by train. From [Wikivoyage: Tokoname](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tokoname), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-02. 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Around it ## Next door to Tokoname Tokoname is 22 km from [Yokkaichi](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/yokkaichi), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Handa](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/handa) city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan 9.7 km - [Taketoyo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/taketoyo) town in Chita district, Aichi Prefecture, Japan 8.5 km - [Agui](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/agui) town in Chita district, Aichi Prefecture, Japan 9.2 km - [Chita district](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chita-district) district in Aichi prefecture, Japan 9.4 km - [Ōno](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ono) dissolved municipality in Chita district, Aichi prefecture, Japan 5.5 km [The place page for Tokoname](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/tokoname) [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/tokoname, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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