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Nagoya Castle & Osu Shopping Street Tour
Experience the gold-leaf halls of Honmaru Palace and the 400-year-old temple streets of Osu.
Nagoya’s Sakae district centers on Mirai Tower, often joked about as Godzilla’s favorite target, along with its underground shopping network forming the city’s modern core. Nagoya Castle and the Honmaru Palace reflect the power of the Tokugawa shogunate, with interiors that influenced places like Nijo Castle in Kyoto. Osu offers covered shopping arcades, street food stalls, and neighborhood temples, a living link from samurai roots to today’s merchant culture.
4 Hour Private Walking Tour | 1 ~ 6 People | ¥20,000 Per Group
Highlights:
Sakae - Oasis 21 - Hisaya Odori Park - Mirai Tower - Nagoya Castle & Honmaru Palace - Osu Shotengai
Plus additional points of interest
Osu Shopping Arcade & Temple Walk
From the red lantern of Osu Kannon to the quiet, open grounds of one of Nagoya’s largest wooden temples.
Osu Kannon marks the start of a network of shopping arcades where family-run stalls have traded for centuries alongside modern shops catering to Nagoya’s youth. These covered streets connect to the open grounds of Higashi Betsuin, a massive wooden temple that has remained through the city’s modernization. The walk shows the side-by-side presence of active neighborhood temples and the busy trading streets that have defined this area since the days of the shogunate.
4 Hour Private Walking Tour 1 ~ 6 People ¥20,000 Per Group
Highlights:
Osu Shotengai - Osu Kannon - Higashi Betsuin
Plus additional points of interest
Atsuta Jingu: Keeper of Japan's Imperial Regalia and the Sacred Kusanagi Sword
Experience Japan’s second most sacred shrine, home to 1,900 years of tradition and the legendary Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi Sword.
Atsuta Jingu is one of Japan’s most important shrines and the home of the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, one of the Three Imperial Regalia. The grounds include Oda Nobunaga’s 1560 Nobunaga-Bei wall, ancient camphor trees over 1,000 years old, and the Kusanagi-kan museum, where massive odachi swords over two meters in length reflect the development of samurai metalwork. It offers a direct look at Nagoya’s connection to both imperial tradition and samurai history.
2.5 Hour Private Walking Tour 1 ~ 6 People ¥10,000 Per Group
Highlights:
Atsuta Jingu Main Hall - Kusanagi-kan Sword Museum
Plus additional points of interest
Noritake Garden & Endoji Shopping Street: Bone China Elegance
From the red-brick grounds of Noritake to the samurai-era streets and covered shopping arcades of pre-war Nagoya.
Noritake Garden’s red-brick grounds and flagship showroom mark where Japanese bone china began. Nearby, Endoji Shotengai is Nagoya’s oldest covered shopping street, with a mid-century local atmosphere. The Shikemichi area shows 18th-century kura storehouses and stone walls that survived the firebombing of World War II, offering a direct look at Nagoya’s craftsmanship roots before modern redevelopment.
2.5 Hour Private Walking Tour 1 ~ 6 People ¥10,000 Per Group
Highlights:
Noritake Garden – Endoji Shotengai – Shike-michi Historic District
Plus additional points interest
Note: Noritake Museum entry is not included in the guided portion of this tour.
Nittai-ji & Yokiso Villa: Thai-Japan Ties & The Kakuozan Hillside
From the gilded Buddha of Thailand’s royal gift to a historic hillside villa and the local shops of Kakuozan.
Nittai-ji Temple stands as a monument to Thai–Japanese friendship, built to house Buddha’s relics gifted by the King of Thailand in 1904. As the only temple in Japan representing both nations and all Buddhist sects, it features a gilded interior and one of the city’s tallest pagodas. The nearby Kakuozan hillside includes Yokiso Villa, the 20th-century estate of the Matsuzakaya department store founder. The district’s main street of local shops and cafés highlights a quieter side of Nagoya, where international history meets everyday local life.
2.5 Hour Private Walking Tour 1 ~ 6 People ¥10,000 Per Group
Highlights:
Kakuozan Neighborhood – Nittai-ji Temple – Yokiso Villa
Plus additional points of interest
Inuyama Castle: Japan’s Oldest Keep & Its Commanding Views
Stand in the footsteps of samurai and take in the surrounding castle townscape.
Inuyama Castle is a National Treasure and Japan’s oldest original wooden keep, still standing with its 16th-century timber and defensive design intact. Inside, steep, polished stairs built for defense lead to an open-air balcony where shoguns once stood to take in views over the Kiso River and surrounding mountains. At the base of the hill, the town is defined by preserved wooden houses and more recent revitalization, now home to local craft shops and independent food stalls. This tour allows you to continue your exploration afterward at the National Treasure Jo-an teahouse or even take part in the seasonal Cormorant fishing along the Kiso River in the evenings.
2.5 Hour Private Waling Tour 1 ~ 6 People ¥20,000 Per Group
Highlights:
Inuyama Castle – Inuyama Castle Streetscape
Plus additional points of interest
Note: To extend your experience with the 1,300-year-old tradition of Ukai, check out our Culture & Traditions page to view our Cormorant Fishing tour options.
Custom Nagoya Private Tours & Itineraries
Samurai castles to the energy of Sakae, your Nagoya day built around what you want to see.
Build your Nagoya tour around the places that interest you most, whether that’s historic sites, Osu’s shopping streets, or the city’s more modern areas. We help plan a route that works on the ground, so you can explore without worrying about logistics. This option suits those who want a private guide while keeping the day flexible and focused on their own interests.