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Here, we introduce the famous places, festivals, flowers, and fruit picking in Minami Chita on the Chita Peninsula.
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Built as the brewery of Kabuto Beer in 1898, this building is registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property.
8 Enokishita-cho, Handa, Aichi 35 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-24-7031
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A place where you can learn all about vinegar, the Mizkan Museum puts on display the history of vinegar and its production.
2-6 Nakamura-cho, Handa, Aichi 35 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-24-5111
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Developed as a port of shipping to Edo, this canal is lined with numerous warehouses painted black.
Near Genbebashi, Handa, Aichi 35 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-21-3111
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Learn about the history of sake brewing in Handa at this museum, where the process of sake brewing, old tools, and precious documents are preserved and put on display.
2-24 Higashihoncho, Handa, Aichi 35 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-23-1499
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A museum commemorating the works of Nankichi Niimi, the children’s writer born in the city of Handa, where you can experience the world of such heartwarming children’s stories as Gon, the Little Fox.
1-10-1 Yanabe Nishimachi, Handa, Aichi 35 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-26-4888
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A walking trail that goes around the red brick chimneys and earthen pipes of the Tokoname kilns. You can also see the largest existing climbing kiln in Japan.
3-3-8 Sakaemachi, Tokoname, Aichi 35 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-35-5111
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Brewing work is introduced by video and documents at this quaint facility, unchanged since its use as a brewery during the Edo Period.
10 Wakihama, Kosugaya, Tokoname, Aichi 25 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-37-0733
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The railway turntable the spun around the trains coming to the former Taketoyo-Minato Station, first station along the former National Rail Taketoyo Line, still exists to this day.
In Chushiroda, Chitagun Taketoyocho, Aichi 25 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-73-4100
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Stowed here are number of works of the Nagoya-born painter Kenkichi Sugimoto, from his early days to the present.
Mihamaryokuen, Mihama, Chita-gun, Aichi 1-12-1 20 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-88-5171
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This is the temple of the final tragic scene between Minamoto Yoritomo, the founder of the Kamakura shogunate, and his younger brother Minamoto Yoshitomo, father of Yoshitsune.
50 Higashibatake Noma, Mihama-cho, Chita-gun, Aichi 20 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-87-0050
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The home of a shipowner in Utsumi, the Satsuma cedar ceiling and the garden stones brought from various country makes you feel the prosperity of the times.
39 Minamigawa Utsumi, Minamichita-cho, Chita-gun, Aichi 8 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-65-2880
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Dried octopus brings seasonal tidings in Himakajima, sometimes called Octopus Island. They can be seen once autumn starts.
Himakajima, Minamichita, Chita District, Aichi 20 minutes by car 20 minutes by boat Tel.+81-569-68-2388
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An Amida Buddha that had been encompassed by a huge octopus was pulled from the sea and placed here.
Himakajima, Minamichita, Chita District, Aichi 20 minutes by car, 20 minutes by boat Tel.+81-569-68-2171
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“Onbe-tai” (dried sea bream) from Shino Island, where sea bream is a specialty, is offered to the gods worshiped at Ise Shrine.
Shinojima, Minamichita-cho, Chita-gun, Aichi 20 minutes by car, 20 minutes by boat Tel.+81-569-67-3700
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From the end of March to early May. A festival held in turn by each of the 20 districts within the city.
All throughout Handa, Aichi 30 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-32-3264
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Held in October, once every five years. This big event gathers 31 floats together in one place.
All throughout Handa, Aichi 30 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-32-3264
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The closest Sunday prior to February 25. A fantastic festival in which a huge, red-faced Jo-Jo (a mythical creature that loves sake) parades around.
44 Hongo Nagakusamachi, Obu-shi, Aichi 40 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-562-47-2111
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Held on the first Sunday of October. A Lion Dance is performed on a tower 9 meters in height with 31-rung ladder.
2 Higashiyashiki Shinchi, Chita-shi, Aichi 40 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-562-33-3151
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Saturday and Sunday in late July. A fantastic festival in which five huge sea bream mikoshi parade around town.
Toyohama area, Minamichita, Chita District, Aichi 10 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-65-0004
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A gallant Shinto ritual in which young people jump onto running horses.
2-45 Yoshidamachi, Obu, Aichi 15 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-562-47-2111
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A maker and seller of shrimp, squid, and octopus crackers and other delicacies.
52-1 Kittanagare Kitagata, Mihama-chō, Chita-gun, Aichi 15 minutes by car from the inn Tel. +81-569-82-0248
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A full-sized sea bream mikoshi greets you at Toyohama’s fantastic sea bream festival (tai matsuri)! Take a factory tour and do some shopping at Tai Matsuri Hiroba.
34-24 Komagaeri Toyooka, Minamichita-cho, Chita-gun, Aichi 15 minutes by car from the inn Tel. +81-569-65-0323
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Minami-Chita Toyohama Fishing Harbor boasts the biggest catches in Aichi Prefecture.
33 Aifude Toyohama, Minamichita-cho, Chita-gun, Aichi 15 minutes by car from the inn Tel. +81-569-65-0483
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Tsukudani Kaido, a seller of tsukudani and ebisen (shrimp crackers) from Chita Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture.
6-3 Masuike, Kou, Mihama, Chita District, Aichi 8 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-82-5151
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Uotaro sells fresh and dried seafood direct from Ise Bay and Mikawa Bay.
32-1 Harago Toyooka, Mihama-cho, Chita-gun, Aichi 20 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-82-6188
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At the tip of Chita Peninsula is the fishing town of Morosaki, surrounded by Ise and Mikawa Bay.
Hayashizaki Morozaki, Minamichita-chō, Chita-gun, Aichi 25 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-63-0349
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This is the Kanefuku Mentaiko theme park. There are mentaiko-making factory tours and factory direct sales.
1-25-4 Rinkucho, Tokoname, Aichi 30 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-35-9900
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A sightseeing farm in the town of Mihama, Chita Peninsula, with strawberry picking, tangerine picking and potato digging.
10 Nakashinden Kaminoma, Mihama-cho, Chita-gun, Aichi 15 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-87-6080
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From the end of February to early March. A forest of over 1600 plum trees in 25 varieties.
3-101 Souridai, Chita, Aichi 40 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-562-54-2911
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An exhibit of Obu plum bonsai trees in the city of Obu. Held for a week in early February.
5-74 Momoyamacho, Obu, Aichi (Okura Park) 40 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-562-47-2111
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Sweet flag, a mysterious wildflower said to have gone extinct, in Shirosa Pond in the town of Agui in mid-June.
Kusagi, Agui, Chita District, Aichi (in Kamiyoshi Pond) 30 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-48-1111
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July to September. Itchoda Marshlands, Taketoyo. A natural monument inhabited by endangered species.
340 Itchoda, Taketoyo, Chita District, Aichi 25 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-73-4100
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Late September to early October. Around the Yakachi River banks in the city of Handa. Red spider lilies continue for roughly 2 km. This place is also the setting of Nankichi Niimi’s children’s story “Gon, the Little Fox”.
Yanabe Nishimachi, Handa, Aichi (Yakachi River flood plain) 30 minutes by car from the inn Tel.+81-569-32-3264
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Early August to mid-September
10 Nakashinden Kaminoma, Mihama-chō, Chita-gun, Aichi (Joyful Farm Unoike) Tel.+81-569-87-6080
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Early August to late September
10 Kowaki Sakai, Tokoname-shi, Aichi (Kowaki Park) Tel.+81-569-37-1531
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Mid-October to late November
70 Okusuzugatani Utsumi, Minamichita-cho, Chita-gun, Aichi Tel.+81-569-62-2430
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December to late May
48 Takamidai Toyooka, Minamichita-cho, Chita-gun, Aichi Tel.+81-569-65-2432Hot spring resorts in Aichi, Mie, Toyama, Ehime, and Yamanashi