Nagoya

Toyota's home city

Nagoya is Japan's fourth-largest city, located in central Honshu on Ise Bay.

It serves as the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is a major industrial center, particularly for automobile manufacturing—Toyota's headquarters are nearby.

The city is known for its reconstructed castle, its distinctive regional cuisine, and its role as a hub between Tokyo and Osaka.

industry

Toyota

Japanese car company

robotics · Mitsubishi · ceramics · machinery · porcelain · engineering · factories · production · automation · assembly

cuisine

eel

Elongated scaleless fish

geography

Honshu

Japan's primary island

heritage

samurai

Feudal Japanese military caste

daimyo · feudal · shogunate · tea ceremony · craftsmanship · kabuki · taiko

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Japanese city hierarchy/political status

NagoyaTokyo

Japan's capital city

Kyoto · Nara · Osaka · Fukuoka · Sapporo

Japanese regional geography

NagoyaSapporo

Hokkaido capital and brewery

Fukuoka · Sendai · Hiroshima · Naha · Tokyo

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G