Nagakute
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Nagakute (長久手) is an area in the eastern part of Nagoya city (Meito ward) in Aichi prefecture, Japan. Nagakute is the town where the later part of Komaki-Nagakute Campaign took place in 1584 (Tensho 12) between Hideyoshi Hashiba and Ieyasu Tokugawa. There remain many historical sites and both tangible and intangible cultural assets relating to the battle. This town of about 50,000 population on the east side of Nagoya is a very nice place to live, with its comfortable residential environment. In 2005 (Heisei 17), the World Expo Aichi 2005 was held, with Nagakute as the main venue; the name “Nagakute” became well known. First travel to Fujigaoka, which is about 65 minutes from the airport and costs ¥1400 per person. Using the Higashiyama (yellow) subway line, Fujigaoka is 26 minutes from Nagoya Station and 21 minutes from Sakae, Nagoya's main shopping area. Nagakute town, a 15-minute linear motor car (Linimo) train ride from Fujigaoka station.
What to Experience in Nagakute
Taste of Nagakute...
The Linimo line bisects Nagakute horizontally. Fujigaoka station is just west of the Nagakute town border, and the east end of the Linimo is just east of the east border of Nagakute.
Essential Information
Getting There
Multiple OptionsFirst travel to Fujigaoka, which is about 65 minutes from the airport and costs ¥1400 per person. Using the Higashiyama (yellow) subway line, Fujigaoka is 26 minutes from Nagoya Station and 21 minutes from Sakae, Nagoya's main shopping area. Nagakute town, a 15-minute linear motor car (Linimo) train ride from Fujigaoka station. For those who are from the Tōmei Expressway of the North/South end, the Nagakute interchange (長久手インターチェンジ) of Aichi Prefectural Road Route 521 goes to Nagakute. For those who are from the East/West end, such as Nagoya downtown or Toyota, the Aichi Prefectural Road Route 6 runs through the city. Consider the plan based on the Prefectural Road. Nagakute has the first publicly used mag-lev train, the Linimo, which can be boarded at the Fujigaoka station and runs past the old Expo site. The Banpaku Kinen Kouen (万博記念公園) is a stop on the Linimo, and the ride offers a slightly elevated view of Nagakute....
Getting Around & Staying
Getting Around
Nagakute has the first publicly used mag-lev train, the Linimo, which can be boarded at the Fujigaoka station and runs past the old Expo site. The Banpaku Kinen Kouen (万博記念公園) is a stop on the Linimo, and the ride offers a slightly elevated view of Nagakute. Outside of the Hanamizuki-Dori station (花水木通駅) across route 6 is Benkei, a relatively famous à la carte style bakery with everything from pastries, to loaves of bread with chocolate in the middle. Further up the Linimo line between Hanamizuki-dori and the Expo site, you can see the Toyota car museum to the north out of the window. Nagakute is known for being the site of the 2005 World Expo. The Expo site is a large park area; it was returned almost entirely to the natural state that existed before the Expo in agreement to the "nature" theme of the Expo, and large portions of it are now in turn being converted into the Ghibli Park (below).
Where to Stay
The Linimo line bisects Nagakute horizontally. Fujigaoka station is just west of the Nagakute town border, and the east end of the Linimo is just east of the east border of Nagakute.
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The Linimo line bisects Nagakute horizontally. Fujigaoka station is just west of the Nagakute town border, and the east end of the Linimo is just east of the east border of Nagakute.
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Glimpses of Nagakute
A bridge that has a clock on it
a group of white boards
Wooden cat figures on a stone wall
A small cabin in the middle of a snowy forest
A group of people walking through a snow covered forest
Mercedes Benz 300SL.
A bridge that has a clock on it
a group of white boards
Wooden cat figures on a stone wall
A small cabin in the middle of a snowy forest
A group of people walking through a snow covered forest
Mercedes Benz 300SL.
A bridge that has a clock on it