Aichi (愛知)[1] is a prefecture in the Chubu region of Japan and the host of Expo 2005.

Cities

• Inuyama — a large castle and two kinky fertility shrines
• Nagoya — Japan's fourth-largest city
• Toyohashi — car manufacturing hub
• Seto
• Okazaki
• Toyota — yes, that Toyota
• Nagakute

Other destinations

• Expo 2005 — World's Fair site for 2005

Understand

• Aichi Prefectural Tourist Association Aichi-ken Chusho Kigyo Center 1st fl, 4-4-39 Meieki, Nakamura-ku,Nagoya 450-0002. 052 581-5788 [2]

Talk

Get in

By plane

The new Chubu Centrair International Airport (NGO), just south of Nagoya, is the main international gateway.

By train

The Tokaido Shinkansen passes through Toyohashi and Nagoya on its way from Tokyo to Kyoto and Osaka.

Get around

See

Do

Eat

Aichi is famous for its ‘miso(味噌) culture’. Miso is one of Japan's traditional seasonings. (Usually Japanese eat miso as ‘miso soup’. Of course people in Aichi eat miso soup, too.) People spread sweetened miso paste on fried pork, fried shrimp (it’s not tempura), tofu and so on.

Drink

Get out

• Ise, one of Japan's holiest shrines, is just a short trip south from Aichi.