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Places worth the detour in Nagoya metropolitan area

12 places worth going out of your way for lie within 30 km of Nagoya metropolitan area, Japan, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (11). Best known: Lake Iruka. 11 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Archaeological11 Nature1
Within 30 km
12
Oldest
Aotsuka Kofun 400
Little known
11 of 12
Most from
4th century

All 12, ranked 12

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

Within reach of Nagoya metropolitan area

Kyoto · 104 km23 Nara · 113 km17 Kashihara · 125 km23 Osaka · 138 km57

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Nagoya metropolitan area?

12 places within 30 km: 11 archaeological & historic sites and 1 nature & landscapes. The best known is Lake Iruka.

Is there anything near Nagoya metropolitan area that most visitors miss?

11 of these 12 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Nagoya metropolitan area?

Aotsuka Kofun, dated to 400.

How is the 30 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Nagoya metropolitan area, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.