Personalized Star Map of Nagoya
35.1815°N, 136.9066°E
At the heart of the Chūbu region, Nagoya combines industrial might with samurai pride inherited from the Tokugawa clan. From the castle topped with its famous golden kinshachi dolphins to the millennia-old Atsuta Shrine guarding the sacred sword, the city offers a sky where history and innovation coexist. Gift a Nagoya star map — a present as solid as the ramparts of the white castle.
Famous Landmarks
Nagoya Castle
35.1815°N, 136.9066°E
Nagoya Castle, built in 1612 on the orders of Tokugawa Ieyasu, is one of Japan's largest castles. Its 48-metre keep, crowned with solid-gold kinshachi (tiger-fish dolphins), has become the city's emblem. Destroyed in the 1945 bombings, it was rebuilt in reinforced concrete, with its Honmaru palaces restored in traditional wood starting in 2009.
Atsuta Shrine
35.1815°N, 136.9066°E
Atsuta Shrine, founded by tradition nearly 1,900 years ago, houses the sacred sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi, one of Japan's Three Imperial Regalia. Set within an urban forest of 19 hectares populated by millennial cedars, it welcomes over 9 million visitors a year. Several buildings designated National Treasures bear witness to the purest Shinto architecture.
Sakae district
35.1815°N, 136.9066°E
Sakae district is Nagoya's commercial and entertainment hub, built around Hisaya-ōdōri Park crossing it from north to south. The Nagoya TV Tower, opened in 1954, was Japan's first free-standing television tower. The Oasis 21 "Spaceship-Aqua" structure, completed in 2002, lights up the district with bluish neons at dusk.
Why gift a star map of Nagoya?
Gifting a star map of Nagoya means capturing the pride of a starlit night above the former capital of the Owari Tokugawa clan. Whether for a proposal facing the illuminated castle keep or an anniversary atop the Sky Promenade, this map immortalises a moment between samurai tradition and industrial modernity. A gift as precious as the golden kinshachi watching over the city.
The sky of Nagoya
At 35.2° north latitude, Nagoya shares Tokyo's northern sky. The City Science Museum hosts the world's largest planetarium, whose dome measures 35 metres in diameter since its 2011 renovation. This flagship facility makes it one of Japan's leading centres for popular astronomy. Clear, dry winter nights are the most favourable for observation from the surrounding heights.