Audio walking guides in Nagoya
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These are self-guided audio walks around Nagoya. You pick a route, put one earbud in, and the guide talks you through it stop by stop — what you are looking at, and why it is there. There is no group to keep up with and no meeting time. 10 walks covering Atsuta Jingū, Ōsu, Nagoya-meshi, The Three Unifiers, From Looms to Cars, Inuyama and more, 287 minutes of narration in total.
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Every walk in Nagoya
Nagoya Castle & the Golden Dolphins
Come through the gate and the first thing that gets you is the sheer width of it. The moat is enormous, a dry green canyon in places, and…
Atsuta Jingū: The Shrine of the Sacred Sword
Step through the torii and the temperature drops. That is not a figure of speech. You have come off a busy road in the southern half of an…
Ōsu: Temple Town and Electric Bazaar
You arrive in front of a large red temple with a broad flight of steps, a lantern the size of a small car hanging in the gate, a…
The Tokugawa Treasures & the Lord's Garden
Most great museum collections are assembled. Someone with money buys things, or a nation takes them, or a scholar spends a lifetime hunting them down, and the collection…
Sakae, the Tower and the Hundred-Metre Roads
Stand in the middle of this and look both ways. You are on Hisaya-ōdōri, and the strip of green and paving you are standing on is not a…
Nagoya-meshi: The City That Eats Differently
Order almost anything in this city and sooner or later you will meet a dark, thick, red-brown sauce with a flavour that is deeper, saltier and more assertive…
The Three Unifiers: Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, Ieyasu
Look around at this district. Flat land, a park, houses, a shrine, a railway line, some light industry. There is nothing here to suggest anything. And yet within…
From Looms to Cars: How Toyota Happened
You are standing in a red-brick building that was a working textile machinery factory, and the reason it matters is that the largest carmaker in the world started…
Inuyama: The Oldest Keep and the Cormorant River
Half an hour north of Nagoya the land rises into a bluff above a wide river, and on top of the bluff is a small white and dark-wood…
Arimatsu, Tokoname & the Craft Towns
Twenty minutes south of central Nagoya, on a private railway line, is a street that looks like it has been forgotten by three centuries. Dark timber merchant houses…
Questions about walking Nagoya
What is the best self-guided walking tour in Nagoya?
It depends how long you have. Nagoya Castle & the Golden Dolphins (31 minutes, 5 stops) starts at Nagoya Castle, East Gate and is the one most people begin with. Atsuta Jingū: The Shrine of the Sacred Sword covers a different part of the city in about 30 minutes. All 10 walks in Nagoya are listed on this page with their length and starting point.
Do I need to book a walking tour in Nagoya?
No. Every wanderaudio walk is self-guided, so there is nothing to book and no departure time. You start whenever you arrive, and you can stop halfway and pick it up the next day.
How much do the Nagoya audio guides cost?
Your first guide is free. You make a free account before it plays, with an email address or a Google login, and no card. After that a single guide is $4.99, a 30-guide pass, spendable on any guides in any cities, is $29.99, and every guide in Japan is $59.99. It is a one-off payment, not a subscription.
Are these tours in English?
Yes, all 10 Nagoya walks are narrated in English. Other languages are not available yet.
Can I do these walks alone?
Yes — that is what they are built for. There is no group and no guide waiting for you, so walking alone works exactly the same as walking with someone. You choose the pace and the order.