Yōkisō — Attraction in Nagoya

We didn't pay to go into the house but enjoyed the garden for free. There's an Inari shrine with vermilion torii gates, and a pretty lake with a bridge that reminded us of Monet's paintings and his garden in Giverny. There's a tea house, too, but you can only look in from outside. The azaleas are beautiful, but were mostly finished when we were there, while the wisteria was not...

It was a super nice place to visit. The building is well maintained. I liked hearing about the owner, who is the creator of the matzukaiya stores that are in all the stations. The north garden was also good. It was awesome to hear how they connected a lot of the building via underground tunnels. The staff were nice and for 300 yen it was a nice place to explore while...

House that used to belong to the founder of the Matsuzakaya department store company. It was originally part of a larger set of grounds, but this house and a garden still remains. The house costs 300 yen to get in, but you can get a discount if you have a Nagoya Subway one day pass, at least on certain days. You can't quite go around every room in the house, and the insides are fairly bare, but it certainly is a good example of early 20th century Western influenced architecture and has some unusual things including the theatre stage in the basement. It won't take very long to get around and makes a good mini trip with the garden and...