Nagoya is located centrally on the main island of Japan known as Honshū, it is the capital of the Aichi Prefecture and is the third-largest metropolitan region in Japan.
Traditionally a manufacturing city and a busy port, Nagoya is like the Detroit of Japan with many Japanese automakers having a base in the city with Toyota the largest also being founded in the town.
Nagoya recently has had in increase in tourists since Expo was held in 2005, the city has plenty of attractions and its location makes it a good stopover if you are heading to Osaka or Hiroshima from Tokyo on the Shinkansen bullet train.
