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Where to stay & onsen

We recommend one night at a hot-spring inn.

Three kinds of nightWhere to stay in Aichi

The choice is really about what kind of night you want. A hot-spring inn feeds you twice and stops you moving. A city hotel is the right answer if you are arriving late or leaving early.

A ryokan or hot-spring inn

Dinner and breakfast brought to you, a bath, and floor bedding laid out while you eat. The price is per person and includes both meals.

Includes 2 meals Book ahead
See ryokan and onsen inns › How an onsen works

A city hotel

Clean, small, reliable and priced per room. Right for early trains, late arrivals and anyone travelling with a large suitcase.

Per roomNear the station
See hotels in Aichi › Getting around

A guesthouse or minshuku

Family-run, cheaper, and often the only option in the countryside.

Ask about cashRural areas
See guesthouses and minshuku ›

Our first choice in Aichi is named below.

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BookingSix things worth asking before you pay

Ask about these

Meals
Whether dinner and breakfast are included, and what time dinner is served. Inns often serve at a fixed time and will not wait
Tattoos
Ask whether the bath admits them, and ask about a private bath
Private bath
Kashikiri. Many inns have one, and it removes the question of bathing with strangers entirely
Payment
Card or cash. Rural inns are often cash only
Arrival time
Tell them. Inns lock up earlier than hotels
Luggage
They will hold it before check-in and after check-out. Just ask

What a night at an inn is like

Shoes
Off at the entrance. Slippers inside; nothing on the straw matting
The robe
A cotton yukata is provided and is worn to dinner and to the bath. Left side over right
Dinner
Many small dishes, often in your room or a dining room at a set time
Bedding
Laid out on the floor, usually while you are eating
Bathing
Before dinner and again before bed is normal here
Breakfast
Rice, fish, egg, pickles. Ask the night before if you need it early
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Our first choice hereThe one we would book

Espacio Nagoya Castle

This is the one to aim for in Aichi, and it is new. It opened on 1 October 2025 on the site of the old Hotel Nagoya Castle, which stood here from 1969 until 2022. The building is deliberately shaped like a castle — eleven storeys, stone at the base and white walls above, under a roof in the same green-copper colour as the real castle it looks at.

  • The stonework at street level is real stone from Ena in Gifu, stacked the way a castle base is stacked. It is worth standing at the corner and looking at it before you go in.
  • You are five minutes from Nagoya Castle on foot. That is close enough to be at the gate when it opens, which is the only way to have the grounds quiet.
  • Some rooms have their own hot spring bath, and there is a spa. Around a hundred rooms in total, so it is small for its size of building.
  • The corridors are hung with art — enough that people describe the place as a gallery. There are eight places to eat and drink inside.
Where
West of Nagoya Castle — about a five-minute walk to the castle gate
Address
3-19 Hinokuchi-cho, Nishi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi
Telephone
052-908-1148
Booking
Through the official site, or the booking services below
Worth knowing

It has only been open since October 2025, so the building is in perfect condition.

Checked 2026-08-17

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Places to see› Food & restaurants› Where to stay & onsen› Getting around› With children / with parents› Back to Aichi› Gifu› Mie› Shizuoka› Nagano›
Photo: Nagoya Castle by Base64 edit by Noodle snacks (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
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