Chubu region · the offbeat side of Aichi.
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A retired Japanese Antarctic icebreaker, permanently moored at Nagoya Port since 1985 and left exactly as her crew left it — bunks, sick bay, barbershop, and all — now a ¥300 museum you can walk through top to bottom.
A men-only capsule hotel and sauna deep in downtown Nagoya's Sakae district, built around a startling 20-meter, 110cm-deep cold plunge pool and 368 stacked capsule rooms, all wrapped in a lovingly kept Showa-era retro atmosphere.
