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Toyota Industries Sailing Club × Gamagori City

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In the 11th edition, players of the Toyota Industries Sailing Club based in Gamagori City introduce must-visit spots in Gamagori City.
Let’s go to Gamagori City, which has many unique spots, from sightseeing spots to local gourmet restaurants!

Toyota Industries Sailing Club

Club to which Tanaka and Nagamatsu, an Asian Games silver medalist pair, belong

Misaki TANAKA and Sera NAGAMATSU, who entered the 49erFX class in women’s sailing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, belong to the Toyota Industries Sailing Club. The 49erFX class is for women’s two-handed skiffs, and it became an official Olympic class at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The two Toyota Industries sailors joined together in 2022 to compete as a pair. They are Waseda University alumni in a senior-junior relationship (with Nagamatsu being three university years senior to Tanaka), so they can perform in perfect harmony. The pair has a well-proven track record, including winning a silver medal at the Asian Games held in Hangzhou in 2023, a first for a pair of Japanese sailors. Although they finished in 17th place at the Olympic Games in Paris, they are expected to demonstrate their competence more fully as the top pair of Japanese sailors from now on.

Recommended by Sera NAGAMATSU

Toyota Industries Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor

Immediately from the Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor bus stop on the Meitetsu Bus Line from Mikawa-Miya Station or Mikawa-Otsuka Station on the JR Tokaido Line

Public yacht harbor capable of hosting international competitions

This is a public yacht harbor that Tanaka and Nagamatsu also use as their training base. This facility is capable of hosting international competitions, including the Sailing World Cup, and its eastern and western landings are both among Japan’s largest. The harbor possesses 50 rental yachts. Various hands-on experience programs, such as free trial yacht cruising and sailing lessons, are constantly provided here. If you're interested, why not visit the harbor?

Address: 1-7 Kaiyo-cho, Gamagori City
Tel.: 0533-59-8851
Hours: 8:00–17:00 (April: 8:00–17:15 [or 18:00 on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays]; May: 8:00–18:30; June to August: 8:00–19:00; September: 8:00–17:30 [or 18:00 on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays]; March: 8:00–17:15)
Closed: Wednesdays (except during the “Golden Week” period [from around April 29 to around May 5] and in July and August) and New Year holidays
* The hours and regular days off are subject to change.

Recommended by Misaki TANAKA

Wakamiya Park

About 18 minutes on foot from Mikawa-Miya Station on the JR Tokaido Line

A lush park close to the sea

This is a small park facing Mikawa Bay. Well-tended lawns make this park a perfect place to stroll. On her way to her training venue, Tanaka drops in at this park and uses the promenade that runs from the side of the park to arrive at the training venue. This is an important place for Tanaka to refresh her mood.

Address: 264-1 Wakamiya, Miya-cho, Gamagori City
Tel.: 0533-66-1141 (Facility Management Team, Urban Development Department, Gamagori City Hall)

Recommended by Sera NAGAMATSU

Chaya ITSUKA

About 11 minutes on foot from Mikawa-Miya Station on the JR Tokaido Line

A café using an old Japanese-style house, where you can savor exquisite matcha green tea sweets

This is a popular café in Gamagori, using an old Japanese-style house. Nagamatsu says: “Every time I pass in front of the café, I see customers waiting in a line.” The sweets served here include an Uji matcha cream puff, an Uji matcha dorayaki (pancake sandwich), and an Uji matcha Swiss roll, all of which use the highest quality stone-ground Uji matcha produced in Kyoto Prefecture. These matcha sweets, which the café originated together with a leading tea producer in Kyoto after a repeated process of trial and error, are all reputed as exquisite. The café using a renovated old Japanese-style house has a calm atmosphere. You can relax while being unconscious of the passage of time.

Address: 28, Kyuho, Miya-cho, Gamagori City
Tel.: 0533-95-9090
Hours: 9:00–19:00 on weekdays; 8:30–19:00 on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays Closed: Tuesdays

Recommended by Aispo-kun

Takeshima Aquarium

About 15 minutes on foot from Gamagori Station on the JR Tokaido Line and the Meitetsu Gamagori Line

A freshly renovated aquarium where you can enjoy yourselves

This is a popular aquarium that was freshly renovated in October 2024. The renovation has almost doubled the area of the aquarium site and has added to the aquarium one of the world’s largest tanks for deep-sea organisms, a capybara area, and a sea lion area. In particular, the aquarium is among the top aquariums in Japan in terms of the number of deep-sea organisms exhibited. You can even touch giant isopods and spider crabs. Explanatory cards about exhibited organisms, which are handmade by staff and have contributed to the current great popularity of the aquarium, remain on display even after the renovation. These cards often create a buzz on social media and elsewhere.

Address: 1-6 Takeshima-cho, Gamagori City
Tel.: 0533-68-2059
Hours: 9:00–17:00
Open everyday