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IG Arena × Its Surrounding Shopping Streets

In this series, Aispo-kun takes you on a journey of exploration to spots related to sports teams and athletes based in Aichi Prefecture. This article is one of the special features that focuses on the shopping streets around IG Arena, which has just opened.

Collaboration between IG Arena and its four surrounding shopping streets is under way in programs planned to add to the approaches toward the arena the enjoyable experience of strolling. The businesses operating on the streets are considering providing visitors with various services, such as special benefits to IG Arena spectators.

IG Arena

This article introduces the four unique shopping streets around IG Arena. Why not enjoy strolling through the unique shopping streets before and after you watch a sports match at IG Arena?

Yanagihara-dori Shopping Street

Retro-looking roofed sidewalks welcome you.

This is the shopping street nearest to IG Arena. Stretching over approximately 600 m from north to south, the shopping street is full of the retro atmosphere of the Showa era. It is lined with about 45 businesses that deal in a wide variety of goods and services. With a university campus recently opened near the street, the number of new businesses targeting young people is increasing.

Address: Yanagihara area, Kita-ku, Nagoya City

Benten-dori Shopping Street

Enjoy a tour of Shichifukujin (Seven Gods of Good Fortune) statues while shopping!

Established in 1915, this shopping street has a history of over 100 years. The street is spotted with stone statues of the Shichifukujin (Seven Gods of Good Fortune). In the past, the nearby area used to be home to dyeing, cotton milling, and textile factories, with a bustle of factory workers. Today as well, festivals, pop-up markets, and other events attract many visitors, invigorating the street.

Address: Benten-dori area, Nishi-ku, Nagoya City

Endoji Shopping Street

Nagoya’s oldest shopping street, lined with unique businesses

Located roughly halfway between Nagoya Station and Nagoya Castle, this shopping street appeals to people by combining the atmosphere of an olden-day shopping area with new culture. Originated in 1612, the street is lined with not only long-established businesses but also unique new businesses run by younger generations, pleasing you while you simply walk through it.

Address: Nagono area, Nishi-ku, Nagoya City

Endoji Honmachi Shopping Street

A nostalgic shopping street that is friendly to the common people

This retro-looking arcaded street extends west from Egawa Line, forming a pair with Endoji Shopping Street. It was almost completely destroyed during the Great Nagoya Air Raid of 1945, but it was rebuilt in five years. The street is lined with businesses for everyday use by the common people, including long-established Japanese-style confectioneries and cafés, as well as supermarkets frequented by the locals.

Address: Nagono area, Nishi-ku, Nagoya City