Motoyama, Nagoya

Motoyama (本山) is a district in Chikusa-ku (千種区), a ward in the east of Nagoya City.

It is located between Higashiyama and Kakuozan, and is close to both Nagoya University and Higashiyama-Koen Park (東山公園).

At the heart of Motoyama is a traffic intersection, underneath which the Higashiyama and Meijo Lines of the Nagoya City Subway (地下鉄) cross each other.

[1] Motoyama features tourist attractions, English friendly cuisine, and foreigner-friendly temples.

[3] In the Motoyama area there is a Matsuzakaya department store (松坂屋), various restaurants and fast food outlets, karaoke and an interesting and tourist-free Buddhist temple (Tōgan-ji), home to Nagoya's largest seated Buddha statue.