Nagoya Agricultural Center
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The Nagoya Agricultural Center (名古屋市農業センター) is located in Tenpaku Ward in the city of Nagoya, central Japan
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The centre is free of charge, featuring a cafe and a shops that sells organic food
such as vegetables and health foods. It also sells plants. It features glass house
s and a model farm
with live stock.
The grounds are also used for picnic
s and sees peak visitor numbers during the plum and cherry blossom season in spring.
Access by public transport is a 15 minutes walk east from Hirabari Station on the Tsurumai Line
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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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The centre is free of charge, featuring a cafe and a shops that sells organic food
Organic food
Organic foods are foods that are produced using methods that do not involve modern synthetic inputs such as synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers, do not contain genetically modified organisms, and are not processed using irradiation, industrial solvents, or chemical food additives.For the...
such as vegetables and health foods. It also sells plants. It features glass house
Glass House
The Glass House or Johnson house, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence and is a masterpiece in the use of glass. It was an important and influential project for Johnson and for modern architecture. The building is an essay in minimal...
s and a model farm
Model Farm
A model farm was an 18th–19th century experimental farm, which researched and demonstrated improvements in agricultural techniques, efficiency, and building layout. Education and commitment to improving welfare standards of workers were also aspects of the ideal farm movement...
with live stock.
The grounds are also used for picnic
Picnic
In contemporary usage, a picnic can be defined simply as a pleasure excursion at which a meal is eaten outdoors , ideally taking place in a beautiful landscape such as a park, beside a lake or with an interesting view and possibly at a public event such as before an open air theatre performance,...
s and sees peak visitor numbers during the plum and cherry blossom season in spring.
Access by public transport is a 15 minutes walk east from Hirabari Station on the Tsurumai Line
Tsurumai Line
The is a subway line which forms part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan. It runs from Kami Otai in Nishi-ku, Nagoya to Akaike in Nisshin. The Tsurumai Line's color on maps is light blue. Its stations carry the letter T followed by a number. Officially, the line is called...
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