Nagoya City

With spring well and truly in full swing and the weather improving day by day, now is a great time – before the rain and humidity of the summer arrive – to get outside with the kids and enjoy the great outdoors. But of course, you’ve already taken them to all the parks and the zoo, so what else is there to do with young children so they can commune with nature in the relative safety of an open-air environment? A visit to Nagoya City Agricultural Center, that’s what. What is the Nagoya City Agricultural Center? Established on April 1, 1965, Nagoya City Agricultural Center is a large outdoor area that allows young families to have first-hand fun with farming and agriculture right here in the city. The center has plenty of livestock on the grounds, including various breeds of cows, pigs, and a coop of Nagoya’s famous Cochin chickens. You can get up close and personal with these animals, especially the goats, sheep, and adorable lambs, all of which you can feed with special pellets in the petting zone. Away from the animals, Nagoya City Agricultural Center is home to a large greenhouse filled with beautiful and exotic flowers.…