Handa
Handa, a waterfront city on the Chita Peninsula in Aichi, draws visitors with its lively traditional festivals featuring elaborately decorated multi-tiered floats hauled by crowds into the shallows, alongside a walkable centre and surrounding hills.
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- Population117,884
- Nearest water from center 0.3 km0.2 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 26 km16 mi
Nearest airports
Handa: quick answers
Where is Handa?
Handa is in Handa City, Japan, about 33 km21 miles in a straight line from Nagoya.
How do you get to Handa?
The nearest airport is Tokoname (NGO), about 49 min away by road. The nearest train station is 半田, about 5 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Handa?
The warmest month is August, averaging 27°C80°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 5°C40°F. The wettest month is September, with about 216 mm8.5 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Handa?
OpenStreetMap lists 3 museums, 19 restaurants, 10 cafés and 36 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.
What's near Handa?
Other Wandering Well picks within 60 km include Okazaki, Shinshiro and Toyokawa. Handa is listed among the day trips from Kyoto and day trips from Osaka.