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Travel Blogs from Nagoya, Japan
Nagoya Castle
... , it is where my mom grew up and where some of her family currently resides. I was here last year but didn't get to check out Nagoya Castle so I was able to do some tourist stuff on Sunday. Don't have my notes with me on the castle but trust it me, it ...
Nagoya under water
We wanted to go to an restaurant with "all you can eat" in Nagoya which Kai knows well from his last stay in Japan. However the weather was once again against us and additionally we took a snail-train instead of the rapid express to Nagoya so instead of ...
Day 46 - a road less travelled....
... the hotel, got in taxi, and raced to the station, to try to catch the 4:24pm train. We made it with a few minutes to spare, and I am now writing this on the train, our way to Nagoya. Been travelling for 2.5 hours, 2 more hours yay! LOL ...
The scenic entry
... was squirting from both ends all night. This is largely attributed to: Huge Chrissy, straight onto the plane, bugger all sleep, into Japan and beer fest starting at 9am ending at 3am with very little food or rest in between. Needless to say, Jason has ...
Visa
Japan, Nagoya For my visa I had to leave the country. My boss arranged a ticket and I was on my way to Japan. Looking on the internet I couldn't find much of interest or a good youth hostel. But I was staying only 3 nights and the ticket was paid for ...
Nagoya, Japan
Layover for about one hour. Weather was low clouds and very cool temps. Very clean ...
Nagoya/Magome/Tsumago
I stayed at a cracking Ryoken - a traditional Japanese guesthouse - in Nagoya. But there isn't a great deal to do there for a traveller, but the accommodation costs a quarter of that in Magome/Tsumago so it's a no brainer. Magome and Tsumago are both ...
mega-typhoon, hoon~ hoon~
a stormy warning was issued this morning, which i didn't know until i was walking toward my school and students were walking toward me. yeah, that meant the warning caused the school shut down. it was 7:52 a.m. that this stromy warning was issued. but ...
Gazza - He's a good guy
Nagoya - 5th or 6th Largest city in Japan. Stil somewhat regarded as a rural city, a tucked out out of the way place that is still a central transport/regonial/travel hub. Nagoya is a strange city of no real defined center, but many areas of crowd, ...
Hot September in Nagoya
... it wasn't that far, really, but I still broke up the walk with an hour in a cool, dimly-lit internet café. Back at Nagoya Station, I did a bit of shopping, mostly to kill time before taking the train to Sarah's place. She doesn't live in the city ...
CARLESS IN NAGOYA, JAPAN’S LA
As Japan's industrial heartland, Nagoya was pounded flat by American B-17s in WW2. Not wasting an opportunity when rebuilding, the city fathers decided that was their chance to build a new kind of Japanese city with broad car-friendly streets. The result ...
SUMO!
Started our train pass today and went down to Nagoya. Orininally we thought the sumo was in tokyo but then realised it was infact in nagoya. We tried to get advanced tickets at two different tourist informations but no one could help us so we thought we ...
Nagoya City Science Museum
... and it is not so foreigner-friendly. Still, I believe you can find some interesting scientific facts in the museum. Nagoya City Science Museum http://www.ncsm.city.nagoya.jp/en/index.html According to the website, only Japanese language is ...
Nagoya Racetrack & Disaster Prevention Centre
... I was excited and satisfied with the first-time betting experience in the racetrack. Then I walked to the next destination, Nagoya Municipal Minato Disaster Prevention Centre, which is operated by the municipal government and the facility is connected to ...
Chinese New Year in Nagoya
... on the 23rd of January and in Nagoya, the Spring Festival was held from the 13th to15th by China-related organizations of Nagoya. I didn't know that the Spring Festival is held in Nagoya every year, although Nagoya doesn't have a chinatown. (The ...
Sakae
... das futuristische Oasis 21, was ein Mix aus Busterminal, Einkaufszentrum und diversen Restaurants ist. Gleich nebenan steht der Nagoya Fernsehturm, welcher mit seinen 180 Metern beeindruckend ist. (Wobei der Tokyo Fernsehturm mit 240 Metern noch ...
Nagoya Starter Kit
... snowy days every winter. Average Monthly Climate Indicators in Nagoya (climate-zone.com) http://www.climate-zone.com/climate/japan/celsius/nagoya.htm Getting There If you travel from Tokyo to Nagoya, it takes 1 hour and 40 minutes to 2 hours ...
Nagoya Castle & Festivals
... just coming in. I didn't have much time at the time, but I was glad that I managed to catch a glimpse of the Nagoya Festival. Unfortunately, I was scheduled to attend a lecture meeting at Will Aichi, so I broke off sightseeing for a while, but two hours ...
The insider view!
... 7 and ready to go by 8, I decided to make my way to the JR towers, 2 large office/hotel buildings directly above Nagoya trainstation. As I was in dire need of some good coffee, I quickly found the local starbucks there. Sorry Japan, your coffee just does ...
Tea Ceremony
This afternoon, after we finished our university classes we were given the chance to participate and learn a little about the Japanese culture of Tea Ceremonies. There are many rules of how to behave in a tea ceremony; perhaps the most ...
The Haunted and Dark Tranquility in Nagoya!
... long) gap between Dark Tranquility and the Haunted which left everyone a little restless but in all, they still knew how to show Japan how to rock. It was so enjoyable I actually left the concert 10 minutes past the dorms curfew ... luckily after a phone ...
Quick Plane Change in Nagoya
I try to avoid this flight. NW77 leaves Narita and stops in Nagoya on the way to Saipan. Unfortunately, it's considered a transition between domestic and international, so everyone has to disembark, clear security, and get on again. For those that were on ...
Lamb of God - Nagoya
... for Children's Day (kodomo no hi). Originally known as boy's day, May 5th is a day to celebrate the children across Japan and wish for their health by displaying large, bright fish banners from everywhere possible. But for me today had a deeper ...
Transit in Nagoya
I slept most of the flight to Japan, but got to see "Kung Fu Panda" on the way. It was pretty cute and funny and much better than I ...
The Joy of Shinkansen!
... was to his satisfaction were we permitted to board the train. We are now speeding along on another bullet train heading for Nagoya where we will no doubt arrive in 118 minutes time. There we will make our final connection and board our last train for ...
Yukata
Once again through university we were shown another part of Japanese culture. This time it was how to wear Yukata. Yukata are basically a summer version of a kimono and are often made out of cotton and worn to various summer festivities including ...
