Japan Travel Report 3

Almost 6 weeks passed since I'm living in Owariasahi, which is close to Nagoya city. Therefore I decided to make a short travel report entry about Nagoya city, its sightseeing possibilities, food, etc. Well, I haven't been to that much places yet, but I think it's enough to tell at least a bit about it.

Nagoya is the forth popular city of Japan according Wikipedia, but actually you can't find many travel guide books about Nagoya area compared to the huge number of books, magazines, articles about traveling in Tokyo or Kyoto.
Most foreign tourist would never think of stopping by at Nagoya during their Japan trip. Actually they just visit Tokyo and spend their last days in Kyoto by going there by Shinkansen. Isn't it like this? There are exceptions, but that's what it is like. Mostly.

Nagoya
If you come to Nagoya, you will be able to find everything that belongs to a major city in Japan. A TV tower, a ferry wheel, a zoo, an aquarium, temples, shrines, a castle, a stadium, Japanese gardens, museums and art galleries. So who said you can't spend your time visiting Nagoya for sightseeing?

Regarding food, Nagoya is famous for Tebesaki, Tenmusu, Misokatsu, Ogura Toast, Misonikomi Udon and probably much more things I didn't note down.

There are a lot of things to see and visit in Nagoya. I just picked out a few I will introduce to you in a few sentences and some pictures, but there are a lot of more thing to visit.

(Nagoya TV tower - 2010)
Nagoya's TV tower. Like every Japanese major city Nagoya also has a TV tower.
If the weather is fine, it's worth to go up there for enjoying the view over Nagoya. Especially the night view is very impressive.

(Nagoya station - 2010)
Yes even Nagoya's main station is a great place for sightseeing because of it's impressive building, its huge number of shops and department stores. Especially at Christmas time it is worth to visit Nagoya station because of its huge light display.

(Sky Promenade - 2010)
Just across from Nagoya's main station building you can find a lot of high class shops, like GUCCI, Dior, etc, followed by a cinema and the Sky Promenade. You you're not afraid of heights you definitely should go there since it is the best place to get a great view of Nagoya as well at daytime as at night.

  (Osu Kannon - 2010)
Osu Kannon is a good visited temple in the Osu area, which is especially popular to foreigners and young people to hangout. You can find a lot of stores, restaurants and cafes in this area as well. Furthermore every month on the 18th and 28th a flea market is held here.

 (Nagoya castle - 2010)
Nagoya's sightseeing spot number one I guess. Nagoya castle visited by a huge number of tourist from oversea and Japan every day, especially at the weekend or on holidays. 

(Walk of fame - 2010)
Los Angeles! Yes right, you can even visit LA during your stay in Nagoya since LA is Nagoya's sister city. Therefore you can find various replica of Hollywood's famous attractions like the Walk of Fame.




(Totoro house in Nagoya - 2010)
Last but not least, you can visit the house of the favorite Ghibli movie "My neighbor Totoro" in Nagoya since the house was built their for the Expo in 2005. It's just impressive and WOW!

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One Response so far.

  1. Yume says:
    January 3, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    nagoya is beautiful...^^ kawaii blog btw~~

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