Part 7 - Nagoya

On our way home to Tokyo, we stopped by Nagoya for few hours just to look - see Nagoya. Obviously with that few hours we didn't try enough food :( but managed to do some sightseeings. Nagoya is around 2 hours from Tokyo.

Some interesting facts about Nagoya :-

• 1920 marked the beginnings of the automotive industry. At the heart is Toyota Motor Corp
• Is home to head offices of Suzuki Motor, Yamaha, Honda Motor
• Booming economy has brought foreigners ie the Japanese - descent Brazilian immigrants

As we came from Kiso Valley, we arrived Nagoya around 4.30pm. Sadly the castle is closed :( We only managed to snap a very - far photo. But since it's not listed as a to-see castle, never mind....... :)

Sakae is the name of Nagoya's downtown district. The district's old landmark is Nagoya TV Tower, the oldest of its kind in Japan. Completed in 1954, the 180 meters tall TV houses an observation deck 100m above the ground.

Sakae's new landmark is futuristic looking Oasis 21 complex. It accomodates Nagoya's highway bus terminal and also shops and restaurants. The "Water Spaceship" roof is one of the unique thing about the building, where this is a clear glass deck. And in the centre of deck there is a fountain.

JR Central Towers lower floors are just like our KLCC shopping centre but theirs is Takashimaya. The building consists of 245m tall Office tower.

This concluded my trip to the Chubu region for 4days 3nights..... and next - the Hokkaido region....