Category: Nagoya「名古屋」
It took just 6 months for 20 000 labourers to build the stone base and walls of Nagoya Castle’s main tower, led by the legendary samurai Katō Kiyomasa 「加藤 清正」 in the early 1600s. Kiyomasa ...
Halfway between Tokyo and Osaka is Japan’s 3rd largest city, Nagoya. Nagoya Castle is the icon of the city, with a white walled and jade green roof tiled main tower, adorned with two 1200kg gold kinshachi ...
Japan has some massive train stations. Nagoya Station is deemed to be Japan’s biggest train station at 245m high. The building includes the JR Central Towers containing the headquarters of JR Central, other offices and ...
Attending a Grand Sumo Tournament 「Honbasho, 本場所」 in Japan is an amazing spectacle. The unique sport has ancient origins, and the ceremonies and rituals preceding and following each part of the tournament have many layers ...
Japan’s number 1 beer is Asahi Super Dry, and for a good reason… it’s a refreshing and crisp lager that was responsible for spawning Japan’s love of beer. When you think Japanese beer, you think ...
Nagoya Castle is one of the most famous in Japan, with white walls like the great Himeji-jō and a main tower beautifully reconstructed after bombings in World War II. The most famous icon of this ...
Visited by over 9 million people annually, the 2nd largest shrine in Japan, home of one of the Three Sacred Imperial treasures (the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi sword), displaying the longest samurai sword in the world, in the heart ...
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