Tag: Nagoya (Aichi)
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 ...
I almost returned the first tap beer I ever bought from a bar in Japan. About ¼ of the glass was filled with a heady frothy top. But I quickly discovered that this is how ...
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 ...
How can a country where gambling that isn't controlled by the government is illegal, have something like pachinko that is so popular? Take a look at the reason why and a whole lot of photos ...
Torii gates mark the boundary between this world and a sacred place. This massive torii leads to Atsuta-jingu in Nagoya.
The second batch of my awesome photos presents the audience's and editor's top 3 photos from the JTM Photo series. The best pictures of Japan from Japan Travel Mate.
Photos of the new Toyota Prius α (Alpha) spotted on the streets of Japan. Living near Toyota HQ, I was really surprised it took this long to actually see one in the wild...
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