Nagoya


The intention is that this becomes a photo gallery of Nagoya. Nagoya is a nice place to live, so I thought I might try and make a collection of photos that gives an idea what the city is like.

I do not have a great collection of photos at the moment, but I will work on trying to get a collection of images that shows what Nagoya is like.



Nagoya's symbol, the shachihoko 鯱

"The above kanji can actually be pronounced in two different ways. When pronounced "shachihoko", it refers to the mystical animal mentioned above. When pronounced "shachi", it means grampus; a dolphin or orca. This is a source of confusion, even among the Japanese." - Shachihoko Wiki Page



Nagoya Castle, rebuilt in the 1950's, the original dates from the 1600's. With so much rebuilt or reconstructed due to fires, earthquakes and WW2 bombing, in is not unusual to visit a reconstruction. So I recommend a visit. It is imposing, the gardens are beautiful and it has nice views from the Dojon/tower.

BTW, in the photo you can just see two golden shachihoko on the top of the castle dojon.


The "Towers" complex above Nagoya station. The towers contain JR Takashima shopping, the Marriott hotel. Nagoya Station is/was theworld's largest train station by floor area (410,000 m2).


View from Marriott hotel in Nagoya Station - April 2007


Nagoya at Night- Pam June 2005


Osu Kannon Temple - Site of a large market and electronics district. A Nagoya Landmark- Pam June 2005


A temple with Fox guardians, near Osu Kannon - Pam June 2005

Downtown Sakae


Nagoya Festival - Spinning the Floats- Oct 2006


Nagoya TV Tower - By Shannon 2006


Sakae from the Sunshine Sakae Ferris wheel. This gives the impression that the city has wide straight streets, do not be fooled. most of the city is full of small windy roads and most motorways are two lanes each way-Photo - Apr 07

In fact, the roads you see in these photos were especially created after WW2 - "The majority of Nagoya was burned down during World War II. During Nagoya’s reconstruction, thinking about future traffic, appearance, and especially disaster prevention, 100 meter wide streets were designed to run through downtown. Hisaya-odori crosses Nagoya from north to south, and Wakamiya-odori runs east to west." - Nagoya City Website


TV Tower and Oasis 21 - Apr 2007


View from on top of Oasis 21 - Apr 2007


Sunshine Sakae Ferris Wheel - Apr 2007

Higashiyama Koen

Higashiyama Sky Tower
Higashiyama Sky tower in Higashiyama Koen (Park). The Sky tower dominates the skyline in my part of Nagoya.


View from Skytower in Higashiyama Skytower looking toward central Nagoya You can see many multi-story apartments and double story houses with downtown Sakae in the distance.

The Real Nagoya


Often wet. Merging onto the expressway on the road above. Downtown saakae 2006

The JCT Interchange near the Nagoya interchange for the Tomei

Design downloaded from FreeWebTemplates.com
Free web design, web templates, web layouts, and website resources!