Traveling to Japan | Walking around Nagoya City
Nagoya (名古屋) is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is Japan's third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area. It is located on the Pacific coast on central Honshu. It is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, and Kitakyushu. It is also the center of Japan's third-largest metropolitan region, known as the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area. As of 2015, 2.28 million people lived in the city, part of Chūkyō Metropolitan Area's 9.10 million people.
Nagoya is served by Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO), built on an artificial island in Tokoname. The airport has international flights and a high volume of domestic flights.
A second airport is Nagoya Airfield (Komaki Airport, NKM) near the city's boundary with Komaki and Kasugai. On February 17, 2005 Nagoya Airport's commercial international flights moved to Centrair Airport. Nagoya Airfield is now used for general aviation and as an airbase and is the main Fuji Dream Airlines hub.
Nagoya Station, the world's largest train station by floor area, is on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen line, the Tōkaidō Main Line, and the Chūō Main Line, among others. JR Central, which operates the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, has its headquarter there. Meitetsu is also based in Nagoya, and along with Kintetsu provides regional rail service to the Tōkai and Kansai regions. Nagoya Subway provides urban transit service.
Nagoya Port is the largest port by international trade value in Japan. Toyota Motor Corporation exports via this port.
Nagoya's two most famous sightseeing spots are Atsuta Shrine and Nagoya Castle.[35]
Atsuta Shrine is the second-most venerable shrine in Japan, after Ise Grand Shrine. It is said to hold the Kusanagi sword, one of the three imperial regalia of Japan, but it is not on public display. It holds around 70 festivals per year. The shrine hosts over 4,400 national treasures that span its 2,000 year history.
Nagoya Castle was built in 1612. Although a large part of it burned down during World War II, the castle was restored in 1959, adding amenities such as elevators. The castle is famous for two magnificent Golden tiger-headed carp (金の鯱 Kin no Shachihoko) on the roof, often used as the symbol of Nagoya.
Other attractions include:
Nagoya TV Tower and Hisaya-Ōdori Park, located in the central Sakae district
JR Central Towers of Nagoya Station
Midland Square: The new international sales headquarters for Toyota features Japan's highest open-air observation deck.[36]
The Nagoya Port area: The Nagoya port area includes a themed shopping mall called Italia Mura as well as the popular Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium.
Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens and the Higashiyama Sky Tower
The Toyota museums: The Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology near Nagoya station
Danpusan Kofun : The maximum old burial mound(Kofun) in Aichi.
The Noritake factory: The home of Noritake fine chinaware is open to visitors and allows people to learn about the history of the establishment. It includes a cafe, information/technology displays, and shopping facilities, so visitors can spend a whole day wandering through the displays and grounds. It also holds a few unrestored areas that serve as reminders of devastation caused by the final stages of World War II.
The SCMaglev and Railway Park
The Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts (N/BMFA)
The Ōsu shopping district and nearby temples, Ōsu Kannon and Banshō-ji
The Tokugawa Art Museum and the Tokugawa Garden, a surrounding Japanese garden
The Nagoya City Science and Art Museums, located in Shirakawa Park, not far from Fushimi Subway Station
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Money Museum, now located near the Akatsuka-shirakabe 赤塚白壁 bus stop on Dekimachi-dori.[37]
Legoland Japan, Japan's first Legoland resort.
Nagoya is a starting point for visits to the surrounding area, such as Inuyama, Little World Museum of Man, Meiji Mura, Tokoname, Himakajima, Tahara, Toyohashi and Toyokawa and Hamamatsu. Reachable with at most a two-hour journey are Gifu, Gujo Hachiman, Gifu, Ise Shrine, Takayama, Gifu, Gero Onsen and the hill stations in the Kiso Valley Magome and Tsumago.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagoya
Credit to Ade Sazaliana who took the video.
白鳥古墳 白鳥御陵 名古屋市熱田区 白鳥公園 Kofun
白鳥古墳（しろとりこふん）は、愛知県名古屋市熱田区の白鳥公園に隣接する古墳。一般には「白鳥御陵（しろとりごりょう）」とも呼ばれている。
全長 70メートルなどとされるが，これらは昭和26年(1951年)に名古屋大学が調査測量を行った際の数値である。しかし前方部南端は道路建設で、後円部の東側は鳥居の建設などで、また西側も法持寺の移転改築などに伴って墳裾部が掘削されており、元々の形を留めていない。前述の調査で前方部が削平されている可能性が指摘されているほか、墳丘東側に幅5メートルほどの平坦面があった事から、2段築造であった可能性もあるとされる。
墳丘には須恵質の円筒埴輪が巡らされていた。またかつては墳丘の東側から北西側にかけて幅10メートルほどの周濠があったと推定されるが、現在では確認できない状態となっている。
天保8年（1837年）の台風の際に陵上の樹が倒れて内部の石室が露出。「尾張名所図会附録」によれば、石室は全長約3.7メートル、全幅1.2-1.5メートル、深さ1.5-1.8メートルの石垣組みで、5枚の蓋石によって覆われていたという。
遺物
銅鏡 六鈴鏡
馬具 楕円形鏡板
f字形鏡板
劍菱形杏葉
鐘形杏葉
辻金具
その他 双魚形腰佩
武器 直刀
鉾
小刀
玉類 勾玉
切子玉
管玉
須恵器 器台付三連坩
子坩四個脚付短頸壷
蓋付小坩
高坏
蓋類
器台
これらは法持寺の僧侶の手によって一旦取り出されたが、寺社官への言上・評議の結果、石室へ戻され、墳丘も旧状へと復したと伝わっている。その最に形状や数などが記録された。
There is also a Kofun period in Japanese history
Daisen Kofun, the largest of all kofun, one of many tumuli in the Mozu kofungun, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture (5th century)
Kofun ( from Sino-Japanese ancient grave) are megalithic tombs or tumuli in Japan, constructed between the early 3rd century and the early 7th century AD. They gave their name to the Kofun period (middle 3rd century - early-middle 6th century). Many of the Kofun have distinctive keyhole-shaped mounds zenpo-koenfun , which are unique to ancient Japan. The Mozu-Furuichi kofungun or tumuli clusters have been proposed for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List, while Ishibutai Kofun is one of a number in Asuka-Fujiwara similarly residing on the Tentative List.[