Hachiko
Apr 27, 2004, 01:06
If there is one major spot in Japan that visitors somehow tend not to make a beeline for, it is Nagoya.
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For some, an ascent of Nagoya's TV tower (above) may be a high point of their visit; for others it may be Osu Kannon Temple.
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The Japan National Tourist Organization confidently declares in its leaflet on Nagoya that the country's fourth-biggest city "abounds in places of scenic and historic interest." But then that leaflet lists as second among Nagoya's must-see attractions a TV tower, which -- even the most sympathetic observer would have to concede -- does share considerable points of similarity with every other TV mast they have ever seen.
Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fv20040423a1.htm)
http://www.japantimes.com/images/photos2004/fv20040423a1a.jpg
For some, an ascent of Nagoya's TV tower (above) may be a high point of their visit; for others it may be Osu Kannon Temple.
http://www.japantimes.com/images/photos2004/fv20040423a1b.jpg
The Japan National Tourist Organization confidently declares in its leaflet on Nagoya that the country's fourth-biggest city "abounds in places of scenic and historic interest." But then that leaflet lists as second among Nagoya's must-see attractions a TV tower, which -- even the most sympathetic observer would have to concede -- does share considerable points of similarity with every other TV mast they have ever seen.
Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fv20040423a1.htm)