For a long time, Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura has dreamed of restoring the castle's keep with wood, following its original design. However, his insistence on an "original" and "authentic" Nagoya Castle has caused much controversy. The historic Nagoya Castle is facing a new challenge, this time...
Japan's busiest shipping port said Thursday it would resume operations after a ransomware attack prevented it from receiving shipping containers for two days. The expected restoration of the Port of Nagoya, a hub for car exports and an engine of the Japanese economy, will ease concerns about any...
Strange, I have never viewed Nagoya as particularly boring: full of history and historical buildings and plenty of castles in and around the city, you could literally spend days sightseeing. CNN on Nagoya's image as "Japan's most boring city"...
Iwakura Castle (岩倉城 Iwakura-jō) was a flat castle (平城 hirajiro) located in Iwakura, north of Nagoya.
The Oda clan, which held power in Owari during the Warring States period, was divided into two lines, the Iwakura Oda clan (岩倉織田氏, also known as the Ise no Kami 伊勢守家), which ruled the four...
On 1 November, the first Ghibli Park in Japan will open within the Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park in Nagakute near Nagoya. The theme park will be divided into five areas, spread over an approximately 7.1-hectare site: Hill of Youth, Ghibli's Large Warehouse, Mononoke's Village, Valley of...
NUCB (Nagoya University of Commerce & Business) International College, the first international boarding school in the Tokai region was inaugurated on April 27. The school has a program allowing students to obtain high school diplomas and qualifications for entry into universities overseas...
Nagoya Castle (名古屋城 Nagoya-jō) ranked among the three greatest Japanese castles and was built after the Battle of Sekigahara (1600) by Tokugawa Ieyasu as a defence against the Toyotomi who still had held significant power. Ieyasu appointed his son Yoshinao (徳川義直, 1601-1650), the founder of the...
My first city on my Japanese trip was Nagoya. My aunt has friends in the city. This was my first trip outside of the United States of America so I thought it a good idea to have a "home base" in Japan. The first night I got there was amazing, I only stayed up a few hours since I got to Japan...
I took my first trip to Japan this April. I went to Japan in April of course for the sakura mostly and to visit a ton of my friends. I had a JR pass so I was able to visit a lot of places. I started in Nagoya, went to Hida-Takayama for a day, then to Osaka, while I was in Osaka I visited Nara...
Hey guys
Just discovered this forum. Is there anyone interested in the G30 graduate program of NU?
I have applied for 2017 entry and will have been interview soon.
Is anyone here getting in their graduate programs this year?
Let's gather here!
I am recently so nervous preparing the interview!!
Hi everyone! My name is Korinna and in 1990 I lived on El Toro marine base in Irvine, California, USA. I was 5 years old. We had two Japanese exchange students come and stay with us. The one who I remember most is named Haruhiko Yamashita. I'm not 100% sure but I think he was a senior in high...
The Tokugawa Art Museum (徳川美術館 Tokugawa Bijutsukan) is a private museum that opened its gates in 1935 and displays a large collection of artefacts of the Owari branch of the Tokugawa family. Many of these family treasures dated back to Tokugawa Ieyasu and were completed by the collection of his...
Officially called Kitanosan Shinpuku-ji Hōshō-in (北野山真福寺宝生院), Ōsu Kannon (大須観音) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Naka Ward, central Nagoya. It was initially constructed in the early 14th century by order of Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 Go-Daigo-tennō, 1288-1339) in the village of...
Atsuta Shrine (熱田神宮 Atsuta-jingū) is one of the most sacred Shinto shrines in Japan, purportedly second only to Ise-jingū in Mie Prefecture. It is said to hold the sacred sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi, one of the three imperial regalia of Japan. According to tradition, the shrine was built by the...
Tokugawa Ieyasu built Nagoya Castle (名古屋城 Nagoya-jō) in 1609-14 on the site of a smaller castle taken over and renamed by Oda Nobunaga’s father, Oda Nobuhide (織田信秀, 1510-1551). The castle was abandoned by the Oda clan in 1582 and reconstructed by the victorious Ieyasu to ensure the security of...
Nagoya (名古屋市), Japan’s fourth-largest city, is the capital of Aichi Prefecture, located in central Honshū on Ise Bay, as well as the political, financial, and cultural centre of the Chubu Region, halfway between Tōkyō and Ōsaka.
History
Located on the fertile Nōbi Plain, the region was early...
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