Miyako Hotel Gifu

Along with the frolicking...

by Archie_Oak

Along with the frolicking youth, children and the child inside is really caressed and adored ?EI remembered the days when I spent hours and hours playing with dolls, everytime I saw kids playing and having fascinating time in children’s section in the mall. A part of section was filled with n number of toys, dolls, and many engineer brains were at work building houses, motors and robots. There was another section of books of fairy tales, fables, comics and science fiction. It was irresistible! There is a big science theater where information of the animals and their families and groups is displayed through models and photographs in Higashiyama zoo accompanied with a slide show 3 times a day.

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In Higashiyama zoo, looking at its widely spread area, it is difficult to believe the mis-proportion of population and land. 67% of total land area in Japan is covered with mountains and hills. Japan is over all green, during rains it looks more vibrant.

You don't hear chirping of birds except for in Parks and zoo. Somewhat resembling sound you hear on street, but that is a signal for pedestrians?End buzzing of insects that are getting out of their hibernation. In so many gardens and woods there are wood parks made for children preserving the natural landscape.

Sky Town in the airpot.

by Yujiro

When you arrive at or depart from CHUBU CENTRAIR International Airport,it is worth visiting Sky Town at the 4th floor in the airport.
There are a lots of restaurants and souvenir shops,even a public bath.
I believe that you will be able to enjoy them very much.

3 years in Nagoya. What I`ve learned...here you go

by fuzzytiger

"Nagoya People"

Nagoya is a big city of 5 million people. People dont really speak English, with the exception of Hotel and service staff, which are quite good. Toyota Motor company put this town on the map 15 years ago and this area is exploding with growth and steels factories. This is a big manufacturing town with alot of new rich people throwing their money around now, with Toyota raking in profits worldwide.
Nagoya is very much its own animal in Japan, set apart from other areas and mindset. Nagoya people are famous for being cheap and stingy with their monney, because they have never had much until recently. This area was all farm land up until just 15 years ago and is now undergoing a massive shift economically. It is the fastest growing area in Japan, with land prices rising higher than anywhere else in the country.
Nagoya people are shy and hard to get to know at first, but once you make friends, they are usually very friendly. Young people under 35 have very open minds to the west culturally and idolize western culture in many ways.
It is best to meet up with a friend when you come to Nagoya, just because the cool stuff is hidden from tourists and hard to find if you do not have a local foreign friend to hang out with and take you around.
Nagoya is not like Tokyo, Kyoto or Osaka at all...very different. You have to dig to find cool stuff here and that takes a local person to guide you around.
If you are just traveling here as a tourist, then you can easily hit the normal tourist spots. If you wanna meet and mix with the locals, that is another story. I prefer mixing with the locals myself.