Monday, February 19, 2007

Nagoya


This place does not capture much of my memory, simply because, all Japanese cities look alike to me. Nagoya ranks after the financial mightiness of Tokyo and second city of Osaka. It simply has very limited appeal to me, but nonetheless, I managed to find out that this city is also known as the Toyota City. What a brilliant discovery when Toyota sales in US topped and now the no. 1 car after old General Motors.

My greatest encounter there would be my walk towards the Old Nagoya. Walking in the winter air from a modern cosmopolitan to an old town was surprisingly not much of a big contrast. Nagoya has a big ferris-wheel sandwiched between two tall buildings, which I plan to ride the next time I'm there.

After a tired day of walking, I relaxed at the Sky Lounge of the hotel. What a great sight to see, the lights of another cosmopolitan!