{"id":2678,"date":"2021-02-26T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T03:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genkijacs.com\/blog\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2021-02-26T12:12:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T03:12:01","slug":"a-quick-guide-to-nagoya-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genkijacs.com\/blog\/a-quick-guide-to-nagoya-city\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick Guide to Nagoya City"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Quick Guide To Nagoya<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"Nagoya<\/p>\n

\nNagoya City is one of the most overlooked places in Japan. If you ask a Japanese person, no matter where they are from, they will tell you that there is absolutely nothing to do there. I am here to debunk this myth and actually get you excited about visiting Nagoya in the future. Maybe by the end of it, Nagoya will become one of the most memorable places of your trip! \n<\/p>\n

Overview of Nagoya City<\/strong> <\/h3>\n

Nagoya city is located right in between Tokyo and Osaka. If you take a train Shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagoya, it won’t take you more than two and a half hours. Even closer is Osaka, with less than 1-hour ride on a bullet train.\n<\/p>\n

It is not a small city. It is the fourth most populated city in Japan, so it is quite surprising that most people you ask about Japan would not know anything about it. Right in the heart of Aichi prefecture, it is a centre to which people from surrounding areas gravitate to. Let’s find out why.\n<\/p>\n

Historical significance<\/strong> <\/h3>\n

\"Samurai<\/p>\n

Aichi prefecture and Nagoya have always been in the middle of things. Before the Tokugawa shogunate took control of Japan in the 1600s, the country was in turmoil because of the warring clans. But after a number of battles at the end 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century, the Tokugawa shogunate began the de facto rule of Japan. The cool thing about Nagoya city is that the three most powerful warlords of the period: Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, were all based in the areas surrounding Nagoya.\n<\/p>\n

The city became an important landmark in Japan where important seats of power were located. After a while, Nagoya castle was constructed as the fort in the area. The city was also on the vital Tokaido road (\u6771\u6d77\u9053), which connected Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto (Kyoto now as well). As you can imagine being a major stop between two capitals, enriched Nagoya and made it into an economic centre of the area, all the way up to WWII.\n<\/p>\n

During the war, a lot of the city was destroyed. During Post-War Japan’s economic boom, the city grew, and a lot of the devastation was rebuilt. Now it is one of the easiest to access metropolises of Japan.\n<\/p>\n

Tip of the iceberg<\/strong> <\/h3>\n

Now you are thinking of what to do while on a quick holiday in Nagoya. You are in luck as the city has countless events and shows to go to, and places to and see.\n<\/p>\n

The list is not in any particular order:\n<\/p>\n