Let's collect pictures, projects and information about Japan's 3rd largest metropolis, Nagoya. It is said that around 1% of world industrial output comes from Nagoya metro area (8.7 million people according to www.gazetteer.de), with Toyota (world's 3rd biggest automaker) being the best known local company.
Overall Nagoya is a veeery underated and unknown city despite of being plenty of interesting projects, such as new scrapers (especially the 247m Toyota bldg), the new Central Japan International Airport built on a manmade island, new freeway rings, the 2005 Aichi world exhibition...

Cities over 100.000 people in Nagoya MA, spreading over the prefectures of Aichi, Gifu and Mie:

Nagoya 2.171.378
Gifu 402.748
Toyota 351.068
Okazaki 336.570
Yokkaichi 291.106
Kasugai 287.619
Ichinomiya 273.709
Suzuka 186.138
Anjoo 158.826
Oogaki 150.238
Komaki 143.117
Kariya 132.060
Kakamigah 131.990
Seto 131.650
Toyokawa 117.356
Handa 110.819
Kuwana 108.417
Tajimi 104.134
Nishio 100.804
Inazawa 100.273

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/13nagoya22.jpg

Nagoya Chubu International Airport - due to 2005
Pic: January 26, 2004

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/505141/L/

November 2003

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/465655/L/

July 2003

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/394896/L/

Nagoya subway map.
The first stations completed in 1957, being the total length of the network is 76.5 km with 74 stations.

http://www.urbanrail.net/as/nago/nagoya-map.gif

Within Nagoya City there are some 170 km of rail lines:

76.5 km - Subway
41 km - JR Japan Railway (5 transfer stations to subway)
39 km - Meitetsu-Nagoya Railroad - a private suburban rail service, partly shared service on Tsurumai Subway Line
8.5 km - Kinetsu-Kinki Nippon Railway (suburban)
5 km - Tokai Kotsu Jigyo line

Now, add skyscraper pictures :eat:

Nagoya Mainichi building, 247m due to 2006

Rendering:

http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/images/nagoyatoyota.jpg

Construction site!

http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/images/nagoyatoyota1.JPG

http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/images/nagoyatoyota2.JPG

http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/nagoya/na-247toyota1.JPG

hey,

I'm from nagoya... Well, I was born and raised there. Now I'm finishing up on my university study here in London. My dad's Japanese (Kyoto) and my mom is Italian :-)

here are some pics i took of my beautiful Nagoya:

http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Japan/april/KIF_0036.jpg

http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Japan/april/KIF_0034.jpg

http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Japan/april/KIF_0037.jpg

http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Japan/april/KIF_0038.jpg

http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Japan/april/KIF_0039.jpg

http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Japan/april/KIF_0040.jpg

some more here (not taken by me)

http://macha-yokohama.hp.infoseek.co.jp/nagoya.html

another building to be built in the area:
180m ushijima redevelopment project near the JR towers. due 2007.
http://www.kawatu.co.jp/nagoya/jpgbox2/usizima2.gif
http://www.kawatu.co.jp/nagoya/jpgbox2/usizima6.gif

the toyota-mainchi building due 2007 is also near the JR central towers.

they are also planning on rebuilding the "dai-nagoya building" infront of the JR towers by 2010. Rumours suggest a 250m class skyscaper.

Great pictures Revaddict! and welcome to ssc!

Thanks a lot Revaddict!! Forum ni yoo koso ^^

I will have to go to Nagoya one day.Ive been all over Japan but never to Nagoya.Only passing through on the Shinkansen.

Can anyone tell me what is the entertainment area of Nagoya.Its dotonbori in Osaka

Sakae. Sakae is the entertainment distrcit like Shinjuku in Tokyo

Sakae
http://www.alpsmap.co.jp/info/photo/photo/9/9821.jpg
http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~jb_/Nagoya2002_1102_151044AA.JPG
http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~jb_/Nagoya2001_1205_183052AA.JPG
And Nagoya Chikagai (underground shopping mall around JR Nagoya Station) is one of the biggest in the world.

[SIZE=1]Originally posted by Vapour

It is said that around 1% of world industrial output comes from Nagoya metro area (8.7 million people according to www.gazetteer.de), with Toyota (world's 3rd biggest automaker) being the best known local company.
Overall Nagoya is a veeery underated and unknown city despite of being plenty of interesting projects,

FULLY AGREE
In fact, Nagoya is by far the wealthiest city in Japan.
Nagoya has the busiest port in Japan (by far the bigger than Kobe or Yokohama), and its industrial output is always No1 in Japan (twice as big as Osaka).

Originally posted by coldstar

FULLY AGREE
In fact, Nagoya is by far the wealthiest city in Japan.


Hontou?

Wow.

Sake looks very cool.Reminds me of the main avenue in Sapporo.I will have to get of my ass and get on a train from Osaka and have a look

WELCOME TO THE FORUMS, Revaddict

Nagoya Mainichi building's design is nice. hope it is completed soon.

Thank you all for welcoming me.

Sakae is the district full of large department stores. A more interesting place to visit is oosu, a shitamachi style commercial area full of hiphop types, electronics stores as well as older traditional shops.

oosu

Grooooooooooovey.I will check that out on the internet when I get home from work tonight.I only live in Osaka and may just pop up to Nagoya on my Suzuki Skywave next month on the Meishin highway for a bit of a look around

Pictures posted by marty mcfly in the world forums:

http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Yurinoki/2174/photo/meieki_03.jpg http://dysuke.hp.infoseek.co.jp/photo/meieki_10.jpg http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Yurinoki/2174/photo/meieki_07.jpg http://dysuke.hp.infoseek.co.jp/photo/tenbou13.jpg http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Yurinoki/2174/photo/tower_04.jpg http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Yurinoki/2174/photo/tower_06.jpg

Kore wa subarashi. Sugoi no machi!!! Ookii shi kirei shi niguiaka shi...

The JR central towers are awesome, i took the shinkansen through nagoya twice. They look great and are a real setpiece for the city. I will take a weekend trip to Nagoya in the next few weeks and i'll tell you what i think.

Can you go to Toyota's factories at all on group trips?

Awesome lighting!

Awesome lighting!

Thank you so much for that.

名古屋あああああああ! :drool: oops i've climaxed :lol: ;) :okay:

such a beautiful city :D

btw:GREAT pics Revaddict! :okay:
はじめまして/幻音/mabuhay/접대/selamat datang/ยินดีที่ได้รู้จักคุณ..

welcome :D

The city is very pretty...

New Building information

Mode Incorporated school モード学園 and Mitsui Fudosan (real estate) unveiled
the project that they would construct Nagoya branch school until 2008 in front of Nagoya station.

http://www.sankei.co.jp/news/041211/kei045-1.jpg

Height-170m
Storey-36

http://www.sankei.co.jp/news/041211/kei045.htm

:drool: Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeat design

Whoa, what a wacky design.

http://www.sankei.co.jp/news/041211/kei045-1.jpg

I find the design unique. :)

Another interesting Japanese city.

I started this thread exactly 1 year ago :D

http://ch.kitaguni.tv/u/7791/mobile/msg-1110945374-84760-0/01.jpg
latest pic on the construction site of the toyota building.

Thanks Revaddict :)

Nagoya Rail Map
http://www.alpsmap.co.jp/info/lmap/rd2/jpg/t4lr_s.jpg

Inner city subways
http://www.ncvb.or.jp/traffic_e/image/subway_e.gif

Future subway map
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002119/img/ngyrw.gif

Centrair from: Toshi's Photobox http://www.geocities.jp/sion7700/ , http://babu.com/~toshi/

http://babu.com/~toshi/03.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sentria01.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sentria10.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sentria11.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sentria12.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sentria13.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sentria04.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sentria07.jpg

Nagoya Sakae district from: Toshi's Photobox http://www.geocities.jp/sion7700/ , http://babu.com/~toshi/

http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae21.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae031.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae091.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae01.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae122.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae041.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae171.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae121.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae05.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae06.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae181.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae11.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae17.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae07.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae15.jpg
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae14.jpg

very nice pictures there!! love the lights :eek: :eek:

thanks for posting them, CO2!!

Kisho Kurokawa's Fukui Prefectural Dinasaur Museum. I like the interior.

http://www.kisho.co.jp/WorksAndProjects/Works/kyoryu/690_16.JPG

Wonderful pics of Centrair and Sakae--I was wondering about the subway map posted below--is the Aonami Line from Meieki to Kinjo-Futo running now? I was in Nagoya last year, and didnt see it on any maps...and the Meijo-sen is now a Loop? Just wondering about the status of construction--Doomo!

http://www.ncvb.or.jp/traffic_e/image/subway_e.gif

Time for an update:

Midland Square Building 247 meters

Rendering:
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/nagoya/na-247toyota.jpg

Current:
http://ch.kitaguni.tv/u/7791/mobile/msg-1113572065-91084-0/01.JPG

Lucent Tower: 180m

Rendering:
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/nagoya/na-180usizima.JPG

Current
http://sky.ap.teacup.com/ohmygod/timg/middle_1113536116.jpg

Mitsui Tower 170m

Rendering
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/nagoya/na-170mitsui.JPG

i like that building its very futuristic. perhaps even 2015 archecture

Pretty amazing, all of it!

Time for an update:

Midland Square Building 247 meters

Rendering:
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/nagoya/na-247toyota.jpg

Current:
http://ch.kitaguni.tv/u/7791/mobile/msg-1113572065-91084-0/01.JPG


June 7th

http://ch.kitaguni.tv/u/7791/mobile/msg-1118240899-57185-0/01.JPG

:)

^ If you stay at the Marriot Associa Hotel (Central Towers), you can see it being built right in front of you :happy:

Time for an update:

Midland Square Building 247 meters

Rendering:
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/nagoya/na-247toyota.jpg

Current:
http://ch.kitaguni.tv/u/7791/mobile/msg-1113572065-91084-0/01.JPG

Lucent Tower: 180m

Rendering:
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/nagoya/na-180usizima.JPG

Current
http://sky.ap.teacup.com/ohmygod/timg/middle_1113536116.jpg

Mitsui Tower 170m

Rendering
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/nagoya/na-170mitsui.JPG

that tower almost look like the Truning Torse in Sweden( or Norway)!

steady progress, should have about 10 floors left to go:
http://ch.kitaguni.tv/u/7791/mobile/msg-1120017786-9692-0/01.jpg

This is slower but the side is already starting to curve:
http://sky.ap.teacup.com/ohmygod/timg/middle_1120017084.jpg

when will it be complete?

So beautiful.

I spent two nights last week in Nagoya with a friend and it's very unique from other Japanese cities. Nagoya isn't quite as haphazardly planned, and it is VERY clean compared to Tokyo and Osaka. In fact, it's as clean as Kobe and Yokohama if not cleaner, and there's a strong upper middle class there. Nagoya also has very wide roads compared to other Japanese cities and a high rate of automobile usage, almost as high as some US cities believe it or not. There were also quite a lot of foreigners in Nagoya percentage-wise compared to Tokyo and Osaka, probably because of the expo, but who knows. I love Nagoya! I think it could replace Osaka as Japan's second city in the future... and Aichi is the second largest area of flat land in Japan, bigger than Kansai, which is about 95% fully developed. Aichi I think is only 30% developed if even that, and still manages close to 11 million people.

Some updated pics of Midland Tower

http://www.maing.co.jp/maimai/midland-topphot/2.jpg
http://www.maing.co.jp/maimai/midland-topphot/5.jpg
http://www.maing.co.jp/maimai/midland-topphot/6.jpg

the Mitsui Tower looks great ;)

VIEW FROM OASIS21/SAKAE AREA
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/7880/img30811te.jpg

SAKAE AREAhttp://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8080/img32084xh.jpg

TTCAP-THさん、I edited your syntax (it had mistakes) but we still can't see your pictures. Anyway, フォールムにようこそ。:)

Wow, I didn't realise the midland tower was so close to JR Central. Nice.

Hey guys, I just got back from Japan a couple of weeks, took an opportunity to snap pics of my home town Nagoya. The resizing program didn't give me much quality but here it is none the less:

From JR tower:
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01654.jpg
South towards Sakae
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01655.jpg
Nagoya Castle (North East)
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01656.jpg
Nagoya Admin Buildings
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01657.jpg

http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01659.jpg
Sakae - Docomo Tower and the TV tower
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01661.jpg
Eki Mae
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01673.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01680.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01698.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01701.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01704.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01721.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01725.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01735.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01740.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01750.jpg
We are in Sakae now
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01753.jpg
TV tower -> Station
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01754.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01756.jpg
Central Park
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01758.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01759.jpg
Nagoya Dome
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01761.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01765.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01774.jpg
Department Stores
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01784.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01789.jpg
Here we are in Oose area, fast becoming an ethnic area with many africans, brazilians and chinese
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01790.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01791.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01411.jpg
go dragons!
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01386.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01385.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC01416.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC00820.jpg
New Centrair Airport, VERY nice
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC00821.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC00826.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC00828.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC00838.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/sky71517/Nagoya/DSC00566.jpg
For the car lovers, A R33 GTR on the dyno putting out over 500PS. Autobacs Nagoya

Reprezentin' N.G.Y.

great photos. im digging the r33 on the dyno :)

those pics of Nagoya are tight.

Haha, love that Nissan Skyline shot on the dyno. Nice cars.

And Nagoya Castle, wow!

Fantastic pics of Nagoya--but Im pretty disappointed that the view of the JR Towers from Sakae will be blocked. Toyota should have built the tower one block south, to create a wall.

Great job on the EXPO, Nagoya!

http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050927f1.htm

IS AICHI NOW ON FOREIGNERS' MAP?
Chubu economy's future seen bright with boost from expo

By JUSTINE BORNSTEIN
Regional correspondent

NAGOYA -- As Nagoya's big coming-out party winds down, thoughts turn inevitably to what's next. The issue of how the prefecture can capitalize on the Aichi Expo is on everyone's mind.
Unlike the expo held in Tsukuba, Ibaraki prefecture, in 1985 that was intended to kick-start the city's flagging growth, Nagoya was already in great shape.

Known for its "monzukuri bunka," or "culture of making things," Aichi Prefecture has profited enormously from its niche in high-end manufacturing, particularly in the automotive and aerospace sectors, and the strong research and development and wide-ranging supporting industries that are integral to such success.

The economy has performed well for years. The industrial production index of the region is 120, having risen 13 percent since 2000, compared to the national average of 101. Consumer spending in Aichi was up more than 7 percent in July, well above the national average of 1.2 percent, and the job to applicant ratio is 1.4 to 1.7 in Aichi alone, higher than the 0.97 national figure.

The goal of the expo was in part to help recast in a more favorable light the prefecture's image in the minds of Japanese and to put Aichi on the map in the eyes of the foreign business community.

The awareness of what this region has to offer to business decision-makers has definitely improved. Stephen Anderson, commercial officer at the U.S. Consulate in Nagoya, said: "(Nagoya) has now established itself as a stop in international, global business. Because business leaders came here, people are more conscious of it."

Thanks also to the array of infrastructure built for the expo, the prefecture has established itself as a vital transit and cargo hub.

The new Centrair airport is expected to generate economic effects worth about 130 billion yen between fiscal 2006 and 2010, according to the Chubu Economic Federation (Chukeiren).

"The infrastructure laid down will be a big change," Expo Association Secretary General Toshio Nakamura said, "especially the added convenience (of the airport). Currently, 60 percent of cargo goes through Narita and Kansai, but Nagoya's share will increase as it attracts more cargo business."

The inevitable downturn that comes after such a big event is looking minimal as well, for two reasons. One is the better than anticipated attendance figures, which means any debts accrued to stage the expo will be offset by increased revenues.

Anderson noted that "the bounce that they are going to get will help them avoid the debt period. Practically, there will be profits." The prefectural government has forecast that the aftereffects of the expo and the new airport should generate 2.2 trillion yen in revenue from 2005 to 2010.

The second big cause is the relocation from Tokyo of Toyota's head offices, starting in 2007. Figures bandied about range from 2,000 to 7,000 people, depending on the source, but the move will likely have a synergistic effect on the economy.

"There will be a multiplier effect when Toyota moves its headquarters to Nagoya," Nakamura said. "Other companies will also come. For example, Mori Seiki (a machine tools maker) will relocate its head office from Fukui to Nagoya."

Already, a mini-construction boom is happening near Nagoya Station, as a number of high-rise buildings are being erected.

Most prominent is Midland Square, future home of Toyota's headquarters and known informally to Nagoya residents as "the Toyota Building," which is slated to be even taller than Nagoya's twin tower landmark, the 51-story JR Central Towers.

Nearby will be the Lucent Building and the Mitsui Building, due to come on stream in 2008. Another site near the station, currently home to the expo satellite De La Fantasia venue, will become Eco City Sasashima, an office and entertainment complex.

As the city's entertainment and business centers shift westward toward the main train station, Nagoya is experiencing its own little property bubble; NHK recently reported that rents in the Nagoya Station area, including the landmark but somewhat dilapidated Dai Nagoya Building, are up more than 30 percent over a one-year period.

In the longer term, the completion of the Second Tomei Expressway, and the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway will see an integration of regional economies, from the western Kanto through the Hokuriku regions, with Nagoya as the focal point. "There will be improved distribution and logistic links," Nakamura said. "Just one more tunnel needs to be completed on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway and then the Hokuriku region will be seen, instead of as part of Kansai, as a part of the Tokai economic area."

While it may be the center of the regional economy, can Nagoya reposition itself as Japan's de facto second city? Anderson thinks not, suggesting that it will function as a specialized niche in a variety of high-tech industries: autos, aerospace, information technology and chemicals.

"(The economy) won't bring the Ark Hills or Roppongi Hills financial people down here, but it will bring the engineers, the designers and the project managers," he said.

In a sense, the expo can be seen as a catalyst for all this change.

"The whole expo event will be the start of things," Nakamura said. "The experience and knowhow that comes from having staged such an event, plus the change in people's perspective, will bear fruit in many areas. It's hard to say what would have happened in 10 to 20 years without this event."

The Japan Times: Sept. 27, 2005

Ahh Nagoya 懐かしい:happy: 　It's great to see these tall buildings going up around Nagoya station. That area is really coming alive now. I'm looking forward to seeing the Mitsui building take shape! I heard that the "landmark but somewhat dilapidated Dai Nagoya Building" will be making way for another tall one in the future. Does anyone else know anything about this?

JR TOWER

http://img446.imageshack.us/img446/8132/img64842jh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

INSIDE
JR
TOWER

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NAGOYA PORT

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NAGOYA PORT

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VILLAGGIO ITALIA
@ NAGOYA PORT

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http://altair.at.webry.info/200507/img_14.jpg

http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/knight/miso4.jpg

Kendo, your pics are fantastic! Thanks. I've never known about Nagoya Port's Villagio Italia. Is that new?

DoubleR your food pics look really apetizing! ITADAKIMASU.

Kendo, your pics are awesome. Thank you, man!.

wow, i really enjoyed this thread. thank you all for the wonderful pics :) sugoi!

I think they are mad. :)


Penis Festival in Nagoya

http://www.yamasa.org/japan/english/destinations/aichi/tagata_jinja.html

The Hounen festival at Tagata shrine is one of the most famous (or infamous?) festivals in Japan. Every year on March 15 a huge two and a half meter wooden phallus is carried the short distance between two shrines attracting visitors from all over Japan and international media attention. The festival is fun with a lot of sake drinking; however the background of the festival is rather more serious.

Hounen means bountiful year and like many cultures, Japan had numerous fertility rituals appealing to gods or spirits for a good harvest. Spring is the time of regeneration where seeds sprout and dormant trees and plants that seem to be dead come back to life.

The Hounen festival pays veneration to a female deity, Tamahime-no-mikoto, embodying agricultural fertility. Every year at the height of winter a new phallus is made from a single Japanese cypress tree and carved according to strict ritual. According to Shinto traditions newly made objects posses vitality. The phallus is a gift to the deity, which accompanies her visiting husband once a year.

Originally the phallus was much smaller and attached to a straw effigy. However this was considered a bit too risque even for a fertility ritual, so the effigy was discarded and the phallus was paraded by itself in a small portable shrine. Over time the phallus slowly increased in length from less than a meter to well over two meters. The total weight of the phallus and shrine is now 400kg (nearly 900 pounds) and this year was over two and a half meters long.

The parade is lead by a priest throwing salt to purify the path of the shrine. Next are several men carrying banners, and the last banner has a rather graphic picture which could most delicately be described as being rather anatomic in nature. Following are local dignitaries wearing golden sashes reminiscent of Buddhist priests. Then come several young ladies in purple robes carrying 60cm wooden phalli. Next are a number of Shinto priests led by one dressed as the deity Sarutahiko-no-okami, distinctive with red face, large nose and unruly hair.

The most popular part of the parade follows next: a cart decorated with trees and, most importantly, a vat of sake which is distributed in wax paper cups by volunteers. Then come the two portable shrines. The first of the shrines is a statue of the deity Takeinadene-no-mikoto, the visiting husband of the agricultural deity. Last is the phallus carried by 12 men, all aged 42. This age is considered unlucky and so requires spiritual intervention. Carrying the gift to the agricultural deity is hoped to bring special blessings for that inauspicious age.

Once the phallus arrives at the shrine it is enshrined in the Shinmei shrine for the next year. The old phallus is sold to local businesses or private homes. It is perhaps an unsettling thought that these phalli are all over the neighborhood.

This festival, like most festivals in Japan, is treated in a lighthearted way, with much sake and noisy behavior. However, it is obvious that people do take it seriously, solemnly approaching the permanent shrines and praying in silence. As modern society grew less dependent on the vagaries of seasons and harvests the importance of agriculture traditions has faded. Even so young couples still come to the shrine throughout the year hoping to be blessed with healthy children.

Getting there is fairly simple. The tickets are 710 yen each way. From Shin Nagoya station (next to JR Nagoya Station) catch the Meitetsu Inuyama line to Inuyama station. Inuyama is about 30 minutes from Nagoya and is a major station and the first with several platforms.

At Inuyama station change to the Komaki line (platform 3) and catch any train traveling back in the same direction you arrived, south. Get off at the third station, Tagata Jinja Mae, and you will have no problems finding the shrine. Walk to the west and turn to the left (south) down the main road or just follow the others.

The main parade usually starts at 2pm although there it is worth getting there a little bit early to look around first. There are plenty of yatai (small temporary foodstalls often seen at festivals) selling typical festival foods such as karaage (fried chicken pieces) and yakitori (grilled chicken on a stick), takoyaki (small prices of octopus grilled in batter), french fries and drinks. You can pick up some interesting souvenirs such as some penis shaped candy to suck on while you make your way home?

From Mariott Hotel (JR Central Towers): Towards Sakae Business & Shopping district
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3836303866663333.jpg

JR Central Towers (226 & 245m)
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3161653536363766.jpg
"Spiral Tower" u.c.
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3836333033396265.jpg
Business district Fushimi
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3537313733356433.jpg

On the way to Kakuouzan Temple
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6465366231326139.jpg
Kakuouzan
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3764653261316462.jpg
Noble restaurant in Ikeshita
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3839396265363934.jpg
Exclusive, interesting residence
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3037373563353939.jpg

Typical shopping district: Ohsu
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6662366364656334.jpg

"Nagoyajou" - Nagoya castle
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3762653065663663.jpg
View towards Nagoya Station, from the left: Toyota Mainichi Bldg. (247m), JR Central Towers, Lucent Tower (180m) u.c.
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3730643939343332.jpg

Thanks for the last pic ^___^.

centair

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VILLAGGIO ITALIA
@ NAGOYA PORT

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i like!

Centrair's design is great. Simple and pleasant. It's a lot better than Kansai, which is expensive but doesn't get that much passengers.

wow! very photos!

In Spanish is "Barrio Italiano" of Nagoya (Italian Village):D

LOFT :)
SAKAE
NAGOYA
( my favourite place )


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OASIS21
SAKAE/NAGOYA/JAPAN

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Some latest construction pictures:

Midland Square
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/nagoya/toyota2.JPG

Lucent Tower
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/nagoya/usizima1.JPG

Alpen Headquarters
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/nagoya/na-115alpen.JPG

OOTSU
Nagoya/Japan

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nice picss kendo

Wow...truly amazing

TOYOTA CITY

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/796/img90335fh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

TOYOTA CITY

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TOYOTA CITY

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/1918/img90197xo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

TOYOTA CITY

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TOYOTA CITY

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TOYOTA CITY

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/7500/img90230xs.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/663/img90270af.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

That´s a beautiful city. I wanna go to japan.

KANAYAMA STATION-NAGOYA

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ASUNAL
KANAYAMA STATION
NAGOYA

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Gymnasium near HORITA station/nagoya.

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Those pics looking up make me dizzy :lol:

Nagoya is for my opinion the best city in Japan, don't know why, but yes.

Sorry for my english xdd

yagoto/nagoya

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SAKAE-NAGOYA

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Sugoi!

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I love Nagoya!

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I love Nagoya!
me too :)

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/3273/img92483ks.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^Very nice architecture! In which ward is that? Chikusa-ku?

Another Nagoya find...

Nagoya Business/Economy Situation:
http://filtereast.com/en/article_nagoya_economy.html

Also some local area and festival information and pics on this site.

SAKAE-NAGOYA

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OMG!!! :eek2:

Now that is a one-of-a-kind structure. Futuristic and out of the ordinary.

Love it!

LOOKS NICE

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5728/630/1600/nagoya%20sakae%20copy.jpg
hai there....this is my 1st post for nagoyan forum

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5728/630/1600/nagoya%20castle.0.jpg
maybe u guys forgot that we have this awesome landmark too :cheers:

I grabbed this view from a pedestrian bridge on sakura-dori the other day...

what can I say?...I love this town and will never leave!

http://www.pbase.com/cityflyer/image/58262789/original.jpg

TSURUMAI PARK(16/4/06)

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NAGOYA STATION AREA

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SAKAE-NAGOYA

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obviousely, the japense design is always so pleasant and elegant. thanks for sharing.

Nagoya is really beautiful and modern.

I live downtown by nagoya station, and i love watching the buildings going up. I know the toyota building, but whats the name of the curved building thats going up away from the station? I know its Chubu power building it, but ive heard that it has a different name... anyone know?

You mean the Lucent tower? http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=172555

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9769/img96658yu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9769/img96658yu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Thank you for sharing the pics, KENDO.

BTW, where is it? I can see the sign of 'Laura Ashley'.
Nagoya's Bay City?

JUSCO-KANAYAMA/Nagoya

I went there today by my bicycle. :)

thank you. :)

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Wow!!Nagoya is very nice and modern city.

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VAPOUR thanks... lucent tower... cool. i wonder why theyve seemed to have stalled on finishing the top.

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9026/img96854jv.jpg

Good heavens....

Look at the shape of that building.

i live beside it, the back side looks cool, it looks like they have tiny little escape balconies or something.

THAI FESTIVAL IN NAGOYA 2006

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Some more Thai festival pics:

http://www.pbase.com/cityflyer/image/60851822/medium.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/cityflyer/image/60851821/large.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/cityflyer/image/60851823/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/cityflyer/image/60851824/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/cityflyer/image/60851825/large.jpg

a slightly older view of Lucent tower from March

http://www.pbase.com/cityflyer/image/57278288/original.jpg

more recently, Nishi Nayabashi

http://www.pbase.com/cityflyer/image/60851816/large.jpg

and some views of Mainichi Toyota

Nishiki-dori

http://www.pbase.com/cityflyer/image/60851819/large.jpg

Central Park, Sakae

http://www.pbase.com/cityflyer/image/61464654/large.jpg

Sakura-dori

http://www.pbase.com/cityflyer/image/58262789/large.jpg

Kanayama

http://www.pbase.com/cityflyer/image/57278279/large.jpg

^Thanks for those updates!

Going from first page to last page, what is the correct spelling of the place: Oosu, Ootsu or Ohsu?

Osu

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Is this a mall within a JR train station?

But whatever it is, the interiors look breathtaking. So filled with light...and life.

Sorta made me think that that was an airport terminal (because of those marvelous interior designs) :P

http://img.photoworks.co.jp/weblog/20060327140012.jpg

TOYOTA STADIUM
30/07/06

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/5822/untitledtruecolor03is6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^Dooooooooomo

Holy crapfest! That structure looks sick!

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/5822/untitledtruecolor03is6.jpg

and the scenic bridge too. It looks unbelievably stunning that no words can express such sophistication.

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So beautiful city, is Japan

very nice night cityscape of nagoya and cute girls!

http://yuzi5824.cool.ne.jp/higasiyama2.jpg

Hello there anyone especially Vapour who started the thread :hi:

I Lived in Nagoya for 4 months & i absaloutley love it as Japan's best city for reasons already stated i nehre ITS the cleanest & looks most wealthy city, everyone dresses smart, the wide streets are kind of new york style as i believe its grid refrenced isnt it?

Nagoya themarriot building and its view its just so smart city and you can get to the best countryside in Japan too like kiso valley is it kiso fukushima? and Gifu is beautiful mountains & rivers, anybody been to magome village? and old water mill wooden traditional village set on the mountains.

I lived Motoyama and in gifu Mizunmai shi anybody know it?

I hope to live there one day maybe?

Is it really Japan's most wealthy city? its hard to believe it? more tha Tokyo? how? iknow the people ar emeant ot be the most wealthiest but how is the city more than Tokyo? because of Toyota?

anyway shine on Nagoya :scouserd:

IAlso read NAgoya has the most underground shops in Japan? like eevrybodys moling around you could say lol!

...

Nagoya celebrates completion of skyscraper
Oct. 3 NAGOYA, Japan
Photo of the 247-meter-high Midland Square, located close to JR Nagoya Station. A ceremony was held on Oct. 3 to mark the completion of the skyscraper, which will house offices of about 30 companies, including Toyota Motor Corp, All Nippon Airways Co. and Nomura Securities Co. (Kyodo)

Follow the construction process of Nagoya's Mode Gakuen:

http://ch11853.kitaguni.tv/

http://ch11853.kitaguni.tv/usr/ch11853/blog061028-02.JPG

Nagoya skyline picture I just found out:

http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/200604/03/90/d0042090_1523563.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2362/untitledtruecolor03zx3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5663/untitledtruecolor04xs7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Sorry to reply so late to this, but is this Awa-Odori? I thought that was native to Shikoku...

Follow the construction process of Nagoya's Mode Gakuen:

http://ch11853.kitaguni.tv/

http://ch11853.kitaguni.tv/usr/ch11853/blog061028-02.JPG

Since you mention the word "gakuen", does this mean that this building would be a school (or an educational facility?)

Gakuen = school or academy (for either primary or secondary levels).
Elementary/grade school and high school come into mind. Not sure though about "junior high school" or any educational level in-between the two.

Since you mention the word "gakuen", does this mean that this building would be a school (or an educational facility?)

Gakuen = school or academy (for either primary or secondary levels).
Elementary/grade school and high school come into mind. Not sure though about "junior high school" or any educational level in-between the two.Mode Gakuen is a vocational school 専修学校 for designing or such.
They are also building a skyscraper in Shinjuku.

Can somebody please tell me how long it takes from Kyoto to Nagoya and how much does it costs with the Shinkansen and a cheaper train?

JR Shinkansen Nozomi, 36min / 2520yen + 2410yen (unreserved seat) or 3120yen (reserved seat)

JR Shinkansen Hikari, 40min / 2520yen + 2410yen (unreserved seat) or 2920yen (reserved seat)

JR Tokaido Line, 120-150min / 2520yen




this site will help you

Japan Travel Route and Fares Calculator
http://www.hyperdia.com/cgi-english/hyperWeb.cgi

Mode Gakuen is a vocational school 専修学校 for designing or such.
They are also building a skyscraper in Shinjuku.

Osaka Mode Gakuen is a superb building in my opinion, just like the new Nagoya and Tokyo schools (u/c)

So three Mode gakuen are going to be build? Could you show the three designs?

By the way, I found this beautiful render, I think its Mitsui building in Nagoya.
When will they start the construction?

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/2817/mitsuibuildingnagoyarenkj0.th.jpg (http://img161.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mitsuibuildingnagoyarenkj0.jpg)

Here is a bigger image... its really an amazing design!

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/2817/mitsuibuildingnagoyarenkj0.jpg

Does anybody know if there are any Asian grocery supermarkets and electronic duty free stores in Nagoya?

But when it will be done??

JR Shinkansen Nozomi, 36min / 2520yen + 2410yen (unreserved seat) or 3120yen (reserved seat)

JR Shinkansen Hikari, 40min / 2520yen + 2410yen (unreserved seat) or 2920yen (reserved seat)

JR Tokaido Line, 120-150min / 2520yen


Thank you very much.

(2520+2410) * 2 /1.45 = 68€

Trains in Japan are really expensive. >_<
But i will visit Nagoya the next time i am in Kyoto.

Finally, how many "mode gakuen" are going to be built? One? Three?
I have only seen one design, shown in the top of this page? The others?

and anyone knows about this http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/3245/mitsuibuildingnagoyarenmo6.th.jpg (http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mitsuibuildingnagoyarenmo6.jpg) building ?????????

Nagoya

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^nice pictures

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Welcome, Japan forum, Akira!

akira-san
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akira-san, フォーラムにようこそ！

Kanazawa City
capital of Hokuriku region
pop: 0.46 million (1.2 million in the metro area)

Kanazawa Stn.
http://www.geocities.jp/gohei_zeniya/PHOT00601.jpg
http://www.geocities.jp/gohei_zeniya/PHOT0069.jpg
Kanazawa Castle
http://www.geocities.jp/gohei_zeniya/PHOT0036.jpg
http://www.geocities.jp/gohei_zeniya/PHOT0032.jpg
http://www.geocities.jp/gohei_zeniya/PHOT00341.jpg
http://www.geocities.jp/gohei_zeniya/PHOT0045.jpg
Oyama Shrine
http://www.geocities.jp/gohei_zeniya/PHOT0034.jpg
Nishinochaya (a downtown in Edo period)
http://www.geocities.jp/gohei_zeniya/060603_003.jpg
Higashinochaya (a downtown in Edo period)
http://www.geocities.jp/gohei_zeniya/060603_010.jpg
entrance of famous Ninja Temple
http://www.geocities.jp/gohei_zeniya/060603_011.jpg
Samurai quarters
http://www.geocities.jp/gohei_zeniya/PHOT0057.JPG
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Kanazawa Art Village
http://www.geocities.jp/gohei_zeniya/PHOT0022.jpg
Museum of Ishikawa modern literature
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Museum of contemporary Art
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City Hall
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Central Park
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^I get red crosses :(

thats a shame. the edo period downtown is very nice

http://www30.tok2.com/home/air/cgi-bin/img-box/img20061125020159.jpg
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but when this tower will be finished??

I just found Nagoya's bus exclusive line(Bus Rapid Transit):lol:
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cool bus rapid transit i like mass transit and its a very neat idea it could have been converted as a people mover but its an innovering idea very unique

Fresh news from beloved Nagoya:
In march Midland Square will at last be opened to the public. As I guessed, it will feature luxury French brand stores, but also a Michelin 3 stars French restaurant at 41st floor.
As for Mitsui's turning 170m tower, it is due to be finished by next december...I got pictures coming up!
From the highway I noticed a new tower almost completed not far from Nagoyajo business square. l would say it's 150m high. I'll try to take pictures!

I'll post my pics next week: Midland Square, Lucent, Mitsui construction status...

EIGO WAKARANAI!
NIHONGO DAIJOBU :)
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Midland Square Bldg in Nagoya opens today!

height:247m

Toyota's 3000 workers move in this tower from Toyota Tokyo branch office.
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/nagoya/na-247toyota.jpg

New redevelopment project near Nagoya Station unveiled today.

Renaissance Towers (160m office + 145m resident)
http://www.mainichi-msn.co.jp/keizai/wadai/news/images/20070118k0000m020191000p_size6.jpg

btw, Lucent Tower beside Nagoya Station (180m) is due to open next week
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/nagoya/na-180usizima.JPG

Nagoya's skyline is growing so fast!

Nagoya's skyline is growing so fast!
Yes.
And it is widely said that old 'Dai-Nagoya Bldg' in front of the Nagoya Station is also going to be rebuilt. Reportedely, new building is 245m (45 floors)

current Dai-Nagoya Bldg
http://www.ryoei-bm.com/bld/img/no51.jpg

yea I hope the Dai-Nagoya gets rebuilt, it'll piss of the station people more though... they were already angry that Midland was going to wreck their view.

if they re-do the Dai-Nagoya biru that means another priceless beer-garden will fall to 'progress'

Nagoya winter shots

Nagoya Station
http://tokyoviews.iaigiri.com/0612nagoya/FILE0042.jpg
inside the station (15th floor.Skystreet.)
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front station (tower's terrace)
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Sakae
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Nabananosato
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Villaggio Italia
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Nagoya Station (for airport)
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Cyubu Airport Station
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Cyubu Airport
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http://www.ryoei-bm.com/bld/img/no51.jpg
Wow when was this picture taken? There isn't the Coca Cola globe on the top of the building!!
Anyway, that's good news it's going to be rebuilt, because I once went into this old creepy thing, it was like going 30 years back in time. But it is a symbol though. The symbol of this area developping several decades ago (there is a bank next to Midland Square where you can see aerial pictures taken in the 60's and 70's :cheers: ).

これらは私が撮った名古屋の建設中超高層ビルの写真。12月の終わりだった。

三井ビル
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輝いてるルセント
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丸の内の近くにあるアルペンのビル
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出来上がったらこのようになるそうだ
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高さは知らないけど120メートルぐらいだと思う
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格好いいじゃないっすか　:banana:
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right beside the Evil Token Corporation... it's not a proper corporation, its just a Token corporation... i love the helipad on the top.

Lucent Tower (180m offices) opened last week.

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Lucent Tower (180m offices) opened last week.

http://www30.tok2.com/home/air/cgi-bin/img-box/img20070128140434.jpg

sick pic... I think i can make out Freebell... good ol freebell!

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el edificio que se estaba construyendo abajo

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12/25/2006

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:)

I LOVE NAGOYA :cheers:

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Chubu Centrair International Airport

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ROBOT

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caracteristicas de este aeropuerto
isla artificial construida esta isla por el hombre

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It seems like Chubu Centrair International Airport is Japan's most modern and aesthetic airport (well Osaka-Kansai looks more impressive...but this one is prettier).

I've never been to Centrair myself but some of my friends tell me that it's quite busy at times. Don't you think it needs an expansion considering that it has replaced Narita International Airport as the preferred stop-over/transit hub for South-east Asian air-passengers connecting to U.S. cities? :?

Too many pictures! This thread becomes unreadable!!! There is no point is posting 50 times the same picture just because one is leaning on the left, the other on the right...

Thanks so much, cibert!
We have never seen so many close-up photos of Cyubu Airport!
Thanx!

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Interesting video ^ ^

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Interesting indeed.

Question though:

Does the Oasis 21 shopping center/leisure complex have something to protect it from rainwater? Cause from the looks of it, it looks like that portion is open-air.

Just wondering if it has something to cover all the rainwater from wetting/watering the "expensive carpet".

EDIT:
http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/27000/20061017116107784005803500.jpg

I mean....judging from the pic above, there appear to be some small portions that the overhead glass roof cannot cover (during the possible event of rainfall).

Is the glass roof/overhead structure BIG enough to protect the entire floor below it from being drenched during heavy rains?

If not, then the floor below it is gonna get all wet and mind you or anyone else that those are expensive carpets (not tiles, or concrete or cement) but blue/purple fabrics used right there.

Another EDIT:
Holy smokes
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae14.jpg

OMFG!!!Is this area covered with the overhead glass roof?

There's expensive carpet below it. So unless the Oasis 21 has lots of money to spend or if they did put a roof/overhead structure to protect the area below from rainwater, then they're gonna be in quite a mess just to clean and dry the area and most especially the carpets (since these are expensive to maintain and become even more of a headache when exposed to water).

double deck lifts in Midland Sqaure in Nagoya
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/nagoya/mid-sd.JPG
double deck lifts are not uncommon these days, but this is the first see-through double deck lift in the world.

Interesting indeed.

Question though:

Does the Oasis 21 shopping center/leisure complex have something to protect it from rainwater? Cause from the looks of it, it looks like that portion is open-air.

Just wondering if it has something to cover all the rainwater from wetting/watering the "expensive carpet".

EDIT:
http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/ptravel/27000/20061017116107784005803500.jpg

I mean....judging from the pic above, there appear to be some small portions that the overhead glass roof cannot cover (during the possible event of rainfall).

Is the glass roof/overhead structure BIG enough to protect the entire floor below it from being drenched during heavy rains?

If not, then the floor below it is gonna get all wet and mind you or anyone else that those are expensive carpets (not tiles, or concrete or cement) but blue/purple fabrics used right there.

Another EDIT:
Holy smokes
http://babu.com/~toshi/sakae14.jpg

OMFG!!!Is this area covered with the overhead glass roof?

There's expensive carpet below it. So unless the Oasis 21 has lots of money to spend or if they did put a roof/overhead structure to protect the area below from rainwater, then they're gonna be in quite a mess just to clean and dry the area and most especially the carpets (since these are expensive to maintain and become even more of a headache when exposed to water).

It's not carpet, it's stuff like a shower mat at a local pool's changeroom shower. it's hight tech, drains the water away real nice.

It's not carpet, it's stuff like a shower mat at a local pool's changeroom shower. it's hight tech, drains the water away real nice.

So it's some kind of water-absorbent material??? Interesting.

However, as I look through the pics again, some parts are stil left exposed to the outdoors and these are parts that are not suseptible to water/snow (such as the escalators).

Of course, maybe I shouldn't think that the architects, engineers, builders and the safety planners who constructed the OASIS 21 facility failed to see the event of rain or snow falling down on it. I assume that they did (considering that it needs to pass Japan's "TOUGH" construction standards which includes something as heavy as earthquake-readiness to something as simple as rain or snowfall).....but even so...

Perhaps a few more explanations can help the uninformed (such as myself).

:)

So three Mode gakuen are going to be build? Could you show the three designs?

By the way, I found this beautiful render, I think its Mitsui building in Nagoya.
When will they start the construction?

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/2817/mitsuibuildingnagoyarenkj0.th.jpg (http://img161.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mitsuibuildingnagoyarenkj0.jpg)

Thanks to Grams and http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/index.htm ,
now I can answer myself :lol:

NAGOYA MODE GAKUEN BUILDING
Height: 170 m
Open: April 2008 (I think)

Really beautiful!

Render image:

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/8227/nagoyamodegakuenrendertn9.jpg


Under construction (http://ch11853.kitaguni.tv/):

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/538/nagoyamodegakuenucsp6.jpg http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1364/nmg4gb0.jpg

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snow buildings:)

Tateyama-Kurobe alpine route

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http://www.alpen-route.com/english/

^I need to go there once in my life :D

wow the airport so nice and clean here in southern cali LAX is like so dirty!! :lol:

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Thanks to Grams and http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~building-pc/index.htm ,
now I can answer myself :lol:

NAGOYA MODE GAKUEN BUILDING
Height: 170 m
Open: April 2008 (I think)

Really beautiful!

Render image:

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/8227/nagoyamodegakuenrendertn9.jpg


Under construction (http://ch11853.kitaguni.tv/):

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/538/nagoyamodegakuenucsp6.jpg http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1364/nmg4gb0.jpg

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8518/nmg2li1.jpg http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1606/nmg7pd8.jpg

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4375/nmg8ql2.jpg http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7200/nmg8ey4.jpg

how tall is this???

170 m

that is really nice building wow! :cheers:

Kanazawa is the place where there are tradition, a lot of buildings from old times.
Nevertheless a budget, a mountain became the neck, and the Sinkansen did not go.
However, because the Hokuriku Sinkansen will go in the future, I seem to become an important city. （During construction, 65% are completed now）I penetrated Hida Tunnel.

Because I am tasteful, and there is a town from old times with characteristic tradition of Kanazawa, there are many tourists and visits it.
I considerably lay emphasis on green, a scene, art, a folkcraft, the welfare, a child, a への action.
There is a port, too, and a foreign ship enters port, too.

http://www.city.kanazawa.ishikawa.jp/index_e.html

Sinkansen MAP and Kanazawa Station
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The Oumicho market outskirts
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A corner a color is dark, and to leave an appearance of Korinbou / the Nagamachi samurai residence castle town times. In the alley which was complicated in a T character and L print, Domon and the style of a gate of a samurai residence are stopping time of 400 years with a thing peculiar to a castle town. So that that there is the quiet row of houses along a city street which water flows through in immediate back of busy streets is not believed.
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The tour bus which runs in art museum, Kanazawa in Katamachi / Tatemachi / new Tatemachi length Matisse treat, purego, Ishikawa modern literature building, Kanazawa the 21st century
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I do it, and 2 under resting booth town / Asano river / Eastern Pleasure District are Kanazawa gramophone building, Kanazawa literary arts building Sai River.
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The Kenroku-en Garden (the Japan's three biggest famous garden) / Kanazawa-jo Castle / Maeda Tosa Mamorus museum
http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/3582/58211633yb8.jpg

Kanazawa is the place where there are tradition, a lot of buildings from old times.

WoW. A woman in the picture was just sits down on a full of water pool?
How dose she do that ? It seems as if she enters into a empty of big fish glass cace, and the sunset just shines into the room.

I've been there once not for visitor and actually didn't know about Kanazawa a lot, so now I want to go again.:)
Thanks for many informative picutres.


According to Aichi city the board of education, there's a new foundation of a strong relationship between Japanese and dog at Yoshigokaizuka, an ancient grave in Aichi prefecture. The grave was made at Joumon era, around 4 thouthands years ago. They found a dog was displayed and buried together with a Joumon child in order. This static shows how wonderful people share a life with their pets and also respect their lives as human from long time ago.

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the castle town is a replica, right? i mean not he real one but a rebuilt....?

誰か、Midland square の内観写真をポストしてくれる？

a very pleasant and clean city! :cool: a must visit!

NAGOYA MODE GAKUEN BUILDING
Height: 170 m
Open: April 2008 (I think)

Render image:

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/8227/nagoyamodegakuenrendertn9.jpg


Under construction:

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/538/nagoyamodegakuenucsp6.jpg http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1364/nmg4gb0.jpg

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More pictures of the building going up:

From Midland Square (April 2007):
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3553/zzznagoya3dg7.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iandraz/444859295/


From Midland Square (may 2007):
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/307/zzznagoya2ok6.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/simmo29/505247725/


From JR Tower (June 2007):
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/151/zzznagoyaxz5.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56502501@N00/698393204/