The past weekend I had to go down to Nagoya to help out with summer school there. It was my first trip to Nagoya and I was really glad to get a free trip there. I took the bullet train down, which took about one and a half hours. I hadn't been on it in a while. In fact, I hadn't used the bullet train since I came down to Tokyo from Miyagi.
The ride was very comfortable and the views from the windows were picturesque.
The hotel room was tiny and extremely similar to the one that I first stayed at when I arrived to Japan for the first time. But it was free so I can't complain.
Nagoya is the 3rd largest city in Japan and it was larger than I expected, but nothing compared to Tokyo. The biggest difference was just how there weren't as many people and it wasn't as crowded.
Nagoya is famous for a couple of different foods. One of them is misokatsu. My co-worker, Steven, found this popular place and we went and stood in line for a while, which is pictured here.
I was not disappointed. The misokatsu was really delicious. One of my new favorite Japanese foods. Unfortunately, it is only popular in Nagoya. But I ate at this restaurant twice during my trip to Nagoya. So delicious!!
There was a dancing festival going on in Nagoya the night we came down, too. It was a pretty but one. They had this big green laser shooting through the sky above a landmark. It was pretty odd.
This was the view from the 9th floor complimentary breakfast buffet in the hotel. It was really nice and they had a lot of good choices, like scrambled eggs and meat balls, along with other Japanese breakfast items.
The architecture of Nagoya's buildings was pretty interesting. This spiral tower was really eye catching.
This was another good restaurant we ate at on the top of a tall building. It was all you can eat and I ate for four hours! Overall, the trip to Nagoya was a blast. I would not mind going back at all, and I definitely want to get some more misokatsu!
