Following the nice visit to Toyota, my parents and I took some time to see around Nagoya. The first place we visited was the Nagoya castle. It burned down in WWII, but it was later rebuilt. The exterior of the castle looks beautiful, and is a great example of great castles in Japan. I was disappointed though with the inside of the castle which, when rebuilt was turned into a cheesy museum. Not how the inside of a castle should look at all. In the evening we went to a famous Nagoya izakaya and ate all the famous Nagoya foods like ‘tebasaki’ or the Japanese version of the spicy chicken wing.

The next day before taking the shinkansen back to Tokyo we went to the remains of the 2005 Aichi Expo. Although not much was left, I enjoyed seeing what I missed last year. We also rode the giant Ferris wheel.

I found the biggest moth I have ever seen. Before we got on the train home, there was one more Nagoya food we had to eat… ‘misokatsu’. The Japanese version of the pork chop covered in miso sauce. Very delicious.