Christmas in Nagoya
It's become a tradition for us to travel on a major holiday! It's hard to believe this is our 4th Christmas season in Japan. In 2021 we made it back to the US, but the other years we have gone on trips in Japan. This year we decided to check out Nagoya. Nagoya is the 3rd largest city in Japan (Tokyo 34M, Osaka 19M, Nagoya 9.5M) with the largest shipping port in the country. It is also the headquarters for Toyota and it has a large train museum, including the Maglev train. So, lots of things to see and experience. By taking the Shinkansen you can get from Yokohama to Nagoya in an hour and a half! We headed out on Saturday morning (Dec 23) and arrived at Nagoya station by 9am. Our hotel was the JR Gate Tower and we were able to drop our bags off early so we could enjoy the sights without lugging them around. (JR is one of the main train line companies, but they also have hotels connected to many of their big stations. We stayed at a JR hotel in Hokkaido and really liked...