Nagoya Castle

Nagoya Castle
Note the "Tiger Fish"
on the top roof.

Jada and I played tourist by visiting downtown Nagoya Castle, built in the 1600s.  Our adventure began when Michiko dropped us at the local train station.  We had to find where & how to buy tickets, and also to determine which stop we needed to reach for an easy walk to the castle.  Fortunately, there were plenty of English prompts and place names were displayed in Romaji as well as Kanji and Hiragana.  This didn't eliminate the chance for errors, but did reduce the likelihood.

All the best photos were taken by Jada.

Enroute to the castle we found this fun photo op.
That's Jada! 

Jada caught me, too!

About half of the moat was dry.

See the next pic for details about this guy.

This was the original guest entrance
to the Imperial Palace, but the
tourist entrance is elsewhere and
this is only seen closely
from inside the palace.

We enjoyed a walk through of the
palace, seeing impressive artwork,
especially on the paper, sliding walls.

This is the ceiling vent above the cooking area.

One of the smaller buildings had 
this amazing woven ceiling.

The gold leaf covered "Tiger Fish" are
easier to see in this photo.

Numerous shops outside the castle
featured the Tiger Fish.

The ninja ice cream options
looked fun.  We saw children
enjoying them.

Kirin was the beer we
enjoyed with our lunch.

Water fountain

Stained glass windows at Owariasahi Station

This set of wings were
across the street from
our local station near
the Matsunaga's home.

As Jada is an expert at Raku ceramic firing,
this caught her eye.

While Jada is no fan of seafood, she was
intrigued by these grilled fish.

One of many manhole cover designs that
we observed during our Japanese travels.
For other designs, Click Here.