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Pointer to Expo shuttle train at Nagoya Station.

9:01 am: Arrived JR Banpaku Yakusa Station from Nagoya

9:22 am: Que to board the Linimo tram

9:25 am: On the Linimo tram to the Expo site

9:27 am: Arrived North Gate (view from Linimo tram)

9:37 am: North Gate bottleneck for security check. Passed through by 9:45 am. Hardly a thorough check of your bags which also go through a metal detector machine. No bottled liquids allowed.

In front of the Nagoya pavilion at Aichi Expo.

Line to board the gondola at the North Station. Better to board at the South Station which is much less crowded.

Long line at the Hitachi Group Pavilion.

Waiting time: 110 minutes

Line to receive reservation tickets to enter Toyota Pavilion. This is where you line up to obtain a reservation ticket (seiri-ken) to enter the Toyota Pavilion.This is where you line up to obtain a reservation ticket (seiri-ken) to enter the Toyota Pavilion. You have to line up a few hours before they start distributing the tickets because the number of available tickets is limited. Once there are enough people standing in line, they refuse any more people to que up. When the time comes to give out the tickets, the line advances quickly and soon disappears.

Line to receive reservation tickets to enter Toyota Pavilion

Gondola for Seto site. Besides the main Nagakute site, there's another smaller site at Seto accessible by gondola. I didn't think it was worth the wait to go to the smaller site.

Crowds at corporate pavilions.

Line to receive reservation tickets to enter Global House (mammoth display).

Global Loop elevated walkway. An elevated boardwalk called the Global Loop loops around the main part of the Nagakute site.

Global Loop

Global Loop and gondola

Gondola over the Expo Plaza

Global House (mammoth display) in the distance. The road on the right is where you stand in line to obtain reservation tickets to enter the Global House.

Battery-driven Global Tram (500 yen per ride). Transportation on the Global Loop.

Bicycle taxi

School girls on a school trip at Aichi Expo

Wooden corridor near North gate.

Aichi Expo attendant

Talking robot

Official expo mascots, Kiccoro (smaller one) and Morizo

Expo mascot goods

Rest stop

Trash cans for every kind of trash, emphasizing recycling.

National flags

UN Pavilion

US Pavilion

US Pavilion Featuring Ben Franklin.

US Pavilion security check.

US Pavilion Ben Franklin movie.

US Pavilion display, Mars explorer replica.

US Pavilion display about flight.

US Pavilion attendant on a Segway.

Posing outside the US Pavilion.

Canada

Mexico

Bulgaria

Spain (nice facade)

Italy

Italy (chocolate covered car)

Waiting times (Germany is popular with 2-hour waiting time).

Turkey

Nordic (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland)

Nordic

Switzerland (Kanji character for "mountain.")

Austria

Czech Republic, another nice facade of wooden sticks.

Czech Republic

Russian Federation

UK, a garden entrance path.

Poland

Poland (basket-like facade)

Poland

India

Malaysia

Malaysian dancers on outdoor mini stage.

Malaysian dancer

Vietnam Pavilion

Vietnam

Cambodia

Cambodia, stone carving for sale.

South Pacific Islands

South Pacific Islander

South Pacific Islands

Indonesia

The Philippines (left) and Laos (right)

Laos

The Philippines

The Philippines, very nice aroma inside the pavilion.

Australia

Singapore

Global Common 6, an enclave of international pavilions.

Restaurant serving imitation (but edible) locomoco.　Locomoco is a popular dish from Hawaii with rice topped with a hamburger patty covered with sunny-side up egg.

Now for some Japanese pavilions. This is the Japan Pavilion Nagakute.

Japan Pavilion Nagakute. This line represents a wait of about 140 min.

Japan Pavilion and Nagoya City Pavilion Earth Tower

Nagoya City Pavilion Earth Tower. The pavilion features a giant kaleidoscope on the ceiling and wall.

Aichi Pavilion Nagakute (Highly recommended). The indoor show features a high-flying, acrobatic act.

Toyota Pavilion, the expo's most popular pavilion.

Hitachi Group Pavilion

Gas Pavilion on left and Mountain of Dreams on right.

Mitsui-Toshiba Pavilion attendant at Aichi Expo.

Global House at Aichi Expo.

Global House

Chubu Community, a joint pavilion featuring central prefectures of Gifu, Shiga, Toyama, Shizuoka, etc.

Chubu Community (Shiga Pref.)

Night show at the Koi Pond. Snow monkey and swan.

The one-day Classic Car Festival is held by the Toyota Automobile Museum (トヨタ博物館) in the city of Nagakute near Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. It's held in Nagakute in spring and in Tokyo in autumn.Chevy Bel Air Wagon, 1957. Friendly drivers wave to spectators.

In Nagakute, they first had this classic car parade along normal streets. About 150 cars started and ended at the Aichi Expo 2005 park. They drove from 9 am to 11 am.1960 Corvette C1. The first-generation Vette.

The festival was not only about Toyota. They also had classic cars from different makers, even Nissan. 1962 Toyopet Crown

The classic car parade was not a continuous parade. They came in separate groups mixed in with regular traffic. 1964 Prince Gloria Super6

All the cars were numbered and they passed out brochures listing the cars by number so we could identify them including their owners. 1964 Honda S600

The classic car parade wasn't that crowded. The parade route was quite long. This is near Geidai-dori Station which is near the Toyota Automobile Museum. 1964 Lotus Elan 26R

1960 Messerschmitt KR200

1965 Prince Skyline 2000GT-B

1965 Porsche 912

1966 Toyota Sports 800

1967 Toyopet (Toyota) Corona Hardtop 1500S

Three-wheeler, Mazda T2000 from 1967.

1969 Citroen DS21

1969 Corvette C3 427

This is a three-wheeler, Daihatsu Midget from 1970.

1971 Honda Z360 GT

1972 Nissan (Datsun) Fairlady 240ZG

1973 Datsun Sunny Excellent GX

1973 Dino 246GT

This is the Aichi Expo 2005 park where the classic cars that paraded in the morning were displayed. Free shuttle buses from the Toyota Automobile Museum were provided to the park.

We could talk to the car owners, see the interior, under the hood, etc.

1928 Ford Model A

Mazda Cosmo

Maroon 1967 Mustang.

Toyota Automobile Museum has a world-class collection of classic cars, not just Toyota. A huge complex of cars. More like an art museum of automobile sculpture. The cars are beautiful works of art.From JR Nagoya Station, it takes about 45 min. to the museum by subway and train. First take the Higashiyama subway line to Fujigaoka. Then transfer to the Linomo Line. Get off at Geidai-dori Station. Museum is a short walk away.

Entrance to the Toyota Automobile Museum.

The museum's first exhibition room is full of the earliest cars, including this Japanese rickshaw from the late 19th century.

The world's first automobile. Benz Patent Motor Car (replica) from 1886 by the company that would become Mercedes-Benz.

Very early classic car collection.

Oldsmobile, 1902.

Cadillac Model Thirty, 1912. No hand crank to start the car was a revolutionary feature.

Duesenberg Model J, 1929. Beautifully restored.

Duesenberg Model J, 1929.

Duesenberg's side mirrors are strapped onto the spare tire.

Gangster car (wish it were black) you see in the movies.

Toyoda Model AA replica, Toyota's first passenger car from 1936.

Rolls Royce

Mercedes-Benz 500K from 1935.

Packard Twelve "Roosevelt's Car" (FDR) from 1939.

Hood ornament on Packard Twelve "Roosevelt's Car" (FDR) from 1939.

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Coupe from 1955, one of the most beautiful cars ever designed. Photos don't do it justice. Expect a selling price of 7 figures in dollars.

Thunderbird

Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, 1959. Super huge car with tail fins. Bigger than a battleship. Those were the days.

Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, 1959.

Fins on Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, 1959.

Toyota Land Cruiser

Valiant

Ford Mustang, 1964.

1964 Ford Mustang

240Z (Nissan Fairlady Z), 1970.

1970 Toyota Celica

1979 Ferrari BB512 Berlinetta Boxer

Corvair

1975 Honda Civic

Lexus LFA from 2009. Toyota's first super car. Only 500 were sold.

Toyota i-REAL, Wheelchair

Annex building connected by an overpass.

Inside Annex building

Toyota 2000GT from 1967. The museum is celebrating this car's 50th anniversary. So they have a few of these on display in 2017.Made famous by James Bond in "You Only Live Twice." But the film featured a custom-made convertible instead (only two convertibles were made, both for the film). Design was inspired by the Jaguar.