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Palanquin for ladies76 views
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Three-wheeler, Mazda T2000 from 1967.76 views
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9:25 am: On the Linimo tram to the Expo site75 views
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Line to receive reservation tickets to enter Toyota Pavilion75 views
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Canada75 views
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US Pavilion display about flight.75 views
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US Pavilion Featuring Ben Franklin.75 views
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US Pavilion Ben Franklin movie.75 views
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Cambodia75 views
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Honmachi shopping arcade leads to Masumida Shrine. The banner says Happy New Year.75 views
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Wash basin to purify yourself.75 views
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Inside the Honden, special prayers are held for people. Includes a dance.75 views
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During Jan. 1-5, for 300 yen, you can enter the ring of fire.75 views
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Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium is within the castle grounds. It is also the venue for the Nagoya sumo tournament held in July. 愛知県体育館75 viewsSumo wrestlers were coming and going. These are low-ranking wrestlers who walk and take the subway like the rest of us. The high-ranking wrestlers travel by taxi or their own car.
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What the Hommaru Palace will look like when completed.75 views
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Side entrance to the reconstructed palace. We can enter and tour the completed portion of the palace here. Have to take off your shoes. Photography is permitted, but flash is prohibited.75 views
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Genkan entrance hall’s Ninoma room. The original painters were from the renown Kano school of painting. 28 tatami mats. 二之間75 views
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Next to the Ninoma room is the Genkan entrance hall’s Ichinoma room that includes an alcove. 18 tatami mats. 一之間75 views
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Sliding door painting in the Omote Shoin (表書院) Main Hall's Ichi-no-Ma Room 一之間.75 views
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Sliding door painting in the Omote Shoin (表書院) Main Hall's Ichi-no-Ma Room 一之間. The main hall features paintings of flowers and birds.75 views
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The Taimenjo (対面所) Reception Hall.75 views
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Another room of the Taimenjo (対面所) Reception Hall. 納戸一之間75 views
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About the Preparation room (Shimo Gozensho) to serve the Reception Hall. 下御膳所75 views
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Love the fine roof lines.75 views
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Nagoya Castle's main castle tower is paired with and connected to a lesser tower on the left. It is closed to the public and will be dismantled from fall 2019 for its grand reconstruction with wood to be completed in Dec. 2022.75 views
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Entrance to the main castle tower when it was still open. Nagoya Castle's main tower closed on May 6, 2018 to be dismantled (and reconstructed). Interior photos were taken when it ws still open.75 views
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Entrance to the main castle tower.75 views
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Palanquin for ladies75 views
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Newly painted sliding doors for the Hommaru Palace.75 views
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Scale model of Hommaru Goten palace.75 views
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Mazda Cosmo75 views
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Fire engine75 views
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Daihatsu Midget Model MP5, 1963. Love these three-wheelers.75 views
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Global Loop and gondola74 views
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Rest stop74 views
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US Pavilion attendant on a Segway.74 views
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Mexico74 views
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Switzerland (Kanji character for "mountain.")74 views
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Inside Ichinomiya Station. It's pretty big. There are a few restaurants/shops.74 views
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Honmachi shopping arcade in Ichinomiya.74 views
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People pray in front of the Honden where there is a large offertory box.74 views
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East Gate ticket gate74 views
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Rocks are temporarily stored here from another part of the castle wall being repaired.74 views
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About half the palace has been completed and opened to the public.74 views
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Donations are welcome.74 views
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Triangular chidorihafu roof gables on Nagoya Castle.74 views
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One floor recreates an Edo-Era street.74 views
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Corridor to entrance hall in the smaller tower.74 views
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The festival was not only about Toyota. They also had classic cars from different makers, even Nissan. 1962 Toyopet Crown 74 views
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Mt. Ibuki in Shiga Prefecture in the Railway model diorama at SCMAGLEV and Railway Park in Nagoya.74 views
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Poster for Masumida Shrine hatsumode New Year's worshipping.73 views
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Next to Romon Gate is this giant ema tablet with a rabbit design. 2011 is the year of the rabbit.73 views
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One unique feature at Masumida Shrine during New Year's is this ring of fire (Hinowa kuguri). 火の輪くぐり73 views
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Use the sacred water here to purify yourself.73 views
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Omikuji stall selling fortune paper for 200 yen.73 views
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The palace is where the castle lord lived and worked, while the castle tower was usually just a storehouse and visual symbol of power and authority.73 views
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This palace was modeled after the Nijo Castle palace in Kyoto, so it looks similar on a smaller scale. Both Nijo Castle and Nagoya Castle were connected to the Tokugawa shoguns.73 views
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The reconstructed palace uses the original foundation stones in their original place. Can't get more authentic than this.73 views
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Omote Shoin (表書院) Main Hall's San-no-Ma Room 三之間.73 views
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Paintings show scenes from Wakayama.73 views
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Elevator for wheelchairs.73 views
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Entrance hall73 views
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About Nagoya Castle's stone walls.73 views
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Fumeimon Gate73 views
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Ninomaru East Garden73 views
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1967 Toyopet (Toyota) Corona Hardtop 1500S73 views
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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.72 views
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Line to receive reservation tickets to enter Global House (mammoth display).72 views
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US Pavilion security check.72 views
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UN Pavilion72 views
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Poland72 views
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Stall selling charms.72 views
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Honden hall72 views
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Photo of the original Hommaru Palace before it was destroyed during World War II.72 views
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Elegant roof line72 views
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Thin pieces of wood are stacked on the roof.72 views
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Corridor between the smaller tower and main tower.72 views
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The 7th floor was the top floor of Nagoya Castle being an enclosed lookout deck.72 views
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About the Palanquin for ladies72 views
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Behind the castle tower is this large woodshop where they cut and shape the wood for the palace.72 views
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Inside the woodshop, curved wooden beams for the palace.72 views
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Ninomaru Garden72 views
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Waiting times (Germany is popular with 2-hour waiting time).71 views
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Malaysian dancer71 views
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After you exit Honmachi arcade, you see Masumida Shrine across the street.71 views
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Honden hall. Masumida Shrine worships a deity called Amenoho no Akari no mikoto. 天火明命71 views
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Uchibori moat71 views
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This humdrum-ness of Nagoya Castle is about to disappear as it is on track to regain its former glory as they reconstruct the original Honmaru Palace next to the main castle tower. 71 views
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Aftermath of the war. Main castle tower gone.71 views
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Scale model of Hommaru Goten palace and main tower.71 views
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Omote Ni-no-mon Gate can be seen.71 views
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Approximate site of the Aomatsuba Incident near the East Gate. Wjere three chief Tokugawa retainers were executed.71 views
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Way to Honmachi shopping street.70 views
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After passing through Romon Gate, you see this. Straight ahead is the Honden shrine hall where you pray. On the left and right were food booths.70 views
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The drum tower on the left is for the sumo tournament.70 views
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Uchibori moat70 views
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Beam fixture70 views
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Swords70 views
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Way out70 views
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You can take one piece of scrap wood for free.70 views
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Would you believe that there are plans to reconstruct this main castle tower too? Using traditional materials and methods. Gonna cost untold billions. 70 viewsIf Nagoya pulls this off, it would bring many more tourists to the city and boost Nagoya Castle's status. A worthwhile longterm investment.
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Way back to East Entrance with a wisteria trellis on the right.70 views
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Russian Federation69 views
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Romon Gate built in 1961. 楼門69 views
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Look into this well until you see your reflection.69 views
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All the sins and impurities stuck onto you will then be shed. Good deal for 300 yen.69 views
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Another stall selling auspicious charms.69 views
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When I revisited in July 2016, the Nagoya Basho sumo tournament was underway.69 views
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After I paid the admission and went in, there was a rack of pamphlets about the castle in various languages. As usual, I picked up the English and Japanese versions. 69 viewsThen this Japanese lady suddenly came up to me and said in English, "Hello, are you going to visit the castle?" I said, "Yes." She offered to be my volunteer guide. I told her that I could understand Japanese, but would be glad to have a guide anyway. So she guided me through the new palace and the castle tower for about 90 min. She serves as a volunteer guide once a week. I have to give my thumbs up to her and her volunteer group for being so hospitable to foreign visitors.
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This American guy named Chris O'Neill is a member of Aichi's ninja troupe named "Tokugawa Ieyasu and Hattori Hanzo Ninja Squad" to promote tourism in the prefecture. 69 viewsThey perform at Nagoya Castle and elsewhere. He was selected from 200 applicants from 40 countries. I ran into him when while exiting the castle. Too bad I didn't catch their show. He was very friendly. He's very good at doing these ninja stunts.
I have to compliment Aichi for forming such a PR troupe and including an amusing foreigner to boot. I'm sure they are getting their money's worth in terms of goodwill and good impressions on tourists.
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This photo was taken in July 2016 showing the main entrance (called "Kuruma Yose" 車寄 reserved for the castle lord and other VIPs) of the magnificent reconstructed Honmaru Goten Palace.69 viewsAbove the entrance is an architectural feature called "karahafu" which is a hump-shaped gable commonly seen on important buildings such as castles, temples, and palaces.
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Even the design of the tatami mats's edges are matched seamlessly.69 views
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On the 5th floor was an interactive exhibit showing how they hauled large stones to build the castle. You can pull the rope too.69 views
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Rear view of Nagoya Castle's main tower (tenshu or tenshukaku in Japanese, sometimes called donjon in English). 69 views
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Southwest corner turret. Also called the Hitsujisaru Turret, it has the same size and construction as the southeast corner turret. During 2010–2014, it was dismantled and repaired. 西南隅櫓69 views
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About the Ninomaru Garden69 views
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About the Aomatsuba Incident.69 views
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Long line at the Hitachi Group Pavilion.68 views
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Line to board the gondola at the North Station. Better to board at the South Station which is much less crowded.68 views
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Offertory box with money.68 views
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New Year's is when shrines make the most money selling hopes, dreams, and prayers. Great thing for them is that there is no money-back guarantee that your prayers/dreams will come true.68 views
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Shrine for weaving god. 服織神社68 views
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Kiyomasa depicted as the rock hauling director. When building the castle, many men had to push and pull large rocks into place. On top of a large boulder, a man would shout and direct the men to move.68 views
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They have windows for the public to freely observe the carpenters.68 views
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Crowds at corporate pavilions.67 views
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More stalls selling charms, etc.67 views
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First you pass through a small torii.67 views
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Food stalls66 views
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The ring of fire leads to the Sacred Water Basin.66 views
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Monument for family harmony.66 views
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At the end, you receive a blessing from a shrine maiden.65 views
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The omikuji is yellow, and tied onto a fence.65 views
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Along the way in Honmachi arcade is a branch office of Ichinomiya City Hall with a musical clock.64 views
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Then you walk through the ring of fire which is actually a gas pipe with just a few flames at the top. 64 views
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Inside JR–Maglev MLX01-158 views
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Smoking used to be allowed on trains. Can you imagine?57 views
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The unique thing about the Handa Dashi Matsuri is that although all the floats are religious, it's not a religious festival. 56 viewsIt's just a tourist event started in 1979. The local Junior Chamber of Commerce started the festival to mark its 15th anniversary. From 1987, they decided to hold it every 5 years. So it is held on years ending with a "2" or "7."
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Admission tickets sold by vending machine.55 views
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Shinkansen Train Zone55 views
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Inside 300 Series Shinkansen.55 views
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If you like the Tokaido shinkansen old and new or the Maglev trains, visiting this railway museum on the outskirts of Nagoya is a must. 54 viewsSee 39 full-size railway cars, train simulators, and a railway model diorama. Operated by JR Central in Nagoya, the museum opened in March 2011. SCMAGLEV and Railway Park as seen from the train.
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JR–Maglev MLX01-154 views
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Nozomi 700 Series Shinkansen54 views
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Shinkansen models.54 views
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Inside the 0 Series Shinkansen (1st generation).54 views
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0 Series Shinkansen dining car.54 views
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Inside 100 Series Shinkansen54 views
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Lower level of two-story car in 100 Series Shinkansen.54 views
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300 Series Shinkansen. The "Robocop" design.54 views
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Inside Dr. Yellow test train54 views
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Tokaido Line train54 views
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Maglev trains53 views
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Class 955 "300X" experimental Shinkansen53 views
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Shinkansen models.53 views
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Side stripe on 0 Series Shinkansen (1st generation).53 views
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Side stripe on 100 Series Shinkansen (2nd generation).53 views
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Corridor in 0 Series Shinkansen 53 views
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0 Series Shinkansen dining car corridor.53 views
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Galley53 views
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