Nagoya – Toyota City: Trip Reflections

I’m writing this onboard the flight back home from Nagoya to Singapore, SQ671. The flight took off at 10:42AM, and should be arriving home slightly earlier at 3:45PM than the scheduled arrival time of 4PM Singapore time, with a just

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Nagoya – Toyota City: Day 09 – Shirakawa-Go

My second visit to Shirakawa-Go, with the first during winter in December 2022. I guess the most important question is: is the village worth a second visit in a different season? I reckon if you’re in the Gifu or Aichi

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Nagoya – Toyota City: Day 09 – Takayama Old Town

Takayama was another 1 hr 20 minutes drive from Gujo Hachiman. We’d stayed in Takayama for two nights during the 2022 trip, and largely as a springboard for us to visit Shirakawa-Go and also the Hida Takayama Village. I’d initially

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Nagoya – Toyota City: Day 09 – Gujo Hachiman

One of the places that we really wanted to visit during our Japan 2022 trip was Gujo Hachiman. This small riverside town is situated in the Gifu prefecture, and about 1.5 hours away from Nagoya. The rural town is visited

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Nagoya – Toyota City: Day 08 – Kamikochi – Tashiro Pond

The about 3.7km trail has three highlight landmarks: Taisho pond, Tashiro Pond, and Kappa bridge and most visitors who’re following the easy trail will be visiting these three places in that order. I didn’t really find Kappa bridge very interesting,

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Nagoya – Toyota City: Day 08 – Kamikochi – Taisho Ike Pond

The second of the three day trips I booked for this Japan work trip. Our Ang Mo bud had also decided on a spur of the moment to fly to Japan and join me on this day trip before he

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Nagoya – Toyota City: Day 03 to 07: Toyota City

The conference I’m attending this week is hosted in Toyota City. The city is east of Nagoya and about an hour train ride away, and there seemed to be at least different routes from Nagoya Station itself at least. The

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Nagoya – Toyota City: Day 01 to 03: Nagoya – A Return

One of those things at work that I’m really grateful for is the opportunity to travel, and particularly to Japan, as it’s where an annual tech teaching and learning conference I’m involved in is routinely hosted. The conference has been

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Nagoya – Toyota City: Day 02 – Tsumago-juku

About a 20 minute drive – or 7.6km walk if one is up to it – is Tsumago-juku, the next post town along the Nakasendo trail after Magome-juku. Magome was busy, while Tsumago was in comparison much more laidback. The

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