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Tokyo to NAGOYA

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Tokyo

Osaka

Tokyo to Nagoya: 230 miles

Chapel Hill to Asheville: 221 milesD.C. : 268 miles

/ 1h 36min (by Shinkansen)

/ 3h 35min (by car) / 4h 30min (by car)

Shinkansen• The world’s first “bullet train”

(since 1964)

• Fast & Convenient– Speed: 170 miles/hour (max)– Frequency: 13 trains/hour (peak)

6 seconds!!

• Extremely reliable– Fatal accident: never– Average delay:

Welcome to Nagoya

NagoyaWelcome toToday's Schedule

9:00 am - 1:00 pmSightseeing1:00 pm - 3:00 pmCompany Visit3:00 pm - Excursion

to Shirakawa-go Hotel: Minshuku (Japanese Inn)

NagoyaWelcome to

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Some History…• Birthplace of “Three Great Samurais”

Nobunaga Oda1534～ 1582

Hideyoshi Toyotomi1537～ 1598

Ieyasu Tokugawa1543～ 1616

Tokugawa Art Museum

Tokugawa period1603～ 1868

Nagoya Castle Kin-shachigolden tiger-headed

dolphins

NagoyaWelcome toIndustrial Area

• #1 among 3 largest industrial area in Japan

Industrial Area # of employee manufactured goods shipped

“Keihin” around Tokyo 0.8 million $3.1 trillion

“Chukyo” around Nagoya 1.0 million $5.5 trillion

“Hanshin” around Osaka 0.9 million $3.1 trillion

2007年　工業統計調査より

– changed from textile to automobile

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NagoyaWelcome toNagoya Port

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NagoyaWelcome toToyota Motor Co.

automatic loom (1929)

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?Toyoda Model AA sedan (1935)

-> Toyota Motor Co. (1937)

TOYOTA Group

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Plug-in HV

Robot i-Real

豊田章男

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NagoyaWelcome toShirakawa-go

UNESCO World Heritage Site(since 1995)

• “Gassho-zukuri” style architecture, steep slanting thatched roof– Adopted to heavy snowfalls

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– Eco-house• Cooling by vaporization heat• Raising silkworms in attic

Minshuku (Japanese inn)rustic, but tasty…

NagoyaWelcome to

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ShioyakiBroiled fishes with salt

Atsukanwarmed sake

Irorifireplace

NagoyaWelcome to

Good Night ･･･

Thank you for visiting Japan!