From having been multiple times, I can say you could easily spend a week or more there. An excellent day trip is to the historic post town, Magome. Easy to get there on public transportation and a wonderful pedestrian friendly town. We expect to produce a video on Magome in a couple of months.
Yes, Nagoya is a lovely city with so much to see and enjoy; far more than we could cover in one video. A beautiful garden we visited last year during the fall color season was the Tokugawa Garden Park, which is a place we highly recommend. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Oh my goodness! Another wonderful video with 2 of my favorite hosts! Congratulations and thank you for sharing your experiences with us with such delight, wonder, as well as the obvious appreciation & respect of this wonderful culture. Can't wait to visit Nagoya! As a retired Nissan employee, I will be visiting Nissan World headquarters in Yokohama during my upcoming visit in September 2024. Now, I have added a tour of Toyota & Nagoya area as persuaded by your inviting video! Thank you for helping me map out my 2-week journey. Thank you again for sharing!
Thank you for the compliments! So glad you are finding the videos helpful and entertaining. We're trying our best to help viewers discover the places of Japan that are overlooked. Nagoya is one such place. We were just in Yokohama for a second visit and will be producing a video from there in a few weeks. Its a fantastic city that we always enjoy. Appreciate your enthusiasm and sharing our news with others. Still trying to grow the channel little by little. Hoping your trip to Yokohama exceeds your expectations!
Thank you! This RU-vid thing is very new to us (only posted our first video five weeks ago), so we appreciate the compliment. Creating graphic maps is something I am working on, as I know viewers want to know where to find these places. Thanks for watching!
Lena, thank you for the kind words. Means a great deal coming from you as you are a true resident expert on all thing Nagoya via @japanhautnah . Great that we can share our love and experiences of Nagoya with the world. Appreciate your encouragement of our fledgling channel!
Thanks for the comment and for watching. Yes, Japan has a rich history that goes back a very long way. Josephine's family has had a family connection there since 1861.
Great choice! Seriously, Nagoya was/is considered by many as a manufacturing based city (Toyota for one is headquartered there), but it has so much to offer the visitor. There are numerous other places we didn't show in this video such as the Noritake Gardens and Museum (it too was founded in Nagoya), the Nagoya City Science Museum, the Tokugawa Garden and Museum which is a must see if you're there during the fall color season. We thoroughly enjoyed it last year. We're going to do a feature on the post town of Magome (about an hour west and easy to reach via public transport) that is one of the most beautiful in Japan; google it. Thanks for watching, commenting and sharing the channel with others!
@@UnchartedJapanTravel Thanks for the additional tips - I hope that two nights will at least accommodate the highlights. I’m afraid I don’t have your hotel budget, but I assume there are less expensive places around the station.
@@angelhair143 Thank you for asking! We love helping out. To do all that is in this video, you really need two days. Of course it somewhat depends on how much time you wish to spend at each location. We could easily have spent a full day on the Meiji Mura Village if we include travel time there and back. Josephine would love to return there in the fall when it is cooler. You can definitely cover the SCMAGLEV Museum, the Toyota Commemorative Museum, Sky Promenade, and Nagoya Castle in one day. Just plan your route. Nabana no Sato is off by itself and is worthy of an entire afternoon, but we most enjoy it just before sundown and when the lights come on, but check the calendar to ensure the illuminations are there when you plan on going. You can tour Oasis 21 very quickly and stroll down the neighboring park, but you might also include a visit o the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art which is next to Oasis 21. We haven't toured it. But in short, one day for several of these is very doable, but I if you include Nabana no Sato and/or Meiji Mura, I recommend staying three nights so that you have two full days. A side day trip which we will feature in an upcoming video is a visit to the historic post town of Magome. It can consume the better part of a day, and it is so, so worth it. Do a google search and you'll understand why I say that. Again, thanks for watching and commenting. Please share with others as we're trying to grow the channel so that we can continue doing what we're doing. (We're very new to all this RU-vid stuff!)
Hey, guys. Enjoyed your video. I was there in 2017. I liked it a lot more than Tokyo. And way more than Osaka. Then I was able to go to every floor in the Castle. My business hotel was incredible for the money. I am going to Nagano next time but will always love this city.
Thanks for watching and glad to hear from one who's been to Nagoya and enjoyed it as much as ourselves. Its overlooked by most as they speed through on the shinkansen, but for those who get off the train, they'll be pleasantly surprised. So much more we could have included, but couldn't fit it into one video. Appreciate the comment and hope you'll share with others as we are only five weeks in to our videos and growing the channel.
Thanks for watching and commenting! We're enjoying producing them. We know Japan very well, but all this RU-vid video stuff is quite new. Learning as we go. Yes, we have plans to produce a "Who we are..." type video. Josephine has a unique family history in Japan going back to November 21, 1861 when her great, great grandparents arrived there after sailing four months from New York. We have a short history on our website at www.unchartedjapan.net that tells some of the story. But we will definitely be putting together a comprehensive video about us in the near future. Thanks for asking!
Yes, we love Japan and its people! Josephine's family has 163 years of history in Japan, so we have many friends there. I hope you will visit our website at www.unchartedjapan.net where we have written 24 articles on our travels throughout Japan. Thank you for visiting and please share the channel with others. We will keep on smiling!
There are a few places that are not Nagoya mixed in here and there lol Nagoya is not so touristy, But it is a very nice place to live. However, I don't like the fact that many people have bad driving manners. I recommend Inuyama Castle in Inuyama city, a little north of Nagoya.
Thanks for watching and commenting. Yes, technically a couple attractions may be outside the city limits, but because they are easily visited during a day while staying overnight in Nagoya, they are places visitors can readily enjoy while there. But yes, we love the fact that Nagoya is not crowded with tourists. Makes for a more pleasant experience than many places in Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo. I am aware of Inuyama Castle, and hope to visit there, perhaps in the fall. Thank you again for watching!
Every large city in Japan (especially without knowing the language) can be a challenge. Even though we've been many, many times we typically get turned around at least once or twice ourselves! In April, we went the opposite direction from Nagoya station, and in June watched our bus drive off not knowing we should have been standing on the opposite side of the street! Happens to the best of us. But we've found that asking a station attendant or someone working at at nearby store, or bus stop will try their best to help out. The Japanese are so gracious in that manner. Thanks for sharing your experience. We have a planned video on the very subject of transportation and getting around. Thanks also for watching and hope you're enjoying the videos!
Hello. I'm Japanese. Nagoya is famous for producing the reddish-brown Hatcho miso, and Nagoya food made in Okazaki is very popular among people of all ages and genders. The most popular food is Wakashachiya（kanji 若鯱家） udon.
Thank you for watching and sharing! Yes, we love the Okazaki Miso on tonkatsu! There is a very good restaurant in Nagoya Station down a small corridor where we enjoy eating their tonkatsu and chicken wings. Delicious! Many thanks for commenting!
@@UnchartedJapanTravel Incidentally, if you eat more than a bowlful of Okazaki Hatcho miso, it contains so much soybeans and salt that it increases the risk of serious diseases such as high blood pressure, kidney disease, stomach cancer, osteoporosis, and heart failure. However, if you eat the correct amount, not exceeding one bowlful, every day, depending on your individual constitution, it is a fermented health food, so it has antioxidant properties that can improve the skin by removing blemishes and wrinkles, and thanks to its abundant good bacteria, it can remove small food particles and other waste that accumulate in the intestines and improve constipation, improve your immunity by regulating your intestines, and make it easier to lose weight.
@@sarahwitt8570 My friend, who loves to cook, made her boyfriend, who is always cheating on her, drink a lot of Okazaki Hatcho Miso soup every day, which caused high blood pressure and gout. I haven't asked her what happened after that because it made her feel bad.
Love your video introduction of Nagoya. Thank you SO MUCH!! I've been living in this city for more than 17 years, and always discover new things to do, and new things to enjoy. Nagoya is not boring at all!! ^^💖 @beingelly
Thank YOU so much for watching and commenting! We just passed through Nagoya Station today on our way to Osaka (on to Kitakyushu in the AM) and would have loved to have gotten off. There are so many more places to explore in your great city. Correct, Nagoya is NOT boring!
