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  J.League Teams: Nagoya Grampus
Nagoya supposedly selected an orca (killer whale) as its mascot due to the similarity between the Japanese word for a gargoyle (shachihoko) and the word for killer whale (shachi).
Nagoya fans hoped that their team might be able to contend for a championships, but the year following Wenger's departure, there was a sharp drop in the team's performance.
On the negative side, Nagoya has depleted their finances with high-priced acquisitions in recent years, and it is likely to take some time for the talent at high-skill positions to reach the level needed to chase a title.
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  Nagoya, Aichi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nagoya (名古屋市; -shi) is the fourth largest (third largest metropolitan region) and the third most prosperous city in Japan.
Nagoya is served by Chubu Centrair International Airport (NGO) in the city of Tokoname and by Nagoya Airport (Komaki Airport) (NKM) which is located in the cities of Komaki and Kasugai.
Nagoya Station, the world's largest train station by floor area, is on the Tokaido Shinkansen, Tokaido Main Line, and Chuo Main Line, among others.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nagoya,_Aichi   (566 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Aichi Prefecture Article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Nagoya prefecture was renamed to Aichi prefecture in April of 1872 and on November 27 was united with Nukata prefecture.
Located near the center of the Japanese archipelago, Aichi prefecture faces the Ise and Mikawa bay in the south and is bordered by Shizuoka in the east, Nagano in the north east, Gifu in the north, and Mie in the west.
As of 2001 Aichi prefecture's population was 50.03% male and 49.97% female [1].
www.ipedia.com /aichi_prefecture_1.html   (363 words)

  
 Consulate-General of Japan in Atlanta
Nagoya is located on the Pacific coast in the Chuubu region on central Honshu Island which has made the Aichi region one of Japan’s largest commercial centers.
Nagoya Castle was built in the beginning of the Edo Period for one of the three Tokugawa family branches, the Owari.
A pedestrian in Nagoya can actually walk down the sidewalk without the annoying cyclist from behind ringing their bell, as most of Nagoya’s sidewalks are wide enough so that a cyclist can ride down one side of the sidewalk and pass pedestrians on the other side of the designation portion of the sidewalk.
www.atlanta.us.emb-japan.go.jp /jettravel10.htm   (2013 words)

  
 AICHI VOICE (FEATURE)
Aichi has developed as a grain belt since ancient times and is fortunate to be blessed with both the fruits of the sea and the riches of the soil.
Nagoya Cochin is a breed of chicken that was developed on the outskirts of Nagoya during the Meiji era (1868¥1912).
Nagoya Cochin, a breed of chicken developed on the outskirts of Nagoya, is known nationwide as premium poultry.
www2.aia.pref.aichi.jp /voice/no17/17_feature.html   (2664 words)

  
 Nagoya(Aichi) Sightseeing Spots and Map
Nagoya is the fourth largest city in Japan, and is the center of business and economy for the Chubu(Central) region.
While individual broadcast companies were building their own transmitters in other cities, Nagoya was the first city to build one large tower to be used by all of its television and radio stations.
Aichi Prefecture is the number one producer of orchids in Japan.
www.infomapjapan.com /sight_Nagoya.phtml   (1489 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Nagoya, Aichi
Nagoya (名古屋市; -shi) is the fourth largest and the third most prosperous city in Japan.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 2,190,549 and the density of 6,710.21 persons per km²;.
On February 17,2005, all of Nagoya Airport's commercial flights (except for flights operated by J-Air) moved to Centrair.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Nagoya   (424 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Nagoya, Aichi   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Aichi Prefecture (愛知県; Aichi-ken) is located in the Chubu region of Japan.
The regions of Japan are not official administrative units, but have been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in a number of contexts: for example, maps and geography textbooks divide Japan into the eight regions, weather reports usually give the weather by region, and many businesses and institutions...
Nagoya Castle Nagoya Castle (名古屋城; -jō) is located in Nagoya Aichi, Japan.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nagoya,-Aichi   (815 words)

  
 Nagoya travel guide - Wikitravel
Nagoya (名古屋, [1]) is the capital and largest city of Aichi prefecture, in the Chubu region of Honshu, one of the islands in Japan.
The hub of the Aichi region, Nagoya is Japan's fourth-largest city after Tokyo, Yokohama and Osaka and one of the nation's major economic centers.
The natives of Nagoya and its Aichi region are (in)famous throughout Japan for being indecently rich (because of the car industry?!) and for loving to spend their money big time, as opposed, for instance, to the Osaka people, who are brothers in stinginess to the Scottish or the Swabish in Germany.
wikitravel.org /en/Nagoya   (3352 words)

  
 Sightseeing in Nagoya | Aichi | Inuyama | Gifu :: Japan Visitor
Nagoya is easily accessible from Tokyo by shinkansen and takes under an hour to get to from Kyoto and Osaka - or a more leisurely 2 hours by Kintetsu railway's Urban Liner from Osaka's Tsuruhashi and Namba stations - and has a lot to offer the first time visitor.
Nagoya Castle (first completed in 1612) was built on the orders of the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and houses a worthwhile museum displaying Edo period armor, fusama-e (paintings on sliding doors) and other art treasures that escaped bombing in World War II.
Urban legend has it that Nagoya is home to the modern gambling pursuit of pachinko, and there's a small museum on the 3rd floor of the Masamura Building dedicated both to the game itself and to Takeichi Masamura, the godfather of the post-war pachinko boom.
www.japanvisitor.com /index.php?cID=357&pID=311   (3457 words)

  
 I-BAC / History of Aichi/Tourism in Aichi-Nagoya
The endeavor toward a united Japan, then divided and ruled by numerous feudal lords, was initiated by Nobunaga, passed on to Hideyoshi and completed by Ieyasu, who established the Tokugawa Shogunate at the beginning of the 17th century, laying the foundations of Japan as a modern nation.
There is a city called "Seto" in Aichi, which is known as a mecca of the ceramic industry.
A pair of golden dolphins perched atop the castle are often considered to be the mascots of local residents.
www.i-bac.jp /aichi   (581 words)

  
 Hilton Nagoya (Aichi): Details
The luxury 450-room Nagoya Hilton, one of the tallest buildings in the city, is located in Fushimi, the central business district in Nagoya.
It is a seven-minute drive from Nagoya JR station and 20 minutes from the international airport.
Nagoya is the industrial hub of central Japan, a 2-hour journey from Tokyo by bullet train.
www.lifeinchina.com /Hotels/Japan/aichi/1125/E   (180 words)

  
 The Completely Claire Website: NAGOYA NOTES: Introduction
Nagoya is pretty much unknown outside of the Land of the Rising Sun, but it is, in fact, the fourth-largest city in Japan and quite important in the sense that it is the capital of Aichi prefecture and the Chubu region in general, the latter being the industrial center of Japan.
Nagoya is obviously a bastard in this particular prism of things, and so I spent the first year of my life in the city ranting about how inconvenient and uncharming and boring it was.
Nagoya is pretty historical in the sense that it was the home of a member of the most powerful clan of and builder of feudal Japan (the Tokugawa Shogunate), and so remnants of this period are prominent in the city.
www.geocities.com /claireworks/nagoya.html   (1004 words)

  
 Edutraveller :: Places :: Aichi Prefecture Guide
Aichi is located in the central part of Japan known as Chubu (meaning central region) and is the centre in many ways.
Located in the northern part of Aichi, it is well known for its broad streets, in contrast with the narrow and congested roads of Tokyo and Osaka.
The castle is the symbol of the city of Nagoya, particularly the two golden shachi or dolphins that crown the roof.
www.edutraveller.com /jp/en/places/aichi.html   (2141 words)

  
 Hotels in Nagoya
Located in downtown Nagoya this hotel is less than one km (one mile) from Nagoya Castle, Aichi Auditorium, and the Aichi Art Center.
Midway between Tokyo and Osaka, Nagoya is the Japanese center of international trade.
Nagoya, AI Sleek, crisp accommodations boast an inviting melange of plush comfort and sophisticated international decor.
www.expedia.co.uk /daily/hotels/Japan/Nagoya.asp   (433 words)

  
 ICPADM2003
Nagoya Castle and twin golden dolphins are the most famous in Nagoya.
Nagoya castle was originally built in 1612 by the 1st shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa.
Nagoya had more temples than Kyoto, but most of temples and original Nagoya castle were fired in the World War II.
www.nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp /labs/mizuterulab/ICPADM2003.html   (736 words)

  
 DIOCESE OF NAGOYA
The Prefecture Apostolic of Nagoya was established on February 19, 1922 when the two prefectures of Aichi and Gifu were separated from the Archdiocese of Tokyo and the three prefectures of Fukui, Ishikawa, and Toyama were separated from the Prefecture Apostolic of Niigata.
In 1926 Monsignor Reiners resigned as Prefect Apostolic of Niigata and became Prefect Apostolic of Nagoya alone.
On April 16, 1962, the Prefecture Apostolic of Nagoya was raised to the status of a diocese, and Monsignor Matsuoka was consecrated as the first bishop.
www.cbcj.catholic.jp /eng/ediocese/nagoya.htm   (214 words)

  
 NAGOYA HOTELS & TRAVEL GUIDE
Nagoya (名古屋) is in Aichi prefecture, in the Chubu region of Honshu, the main island of Japan.
The focal points of this sprawling agglomeration are Nagoya station (名古屋駅) to the north, Sakae (栄) to the east and Kanayama (金山) to the south).
World's Fair for 2005, was held in the Aichi prefecture, near the city of Nagoya.
www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /travel/nagoya.htm   (1011 words)

  
 japanese high speed surface transportation maglev technology (hsst)
Nagoya-based Aichi Kosoku Kotsu, headed by Aichi Gov. Masaaki Kanda, is scheduled to begin operations of the line in 2005, in time for the start of the expo.
According to Aichi Prefecture, the committee believes that the system's speed and power would be best suited to handle travel between the areas, which includes a number of hills.
Aichi Prefecture on Feb. 7 made public a report on methods it plans to use during an environmental impact study for the Tobu Kyuryo Line.
faculty.washington.edu /jbs/itrans/hsst.htm   (816 words)

  
 JNTO Website | Find a Location | Aichi | Around Nagoya station/Sakae
Nagoya has prospered as a key junction for traffic between Edo (Tokyo) and Osaka for the past 400 years.
The city's symbol, Nagoya Castle, was destroyed in a World War II air raid, and the present castle is a modern reproduction; however, it was constructed in a manner that makes it easy to understand the life of the samurai warriors.
Noritake-no-Mori (Noritake Garden), a 15-minute walk from Nagoya Station, is a comprehensive ceramics museum opened by Noritake (a tableware manufacturer) on the premises of its headquarters.
www.jnto.go.jp /eng/location/regional/aichi/sakae.html   (341 words)

  
 GMR Watch Center: Stop! GMO Rice National Assembly Opens in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Consumer organizations in Aichi Prefecture called for a national assembly to halt development of "Matsuribare" and to prevent the commercialization of this rice variety.
On July 8, the 323,097 signatures gathered to protest transgenic research in preparation for this assembly were presented to the governor of Aichi Prefecture and the head of the Aichi-ken Agricultural Research Center.
Signatures to show support for stopping the research and development of transgenic rice addressed to the governor of Aichi Prefecture and the head of the Aichi-ken Agricultural Research Center were gathered in a short time, just a little over a month, and totaled 323,097.
teikeimai.net /gmr-watch/file/2002/08/stop_gmo_rice_n.html   (953 words)

  
 Study Abroad Japan
Aichi prefecture lies nearly in the center of Japan and is close to numerous sightseeing places.
In Aichi (Nagoya) the visitor can feel the spirit of the successive periods of Japan’s past and present.
Nagoya is home to the leading industrial manufacturers that have helped build contemporary Japan.
www.fiu.edu /orgs/modlang/pages/sap_japan.htm   (221 words)

  
 Port of Nagoya - Aichi
The Port of Nagoya was Japan's leading port in 2002 handling 158 million tonnes of goods worth almost 10 trillion yen, almost 70% of which was in foreign trade.
The Nagoya port mainly serves the Chubu region of Japan which is composed of nine prefectures.
Containerized trade at the Port of Nagoya was the fourth largest in the country in 2002 and ranks the port 23rd highest in container handling in the world.
www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/aichi/nagoya_port.html   (1388 words)

  
 Search Results for Nagoya - Encyclopædia Britannica
It was a post town during the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) and an agricultural trade centre for the surrounding region.
It was a small rural town during the Tokugawa period (1603–1867), producing vegetables for the market of nearby Nagoya.
A port town and early religious centre, Atsuta in the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) was one of the most prosperous post towns on the...
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 visas and consular information
The Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau is located at 4-3-1, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, near Nagoya City Hall and the National Hospital.
Consulate Nagoya is a small Consulate with a primary mission of supporting American business and reporting on political and economic developments in the Chubu Region.
Nagoya International Center (052) 581-0100 is prepared to answer questions that Americans and other non-Japanese may have on living and working in Nagoya.
usembassy.state.gov /nagoya/wwwh2000.html   (1359 words)

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