Nagoya

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Nagoya is one of the largest cities in Japan, with over 2 and a quarter million people in 2010. It is in Aichi Prefecture.^[1] There are 16 wards in Nagoya.

Tourist attractions

Nagoya castle: It was built in 1615 by Japan's famous military commander, Ieyasu Tokugawa. It is one of Japan's most famous castles. The gold dolphin-like fishes on the roof are its main feature. It is said that the total weight of the gold used is 215.3 kilograms.

Nagoya City Science Museum: located in Shirakawa park in Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi. It reopened in 2011. Its planetarium is 35 meters in diameter. It is the largest in the world.

Nagoya Media

Satellite picture of Nagoya
Nagoya City Hall built in 1933
Map of wards of Nagoya
Nagoya metropolitan employment area as of 2015
Nagoya International Center
Lexus LFA in Midland Square
Nagoya Castle and the Meieki district with skyscrapers (2018)
Nagoya Stock Exchange in the Isemachi district
The first MRJ prototype at Nagoya Airfield in Komaki (2015)
Photograph of the headquarters building of Brother Industries in Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.