Nagoya

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Overview

Affable Nagoya (名古屋), birthplace of Toyota and pachinko (a pinball-style game), is a manufacturing powerhouse. Although Nagoya's GDP tops that of many small countries, this middle child has grown accustomed to life in the shadow of its older siblings, Tokyo and Osaka.

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Japan’s fourth-largest city, Nagoya lacks the celebrity status of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, but there are lots of reasons to step off the train and explore.


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