Hi folks ! its been a long, long time since my last update ! Haha ....
Been busy with work as well as doing fountain pen modifications for people. ;)
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| a Noodler's Konrad mod for flex & EF point for writing calligraphic scripts. |
Anywayz.... Here goes Day 8 of my Brompton trip in Japan 2013.
So, we end up staying a night at Nagoya & unexpectedly enjoyed a street
band performance in the evening.
Today, We have a whole day for Nagoya city & planned a visit to Nagoya Castle
mainly plus some shopping around.
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| Whatz with this face in the morning, Kris !!?? Wahaha.... |
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| Toriyaki for Brunch. We woke up a bit late today u see. :p |
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| Yakitori master working on flaming chicken sticks |
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| Wua ! my portion is ready ! Looks good no ? :p |
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| Alrighty ! Let's see if the chicken's death was worth it !! Hahaha... |
U know, i would really love to give good marks for this, but seriously, i feel that
the chicken hasn't been dipped long enough for the flavour to infiltrate deep
into the inner sections of the meat.
The sauce tho, is very good ! Its sweet with hint of soy sauce & burned flavour.
Its the burned flavour that won me over & added a bit of complexity in taste.
Strangely love it !
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| Yea ! We are here ! at Nagoya Castle entrance. |
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How we lock our Bromptons at Entrance area. *sweat*
Seriously, anyone can just cut that tiny orange thing with a kindergarten scissors
& run away with out precious !! |
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| Fortunately, it is going to be quite embarrassing for the Thief. Wahahaha :D |
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Our little fiddling activity attracted the curious castle entrance guard.
I made him commit to guard the bikes ! Wahaha...
"Yea, sure!" he said . Look at how small & cute these things are ! |
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| Beautiful flowers by the entrance ticket counter |
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| Wuhoo !! |
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| a glimpse of the magnificent Nagoya Castle ! |
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| Typical high castle walls to deter entrance into castle during an attack |
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| Renovated interior. these are modern rocks it seems, not the old ones from the past. |
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| Within the castle walls . me in awe of ancient green & size ! |
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Unlike other castle, this one has Modern & air-conditioned comfort.
a little overdone IMO. would much prefer the castle in its original state. |
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| Jaw dropping replica of castle's glory & its realm |
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| Another beautiful castle model display |
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| Amazing display of castle's interior & construction structures |
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Display of how rocks were moved with wooden rollers.
Those half naked guys are castle permanent residents. Wahaha.... |
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| A room of typical castle rooms & its layout. |
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| This one is calligraphy & study room |
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| This is a big model. Looks so real ! as if u could enter it! |
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| Structural display. I believe this is where u would find Mr Ninja! LoL |
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I like this painting ! calming & zen like feel to it .
a lot of the exhibits are paintings like this. Big one, small ones.
probably a part of Japanese Treasure too. |
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Hey ! What can i say ! Its Mr Samurai again ! LoL
U'll always find one of these during castle visits.
Its strange, his helmet has got a target board.... -_- .. LoL
Its like .... Hey ! Hit me in the head wz an arrow if u can !
wahaha.. |
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Fishy team shot. its a dedicated part of castle
just for photo taking |
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Out of castle for some omiyage shopping.
omiyage = Japanese Souvenir/Gift Shop |
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on the way out. They were building some new stuffs for tourists.
unfortunate it is not ready yet. |
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on closer inspection, looks like they employ traditional construction
methods to build this structure. Very impressive & exhibit of Japanese pride. |
Thats abt it for today folks ! hahaha ..... were u expecting more !?
Well.... i was !! but i also got a bit lazy too.... a little regret now looking back.
i should have really taken more pics but then again we spent the rest of the
day cycling abt the city doing shopping & stuff. I mean.... its pretty normal
Japanese city scape u know. Nothing really spectacular abt it.
this year (2014), i am planning to go Japan to study japanese for 3 months !!
contemplating whether to bring the Brompton along or not ....
We'll see how it goes ya ! :D
Cheers !! :D
