I decided to travel to Japan every March. It is the off-eason. In particular, March is the month when Ultra fine dust from China comes in. I wanted to avoid it for a while.
I decided to tour Nagoya. It is not a tourist destination, so it seemed like a quiet and Japanese city in many ways. There is a Toyota Motor factory nearby, and there is also Kirin Beer, Legoland, Noritake Forest, and the Ceramics Museum.
In addition, it is said that you can feel Japanese sentiment in the traditional market, Nagoya Market, and the alleys of nearby cities.
Nagoya Castle
At Sekigahara, west of Nagoya, Hideyoshi's Western Army and Ieyasu's Eastern Army fought the greatest battle in Japanese history. Ieyasu won and became shogun.
However, Hideyoshi's vassals remained in Osaka Castle. Ieyasu built Nagoya Castle to defend his stronghold of Edo (Tokyo). He attacked and captured Osaka Castle from here, and began to rule all of Japan.
There is a Toyota Automobile Exhibition Hall in Nagoya.
Toyoda Sakichi's eldest son Kiichiro became a textile machinery engineer under the influence of his father. He visited New York and saw cars, and then established an automobile department. He completed an automobile production plant in 1936.
He said that inventions are the result of effort, and that machines can truly demonstrate their capabilities through humans. And that machines must be trained until they work well.
I watched a video of Hyundai Motor Company production line workers putting on earphones, looking at their cell phones, and assembling doors with their feet.
I just heard the news that Hyundai Motors is investing 30 trillion won in the United States.