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Me with a traditional “hannya” Noh mask beside my face at Nagoya Noh Theatre.
🧵14/ Nagoya proved its massive potential ✔ Key insights gained for 2026 #AsianGames & beyond ✔ Next: follow up with local managers, share info/contacts with colleagues… Later, scout the Crowne & Hilton hotels (managers met during this #MICETrip). Big thanks to #Nagoya Convention & Visitors Bureau ✨
Beds and living room of the Manhattan suite.
Bathroom of the Manhattan suite.
More modest, my room was nevertheless comfortable and much bigger than this photo suggests.
🧵13/ During this #MICETrip, I stayed at Nagoya Marriott Associa Hotel, visiting its Manhattan suite, enjoying mountains on the horizon during a delicious healthy breakfast on 15F… Comfortable & restful 🛌 I'd definitely recommend this hotel located at #Nagoya shinkansen station (no train noise) 👍
🧵12/ We also saw robots in action at Toyota Commemorative Museum Of Industry & Technology. For example, part of the assembly of a fourth-generation Prius 🚗 #MICETrip #Nagoya #car
Huge weaving room with many machines and demonstrations possible.
Weaving demonstration, with explanations of innovative designs.
Wrench-making demonstration: the staff inserted a metal rod, starting with 1,200℃ heating (visibly getting red) then multiple pressing (120t for a small-scale demo).
Hydrogen car with internal components visible on one side.
🧵11/ Toyota Commemorative Museum Of Industry & Technology guided 2 hours by a Japanese engineer who worked in Iran/Syria/UAE/… was a treat! Weaving → 1940 EV → hydrogen car with active machines + Q&A surpassed audio guides. Prayer room, halal, early-notice vegan, direct bookings… 👍 #MICETrip #Nagoya
Hidden observation room.
Storage room.
Performers' preparation room.
Room for special, last-minute preparations.
🧵10/ Top during this #MICETrip: Nagoya Noh Theatre's rare backstage tour of training, storage, and artists’ preparation rooms… and Japan's only #Noh stage with a young (not old) pine tree painted. Ask to visit a mask maker workshop 🎭 Book via #Nagoya Convention & Visitors Bureau or Japan Travel KK.
Event room with a huge transparent wall showing the castle above trees, and with ceiling lights shaped to suggest fireworks.
Bedroom with a large bed and a view of the castle beyond a foresty landscape.
Stairs with golden decorations suggesting a flock of birds.
Night-blue folding screen with golden decorations including a phoenix and a circle symbolising Earth.
🧵9/ Espacio #Nagoya Castle is a world-class art hotel and event centre with golden designs and stunning artworks. Book a castle-view room for sunrise/sunset (no lightups), admire dragon/phoenix projection mappings on smoke in the garden, drink from Tokoname-yaki… I was charmed 🏯 #MICETrip
Trivet sticking to a pot held horizontally.
Trivet effortlessly removed from the pot by just tilting it.
Cooking lesson area.
Products officially recommended as gifts.
🧵8/ Exciting patents at #Nagoya #Vermicular Village: trivets sticking to pots held horizontally, sturdy handles… In Japan’s №1 industrial region, the company pivoted repeatedly since WW2, from #MadeInJapan machinery to world-class cookware. Book tours & cooking lessons via Japan Travel KK. #MICETrip
Me in the shopping district, with a welcome banner for our visit.
Historical figure in samurai armour, holding a fan, during an otherwise typical party ceremony involving a barrel of rice wine.
Group of female musicians.
🧵7/ For a unique #MICETrip, rent Endoji shopping district! Decorate it, savour inside/outside (halal/vegan OK), enjoy live music, meet historical actors (Japan's 3 unifiers were born in this region)… It feels different! Plan 6 months early via #Nagoya Convention & Visitors Bureau or Japan Travel KK!
Fantasy world with a dragon.
Small-scale Japanese buildings made from Lego blocks.
Human-size blue & pink fantasy character made from Lego blocks.
🧵6/ We visited #LegoLand Japan theme park during rare 3-day maintenance: outdoors, movie theatre, restaurant… It launched 18:00-21:00 private access for groups of 1,200+ with great test prices 👍🏻 Access is via a specific manager; contact me or Japan Travel KK colleagues to book. #MICETrip #Nagoya
🧵5/ The event space Lives #Nagoya has been used for idol concerts, wrestling fights, corporate events… 500,000 yen for a full day including the giant screen and excellent sound system (weekend: +200,000). See the visuals on the official website: lives.nagoya #MICETrip
Main room with modern & old-style trains aligned, plus a space with tables and food.
Entrance of the maglev train mockup, with the door slid up.
Shinkansen driving simulator, with an attendee at the controls.
Bilingual explanations of the earthquake countermeasures.
🧵4/ Fine for group photos and 18:00-20:00 parties for 300 atttendees, #Nagoya SCMAGLEV & Railway Park has a shinkansen driving simulator, earthquake tech model, maglev train mockup… Wheelchairs OK 👍🏻 Book 3 months early via JR Tokai Tours or Japan Travel KK; 10,000 yen/person with meal 🥂 #MICETrip
Front of Aonami "Blue Wave" train.
View from behind the driver.
Bridge seen from the train.
🧵3/ On the Aonami "Blue Wave" train line with a private booking Nagoya ➡️ Kinjo-futo (SCMAGLEV & Railway Park) 🚃 Big underground waiting area. 210,000 yen for 581 people (204 seats) + options e.g. decorations. Book 3 months early by fax (or email Japan Travel KK…). Plan for wheelchairs. #MICETrip
Banners up, a screen left, and Central Japan Railway staff speaking with a microphone in our private car in the shinkansen.
My shinkansen seat with a special head cover topped by a "Welcome!" written in English.
Mount Fuji seen from a seat on the right side of the shinkansen, with its winter snow cap.
🧵2/ Great start: #shinkansen from #Tokyo to #Nagoya in a chartered car 🚄 We enjoy a private booking program (600,000 yen + seats): head covers, banners, screen, mic (good sound), Aichi tea… Perfect for corporate events with custom logos! To book, ask JR Tokai Tours, JTB or Japan Travel KK. #MICETrip
