Nagoya Castle - the oldest in Japan, circa 1525 but rebuilt several times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagoya_Castle

Next stop: The industrial city of Nagoya, nonetheless famous for its cherry blossom canals, and even this prettily decorated crossing.

I visited Richard and Haruyo Gregg, Richard a former world bicycle traveler of 12 years standing: www.worldcycle.org

Richard now a happily married salary man with two cute kids, Nina and Hanna.

So cute, they make childless old me clucky!

Kimono kids at Nagoya Castle.

Kimono kids at Nagoya Castle.

Kimono kids at Nagoya Castle.

Kimono kids at Nagoya Castle.

Kimono kids at Nagoya Castle.

Nagoya Castle, aka Inuyama Castle, the oldest standing castle in Japan, circa 1537.

For architecture buffs - specs of Nagoya castle.

Scale model of Nagoya castle.

Framework of Nagoya Castle.

View from Nagoya castle.

View from Nagoya castle

View from Nagoya castle.

Teba chicken wings - a specialty of Nagoya. Fried in soy oil twice to remove fat bur leave crispy collagen, then dusted with special spice. Google it!

The Pachinko parlors are ubiquitous...

Off to Hiroshima now - saying arigato to the Gregg clan.

Hanna loves riding the train with Richard.