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Returned here for the winter, and I’ll always be fascinated at how the atmosphere immediately steps back 200 years upon passing the entrance. The turkey dinner for “Christmas in July” is a nice touch.
Come to experience Australian history, stay for the old tech equipment and random items.
Probably my favourite place that I visited in Nagoya, the SCMaglev and Railway Park is a haven for train lovers. Everything about Japanese train history, from the steam locomotives to the avant-garde maglev trains, and everything in between from onboard refreshments, tickets, even the toilets were on full display! Whilst I’ve been in other train museums in Japan, this definitely blew the ones I’ve visited out of the water.
I regretted leaving this place as an afterthought when I visited for the first time, which left me with not enough time to explore the place before I had to rush back to the station to catch a bullet train to Tokyo. Visiting this place the second time was much less rushed and allowed me to explore even more of the place, but I still feel like there’s not enough time to look at everything – I didn’t have enough time to look at the special cafeteria nor the theatre sections. Given some of their exhibits rotate, I could probably make a case for visiting a third time. Maybe someday.
I did buy the comprehensive museum guidebook to tide me over until then.
Lots of cars at the Toyota Automobile Museum, but this is definitely a standout piece, not least because they displayed it near the gift shop, unlike all the other cars.
Shaking off the terrible experience of Ghibli Park, the Toyota Automobile Museum is only a few stops away by train, far less crowded, has prettier buildings and lots of cool stuff to see.
While their car collection are certainly plentiful (and only a selection is on display, the vast remainder of their collection is in private storage), the large museum also fits in an entire car memorabilia section (toys, car magazines, stamps, etc), showrooms, a library of car-related literature and Toyota catalogs (low key interested in buying a JPN Taxi for personal use), a restaurant and large gift shop (which sadly doesn’t do tax-free either, but hey, you can’t have everything).
Overall, much more satisfying place to visit and spend several hours in. It’s not, however, the best place I went to in Nagoya. That will be for a future post.
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