How many cities in Japan do you know?
I went to Nagoya (名古屋) this weekend. Nagoya is located in the central area (中部地方: chubu chiho), and is the seat of the prefectural government (県庁所在地: kencho shozaichi) of Aichi(愛知), and one of the ordinance-designated cities (政令指定都市: seirei shitei toshi).
It is the fourth most populous urban areas (2,257,888 in Oct. 2009) in Japan. No. 1 is Tokyo (東京：8,742,995 in Jan. 2009), No.2 is Yokohama (横浜：3,654,427 in Jan. 2009), No. 3 is Osaka (大阪：2,661,700 in Oct. 2009).
The three men who unified Japan in the 16th century have strong links to Nagoya. They are Oda Nobunaga (織田信長：1534-1582), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣秀吉：1536-1598), and Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康：1543-1616).
I have lived there for 6 months while I was working at Expo 2005 Aichi Nagoya.
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