Day 1 Nagoya, Japan

So I decided I am going to try and take alot more pics then I normally do when I travel. I am usually lucky if I take a handful. Right before I left I used my extended warrenty at BB to exchange my Canon SD500 for the SD850IS.. So far I really like this camera. Seems to be noticably improved over the 500..



Well after arriving at the Airport and going through immigration and customs and all the usual fun in the airport I had to figure out which train to take to the hotel....

I tried to figure out the crazy board to use the automated ticket machines but it seemed the little bit of english on them did not give me the detail I needed to get the job done so I went to the full service counter to get a ticket for the Rapid Limited Express to Nagoya station..

They gave me this ticket....



Well after studying the ticket for a few minutes and looking at the train departure boards.............




I think I am going to need a little help to figure this out.... OHH wait it changed...

Bahh still screwed.. Ask the hot little girl at the front of the station and she directs me over to LINE 1 and the ticket apparently says I am on Car 2 Seat 3D so I am gtg now just have to wait for the train to arrive. So I took some pictures of the station...

So I am sure some of you have seen on discovery/TLC/History channels the man made island airports in japan... I landed at the one in Nagoya that just opened in 2005.

ANYWAY... taking the train off the island..

On the train some housing areas

Then I finally got to my station which is the main Nagoya station where my hotel is above.

From my room on the 30th floor I have a decient view of the city.. So far it looks dirty and industrial like I would expect.

Also have a view of the train station below.

Room is not too bad.. and of course I have the TOTO..I will take some more pics of the room when I get a chance.