A new week of exploration awaited us, and to start we changed base. With regret we left the coziness of our Higashiyama apartment and sent our luggage to Tokyo from Kyoto station taqubin.With our backpack ready for our overnight stay, we left for Nagoya.
I had in mind a visit to the Chrysanthemum Dolls of Nagoya Castle, as well as illuminations around the castle or some pottery at Yakimono World. But it was such a beautiful sunny day the walk to the castle gave us enough view of the castle, so we decided to get to the Shikemichi historic townscape conservation district, not too far from the train station, where old fashioned merchant warehouses lined a long street.
We had our lunch in the large event hall next to the castle, which was a Noh theatre building.
And soon afterwards we roamed aimlessly until I found there was the Toyota musueum next to the station! And the location is located wonderfully at the old site of its textile factory. A large park overlooks the high rise building and at the end of it the entrance to the museum.
All kind of machinery for textile making are shown and working in the museum. And so it turned out it all started as Toyoda, a textile factory.
It also explains the processes from harvested cotton to thread to fabric. Then with the evolution of machinery and the context of war and industrial and engine revolution the museum path and contents switch to car making. The process of making a car is then shown, up until the fabric for its seats.
The museum then of course showcased all the robotics involved in making a car.
And eventually the robotics involved got its limelight in the form of the robot playing violin.
It was fascinating to see the evolution of machines and the company over time. It was truly fantastic to have stumbled on this, as it was different from what we have seen and done so far. And we all received a freshly weaved square towel at the end.
We finally got to our lodging (Kyoya Ryokan), into which we had a tatami room overlooking a typical cute Japanese garden, with a private bathroom. But there was also a common bath I missed.
We had our lunch in the large event hall next to the castle, which was a Noh theatre building.
All kind of machinery for textile making are shown and working in the museum. And so it turned out it all started as Toyoda, a textile factory.
It also explains the processes from harvested cotton to thread to fabric. Then with the evolution of machinery and the context of war and industrial and engine revolution the museum path and contents switch to car making. The process of making a car is then shown, up until the fabric for its seats.
And eventually the robotics involved got its limelight in the form of the robot playing violin.
It was fascinating to see the evolution of machines and the company over time. It was truly fantastic to have stumbled on this, as it was different from what we have seen and done so far. And we all received a freshly weaved square towel at the end.
We finally got to our lodging (Kyoya Ryokan), into which we had a tatami room overlooking a typical cute Japanese garden, with a private bathroom. But there was also a common bath I missed.
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