Exploring Central Park!

Nagoya is such a large city, and I've really only been in the area around work & home, so on Sunday I decided to hop on the subway and go exploring in an area called Sakae. I had heard there was great shopping and a beautiful park. Come exploring with me as I discover Nagoya's Central Park! Here is the entry to Central Park with the Nagoya TV Tower in the center of the park.

A cute waterfall. There was pretty scenery all around. This is the place to party outside during the spring cherry blossoms.

Live band was providing some tunes. I'll have to come back at night some time to see the Christmas tree lit up, plus I saw many other strings of lights around.

Gorgeous autumn day! The park is pretty large and, like NYC's Central Park, is long and narrow. It is one block wide, and spans about 5-6 blocks.

A sweet white bridge walkway in the background, so there is no pedestrians needing a crosswalk on the wide road below. In the foreground is a clock made of flowers. It's kinda tough to see since it was 2:10 when I took this pic!

I realized that these pics would be so much more interesting with me in them, so I busted out the GorillaPod to get a few cute shots. Here's me on the bridge. One of the suspension cables is obstructing my pic!

More fountains & waterfalls. This area is inspired by Los Angeles which, as I learned from the signs, is a Sister City to Nagoya. Notice all of the stars lining this area. It's a replica of the original Hollywood Walk of Fame!

Hey there beautiful! (Or should I say, who is that freaky tourist who keeps setting up her mini tripod?!)

Tokyo TV Tower.

I even got to see a wedding! Notice I am least hiding behind a bush... there were other spectators and random picture takers who were right up next to the action, but I tried to use some discretion!

They handed out balloons to all of the guests and then released them at the end of the ceremony! The coolest part for me wasn't the balloons; it was that they played the Beatles' "All You Need is Love" on an electric keyboard as the newly married couple descended down the aisle!! LOL. It was so cute!!

Maybe I could get a magazine modeling contract...

This area is called Oasis 21, right next to Central Park. It looked so awesome. I had to venture across the street to check it out.

I realized that there were people walking on top of this thing, so check out the video I posted at the end!!

Look what I discovered... an ice skating rink! So cool and so worth the short jaunt across the street!

View of colorful fall trees plus the other end of Central Park.

KG and a cool fountain. Sakae was certainly worth the trip! It started to rain, so I ducked into the "basement" to do some shopping. I don't think this will be the last time I'm caught by rain in Nagoya...

Video in the round of Central Park from the top of the Oasis 21 structure. The park was really peaceful today, but I hear it can get super busy, especially in the spring.