today's saturday. rest day for me, Iqbal & Saidi.
after a whole week of training, we need our time off which is today..!!
the original plan was to berjalan2 sendiri at Nagoya.
but, naito-san ( our trainer ) insisted to guide us thru the tour.
he said, during my last stay, he couldn't bring me, Azizi & Wazir jalan2 becoz of production business.
now, sony @ low season, so it's a bit easier for him.
fyi, he's one of the SMT world wide support member.
he did invited me to his group but i had to declined.
reason? i had to stay in Japan & travel to support other tecs.
Sony Shanghai, Sony Slovakia, Sony Mexico, Sony Thailand.
most probably, have to stay a each tec for a couple of months or even years!!
being away from my baby is not an option for me...
early as 9.30am, naito-san already reached our apartment with his Estima Hybrid.
we need to send Zhu-san first ( Sony Shanghai Manager ) to Konomiya station.
he arrived the same day as us but his training only covered one week.
so, he's off early than us.
after sending Zhu-san, we headed off directly to Nagoya Castle.
despite of weekends, there are traffic jams in Japan.
luckily, naito-san uses high technology with his GPS cum Traffic Information Provider.
we managed to run from the traffic & cut a few minutes.
hehehe.. some items i like about Japan..!!
Nagoya Castle, located in the center of Nagoya-shi ( Nagoya City ).
it was built in the beginning of the Edo Period for one of the three Tokugawa family branches, the Owari. Consequently, Nagoya developed into an important castle town and ultimately Japan's fourth largest city.
the castle was almost completely destroyed in the air raids of 1945.
the current ferro-concrete reconstruction dates from 1959.
the interior of the castle is now a modern museum displaying the castle's history. The castle park becomes a popular hanami spot during the cherry blossom season.
history finished for today.
after that, we rushed to Toyota Automobile Museum in Toyota City.
the museum displayed a number of cars from the early days to the latest one.
however, this museum actually dedicates to Toyota car production development.
there's another museum that goes thru history about the Toyota company itself.
did you k now that Toyota produces textile & sewing machines before?
hmmm.. maybe you don't.. me too..!!
next stop was Kakamigahara Aerospace Museum, a Mitsubishi-based museum for aircraft development.
from the light weight aircrafts, STOL ( Short Take Off & Landing ) to aerospace technology.
most of the exhibits are originally made & even designed in Japan..!!
we completed the tour around 4.00pm as naito-san is a bit tired.
we even didn't had any food the whole day during outside la..
we did had breakfast..
after that, we only had our rest at apartment.
me & Iqbal wanted to keluar to Yamada Denki, but it was raining
so, we only stayed indoors je la.
sok, we going out again.
Nagoya-shi, but on our own..!! hopefully x sesat la..
for more pictures, visit my fotopages.
Sony lent us bicycles for us to cycle around the kampung area ( Inazawa )
