名古屋の紅葉

 
Kouyou means "autumn leaves" or, more literally, "red leaves." Certain parts of Japan have very famously beautiful autumn leaves, and like cherry-blossom-viewing in the spring, people will sometimes travel just to see the fall colors, particularly in Kyoto.

Kouyou significa "folhas de outono," ou literalmente "folhas vermelhas." Certas regiões do Japão tem folhas muito bonitas, até que, como os flores de cereja na primavera, gente as vezes viajam só para ver a folhagem, especialmente em Kyoto.

 
I, however, cannot afford to go to Kyoto right now, but I did finally make it over to Nagoya today, a 40-minute bullet train ride away, and there were some very nice autumn colors around Nagoya castle.

Agora não tenho dinheiro para visitar Kyoto agora, mas fui hoje pela primeira vez para Nagoya, que leva 40 minutos de trem bala. Lá tem uns cores bonitos nos arredores do castelo de Nagoya.

 
Here is the castle itself, with Nagoya Noh Theatre on the left:
Eis o castelo aqui, com o Teátro de Noh de Nagoya ao isquerdo:
 
Nagoya castle is considerably bigger than Hamamatsu's, but was built by the same guy, Ieyasu Tokugawa. (This statue is not him, by the way.)  Nagoya castle was built on level ground, has an outer wall and an inner one, with a moat outside and another between the walls.  The main castle and several surrounding buildings were destroyed by fire caused by bombing during World War II, though some of the outer towers remained intact. The main tower and annex were restored in the 1950's, and the city is currently fund-raising to rebuild the adjacent palace as well.  Inside the castle now is a small museum with reproductions of how life in Nagoya would have been in the Edo period, and also some old photographs of the grounds before they were destroyed. They don't allow people to take photographs inside the museum.

Vou explicar em português tambêm. Cheque de novo mais tarde se quiser ler.