Chicago’s train yard with the Sears Tower looming on the left
Nagoya:

The largest train station in the world.
The largest and busiest port in Japan.

Nagoya Station Towers under construction as seen from the top of Nagoya Castle. (completed on December 20, 1999)
They are both cities that first-time tourist never quite make it to. This is due to more popular destinations within their respected countries.
They are both known as culinary capitals, becoming famous for some of their unique and original foods.
At the heart of each of these cites is a huge tower that has become a symbol of that particular city: Chicago’s Sears (Willis) Tower, and Nagoya’s JR Station Towers.
Nagoya Station Towers rising form the Shinkansen (bullet train) platform. Completed on December 20, 1999 I have emotional ties to both buildings. I used to work at a travel store right across the street form the Sears (Willis) Tower and I would eat lunch in their basement cafeteria. In the summer I would sit on the patch of grass in front of 311 S Wacker Drive building and stare up at the tower in awe. It was the travel store that allowed me to read up on Japan and its culture. The irony being that one day I would be working my first job in Japan almost the same distance across from the Nagoya Station Towers, and eating lunch in its basement. I would stare in awe at the bullet trains quietly sliding in and out of the station platform.
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