Nagoya’s Expat Bars
Oct 15, 2018 By Bert Wishart
While coming to Japan is all very exciting, and it's interesting meeting new people and going on new adventures, sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name. Heck, sometimes you just wanna go where they know how to pronounce your name correctly. Hence the draw of the ex-pat bar....[ Click to read more ]
Get Inked: Nagoya’s Tattoo Parlours
Sep 28, 2018 By Bert Wishart
The subject of tattoos in Japan is a bit taboo. The history of body modification in Japan is long, going back as far as the Jomon Period (roughly 10,500 B.C. to 300 B.C.). But in modern Japan, however, tattooing is immediately associated with criminal organizations, and those with body ink began...[ Click to read more ]
Free Places to Visit During the Nagoya Festival
Sep 27, 2018 By Bert Wishart
Nagoya has a long and rich history, and The Nagoya Festival is a great time to celebrate this great city in which we live. Of course, the parade through the town is the festival's greatest spectacle, but you may be surprised to know that there are also plenty of other...[ Click to read more ]
Discovering Japan at the Japanese Folk Festival and Cultural Fair
By Bert Wishart
One of the great pleasures of living in Japan is discovering the wide array of cultural differences that we encounter. From arts to food to ways of life, it is difficult to overstate how not only different, but also amazing, this country's cultural heritage is. Another delight is how proud...[ Click to read more ]
Seki Cutlery Festival in Gifu
Sep 26, 2018 By Ray Proper
Seki is a small city in the center of Japan, located in the northern Mino region of Gifu Prefecture. Seki is famous for the production of blades; first samurai swords and now kitchen knives and cutlery continue a legacy of production by artisan swordsmiths in Seki City using modern and...[ Click to read more ]
Nagoya Comedy: Served up Monthly
Aug 31, 2018 By Admin
Looking for funny? Well, you are in luck, because "Nagoya Comedy" brings you funny in all senses of the word. Nagoya, Japan's own (and only) English language stand-up comedy troupe holds regular live stand-up shows throughout central Japan featuring a cavalcade of funny; funny looking, funny thinking, and just plain "funny ha...[ Click to read more ]
All Japan Gyoza Festival at Nagakute’s Moricoro Park
Aug 29, 2018 By Bert Wishart
Much like ramen, gyoza is a dish with Chinese origins that the Japanese have taken to their hearts. Typically filled with ground pork, chives, green onion, cabbage, ginger, garlic, soy sauce and sesame oil, these little dumplings can be fried or boiled, but are almost always delicious, not to mention incredibly moreish....[ Click to read more ]
Bicycle Liability Insurance
Aug 28, 2018 By
There are two major cities in Japan that require bicycle riders to maintain liability insurance as a condition for riding in the city. These are: Osaka City Nagoya City Clients and readers living or visiting these areas must be aware of this responsibility before hitting the road, but everyone should...[ Click to read more ]
Do You Know Nags? Nagoya’s Hidden Gems
By Bert Wishart
Whether you have been here for a few weeks or know the city like the back of your hand, Nagoya is a city that is full of surprises. New restaurants and bars pop up all the time, and you can be strolling down a familiar street and suddenly notice a...[ Click to read more ]
Vietnamese Food in Nagoya
Aug 26, 2018 By Ray Proper
There are a fair number of places to eat Vietnamese food in Nagoya. Being from Seattle I have torn the place apart searching for the style of PHO that is so popular there, but it seems to be a US concoction. It does come pretty close though, and you can...[ Click to read more ]
