Thai Festival in Nagoya’s Hisayaodori Park
May 01, 2018 By Ray Proper
The annual Thai Festival in is an extremely popular early summer event in Nagoya. Held at Hisayaodori Park, rain or shine, you can enjoy a wide selection of Thai Food and...[ Click to read more ]
Nagoya Antique Fair
Apr 23, 2018 By Bert Wishart
No matter how long or short your stay in Japan is, when you eventually end up going home, you really ought to bring a piece of the country back with...[ Click to read more ]
Sake’ing it to ya, at the Nayabashi Sake Festival in Ngaoya
Feb 26, 2018 By Bert Wishart
Forget Asahi, Kirin or Strong Zero, there can be no doubt that the national drink of Japan is sake. ‘Nihonshu’, to give it its proper title (with ‘sake’ being a term...[ Click to read more ]
Oagata Shrine Fertility Festival, Celebrating the Power of Femininity
Feb 26, 2018 By Bert Wishart
If you have spent any time in Nagoya or its surrounds, then it is a good chance that you have heard of the Hōnen Matsuri harvest festival at Komaki. You,...[ Click to read more ]
Chinese New year Festival Nagoya 2018
Dec 20, 2017 By Bert Wishart
Although Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1873, celebration of the Chinese year is still an important cultural event in the country. This year (2018) the Chinese New Year falls...[ Click to read more ]
Whisky Lovers Nagoya
Nov 22, 2017 By Admin
Recently, whisky is much more popular here in Japan than it was a decade ago. The TV drama “Massan” (story of Nikka whisky) is perhaps the key to this whisky boom,...[ Click to read more ]
Nagoya’s German Market
Nov 21, 2017 By Bert Wishart
With its strawberries on cakes, love hotels and KFC, Japan gives Christmas a good try, but it doesn't quite come out right. What we need at this time of year...[ Click to read more ]
Sake Breweries Around Nagoya
Apr 25, 2017 By Bert Wishart
Were you to take the evidence offered up by Japanese TV, you might be fooled into believing that the Japanese drink of choice was either humdrum lager or cans of whiskey...[ Click to read more ]
Getting to know you: Osu, Nagoya
Feb 26, 2017 By Bert Wishart
Between Nagoya's central transport area of Meieki (Nagoya Station) in the west, and the lively shopping and commerce hub of Sakae in the east lies Osu, one of the city's more interesting and...[ Click to read more ]
St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Nagoya 2017!
Feb 25, 2017 By Ray Proper
The Osu Shopping Arcade will be bopping to an Irish jig as throngs of people in green descend to partake in this year's annual Nagoya St. Patrick’s Day Festival! With live...[ Click to read more ]
