Nagoya Station
Nagoya Station at night I visited Nagoya a while ago and traveled to Ise Jingu on the train. My stay in Nagoya was short so I only managed t....
18 Sep 1:09 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ise Jingu, Naiku
The entrance way to Ise Jingu (Naiku) The entrance to Ise Jingu Naiku leads over a wooden bridge with beautiful mountain views A glimpse of ....
20 Aug 6:11 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
海の日 (Ocean Day) & 花火 (Fireworks)
For the last two years, I have attended Nagoya’s massive fireworks (花火) display on  Ocean Day (海の日): 2008 & 2009. The Minat....
20 Jul 11:57 pm  from  Haikugirl   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ryo Ishikawa breaks Tour record in Nagoya
Teenager Ryo Ishikawa carded a 12-under-par 58 – the lowest score ever on a major tour – to win the Crowns tournament ....
4 May 10:18 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Manga Farming
Manga farming is a hilarious project that recycles old manga for radish sprout farming. This was set up by Koshi Kawachi. This was installe....
29 Apr 9:05 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Day in Japan play: 6 ninja activity
You find these cool fire escape ladders on the side of tall buildings everywhere. most of them are locked and not accessible but this one wa....
18 Apr 12:30 am  from  an exchange student in japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Penguin Stadium
Penguin Stadium, The Tokyo Station store is now open The Suica Penguin character has a new store opened at Tokyo Station, inside the ticket ....
16 Apr 4:54 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
9 days to go…
So, nine days until my big move from Nagoya to Hamamatsu. Maybe that’s not so big in some people’s eyes, but for me it’s pretty major.....
8 Apr 12:09 am  from  Haikugirl   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Aho vs Baka
Schism Differences between Kansai and Kanto are slight but numerous enough that in Japan’s collective unconscious the country is though....
5 Apr 9:35 pm  from  Of Rice and Zen   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kita No Yu Shounai Onsen
Address: 1丁目132-1西味鋺, Kita Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan Telephone: 052-902-2651 Warm bath: yes Cold bath: yes Her....
5 Apr 9:27 am  from  SentoGuide   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Easter Sunday Shrine Discoveries…
When I left my house at around 1 o’clock this afternoon, I thought I was just going to the supermarket. But as I reached the supermarket, ....
4 Apr 5:04 pm  from  Haikugirl   [Profile]  [Recent] 
ざうお (The Fish!)
My friends took me to a pretty unusual restaurant recently… The restaurant is called ざうお, which means “The Fish”.  Before arriv....
4 Apr 12:37 pm  from  Haikugirl   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Meiji Mura
Recently, I went to Meiji Mura.  It’s taken me a few weeks to make this post, because I’m up to my eyeballs in work and packing at the ....
4 Apr 10:39 am  from  Haikugirl   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japaniversary!
Yes, it really has been two whole years since I said ’sayonara’ to England and flew halfway across the world to start a new life.  I ca....
21 Mar 12:27 am  from  Haikugirl   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese penis festival
Never heard of the festival here some quick information: The Hounen festival at Tagata shrine is one of the most famou....
18 Mar 5:08 am  from  DailyOtaku   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Announcement: Moving to Hamamatsu!
I have an announcement to make… *hits a glass with a spoon for shush*… I’m moving to Hamamatsu! My company is transferring me to a dif....
9 Mar 10:37 pm  from  Haikugirl   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Naked festival
Japan blogger RoninDave was able to capture some footage of this year’s Hadaka Matsuri in Nagoya; Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri in Nagoya is ....
4 Mar 8:25 am  from  DailyOtaku   [Profile]  [Recent] 
COP 10 Biodiversity Conference
On Saturday I went to a symposium at Tokyo University on Biodiversity and Sustainability: Rebuilding Society in Harmony with Nature, an edu....
1 Mar 9:05 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Walking in Nagoya
Walking around in Nagoya. Walking from Fushimi station to Osu Kannon. Was my first walk around Fushimi and found a few interesting things. o....
25 Feb 11:45 pm  from  an exchange student in japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A guide to Nagoya…
I’ve been plotting and planning to make a guide to Nagoya for quite a while now, and I’m very happy to finally announce that I’ve fini....
22 Feb 9:01 am  from  Haikugirl   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Brief Interview with Cute sexy Peruvian Waitress of Japanese Descent in Nagoya
In Japan, you always run into interesting people. While I was chowing down on a burger at Shooters in Nagoya I happened to meet a cute ....
11 Feb 4:18 pm  from  Samurai Dave   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Osu Kannon Temple and Shopping Market in Nagoya, Japan
I was visiting Nagoya and decided to drop in on Victor aka Gimmeabreakman aka Givemeaflakeman. He gave me a quick tour of Osu Kannon te....
9 Feb 10:19 pm  from  Samurai Dave   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Feature Photo 1/21/10
Tiny Torii By Dave Maat Visitors leave tiny torii as prayer offerings at a shrine in Nagoya. This photo was taken over Christmas 2009. To ....
21 Jan 10:07 pm  from  Wide Island View   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Atsuta Jingu: The Sword in the Shrine?
Few tourist attractions can boast as their main draw an item which none have seen for hundreds of years, which none are permitted to see an....
20 Jan 4:50 pm  from  GaijinPot Blogs   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hard Rock Cafe Japan
When I came to Japan in 1990 there was only one “Hard Rock Cafe” in this country at that time. It was the “Hard Rock Cafe, Tokyo” in....
12 Jan 6:02 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nagoya
Our lodgement for Nagoya was Hostel Ann, located near Kanayama Station – so we weren’t in the heart of Nagoya but a short train ride awa....
11 Jan 7:09 pm  from  Road2Japan.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hikone Castle
After Tennoji we began our journey to Nagoya, but we decided to take a brief stopover at Hikone to see Hikone Castle. Hikone Castle was sup....
5 Jan 9:59 pm  from  Road2Japan.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Toganji Temple
One final blog post today – I promise!   After successfully finding the big buddha at Shurakuen, I set out to find one more.  This time....
4 Jan 9:26 pm  from  Haikugirl   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Atsuta Jingu and Ise Jingu
I decided to start the year in style – Japanese style!  On January 1st, my mum and I went to Atsuta Jingu, and on January 2nd we went to ....
4 Jan 7:47 pm  from  Haikugirl   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Koshoji
I’ve lived in Nagoya for almost two years now, so I thought I’d seen pretty much the best of what there was to see.  I found out on Dec....
4 Jan 2:05 pm  from  Haikugirl   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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