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My night trapped in Nagoya’s flood: what do you do when Japan’s trains shut down?
- Elliot Hale
Sep 22, 2026 - Tweet
Here is essential advice for surviving sudden disaster in Japan.
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- Japan
- (Aichi • disaster • disaster preparedness • disaster response • evacuation • flood • flooding • heavy rain • Nagoya • natural disaster • SNO)
Nagoya’s famous Shinkansen platform noodle shop has other, better branches nearby
- Casey Baseel
Aug 24, 2026
Travelers love Sumiyoshi’s kishimen, but there’s a way to skip the long line and get a better deal on your meal.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Japan travel • kishimen • Nagoya • Nagoya Station • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • tourism • travel • udon)
Krispy Kreme Japan is baking up two new donuts that you can only get at one spot in the country
- Casey Baseel
Aug 15, 2026
Two classy fall flavors are on their way, but might require some travel to taste.
- Japan
- (an • an butter • anko • chestnuts • COK • donuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Premium Nagoya • Nagoya • sweet beans • sweet red beans • sweets)
Studio Ghibli theme park announces new expansion saluting a previously off-limits anime
- Casey Baseel
Aug 11, 2026
After initially saying no to a Nausicaa area, Ghibli has had a change of heart.
- Japan
- (Aichi • Amusement Parks • anime • Hayao Miyazaki • Japan travel • manga • Nagoya • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • tourism • travel)
Starbucks Japan to open Shinkansen platform stores at Kyoto and Nagoya stations
- Oona McGee
Aug 6, 2026
New stores add a fresh taste and aroma to high-speed travel on Japan’s busiest bullet train route.
- Japan
- (bullet trains • cafes • coffee • cool • drinks • Japanese trains • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • Nagoya • Nagoya Station • news • Shin-Yokohama • shinkansen • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokaido Shinkansen • trains • travel • Yokohama)
U.S. government reportedly planning to close Nagoya consulate
- Casey Baseel
Aug 5, 2026
Move would leave Japan’s fourth-largest city without consular services.
- Japan, USA
- (COK • consulate • embassy • internationalism • Nagoya • Nagoya consulate • society • U.S. consulate • U.S. Embassy)
Japanese government okays plan to create a backup capital city
- Master Blaster
Jul 27, 2026
Always good to have a spare lying around.
- Japan
- (Aichi • capital city • fukushoto • Japan Innovation Party • Nagoya • Nippon Ishin no Kai • Osaka • politics • Tokyo • vice-capital)
Japan’s adorable pudding chick becomes a transit card mascot
- Elliot Hale
May 29, 2026
One of Japan’s most popular dessert mascots is set to go with you as you tap through ticket gates.
- Japan
- (Aichi • buses • COK • cute • IC cards • Japan Railways • Japan travel • JR • JR Central • Nagoya • Piyorin • Toica • tourism • trains • transportation • travel)
Krispy Kreme Japan is bringing two special donuts to the most-forgotten big city in the country
- Casey Baseel
May 22, 2026
Local sweets-fan favorite serves as inspiration for one of two donuts not available anywhere else in the world.
- Japan
- (an • an butter • anko • COK • donuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Premium Nagoya • Nagoya • sweet beans • sweet red beans • sweets)
McDonald’s Japan adds curry French fry flavor, regional-taste burgers to its menu with Gotochi Mac
- Casey Baseel
May 21, 2026
Salutes to local specialties of Hokkaido, Nagoya, and more now available across Japan.
- Japan
- (black curry • burgers • curry • fast food • food • french fries • Fukuoka • hamburgers • Hokkaido • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mentaiko • Nagoya • Shaka Shaka French fries • Shaka Shaka Potato • tebasaki)
Stunning central Japan wisteria festival is like a purple fantasy straight out of a Ghibli movie
- Elliot Hale
Mar 20, 2026
Move over, sakura. Purple is the new pink.
- Japan
- (Aichi • beautiful • COK • flower festival • flowers • Nagoya • nature • park • seasonal flowers • tourism • travel • Tsushima • wisteria)
Poop is in full bloom at the Unko Museums for cherry blossom season
- Master Blaster
Feb 17, 2026
Spring is in the air.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • COK • events • funny • gross • Nagoya • Okinawa • poop • sakura • Tokyo • Unko Museum • weird)
Nagoya’s dark-red miso has continued to capture tastebuds for generations
- Elliot Hale
Dec 31, 2025
One taste and lighter varieties may never be enough for you again.
- Japan
- (Aichi • akamiso • culture • Elliot Hale • fermented soybeans • hatcho miso • history • Ichibiki • local cuisine • local food • mamemiso • Miso • miso soup • Nagoya • Okazaki • red miso • regional food • SNO • soybean miso • Tokai • tradition • Yabaton)
Japan’s new ultra luxurious hotel looks like a castle, is priced for aristocrats【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2025
Golden luxury for travelers with cash to spare.
- Japan
- (castles • cool • Luxury • luxury travel • Nagoya • Nagoya Castle • tourism • travel)
Experience what it feels like to step on stage as an idol at Japan’s new World Idol Republic
- Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2025
Nagoya’s otaku district has a new center for idols, idol fans, and idol fans who want to feel like an idol.
- Japan
- (cool • idol singers • Idols • Nagoya • Sakae • World Idol Republic)
For the ladies – An awesomely authentic old-school capsule hotel that accepts female travelers
- Casey Baseel
Jul 22, 2025
Our experience traveler/capsule hotel newbie spends a night at Apaiser.
- Japan
- (capsule hotels • hotels • Ikuna Kamezawa • Nagoya • SNJO • tourism • travel)
Japanese yokai spirits enter the modern era in Nagoya’s new digital art experience
- Elliot Hale
Jun 10, 2025
Enter a world of eerie beauty full of ancient demons.
- Japan
- (Aichi • art • art exhibition • beautiful • COK • cool • culture • digital art • digital art exhibition • exhibiton • history • Hitohata • Nagoya • yokai)
Japanese city pays people to stand on escalators for six hours a day【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 29, 2025
Nagoya Stop and Stand Corps is looking to change escalator etiquette.
Japan’s unofficial but approved Ghibli anime cafe is opening a new branch and looking for staff
- Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2025
Kodama is expanding with a new location closer to the Ghibli theme park.
- Japan
- (anime • cafes • cool • food • Ghibli Park • manga • Nagoya • restaurants • Studio Ghibli • themed cafes • themed restaurants)
Is “Nagoya skipping” a cause of the exodus of young people from the city?
- Krista Rogers
Mar 22, 2025
Data suggests that a relative lack of live music and performances is a contributing factor as to why many young people move to Tokyo or Osaka.
- Japan
- (Aichi Prefecture • concerts • music • Nagoya • Nagoya-skipping • society)
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