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All-ages Catbus, real-world Spirited Away office part of new Studio Ghibli museum exhibit【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 29, 2022 - Tweet
If you can’t get one of the limited number of Ghibli Park tickets, the Ghibli Exhibition will still give you a taste of the magic.
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- (anime • art • awesome • Catbus • cool • Ghibli Exhibition • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • museums • My Neighbor Totoro • Nagoya • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • whisper of the heart)
Nagoya soon to join Tokyo and get its own secret, members-only parfait bar
- Dale Roll
Sep 28, 2022
And if the crowdfunding campaign is anything to go by, it’s gonna be extremely popular!
- Japan
- (crowdfunding • dessert • members-only • Nagoya • parfait • Remake Easy • speak-easy • swanky)
New Kirby Cafe coming to Japan’s most underappreciated foodie town with exclusive menu items
- Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2022
Kirby, and his appetite, show some love to Nagoya.
- Japan
- (COK • food • katsu • Kirby • Kirby Café • miso katsu • Nagoya • nintendo • restaurants • themed cafes • themed restaurants • video games)
New digital art exhibition in Nagoya promises “a paradise of bugs” in a colorful forest
- Dale Roll
Aug 5, 2022
A beautiful world of insects awaits in Japan’s fourth largest city this summer!
- Japan
- (bugs • digital art • digital art museum • insects • interactive art • Jean-Henri Fabre • Nagoya • nature • projection mapping • summer)
Mystery vegetable patch suddenly appears in the middle of Japan’s fourth-largest city【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 20, 2022
Opinions are divided, with mayor having particularly strong feelings.
- Japan
- (agriculture • cool.crazy • farming • food • funny • mystery • Nagoya • vegetables • video • weird)
Final Fantasy XIV’s newest expansions: Eorzea Cafes opening in Kyoto and Nagoya
- Casey Baseel
May 28, 2022
Final Fantasy eateries enter the game’s Stormblood and Shadow Bringer arcs.
- Japan
- (capsule hotels • Eorzea Cafe • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • food • hotels • Kyoto • Nagoya • restaurants • Shadow Bringer • Square Enix • Stormblood • themed restaurants • travel • video games)
Need a place to stay in Japan? These share houses have discounts for newly arrived foreigners
- Casey Baseel
May 22, 2022
Locations available in greater Tokyo area, Hokkaido, and historical Kanazawa.
- Japan
- (COK • deals • foreigners in Japan • Hokkaido • Kanazawa • Kanto • Living in Japan • Nagoya • Saitama • Sapporo • share houses • Yokohama)
Ghibli found out about the unofficial Ghibli cafe in Nagoya…then something very sweet happened
- Casey Baseel
May 18, 2022
Anime studio had something to say about the restaurant filled with its characters and a menu inspired by them.
- Japan
- (anime • cafes • cool • food • Goro Miyazaki • movies • moving • Nagoya • restaurants • Studio Ghibli • touching)
Japan’s Shachi Bus offers tour with no destination or leaving the bus, but something’s fishy…
- Krista Rogers
Apr 5, 2022
This first-of-its-kind tour is designed for bus lovers by bus lovers, or really just anyone who loves riding on buses.
- Japan
- (April 1 • april fools • bus tour • crazy • funny • Nagoya • Shachi Bus • shachihoko • travel • weird)
This Nagoya cafe offers a private room to enjoy tea, meditation, and solitude in total darkness
- Dale Roll
Feb 17, 2022
When we tried it, we actually felt reborn!
- Japan
- (Arimatsu • cafe • KONMASA • meditation • modern art • Nagoya • sweets • tea • themed cafe)
Japan’s leading maker of joke knives with retractable blades ends production
- Master Blaster
Sep 23, 2021
A blow to fans of consequence-free stabbing.
- Japan
- (Aichi • candy stores • festivals • Horishoten • Magic Mahoto • Nagoya • novelty goods • toys)
Japanese mayor who bit athlete’s gold medal tests positive for coronavirus
- Casey Baseel
Sep 3, 2021
Nagoya politician’s troubles continue.
- Japan
- (COK • coronavirus • gold medal • mayor • Nagoya • politicians • Takashi Kawamura)
Gold-medal-biting Japanese mayor scribbles letter of apology to staff
- Master Blaster
Aug 24, 2021
It’s the lack of thought that counts.
- Japan
- (Aichi • apology • biting • COK • gold medal • handwriting • Nagoya • Olympics • politicians • scandal • sports • Takashi Kawamura)
Japanese mayor who bit softball athlete’s gold medal to forfeit three months’ pay
- Casey Baseel
Aug 17, 2021
Nagoya politician also attends harassment awareness workshop, says comments he made about dating and marriage to medalist were inappropriate.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • COK • gold medal • Nagoya • Olympics • politicians • scandal • sports • Tokyo Olympics)
Mayor of Nagoya in hot water for biting local athlete’s gold medal
- Master Blaster
Aug 5, 2021
Maybe he was just teething.
- Japan
- (2020 Tokyo Olympics • biting • gold medal • mayor • Miu Goto • Nagoya • scandal • softball • Takashi Kawamura)
Gold medal bitten by Nagoya mayor is eligible for a replacement
- Katy Kelly
Aug 1, 2021
The athlete in question doesn’t seem eager to trade away her trophy that’s been in someone else’s mouth, however.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2020 Tokyo Olympics • 2021 Olympics • COK • gold medal • Nagoya • Olympics • politicians • scandal • Takashi Kawamura • Tokyo Olympics)
Mythical Japanese beast statues fly through air on copter ride back to Nagoya Castle home【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2021
Kinshachi head back to the roof after spending the last few months on the ground.
Japanese police take down knife-wielding man at train station without using lethal force【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2021
Incident occurred at major train station in one of Japan’s largest cities.
Nagoya man driving stolen Lexus RX steals Lexus LX
- Master Blaster
Jul 8, 2021
Brand loyalty among thieves.
We visit Japan’s new Sriracha vending machines to get our spicy red-sauce fix【Pics】
- Scott Wilson
Jun 11, 2021
Once hard to find in Japan, now it’s super convenient!
- Japan
- (hot sauce • Nagoya • SNO • spicy • sriracha • taste test • vending machine)
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