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Nagoya’s Magazine
November 2018
www.nagmag.jp
3November 2018
Published by Carter Witt Media
Design: Rangi TM Contributors: Mark Guthrie Daniel Ostrander Carter Witt Media Preciosa Mitsuke 105 1-22 Mitsuke-cho, Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-0817
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04 Events Fun stuff to do in October
06 Sports Check out our feature on KUDO (cover)
08 Leaves Spots to check out the beautiful Autumn colors
10 Live Daniel Ostrander has some sound advice
16 Meat Get some meat from Horizon Farms
30 Humor Ask Kazuhide
Volume 9 No. 11November 2018
On the cover: Shimizu Ryota, Japanese World Champion © KUDO
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Events
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Gerry In The AtticNovember 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
"Gerry In The Attic" is a stage musical by KPB Theatre, written by Gary Beaubouef with music written by Steve Pottinger. It is in English with Japanese subtitles. Set in the English countryside the residents of a retirement home plot to take their beloved Gerry, recently deceased, to his proper resting place. A classic musical tale of catch me if you can! Think of the Possibilities!
November 2018 17th (Sat) 13:00 &18:00 18th (Sun)13:00 &18:00 23rd (Fri) public holiday 18:00 24th (Sat) 13:00 & 18:00 25th (Sun)13:00 & 17:00
Doors open 30 minutes before show time.
Adult Advance ¥3,000 (available until 11/10) Student Advance ¥2,000 (available until 11/10 - a valid student ID must be shown at the door to use this ticket)
At the door ¥4,000 yen (on the day or after 11/10) Chikusa Playhouse 3−6−10 Chikusa, Chikusa-ku (052) 745-6235 www.kpbtheatre.com
The 2018 ACCJ / TJCS Champagne Ball
November 16
This year the ACCJ and TJCS are doing something new and exciting! Expect an electrifying Viva Las Vegas theme featuring a visit from the King himself!
There won't be gambling, it's all about the shows, and headlining will be professional Elvis impersonator Mr. George Thomas, all the way from the good ol' US of A.
This year's Ball will be fun with an air of elegance and class. It will be held at the Hilton Nagoya in the luxurious Oogi Ballroom. You’ll get to partake of a premium buffet dinner. There will be the usual awards and lots of fantastic raffle prizes.
The 2018 ACCJ Champagne Ball
November 16 18:30 Reception, 19:30 Program
15,000 per person All food and beverages included..
Hilton Nagoya, Oogi Ballroom (052) 229-1525 http://www.champagne-ball.com
Osu Antique MarketNovember 18 & 28
Visitors and residents alike flock to the Osu Kannon Temple antique market. The popularity of the event is due to the amazing array of items on display from Japan’s past. Those looking for an authentic memento of their time in Japan will easily find something unusual here.
Osu Antique Market November 18 & 28 05:00~16:00 Free
Osukannon Temple Grounds (052) 231-6525
www.kottouichi.jp/oosu-kannon.htm
Nagoya Castle Autumn Festival
November 10 - 25
Visit Nagoya Castle and enjoy the special events in this year's Autumn Festival which includes chrysanthemum exhibits, the special opening of the castle's Southwest, Southeast and Northwest Corner Towers along with stage events, and food and drink from Nov 10 to 25. There's even an opportunity to partake in the tea ceremony (Nov 5 and Nov 12 ¥800), and the Nagoya Omotenashi Bushotai will also be performing on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays
Nogoya Castle Autumn Festival
November 10 to 25 Adults ¥500 Senior citizens residing in the City of Nagoya (ID required) ¥100 Yen Junior HS students and younger free.
Nagoya Castle Grounds
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What's On: Festivals, Events, and Exhibitions
Tokugawaen Autumn FestivalNov 23 - Dec 9
Autumn Leaves at Tokugawaen
Nov 23 - Dec 9 9:30~17:30 Open until 20:30 Nov 23-25 and Nov 30-Dec 2
Adults ¥300 Children (under 15) free
1001 Tokugawa-cho Higashi-ku
(052) 935-8988 www.tokugawaen.aichi.jp/english/
One of the best places in the city to view the autumn colors is the the Tokugawa Garden. Paths are illuminated by traditional Japanese lanterns allowing visitors to enjoy the leaves at night Nov 23-25 and Nov 30-Dec 2. There will be live performances and other events through Dec 9.
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Nabana No Sato Until May 6
This actually goes on for like, half the year, but the lights are worth going to have a look at if you haven't already. I would suggest getting in before sunset and avoiding weekends unless you like crowds.
Nabana No Sato
Until May 6 9:00~21:00 (22:00 on weekends)
¥2,300 (under 6 free)
Nagashima Onsen and Resort, Mie
(0594) 41-0787 nagashima-onsen.co.jp/nabana/
Transfer a to bus bound for Nagashima Onsen at Nagoya or Kuwana Stations
Subway: Ozone or Tokugawaen Shindeki Bus Stop
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The 5th World KUDO Championships and the 2nd World KUDO Junior Championships Sat Dec 1and Sun Dec 2, 2018 at The Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium (Dolphins arena)
World KUDO Championships
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SportsSports
Kudo, an offensive general martial art, is one of the “new martial arts” of 21st century. Kudo assumes the struggle of a real duel and was developed by Mr. Azuma Takashi who had turned from judo (third Dan) to Kyokushin Karate, and won the 9th All Nippon match. In Kudo, full contact punches, kicks, throws, and submission techniques on the ground are all allowed.
The Kudo players wear a blue and white Kudo uniform with a neo head gear called a “Ku” on thier head. In addition, Kudo is a martial art which pursues safety for players and is easy to understand for audiences.
Kudo is practiced at more than 100 dojos in Japan and approximately 60 countries around the world.
Following the past four rounds of world competition, the popularity of the sport began to boom in various parts of the world.
Kudo was approved to join the “Japan World Games Association” (JWGA) in May 2012, and the practitioners of the sport aim to participate in the official competition of the “World Games”, called the second Olympic Games, and also aims to become a widely recognized martial arts sport.
Come see a match!
One of the great attractions of Japanese culture is martial arts (budo). Though 150 years has passed since the end of the samurai era, people continue to practice martial arts in order to train their spirit and body without the use of a sword.
Kudo has now spread throughout the world, and is not only practiced in Japan but also in Russia, Europe, Asia, India, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, Oceania, among other places.
The blue-eyed samurai (about 300 in all) will gather in Nagoya after a discipline of daily effort and practice.
Please come to the match and support samurai's from your country in person. Your presence will be a great encouragement for all the Kudo samurai.
After watching this match please come to speak to us if you feel like learning Kudo. We are preparing a training program suitable for everybody at each dojo of Daido-Juku. For the nearby dojos in the Tokai area, please access the branch information on the Daido Juku Official
Website at:
www.daidojuku.com/home/link/link_index.html
List of participating countries (As of the end of September)
Algeria Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Belarus Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile Cote D'ivoire Colombia Cuba Spain Estonia France Great Britain Georgia Ghana Greece Indonesia India Islamic Republic of Iran Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Korea Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Morocco Maldives Mexico Mongolia Malta Myanmar Paraguay Poland Romania Russia Singapore Sri Lanka Switzerland Tajikistan Tunisia Turkey United Arab Emirates Ukraine United States of America Vietnam Yemen
And more countries are planning to participate.
The 5th World KUDO Championships
The 2nd World KUDO Junior Championships
Sat Dec 1 and Sun Dec 2, 2018 from 9:30~18:00
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium (Dolphins Arena), the first stadium 1-1 Ninomaru, Naka-ku (052) 971-2516
Tickets
Two day tickets (will be sold at the venue) Adults ¥5.000 High School ¥2,000 Junior High and under are free (¥1,000 yen discount with NAGMAG!)
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Summer is really over, but there's still sunshine and bright colors if you know where to look
Autumn Leaves
Well the end is near. Not just for the year but for the leaves on the trees. But alas their death is bright and beautiful - and one of the best things about Autumn in Japan is watching them turn to shades of amber, orange and red. It is time for Koyo - the autumn foliage. The most colorful trees this time of year are the momiji, the Japanese maple, which presents itself throughout Japan on city streets as well as parks and woodlands.
Koyo viewing is right up there with hanami, the springtime viewing of the flowers - though the festival excitement of watching the cherry blossoms bloom is a bit more of a frenzied activity than going to see the fall colors which is contemplative and crisply invigorating.
Korankei
In Nagoya you have loads of options for enjoying this seasonal display and top of most people’s list is Korankei a valley to the east of Nagoya where the leaves normally peak around mid-November. Here you will find a beautiful river and a the symbol of Korankei, the vermillion
Taigetsukyo Bridge. Viewing the autumn leaves at Korankei Gorge is a tradition dating back 380 years, when the first maples were planted. With around 4,000 individual trees, Korankei is known for having one of the best vistas of red and yellow autumn foliage which is also lit up from sunset until 21:00.
The best way to get there is by car, though a combination of busses and trains will get you there for about ¥1,500. There are stalls and vendors selling treats and souvenir items close to the bridge. It is best to get there early in the day as it can get quite crowded. While you are there you may want to check out the Sanshu Asuke Yashiki Village which has a lot of old houses and preserves a bit of the past. You can also participate in any number of activities like making washi postcards or baskets made of bamboo. Straw sandals and other novelty items are made here.
Tokugawaen (Tokugawa Garden)
If you just aren't into the crowds but want to enjoy the colors in a bit more subdued fashion check out the garden next to
Appointments (Eng /Jap) Weekdays: 10:00~20:00 Saturdays:10:00~18:00 Sun & Hols:10:00~18:00
www.newsakae-seitai.jp
the Tokugawa Art Museum, known as Tokugawaen. They also have booths set up and its a lovely place to spend some time and even take in a fusion Japanese-French lunch or dinner at the excellent (and somewhat pricey) Tokugawaen restaurant. Paths are illuminated by traditional Japanese lanterns allowing visitors to enjoy the leaves at night and the experience is quite romantic.
Local Parks
Heiwa Park
Of course most parks have koyo, but Heiwa park near Motoyama is a bit more laid back and is an enjoyable place for a picnic or BBQ during the fall months. Bring your dog, a frisbee and enjoy the wide open spaces and the tiny little lake which abuts it. Families and their kids spend the whole day here lasting into the evening hours yet it never seems so crowded. It is accessible via Motoyama on the Higashiyama and Meijo lines or via Jiyugaoka station on the Meijo line.
Shirotori Garden
Located west of Jingu-Nishi Station and just across the river, this little-known spot is adjacent to the Nagoya Congress Center. It is a peaceful and verdant park near the Atsuta Shrine which will delight those in search of a tranquil Japanese garden. The traditional beauty of the Japanese garden is expressed in the abundance of ponds, trees, fish and flowers. The park is carefully maintained and designed to express the seasons as they change. As such its a great place to go year-round. It is accessible via the Meijo Line stop at Jingu-Nishi Stn.
Tsuruma Park
Tsuruma Park is famous for its boisterous hanami parties, but the eastern part of this park has a Japanese-style garden, with a fishpond, and an iris garden. Here you will find a bit of fall colors in the middle of the city. It is easily acessible via the Tsurumai stop on the Tsurumai line.
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NAG LIVE
Daniel Ostrander offers his sound advice
Saturday 3rd
Marcellus Pittman Club Mago TBA ¥3,500
A connoisseur of sounds and styles, Detroit producer Marcellus Pittman’s sets are a lesson in how dance music should sound, all funk and soul. Highly recommended.
Martin Patino Club about 22:00 ¥2,500
Club about continues its love affair with German DJs and the underground tech and house music they specialize in with Berlin resident Martin Patino.
Sunday 4th
Peabo Bryson Blue Note 16:00 ¥9,000
R&B legend and two-time Grammy award winner, Peabo Bryson, returns to Japan. Second show at 19:00
Lovra Club about 18:00 ¥2,500
The house music mixes of this Girl from Berlin are brilliant, filled with funk and soul and pure dance fuel. Highly recommended.
Monday 5th
Set It Off & As It Is Club 3Star 17:30 ¥5,500
The inspirational lyrics of Florida-based punk rockers Set It Off have garnered them a devout following around the world. Touring mates, Brit pop punk band As It Is, is also known for upbeat tracks that souls younger than mine are sure to love.
Angra Diamond Hall 18:00 ¥7,500
Ømni, the new album from power metal rockers Angra, is performing quite well in Japan, where they are more famous than in their home country of Brazil.
Tuesday 6th
MEW Bottom Line 18:30 ¥7,500
For the 15th anniversary of their album Frengers, their first commercial success, Danish indie rock band MEW with play the entire album for the first time in full live.
DeeCRACKS Huck Finn 18:30 ¥3,500
The punk rock of this trio from Austria evokes the original spirit of both the UK
and NY movements of the 70s. Highly recommended.
Wednesday 7th
SHMU Jammin’ 18:00 ¥2,500
Experimental music act from Austin, SHMU’s latest effort, Lead Me To The Glow, is a melange of smooth jazz, shoegaze and psychedlic pop. Basically it’s somewhat strange but somehow chill.
Thursday 8th
Paul McCartney Nagoya Dome 16:30 ¥18,500
At the time of writing this, only the S-Level seats are available. By the time you are reading this, it may be too late to catch Sir Paul McCartney, the living legend of rock and roll.
Owl City with Fleurie Bottom Line 18:00 ¥7,000
Piano ballads with a tinge of electronica, I have become enamored with the music of songwriter Fleurie. Adam Young will also be there with Fireflies and whatever else he’s been up to in the 8 years since.
You might still be able to get tickets to Paul McCartney on November 8th if you are lucky
Live Music Live Music
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Fri-Sat 20:00~Late Weeknights 21:00~Late
3-10-14 PIVOT LION Bld 9F, Sakae, Naka-ku 名古屋市中区栄3-10-14 PIVOTライオンビル9F
(052) 269-1731 www.theemporiumjp.com
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This patch of London in Nagoya is in the heart of Sumiyoshi. Bar IMRI on the 8th floor is being renovated for a DEC 1st grand opening complete with live evening showcases and the club on the 9th floor is being transformed by its London crew spraywise, decorwise and with a new state of the art surround sound and lighting system.
An international and Japanese crew of djs and floor staff will look after you and give you a night out to remember.
For events, showcases, regular night schedules and party rentals please follow or contact us below.
The 19th Anniversary of the emporium is coming up!
Entry Weekdays: ¥1,500 for men ¥1,000 for ladies (includes 2 drinks)
Weekends: ¥2,000 for men (includes 3 drinks) ¥1,000 for ladies (includes 2 drink tickets)
[email protected] emporiumjapan @theemporium_nagoya @emporium_imri
Dress code is smart and casual and there are restrictions on men only groups. Ladies and mixed groups are welcome.
Mexican Restaurant and BarThe Best Tex-Mex Food in Nagoya!
Over 20 Brands of Tequila A Wide Range of Mexican Beers!
Mon-Sat 18:00~24:00 Kitchen Closes at 23:00 Closed Sunday
Fujimatsu Bldg. 2F 1-8-11 Shinsakae, Naka-ku名古屋市中区新栄1-8-11藤松ビル2F
(052) 264-0663 www.dosdesperados.com
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HANDLE4DAD Tight Rope 18:30 ¥2,500
Whether you like pop punk or not, there’s no getting away from this boisterously fun French band this month. This is just the first of 3 shows they’re playing in Nagoya during this tour. They will also be at DayTrip on the ninth and Music Farm on the sixteenth with Turning the sea into monsters.
Saturday 10th
Nagoya Metro Club Lover:Z 22:00 ¥2,500
For 27 years, the Nagoya Metro Club has provided a safe and fun environment for people to come together and dance the night away. A special thank you to their fabulous hostess, Madam d’Metro, for keeping the party going; on the second Saturday of every month you provide a safe place where all are accepted, and the only rule is love. Happy birthday to the best LGBTQ party in Japan, nay, the world!
Night Flowers K.D. Japon 18:30 ¥4,000
London band Night Flowers returns to Nagoya with a new album, Wild Notion, filled with more of their entrancing dream pop. Highly recommended.
Game Over Humans & The Jerks DayTrive 19:00 ¥3,500
I’m not sure that DayTrive can handle the raw energy and insane fans of these two alt-rock bands. Offering a 4 hour nomihoudai with the price of admission is just throwing kerosene on this tinderbox.
The Three Degrees Blue Note 17:30 ¥8,400
Since the 60s, these ladies have wowed audiences around the world with their soulful songs of love. 2 shows. Second show at 20:30
Cindy Soul Kitchen 18:30 ¥4,300
Even though I was only able to find one song from this New Zealand band, the crunchy guitars, synth beats and lo-fi vocals of that single teases enough to warrant further listening when they perform alongside NIC FIT and King
Brothers on this night in Shinsakae.
Ghost of Matsubara Midtown BBQ 19:00 ¥300
From Nagoya via New York, songwriter Tom Fallon has been a mainstay of the city for over a decade. His songs are earnest and poetic, and a joy to singalong with. You can also catch his band performing at Shooters on Sunday the eleventh.
Monday 12th
Primal Fear Club Quattro 18:00 ¥8,000
After over a decade exposing my brain to the loudest of music the world has to offer, power metal from bands like Germany’s Primal Fear just doesn’t have the same damaging impact it once did. I have become immune to the pain.
Tuesday 13th
Me First & the Gimme Gimmes Club Quattro 18:00 ¥7,500
Easily one of the most famous cover bands of all time, San Francisco’s own Me First and the Gimme Gimmes apply their machinegun-like punk rock shenanigans to some of the most loved songs in nearly every genre available.
Thursday 15th
Abstracter Huck Finn 18:00 ¥2,000
It seems I am not immune to all metal music. I nearly drowned in the madness of the sludge death of Oakland’s Abstratcter.
Friday 16th
CIRRRCLE Club Mago 21:00 ¥2,500
From Tokyo via LA, this hip hop crew blends upbeat beats with fun lyrics for a sound that evokes summertime on the beach. A warm sound that will be appreciated in these cold days. Highly recommended.
Exotica Bar ripple TBA TBA
Bar ripple digs deep into the underground music scene and comes up with bands
their discerning crowd is going to love. This month’s discovery is the hardcore act Exotica out of Brooklyn performing alongside Malimpliki and NICFIT
Saturday 17th
Tom Freund Hunny-Bunny 19:00 ¥3,800
East of Lincoln, the new album from American songwriter Tom Freund, is an intimate and heartfelt collection of Americana, haunted by the ghost of Tom Petty. It is a perfect fit for Hunny-Bunny, the best bar for music lovers. Highly recommended.
Sunday 18th
indi K.D. Japon 17:30 ¥3,300
Blending classical instrumentation and electronic elements, New Zealand musician Indira Force creates an ambient soundscape to get lost in. She’s joined on this night by art pop group French Concession, Nagoya dream pop act softsurf and more. Highly recommended.
Ron & Tony Shooters 19:30 ¥300
Ron Schröter and Tony Whatshisname from the Jerks will be doing Sunday Night Live with lots of covers you know and love as well as some original tunes.
Monday 19th
Polyphia ell.FITS ALL 18:00 ¥6,900
The complex instrumentation of math rock powered by the explosive sounds of metal, Dallas band Polyphia is the best of both worlds. Their touring with progressive rock band Covet out of San Francisco.
Thursday 22nd
Prisca Molotsi Star Eyes 18:00 ¥5,000
The diva-darling is returning to this intimate jazz club on the East End with her repertoire of well-loved R&B, jazz and gospel classics.
Live Music Live Music
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Sunday 25th
ANTISECT Red Dragon 19:00 ¥3,500
Formed in the UK during the early days of punk, Antisect was influential in both the hardcore and politically-charged punk scenes.
Monday 26th
Useless ID Club Zion 17:30 ¥3,500
All the way from Israel, this skate punk band is just further proof that punk rock might be the most universal music in this world.
Tuesday 27th
Elephant Gym Club Upset 18:30 ¥3,500
This Taiwanese band is made up of a trio of virtuosos who make highly complex songs.
Wednesday 28th
Lemon Twigs Club Quattro 18:00 ¥a6,500
Brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario have done a damn fine job revitalizing the pop music of the 60s and 70s, with heavy influences from the Beatles, The Beach Boys and Wings.
Friday 30th
the pillows Club Quattro 18:15 ¥4,320
From their successful North American tour to providing yet another kickass soundtrack for the FLCL anime series, 2018 was an amazing year for the pillows. Now they’re back in Japan and have just released their 22nd studio album, Rebroadcast, a contender for my favorite album of the year. I cannot wait to see what they do for their 30th anniversary next year. Highly recommended for all the Little Busters!
Live Music
The Pillows
Apollo Base (Shinsakae) 052-261-5308 | apollo.sflag.co.jp/
Art and Music Space GEN (Imaike) 052-751-2550 | live-gen.musical.to/
Bar Ripple (Shinsakae) 052-792-5322 | FB: Bar Ripple
Blue Note (Sakae) 052-961-6311 | nagoya-bluenote.com
Bottom Line (Imaike) 052-741-1620 | www.bottomline.co.jp
Club about (Sakae) 052-243-5077 | www.club-about.com
Club Mago (Shinsakae) 052-243-1818 | www.club-mago.co.jp
Club Quattro (Sakae) www.club-quattro.com/
Club Rock n’ Roll (Shinsakae) 052-262-5150 | www.clubrocknroll.net
Club Upset (Ikeshita) 052-763-5439 | www.club-upset.com/
Club Zion (Kamimaezu) 052-339-2331 | http://clubzion.c-o-a-l.jp/
DayTrip (Tsurumai) 052-241-5019 | http://day-trip.info/
DayTrive (Shinsakae) 052-241-5019 | 25.xmbs.jp/daytrive/
Diamond Hall (Shinsakae) 052-265-2665 | diamond-apollo.sflag.co.jp
Electric Lady Land (Osu Kannon) 052-201-5004 | www.ell.co.jp
Huck Finn (Imaike) 052-733-8347 | www.huckfinn.co.jp
Hunny Bunny (Shinsakae) www.facebook.com/hunnybunny.co.jp/
Jammin’ (Fushimi) 052-265-7601 | www.jammin.l.c-o-a-l.jp
K.D. Japon (Tsurumai) 052-251-0324 | www2.odn.ne.jp/kdjapon/
Lover:z (Shinsakae) www.thenagoyametroclub.com
Midtown BBQ (Fushimi) 052-898-5080 | www.midtown-bbq.com
Music Farm (Fujigaoka) 052-772-2314 | www.musicfarm.co.jp
Red Dragon (Shinsakae) 052-261-5007 | www.052red-dragon.com
Shooters (Fushimi) 052-202-7077 | shooters-nagoya.com
Soul Kitchen (Shinsakae) www.soulkitchen758.jp
STAR EYES (Kakuozan) 052-763-2636 | www.stareyes.jp
The Venues
Tight Rope (Sakae) 052-242-8557 | www.tight-rope.info/City Map Page 29 | D3
Mon-Thu 17:00~1:00, Fri 17:00~3:00,Sat 11:30~3:00, Sun 11:30~1:00
Pola Nagoya Bldg. 2F 2-9-26 Sakae, Naka-ku名古屋市中区栄2-9-26ポーラ 名古屋ビル2F
(052) 202-7077 www.shooters-nagoya.com
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Horizon Farms
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Services Services
farming at extreme industrial efficiency at the cost of the animal’s welfare and the consumer’s health.
What is Japan's view on factory farming?
Although Japan imports most of its meat, sadly, Japan ranks the lowest amongst all industrialized nations when it comes to animal welfare, mostly due to unawareness. Just recently Japan – the third largest industrial nation - has received a lot of criticism when it announced it won’t be able to offer free-range eggs to the Olympic athletes in 2020.
Is this why you import most of your meat?
One of the reasons. Sadly, due to low demand for ethically raised meat and due to the lack of strict animal welfare regulations, factory farming in Japan is very widely practiced. Put that together with Japan’s scarcity of (pasture) land and you get the picture. Understandably there is simply no monetary incentive for a Japanese farm unless they come up with a premium line or story. We hand-select the family farms that we partner up with and make sure they are fully in line with our philosophy and meet our high-quality standards. And that makes it very difficult for us to find a fitting partner in Japan.
Ethical and sustainable farming is gaining a lot of momentum in the west. Will Horizon Farms be the pioneer in Japan?
Pioneers in spreading the message maybe. Horizon Farms taking over the supermarket’s meat shelves? Certainly no. This is a paradox as we would need to find factory farms to be able to satisfy the demand of the ever-increasing meat consumption in Japan. However, surveys have shown that 70% of Japanese consumers are willing to pay more for healthier, family-farmed organic meat if given the choice. And we are here to offer exactly that; a better and healthier alternative for the conscious carnivore.
Are you planning on adding more products soon?
Absolutely, we have just started. Organic meat and grocery products are being added right as we speak. Our 100% natural sausages made with family-farmed pork from Hokkaido, for example, will be found online and at specialty supermarkets in Tokyo very soon. Other items that will be offered are organic groceries such as bread, tortillas, dips and sauces. In the near future, we will be offering a small selection of dairy products such as milk and cheeses from family farms as well. All products will be 100% in line with our philosophy of course.
How does ordering work?
The easiest and most convenient way is to have our products directly delivered to you. Simply order through our online store (English available) at www.horizonfarms.jp - order by 12 noon on weekdays and you'll have it delivered the next day earliest. Use NAGMAG as a coupon code during checkout for a ¥1,000 discount on your first order!
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What is Horizon Farms and what do you specialize in?
Horizon Farms is a new startup online business, located in Nagoya offering organic, ethically raised gourmet meat from family farms around the globe. We directly source and deliver to our customers anywhere in Japan.
When did you start Horizon Farms?
We’ve just incorporated our business in June 2018, so we're freshly baked, however not new to this industry.
What is your history in Japan?
I have worked for a well-known meat import and retail company for almost 8 years and had the chance to experience Japan's meat industry behind the curtains. Up until one day, I started questioning the status quo and decided that I want to offer a better alternative. This is how my wife and I came up with Horizon Farms.
What is Horizon Farms' philosophy?
Our philosophy is good farms and better food. And we mean that. All our family farms are hand-selected, and we import or source directly without middlemen. We only choose family farms who own and operate the farm themselves. This way we can ensure that there is no larger corporation above trying to run things more "efficiently".
So where does your meat come from?
Currently, our natural beef comes from the Morgan Ranch in Nebraska, USA. Our organic chicken comes from the Bostock Brothers farm in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand and our natural pork comes from the El Paso Ranch in Hokkaido, Japan. Our lamb is still in the negotiation phase but will likely come from New Zealand or Australia. All 100% nasty-free family farm produce.
What is family farming and what's different?
Family farms are small-scale, family-owned and operated farms and food producers who have smaller herds or flocks and can, therefore, offer much better conditions and pay more attention to each animal. Slow and natural growth, natural feeding, range free and pasture raising, no use of growth hormones or subtherapeutic antibiotics and the high priorities set on animal welfare, ethics, as well as sustainability are the core philosophy of family farming. This all takes a lot of effort, time and human resources making family farm produce much costlier. The exact opposite of factory farming.
What exactly is factory farming?
Without going into traumatic details: factory farms hold large numbers of farm animals, often indoors and windowless, typically at very high densities. The goal of factory farming is to produce large quantities of meat at the lowest possible cost and shortest time. Very often with the help of growth-promoting hormones, antibiotics or steroids. In a nutshell, factory farming is animal
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You’ve all seen them: Magical displays of food that never go off. Cans of Asahi, apparently held in mid-air by their own frothy waterfall. Ever wonder where they come from? Hint: They aren’t made in China. Prominent in restaurant windows from Okinawa to Sapporo, chances are that those under-appreciated works of art come from the quaint country city of Gujo Hachiman in Gifu prefecture.
Gujo Hachiman is home to not just 1, but 10 fake food factories. Since the industry’s inception, this ancient town has been the epicenter of artificial food. All roads lead to Gujo.
The fake food business got its start in Japan in 1917, when the first models were made out of wax, just like the artificial house plants of the time. Around six years later, a restaurant in Tokyo displayed artificial food to show customers what they had to offer and the restaurant saw a huge increase in revenue. Fake food on display meant more business, and that still holds true today. It does away with the guesswork and the need to use your imagination when looking at a menu. Aside from being appetizing, the food replica shows you exactly what you’ll get in terms of size and color, and assures the customer of its quality. If your food doesn’t look as good as its twin, send it back and tell the cook to try again.
The replica food industry got its legs when one of its first pioneers, Ryuzo Iwasaki, began selling his creations in Osaka in 1932. After achieving initial success in the big city, he moved back to his home town in Gifu prefecture and established what would eventually become a very real artificial food empire. A green, larger than life bust of the man sits atop a monolithic perch outside his main Gujo factory, staring over his vision of a fake food world, not far from a gigantic red fish displayed at the entrance. The story goes
that the fake food industry was born of Iwasaki’s creative impulses after he had seen wax anatomical models, fake food from nutrition lessons, and then dripped candle wax onto a tatami mat, giving him the inspiration to create a wax rice omelet. The first rice omelet with ketchup he made back in ‘32 is on display at his Gujo factory and looks as clean, bright and tasty as if it had been made yesterday.
What one Tokyo restaurant did as an experiment in advertising, Iwasaki saw as a future industry, and to this day his company reportedly provides around 80% of the imitation food seen in Japan, raking in billions of yen a year. That’s billions with a B. With dozens of locations all over the country, and over 300 employees, the Iwasaki legacy is looking to a diverse future. They’re expanding into foreign markets - especially eyeing China - making mock pet food, and even helping the Japanese government make fake drugs for training.
Food replicas aren’t just for restaurant display cases. They’re often used in commercials and photography, especially ice cream and bowls of noodles. Real ice
cream melts on the set and real bowls of noodles are difficult to dance with in a kimono, hence the need for fakery.
So how does real restaurant food go from being cooked in a kitchen to becoming plastic? Typically, fake food starts with the real thing. Sometimes sketches are made to correctly position and capture the exact way a restaurant places the various pieces of food. Pictures are taken to get the right color of all the elements, and often the actual food is brought to the factory by the restaurant or client as a perfect model. Ideally, the finished product should look as good, if not better, than the example the factory is given. The food is then put into a casting box and silicon poured over it to create a mold. Once the silicon has hardened, the food is tossed out and liquid plastic, actually vinyl chloride, is poured into the mold. The mold is baked in an oven to harden the plastic, then the model is separated from the mold, cooled and painted with an airbrush or by hand.
Making realistic artificial food often requires using the same methods as when preparing real food. Cutting plastic vegetables with kitchen knives, pressing
the sushi to the rice by hand just like a sushi chef - even going as far as adding curry powder to plastic curry - are some of the lengths these replica artists (as they’re sometimes called) go to create that realistic look.
I spoke with Kunita Tadao of Asahi Sample Kobo, who offered some insights into making fake food on the professional level. Some of the most difficult things to make are often the simplest-looking. Uiro, for example, is a nondescript rectangular block of pink goo with boiled red beans inside. The trick for the fake food maker is getting the right amount of beans in the pink stuff to make it look like the real thing, which is not as easy as it might seem. Placing the beans exactly where they need to be in order to be seen through the material is a painstaking process of placing them in the mix one by one. Another tricky one is bankuhen, those round rolls of bread which are actually one very long, thin strip of bread rolled into a circle. The difficult part is getting the right texture on the top and bottom of the roll with a slightly rough, imperfect look. Cutting the top and bottom perfectly straight doesn’t look like baked bread at all, so to get the effect, he scours the outsides with a sponge until it has tiny little imperfections that give it slight highs and lows.
His greatest challenge and artistic satisfaction, like many replica artists, comes from getting whole plastic fish to look fresh and real. The actual-size fish samples at Sample Village Iwasaki are amazing, as if they had just jumped out of the water and into the display case. To challenge themselves and show off their vivid imaginations, every year the Gujo factories have a contest to see who can make the most interesting fake food. It’s a time when making the same old thing isn’t enough, when true artistry comes into play. It’s where normal food won’t do and something striking and memorable needs to catch the judge’s attention; such as a noodle dragon, a tempura Godzilla, or Medama Oyaji (a naked man in a bowl of soba with an eyeball for a head, incase you aren't a manga fan). How these food makers can get a real fork or a pair of chopsticks to dangle in the air, seemingly pulling at spaghetti or ramen, or drinks being poured into cups seemingly frozen in time, is truly inspired. A favorite of these frozen effects is the slice of pizza being pulled from the dish by an invisible hand,
the still-hot melted mozzarella stretching from the pan. This is the stuff you don’t learn in art school.
Most of Gujo’s food replica factories and museums offer classes, called taiken, where you can make your own shrimp tempura, sushi, or head of lettuce. These practice foods are made entirely from wax, instead of plastic, because it’s cheap, safe and easy to manipulate and recycle. It looks almost identical to the plastic versions, but it’s far more fragile and won’t last as long, especially in the hands of kids. In the old days, all fake foods were made out of wax and had a limited shelf life as a result. The wax didn’t fare well, often losing its color, melting or losing its shape in high temperatures. The plastic they use now will retain its shape and color until the cows come home, so long as the cows stay out of direct light.
Not surprisingly, a disproportionate number of fake food makers are women. Sample food companies look for people who like cooking and eating, which comes more naturally to Japanese women, who traditionally do more food shopping and cooking than their male counterparts. Potential replica artists must have an attention to detail, and fair idea of how to imitate fresh food by artificial means. Watching these workers make their plastic creations is always fascinating. They make the tricks of the trade they’ve learned over the years look easy, creating tempura-covered shrimp in seconds and a whole head of lettuce in just minutes. The techniques they’ve mastered surely came by trial and error, and you have to wonder at the amount of times they got it wrong before they got it right. They work queitly in focused attention, the silence punctuated by the occasional sound of an air blast or a heat gun. Not much need for glue here, they simply heat up the pieces of plastic and they stick together like magic.
Why Gujo remains the ground zero of fake food is because, even though the company has expanded to every corner of the country, the factories of Gujo specialize in making particular elements. One factory might have cornered the market on making tempura shrimp, whereas another may have perfected making lettuce, which is the specialty of the Sample Village Iwasaki factory. An Iwasaki-affiliated plant in Hokkaido might get an order for a certain dish from
a restaurant and the Gujo factories will send the parts they specialize in to be assembled locally, much in the same way that a car is assembled from the parts of dozens of manufacturing companies.
If you've been in Japan for a while, and you’ve already given your friends and family all the traditional Japanese things you can think of, why not try fake food omiyage? Places like Sample Village Iwasaki in Gujo have the biggest selection of actual size foods, key chains and fridge magnets in Gifu prefecture, but if you really want to go whole hog, the place to go is the Kappabashi district in northeast Tokyo, most notably Maizuru, the mother of all sample food shops. There you can find the greatest variety of imitation food and drink in every conceivable shape and size. Maizuru has a Japanese-only website (www.maiduru.co.jp/) where you can order all kinds of stuff and have it delivered straight to your door. (The difference in names isn’t a typo. They can’t seem to decide on their correct name in English.)
The one thing that’s noticeably absent from artificial food is the smell of the real thing, but imitation food does its job and does it well: It makes you hungry. So next time you see fake food in the display case outside a restaurant, take a good look and appreciate the quality, knowing that more likely than not, some part of it came from Gujo Hachiman.
For information on how to get to Gujo Hachiman, check out the city’s excellent English website at: http://www.gujohachiman.com/kanko/index_e.htm
Steve Edwards takes a look inside Inside Japan’s Plastic Food Factories
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The primarily gaijin residents of the Freebell apartments have voted to leave Nagoya and are to set up their own independent state following an historic referendum today.
The vote finished 52% to 48% in favour of Freebexit who have been campaigning primarily on a platform of fear and racism.
“This is a wonderful day for democracy,” said head of the Frebexit camp Doris Johnstone, flanked by referendum strategist Nigel Garage, at a press conference in the Hub Pub. “The great Freebellish people have spoken, and now we can take steps to extricate ourselves from the bureaucrats of Nagoya.”
While the Frebexiters were celebrating, the leaders of the Fremain camp were counting the cost of complacency in their ranks, poor leadership, and being the ones to come up with the bloody stupid idea for a referendum in the first place.
“I am of course devastated that my fellow residents have voted to leave Nagoya,” said Cameron Davids, figurehead of the Fremainers. “But I disagree that I am at any fault for the predicament that we find ourselves in. Admittedly I sparked this referendum by pandering to a few bigots and then I complacently let it spiral out of control. And of course I should have known that the Freebellish public are too pig ignorant to be trusted with big decisions like these, which is why I am stepping down as leader of the Freebell Residents Association.”
“I think it is right that Davids stepped aside,” argued Johnstone. “It is time to let someone else take the reigns. But whoever is now in charge, I’m not saying it should be me, that’s for others to say, although I would do a great job, of course.
“The important thing is that no more will we have to put up with the tyrannical Nagoyan laws, most
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A Japanese man has misunderstood the #MeToo social media movement and is using the phrase at wholly inappropriate times.
Simone Welles met Kenta Tanaka at the house party of a mutual friend, and as they got on well they added each other on Face-book. Almost immediately there was a lot of interaction on Tanaka’s part, liking many of Welles’ posts with regularity, but then the first #MeToo comment appeared.
“In the wake of the Weinstein scandal our mutual friend wrote a heart-rending post about how she had been attacked when at university,” Welles explains. “I commented ‘I think you are really brave for sharing this.’ Then Kenta replied #MeToo.”
“I was really impressed by Tanaka’s brav-
ery to come out with his own admission as well as his sensitivity to stand up for women’s rights, particularly as Japan is such a male dominated society. But then I started to think that maybe he didn’t quite get the point.”
Tanaka soon started replying to every post in which Welles expressed an opinion, no matter how inane, with the hashtag.
“Whether I was saying ‘I hope it won’t rain tomorrow’, ‘I wish the guy who sits next to me at work would stop clipping his toenails at his desk’ or ‘I think someone should just go to work on Trump with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch’ and every time he just replied #MeToo.”
Welles has considered telling Tanaka of his mistake but feels that it has gone on too
long and doesn’t want to hurt his feelings. Besides, she is worried that it is not a mis-understanding, but a desperate cry for help.
“What if he really has been abused and is desperately trying to get someone to ask him about it. Of course, that would be horrible, but that’s not my job, I only met the guy once. Besides, he’s a big guy, and not that good looking. I mean, obviously I’m not saying that it couldn’t happen to… I mean… he’s a Japanese guy, so the likeli-hood is that he’s molested someone on a train, or at least indulged in a bit of power harassment, so he probably deserves it… not that anyone… God, it might be easier just to unfriend him.”
“I hope she doesn’t unfriend me,” said Tanaka. “This is funny as fuck!”
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Every autumn Japanese foliage releases a noxious poison that causes mass hysteria amongst the population, according to a scientist study.
“When the trees begin to change their colours, they release a chemical called shashintorioxide,” explains Professor Taishi Fujita, Head of Tree Studies at University of Nagoya. “As it does so, it spreads across the country a mania that causes normally sensible people to travel to mountainous areas in their mil-lions to stand for hours taking photographs of trees.”
For many years scientists have pondered the phenomenon be-
hind people going miles out of their way to stand and look at what are ostensibly just dying plant life, and those that suffer from the disorder are relieved that a reason behind it has been discovered.
“Every year without fail I travel around the country with my camera to take hundreds and thousands of images of the same trees. I consistently upgrade my camera, spend-ing millions of yen, and that’s before you add in my travel costs.
“I never look at the pictures again, though. At the end of the day they are just trees, and who wants to look at that?”
According to Shinji Yoshi-kawa, a maple tree in Aichi’s Korankei Gorge, his species are doing little wrong.
“So, I release a little poison in the air, humans go a bit crazy and they start paying us a bit of attention. So what? Every year millions of my brothers and sisters are cut down to make books, furniture and disposable chopsticks, and that’s much worse in my opinion.
“Besides,” the tree added. “What we are doing is nothing when compared to the cherry blossoms. That’s some grade-A level poison right there.”
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Crime News:The theft of bellybuttons is on the rise, according to police. “For centuries children have been warned that if they leave their stomachs uncovered that their bel-lybuttons will be stolen,” said Sar-gent Ito of Nakamura-ku koban. “But now they spend all their time playing video games and watching Pornhub and are leaving themselves exposed.” Police are on the lookout for two individu-als, Kaminari-sama and Raijin, to help with their enquiries.
Koyo-scope:Scorpio: You will have a lovely time looking at the beautiful reds, yellows and golds of the turning maple trees. But beware of strangers baring gifts. There’s monkeys in those trees, and that’s not chocolate cakes they’re throwing at you. Turn to page 17 for Mystic Mark’s predictions as to how your autumn will be. Oh, it’s shit that the monkeys will be throwing. Just in case you didn’t get that. Lots of shit. It’s what monkeys do.
Gaijin Admits to Never Using Chopsticks at HomeSimon Poulter, who has lived in Japan for three years, has admitted that he has never used chopsticks in his own home.
Poulter, 27 from Australia, regularly dines out with friends, and uses chopsticks when he does so.
“Of course, I use them in restaurants, I don’t want to be that dick who says ‘actually, can I have a fork, please?’ And it’s not that I can’t use chopsticks. In fact, my Japanese friends often tell me how good I am with them.
“But at home? No chance!”
Poulter does not have a single set of chopsticks in his home and is of the belief that they are simply backwards when compared to the more advanced technology of a knife and fork.
“The way I see it, you wouldn’t travel around in a horse and cart if you’ve got a Ferarri in the garage, would you? It’s the same with chopsticks, and at home I have no need for them when I have my trusty western cutlery.
“Chopsticks?” he added. “They are nothing more than a pair of rudimentary sticks, aren’t they?”
However, the low-tech qualities of the Japanese utensils may not be the true reason that Poulter eschews them.
“Simon’s absolutely useless with hashi,” explained his friend, Mai Nishida. “It once took him two and a half hours to eat a small bowl of ramen, and watching him try to eat fried rice is just painful.
“We always tell him that he’s really good with chopsticks, but really we are just making fun of him. In fact, if a Japanese tells you that you are good with chopsticks, you can pretty much always be certain that they are taking the piss.”
Nick Vines was disappointed today when a random Japanese person said that they thought he looked 41 years old.
Vines, 33, was drinking in the Sakae branch of Hub Pub when he approached a group of young women and began chatting them up. Having covered where he was from, how long he had been in Japan, and when he plans on going back to his own country, the conversation soon turned to Vines’ age.
“One of the girls asked me how old I was, and I asked them, flirtatiously, to guess,” explained Vines. “I was not happy with their answer.”
“He absolutely flipped out,” said Natsuho Funahashi, one of the girls in the bar. “’Forty-one? Forty-fucking-one?’ he kept shouting. It got a bit frightening, so we changed tables.”
“I admit that I may have gone a bit over the top, but I suppose it’s sometimes difficult for Japanese to tell foreigners’ age,” continued Vines. “Usually people tell me that I look about twenty-five, that I look good for my age.”
“Twenty-five?” laughed Funahashi. “If anything I thought he was older, but I was trying to spare his feelings. You can’t just grow a beard and put on a pair of hipster glasses to hide the fact that you have spent the last ten years drinking heavily and smoking non-stop in gaijin pubs. It’s either that or his previous job was something really stressful, like a paperboy in Afghani-stan or an investigative journalist in Saudi Arabia.
“He looks like shit.”
Haggard Gaijin Still Thinks he Looks 25
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Maharaja Maharaja’s excellent authentic Indian cuisine uses only Halal meat. Great location in the JR Central Towers.
(052) 587-5755 Open Daily 11:00~23:00 www.maharaja-group.com 名古屋市中村区名駅1-1-4 JRセントラルタワース13F
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Bars and Restaurants
DesperadosHands down the best Tex-Mex in town. Authentic menu, great selection of beer and over 20 varieties of Tequila.
(052) 264-0663 Mon-Sat 18:00~24:00 (Food ~23:00) www.dosdesperados.com 名古屋市中区新栄1-8-11 藤松ヒル2F
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Jerry’s UnoClose to Shinsakae-machi Stn, Jerry’s Uno has an extensive menu of tacos, nachos, pizza and other yummy things. Great selection of beers.
(052)251-1139 Daily 18:00~3:00 jerrysuno.com/shinsakae 名古屋市中区新栄1−6−6
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Bar JakimoLet the good times roll at this speakeasy tucked away at Midtown BBQ. Prohibition-era cocktails and hard to find whiskeys are their speciality. Thu-Sat 22:00~2:00 Bar Jakimo 名古屋市中区錦1-16-10
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TacosWorld Beers&
Shinsakae052-251-1139Open 18:00~3:005 min from Shinsakae-machi Stn. ¥600Corona
HeinekenBudweiserSapporo Draft
¥600¥600¥500
Daily SpecialHappy Hour! Highball, Wine (Glass) Beer of the Day: Buy one get one FREE!
Mon-Fri
until 7:30pm
Bars and Restaurants
City Map Page 29 | F3
Sun - Thu 17:30~01:00 Fri & Sat 17:30~03:00
Aster Plaza Bldg. 2F4-14-6 Sakae, Naka-ku名古屋市中区栄４−１４−６アスタープラザビル２F
(052) 262-7893 www.therockjapan.com
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Subway Sakae Stn.
November Live Music & Events
11/24 Nagoya Friends Mixer Party
11/11 Live Music (Darian&Darcy)11/18 Live Music (Jevon Allen)
Open Mic every Thursday @ 20:00!!
11/04 TBA
11/25 TBA
WAVES BURGERNAGOYA STN. (MAP P G 28 B2)Tel (052) 563-0121
“Gratin Burger”
Straight From The
Oven!
An awesome Wave’s
creation served in a
skillet with homemade
white sauce with smoky
chicken, fries, asparagus,
European and parmesan
cheese & of course, the
burger itself!
#wavesburger wavesburger.jp
WAVES BURGER NAGOYA STN. SOUTH (MAP P G 28 B4)Tel (052) 561-0522
@ Waves South
(052) 561-0522
All-U-Can-Drink ¥980! • Customize Your Burger! • Monthly Specials!
OXO KanayamaLocated in the Asunal shopping mall at Kanayama Stn, OXO has a great selection of beers, stouts, and ales in addition to a tasty food menu. (052) 331-1999 Mon-Thu 11:00-1:00, Fri/Sat ~2:00, Sun ~24:00 www.pub-oxo.com 名古屋市中区金山1-17-1 アスナル金山2F
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Elephant's NestNear the Hilton, a full menu of British pub favorites on tap. Dart boards and large screen TVs make this a popular hangout.
(052) 232-4360 Sun-Thu 17:30-1:00 Fri-Sat ~2:00 www.e-nest.jp 名古屋市中区栄1-4-3 2F
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The RockGreat food including meat pies, burgers, pasta and more! This popular bar and grill also has Aussie beers, and live sports on TV. Free Wi-Fi! (052) 262-7893 Sun-Thu 17:30~01:00 Fri / Sat 17:30~03:00 www.theredrock.jp 名古屋市中区栄4−14−6 アスタープラザビル2F
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Coat of Arms
Waves Burger
Global Gate The Corner
Mexigan
KomehyoInterlink
Shooters
Elephant’s Nest
Sakae Nanairo Don Quijote
Rockin’ Robin
The Corner
Sapporo Kani Honke
Beauty Rituals
Bank Bar and Restaurant Hospital Hotel Tourist Information Museum Police Station
Post Office Restaurant School Shopping Shrine Temple Theater
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Nayabashi
Tennozakibashi
Shinsuzakibashi
Suzakibashi
Maizurubashi
Uzurabashi
Manpukuin
Maruzen
The Strings Hotel Nagoya
• Blossa
No. 1 Ameyoko Bldg.
No. 2 Ameyoko Bldg.
Nagoya za
Prince Hotel
Nishiasahi
Hotel Sunroute Plaza Nagoya
Meitetsu Inn Nagoya Ekimae
Mitsui Garden
JR Nagoya Maharaja (13F) JR Nagoya Takashimaya Nagoya Marriott Associa
Nagoya Tokyu Hotel
JP Tower Kitte
Meitetsu Nagoya Meitetsu Dept. Store
Meitetsu Mens Meitetsu Grand Hotel
Meitetsu Bus Terminal
Kintetsu Nagoya Kintetsu Pass’e
JR Gate Tower Gate Tower Mall
• Aichi Arts CenterO
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Nagoya TV Tower •
Nagoya City Art Museum
Nagoya City Science Museum
• Shirakawa Park
Ikeda Park •
• Chunichi Bldg.
Parco
Mitsukoshi
Lachic
Matsuzakaya
Sakae Gas Bldg. •
Ferris • Wheel
Apple Store Nadya Park
Nagoya Intl. Hotel
Zero Gate
Niomon-dori
Nagoya Electricity Museum
• Flarie Gardens
Oimatsu Park •
• Naka Sports Center
Banshoji-dori
• Hisaya Hiroba
Akamon-dori
Hirokoji-dori
Nishiki-dori
Sakura-dori
Misono ES
Nagoya Kanko Hotel
Osu Kannon
Hoganji Betsuin
Sakae ES
Rose Court Hotel
Banshoji Bldg.
Naka PO
Banshoji Maezu JHS
Oimatsu ES
Chunichi Hospital Endoji
LABI NagoyaSpiral Towers
Midland Square
Castle Plaza Hotel
Sasashima JHS
ESCA
Nagoya EkimaeMont Blanc Hotel
Meitetsu Inn Nagoya Sakura-dori
Lucent Tower
Unimall
Bic Camera
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Endoji Arcade
• Zepp Nagoya
• Market Square
MaxValu Taiko
Bank of JapanHotel Wing International
Yanagibashi Fish Market Naka Ward Office
Richmond Hotel
• Funsuiminami Bus Terminal
Fushimi-dori
Wakamiya-odori
Hisaya-odori
Nagoya International CenterS
03 Kokusai Center Stn.US Consulate
Annex Oasis 21 Tourist Information
• Spaceship-Aqua• Sakae Bus Terminal
H&R Group Canadian Consulate
WINC Aichi Waves (B1F)
Skyle & Melsa
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The Emporium
Terrasse Nayabashi
Jakimo
Dai Nagoya Bldg.
Luce
Phantom Stalker
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Japan LifeAsk Kazuhide!
Nagoya’s Best
Fish & Chips!
Darts! • Ale! • Beer! • Large TV Screens • LIVE Sports!• Great Eats and Drinks!
Fushimi Stn.Higashiyama Line / Hirokoji-dori
Tsurumai Line / Fushim
i-dori
Exit 7
Elephant’s Nest
Hilton Nagoya
City Map Page 28 | C3
Sun-Thu 17:30~1:00 Fri-Sat 17:30~2:00
2F 1-4-3 Sakae, Naka-ku名古屋市中区栄1-4-3 2F
(052) 232-4360 www.e-nest.jp
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Located just one minute from The Hilton Nagoya!
Good day to you all. I am Kazuhide. Yes. People question, I real, or fake gaijin who write broken engrish? Truth is to simple. I am created, the amaterasu Omi-gami child of Jomon peoples. I AM KAZUHIDE!!!
Kazuhide
I love to read your article every month, it is the one day I can laugh at the things I see in Japan. But please tell me oh wise one, why do Japanese turn corners so slow in their cars? Are they afraid they will tip over? Japan Jay
Dear Jay,
How are you? I’m fine thank you how are you? Japanese has the shorter wheel axis span the car. Oh, and also average street width 3.7 feet more narrow idiot! This is not America beauty easy rider, this is Japan.
Dear Kazuhide,
Most revered of the Gaijin experts.
I have a question I need humbly (or not) answered…why do people eating ramen always slurp their noodles like they are deprived of oxygen? Could it be that ramen is actually a form of advanced breathing or that it is just really tasty?
I await your answer with ramen-tinted breath.
-SG somewhere in gaikoku world.
Dear SG,
I’m sorry, this is nasty sexual thing, so I cannot describe it to you for fear lose the noble reputation the Japanese culture.
Kazuhide,
Ya know what I hate? No? You don’t care? Well, I’m going to tell you: I hate those who think they can get a free English conversation lesson out of me when I’m out relaxing and getting drunk with my wife. It starts with their lame introduction and asking me where I’m from – like it’s any of their fucking business – and then turns into a million questions, including, ‘How’s my pronunciation?’ and, ‘How’s my grammar?’ and, ‘How do you say [such and such] in English?’ And the little man last night even had the nerve to ask me what my religion was! His wife was a bumbling, noisy drunk; she was knocking shit over and spilling wine all over the place – even on my smokes, and she had a constant nasal drip – snot on her upper lip, which her husband occasionally wiped off with his handkerchief. Yucky! I hope I never see them again, and if I do, I’ll only speak in Japanese; he had his trial lesson!
(Angry Baka Gaijin)
Dear Baka Gaijin,
You know what I’m hating? We import the American college graduate to Japan, to teaching my daughter and employees some Engrish. And what they doing? Doink my daughter with AIDS and can’t get me to pronounce my ‘R’ or answer my random train question. We don’t ask the Engrish practice to foreigner in their land, those are the normal one. You are branded your ass “property of Japan for teach us English” when you sign Eikaiwa contract.
Kazuhide,
There seems to be an ancient Japanese custom, the origin of which I cannot quite fathom. Here in Nagoya, during rush-hour, you may have half the city’s entire population crushed into your subway carriage, yet as a foreigner you are almost guaranteed three seats to yourself. Am I right to assume that this is the traditional way of showing gratitude to a man who has opted for a 75% pay-cut to come over to help teach the language of the world to the people of Japan?
(anonymous)
Dear anonymous,
I repeating, you branded as our “property of Japan for teach us English”, but you fail.
We can’t speak. I think we need to cut your pay more.
Kazu
Can you please tell me why does it seem that Japanese medicines have almost no effect on foreigners? Every time I have a simple cold I hope I can find pills from back home, so that I can avoid taking three times the Japanese dose prescribed in order to have some effect.
Cheers my friend!
Ferre
Dear Ferre,
We are the sensitive people. Human sleep pill does not work the large heavy bull. And Japanese sleep pill does not work the American. Same the difference.
Dear Kazuhide-san,
How do Japanese people get so skinny? Do they have a special diet? Or just a really high metabolism? I’m sorry if those questions sounded rude.
Caitie
Dear Caitie,
I appreciate and sensitive to your female weight question and problem. So, my main answer to say, stop eat so much and you getting thin natural way. Welcome to Japan please enjoy cherry blossom this next year.
Dear Kazuhide,
What for I cannot eat cherry blossom cherries? How else can I make dericious cherry pie to offer to girls in trade for the smile happy?
Buku
Dear Buku,
Cherry blossom sakura is not the same sakura to make the sweet cherry pie. It is different genus or species. Tell me Buku, can you use chopsticks?
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the August 2007 issue of Japanzine. Kazuhide moved on to his great reward in 2010.
