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  • Kiyosu Castle
    November 11th, 2009By Iain Maloney
    While the Sixties bring to mind images of hippies, Woodstock, students on the street, The Beatles on a rooftop and Jimi’s guitar on fire, the decade wasn’t all colour and light. In Japan, from the late Fifties through the Sixties, while campuses became battlegrounds, a government project to rebuild national pride was underway. Only four » Continue Reading
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  • Komaki: Culture, Sex and Death.
    November 9th, 2009By Iain Maloney
    Thirty minutes north of Nagoya, in the heart of the commuter belt, lies Komaki. This town was formed around the castle built by Oda Nobunaga in 1563. The castle was the 3rd to be built by Nobunaga, after Nagoya and Kiyosu. The idea was to make it a staging point from which to take control » Continue Reading
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  • The Osu Pigeon Army of Darkness
    July 6th, 2009By Lieske Leynen
    Back in the day, when I was living in a small town in Korea, I was walking down the street with Jenna, a friend of mine.  We were on our way to pick up some doughnuts and coffee for breakfast when out of nowhere a pigeon attacked her.  The pigeon, in » Continue Reading
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  • Higashiyama Zoo
    June 19th, 2009By Iain Maloney
    I am ambivalent towards zoos. Part of me – the inquisitive, endlessly fascinated side – loves zoos. Seeing these creatures up close and personal, watching them move, eat and sleep at a proximity I could never experience in the wild is wondrous. Stop for a second and think about what it » Continue Reading
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  • Boats and Birds on the Kisogawa
    May 20th, 2009By Iain Maloney
    The Kiso river is often called the Nihon Rhine after its resemblance to the Rhine in Germany, but it was a major focal point of life in Chubu long before anyone had ever heard of Europe. Although still vital for industry, around Inuyama the river’s primary function is now that of » Continue Reading
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  • Yoro Park and the Site of Reversible Destiny
    May 12th, 2009By Iain Maloney
    At the western edge of Gifu Prefecture, resting between the mountains and Ibigawa river lies Yoro, a daytrip idyll. Gifu can be short of ideas for those with children during the warmer months, but Yoro provides an inexpensive, varied and fun day for all. Yoro park has grown around Yoro Falls, » Continue Reading
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  • Nagoya Joe’s
    April 27th, 2009By trevor david
    ‘..you’se a window shopper/madd at me/I think I know why/you’se a window shopper/lookin’ at ish/you know you can’t buy…’ Sittin’ in my crib listening to 50 Cent’s “Window Shopper” made me start thinking about how a lot of these Nagoya’s girls do their thing. Listen, I am not mad, people have » Continue Reading
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  • Toshincho
    April 15th, 2009By trevor david
    “C’mon baby, take a walk on the wild side..” Nagoya’s known as a conservative, homogenous, sort of bland city in Central Japan. If you’re a reader of this blog, you know I’m constantly out in the streets of  758 trying to find splashes of colour and life to refute that notion. » Continue Reading
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  • Okazaki
    April 14th, 2009By Iain Maloney
    For the Nagoya day-tripper, Okazaki makes for an effortless and engaging change of scene. Less than 30 minutes from Nagoya station on the Meitetsu line, Okazaki is renowned for being the birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu, first Shogun of the Edo period (1603 – 1868). As with many places in Japan, a » Continue Reading
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  • Nagoya Live Houses
    April 8th, 2009By Iain Maloney
    For too many people, Nagoya is simply a station between Tokyo and Kyoto, offering little of interest. In addition to the tourist attractions I have written about elsewhere on this site, Nagoya also has a thriving music scene, some characterful live houses and some truly magnificent local bands. Ignored by the » Continue Reading
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