Nagoya

I had been to Nagoya for a period of 2 months from 28th Feb 2006 to Apr 30th 2006. It was the first time I had been to a foreign nation. I never imagined Japan to be such a beautiful place. All I had heard about the advance of Japan was true and I was a part of it when I was working at Denso, Kariya. I stayed here at Freebell apartments near the nagoya eki. The construction of a big hotel was going on over there plus a subway station was also being built. Being there during sakura was one of the best times I had in my life. I really want to go there again. If someone can help me find a job or let me in as a student I would be most happy to be back here.

I lived in here from Apr.2004 to Oct.2007.
This place is peaceful and livable good.

I am dancer. It is a very valuable place for me here.
In Nagoya, there are many place for practice.
We take “Nittochi-Building” everyday for practice.
This place exists on Fushimi-station.
If you can’t find here, please ask a station employee.

If you’re dancer or like watching a dance, please go to here during 24:00 from 21:00. You can watch many dancers!!

Lived in the area called Yagoto, the “Countryside” of Nagoya

I visited Nagoya for a week when I was 16, and I can’t remember anything particularly spectacular about the city; but it was my very first taste of a foreign country – besides Canada. All I can say is that it’s rather different than upstate NY.

I spent a year (1989-1990) at Nanzan Daigaku studying Japanese. Nagoya is the Detroit of Japan – home to Toyota motors.

I give it a “not worth visiting” because there isn’t much to see from a touristic perspective, but I had a crazy time living here, partying with drunken college students, camping in nearby Mie Ken, hanging out in the discos in the center of town and the underground shopping mall beneath central park, browsing the CD collection at Tower Records in Parco.

When the school year was over, I lived for a couple of months in a seedy apartment in Imaike, the red-light district, while working nights as a bartender in a jazz bar called “Jungle Jap.”

Formative years!

I went to Nagoya Castle and Atsuka Shrine this weekend. Also visited the Nagoya Station and Sakae.

It was christmas a couple of years back, I was dumb, immature, and passive while my brothers are greedy, so the result of the mixture was that instead of joining my parents and I to go to japan, they requested a new computer in exchange. BASTARDS!! The trip was fun, until I found out that our tour guild was even more dumb, more immature, and more passive than I was. One morning, we were warned to wake up by 5 am to go visit a castle. The entire journey took us around 4 hours going through highway next to 240 miles of elephant grass. When we arrived, the castle was closed. Can the tour guild can possibly be dumber? The damn thing is not open on a tuesday, and NO, I don’t just wanna see ducks swimming around the castle, I wanted to see the inside of it too. Okay, I might still be immature now….Anyway, the scenary was never the key event that makes a trip memorable, instead, what had made my trip unforgettable was a good old trandition beating freshly done by my mom behind closed doors in a hotel room, and gosh, I don’t wanna imagine how red my butt looks when the temperture is -9 C outside with snow falling down from the clear blue sky.

been there for the world expo.

I love Nagoya and lived there for more than two years. It is true that it isn’t a tourist spot, but if you’re into retailing or urban planning, it’s an interesting place. Most people simply ignore it, but it has an important part in Japanese history, is next door to the Toyota HQ, and, believe it or not, is the most brand conscious place in Japan. Cosmetics and foreign car sales are some of the highest anywhere in this city and people are extremely status conscious.
If you do go, Nagoya does have a few local dishes that are worth trying (more than can be said for Kobe for example, unless you count the Indian food there). Kishimen are the local noodles. There is also Misonikomi Udon. This is a very salty, thick soap noodle dish that is sold very hot. Some people don’t like it because the taste is very strong, but you should definitely try it.

I went to Nagoya in 2000 with a cultural exchange program. It was fantastic, but I would love to go back soon.