Love & Know

Last update/July 1, 2009
愛知・名古屋

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*Koto/Japanese harp & Kado or Ikebana
/Fower arrangement (conducted in English)

琴・華道教室(日本語、英語可)
Karate (conducted in English & Chinese)
空手教室(日本語、英語、中国語可)
*Yoga class (conducted in English,Slovak,Czeck, Russian)
ヨガ教室(日本語、英語、スロバキア語、チェコ語、ロシア語可)

The season has come.


Shellfish (clam) gathering
(Shiohigari
)

潮干狩り情報


Boating
Cruise down a river
lined with cherry trees
船遊び情報

photo: courtesy of kels

*Beach Information
(near Nagoya)




Swimming
Pool

photo:courtesy of Wahahanikki

Camping, Lodge,
BBQ site

near Nagoya


List of Beer gardens
& beer restaurants

Summer Beer Garden
is a signature summer
event .

The July Grand
Sumo ournament
will
be held in Nagoya from
12th to 26th.
*Ticket *Place
*Wrestlers to watch
*Watching morning practice
*<Grand Sumo Official Website>


*Schedule of
Firework Displays

in July & August

fireworks


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Monthly Info.
festivals, event, etc.
regularly updated
(Compact Version.)

今月の祭り・イベント
その他の情報


Useful Info.

お役立ち情報


Sustainable life
(Recycled Goods)
Give them new life!
Nothing so far
リサイクル情報


Kikuko's Useful Maps
subway lines, subway exits, towns, bldgs, etc.
*Convenient cars when
changing the subway line.

名所・旧跡・駅・・
私の手作り地図


Album

アルバム

Recipes

簡単レシピ


Trivia


雑学


Kikuko's
Picture Dictionary

regularly updated


Currency Converter
(external link)

外貨両替レート
(外部リンク)

Dictionary
(external link)

和英・英和辞書
(外部リンク)


Measurement Conversion, etc.
Jap. unitWestern unit
length, weight, vision,
shoe size etc.


度量衡換算,
靴のサイズ、視力など
日本式に変えると・・・


Support Centers,
Useful Facilities & Services.

public offices, churches,
hospitals, Job centers, etc
.
Baby-sitting Service
暮らしに重要な機関
便利な施設・サービスなど

Japanese Style Daily Life

日本式生活に
必要な事柄


Shops
discount shops,
secondhand
shops,supermarkets

いろいろ便利なお店紹介


Tourist
Attractions


観光名所・史跡など


Traditional and New
Seasonal Events



年中行事


Festivals and Events
annual


祭り


Popular Areas



Museums
Art, Science & Culture


博物館・美術館・
科学館など


International Restaurants
and Live Spots


各国料理レストランと
ライブがある店

Delicacies

Foods/
Ingredients

Society


Tradition

伝統文化

Imaginary Animals
& Goblins

Travel Reports
& Photos by
Foreign
Residents

People
Remembered in
Connection with
Nagoya

Economy
inn, hotel &
Rental Rooms

Links

Nagoya
This and That

Things Japanese

My Photo Gallery

Really ? !
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Flowers in full bloom

Hobbies & Fun
sports, music,
languages, etc.

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Monthly Information
今月の祭り・イベント その他情報
Sustainable Life
(secondhand)
Kikuko's Useful Map

Monthly Information
(Festivals, Events, etc.)

Information about secondhand goods
Subway map, Landmark buildings,
Downtown map, etc
Material which I used
on this website
Useful Information (approx. 70 topics)
Measurement, etc.
Conversion

度量衡換算とその他の換算
Recipes Trivia

Japanese language schools & classes
Internet calls
Employment Bureau for foreigners
Timetable and fare of transportation
Midnight bus in Nagoya
Japan rail pass
Japan Foundation
Japan Int'l Cooperation Agency(JICA)
Seishun 18 kippu
Halal meat
Sushi ranking for beginners
Telephone service info. on hospitals in 5 languages
Video tape conversion service
Zen meditation experience
Foreign mothers' group
When you are involved in a traffic accident
Secondhand books, CDs, DVDs
Free Noh and Kyogen performance
Cabinet e-mail magazine
external link
Sending money home external link
Virtual Museum of Ukiyoe
Currency Exchange
Baby-sitting Service

etc.(Display all the topics)


Length
Area
Volume
Mass
Speed
Pressure
Temperature
Japanese room size
Shoe size
Clothes size
Eyesight

Mekajiki no teriyaki
Tako to kyuri no sunomono
kimpira-gobo
Niku-jaga
Okonomiyaki
Pork hamburger Steak
kyuri to myoga no sunomono
Tori no kara-age
Yakitori
Oden


Whole grain bread


Ropes

Want to keep a used train ticket
How to eat sushi & sushi menu
Varieties of sushi
How to dance Tanko-bushi
The Constitution of Japan
National Holidays
Yaku-doshi
Ichi-fuji, Ni-taka, San-nasubi
National Flag and Anthem
Geisha and maiko

Nagoyan temperment
Hydrangea
Shichifukujin/Seven Lucky Gods
Doyo-ushi
The names of eras in the Edo period
Flowers
Shinbutsu-konko

etc.
Currency Converter
Kikuko's
Picture Dictionary
Dictionary Album

Currency Converter

(external link)


Kikuko's Picture Dictionary

Take a look !

Dictionary
(external link)
Album
Support Centers
Useful Facilities & Services
Japanese Style
Daily Life
Shops Tourist Attractions

Acupuncture Clinic (correspond to English)
Aichi Prefectural Gym
Aichi Prefectural Library (external link)
American Consulate, Nagoya
(external link)
Baby-sitting Service
Bank
Chikusa Sports Center
Chubu Intl. Airport/Centrair
(external link)
Church & Mosque

Credit Card
Clinic
Consulates in Nagoya
Currency Exchange
Dental Clinic ( correspond to English )
Emergency
Free Consultations
Driver's License
Embassy
(external link)
Hospitals ( correspond to foreign languages )
Immigration Bureau
International Center/Kokusai Center
Internet Service Provider
Internet café, (+Internet with manga),
Japan Student Services Org./JASSO (external link)
Japanese language schools & Classes
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (external link)
Mobile phone
Nagoya C.Tourist Information Center
Nagoya City
(external link)
Nagoya City Library (external link)

Nagoya Employment service Center for Foreigners

Post Office
Playgroup (English is used)

Real estate agency
Showa Sports Center
Swimming Pool
Telephone company
Transportation
Travel agency


Ward Office
/
alien registration, certificate of alien
registration, health insurance and pension
system

































Bath
Barbershop (discount)
Beauty Salon (discount)
Chopsticks
Currency Exchange
Earthquake
Emergency
Entrance Hall
Futon
Garbage
International phone call
Internet call
Intenet cafe
Japanese-style Rooms
Japanese Calendar
Japanese lessons in 21 lang..
(external link
Job

Kimono
Mobile phone
Moving company (discount)
Newspaper
Radio stations
Repair Shop
Spare key
Search engines worldwide
Telephone
Toilet
Video,DVD, CD Rental shop
*****

100 Yen Shops
Bazzar (NUFSA)
Bike Shops
Bookstores
Convenience Store
Department Stores
Discount Air Ticket Agencies
Discount barber shops
Discount Car Rental Agencies
Discount Drugstores
Discount/Outlet Elect.Appliances & PCs
Discount Food Stores
Discount Kimono Stores
Discount Moving Company
Discount Taxi
D.I.Y. Shops
Flea Market, Temple Fairs
Footwear (Big size shoes)
Halal food shops
International Foods
Korean Foods Specialist shops
Outlet Shops
Philippine foods stores
Secondhand car parts shop
s
Secondhand CDs, DVDs, etc.
Secondhand kimono shops
Secondhand motorbike shop

Secondhand Personal Computer shops
Secondhand shops

Sports stores
Supermarkets
Textile wholesale district
Temple Fair
World Currency Shop


Via Internet
Amazon
The Flying Pig.
The Meat Guy
Rakuten
recommended
features intersting festival or event
Akibasan Entsu-ji(temple)
Aquarium
Arako-kannon(temple)
Arimatsu-Narumi area(historical street)
Atsuta Shrine
Bansho-ji (temple)
Bluebonnet(Wild flower garden)
City Archive
Fujimae Tidal Flat
Gokoku Jinja(shrine)
Guchi-kiki-Jizo(image of Buddha)
Jimoku-ji (temple)
JR Central Towers
(Nagoya Sta. Bldg)
Heiwa Koen
(park)
Higashibetsuin
(temple)
Higashiyama Park

Hisaya-odori Park
Kasadera-Kannon (temple)
Kosho-ji
(temple)
Market tour of fish, vegetables, etc. NEW
Meijo Park
Midland Square(landscape)
Misonoza
(Kabuki theatre)
Money Museum
Nagoya Castle
Nagoya Station
Nakamura Park
Nittai-ji
(temple)
Nohgaku-do
(Noh theatre)
Norikake China Craft Center
Oasis 21
(park & event)
Osu Kannon
(temple)
Orchid Gardens
Port of Nagoya
Rokusho Shrine
Ryusen-ji
(temple)
Shikemichi
(historical street)
Shirakabe-cho Shumoku-cho area
Shirakawa Park
Shirasawa Valley

Shirotori Garden
(Jpn. garden)
Shiroyama Hachiman-gu
(shrine)
Shisei Shiryo-kan (Nagoya City Archives)

Sky Tower
(observation tower)
Souo-ji (temple)
Structures in Old Nakamura Red-Light District
Temples
Tamesaburo Memorial Museum
Todagawa-Ryokuchi Agricultural Park <*
Togan-ji
(temple)
Tokugawa Art Museum
Tokugawaen (Jpn. garden)
Toshogu
(shrine)
Toyota Commemorative Mus. of Indus.&Tech. (ex.link)
Tozanso (built in the style of a tea-ceremony house)
Tsuruma Koen (Tsuruma park)
TV Tower
Ueno Tenmangu
(shrine)
Wakamiya Hachimansha
(shrine)
Yamada Tenmangu
(shrine)


* Amusement park and Theme park
* Boating
* Cherry Blossom Viewing Spots
* Pick-your-own Strawberry Farms
* Sumo morning practice (Jun. & Jul in Nagoya)
* Beach
* Camping site
* Shellfish gathering
* Fireworks display
* Ski Resort (external link)
* Excursion ticket
* Tour of Factory
* Experience of Trad Handcrafts
* Nagoya Tour Bus
* Tour of Zen Meditation
* Tour of Sake Brewery
* Temple Fair

Surrounding Area
(Aichi Pref., Gifu Pref. and Mie Pref.)

Japan

Traditional & New Seasonal
Events
Festivals & Events
(annual)
Popular Areas
Museums
Art, Science & Culture

(O)shogatsu (January 1-3)
Kagamibiraki (January 11)
Sagicho (January 15)
Koshogatsu (January 15)
Setsubun (Around February 3)
Risshun (Around February 4)
Hari-kuyo (February 8)
St. Valentine's Day (February 14)
Hinamatsuri (March 3)
Graduation Ceremony (March)
Spring Higan (Around March 17-23)
White Day(March 14)
Hanami (Cherry blossoms season)
Hanamatsuri (April8)
Bamboo shoot digging
HachijuHachi-ya (Around May 2)
Children's Day (May 5th)
Happy Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)
Cormorant Fishing
Happy Father's Day (3rd Sunday of June)
Nagoshi-no-Harae (June 30)
Ochugen (Late June to Mid-August)
Chinowa Kuguri
Tanabata (July 7th)
Doyo-(no)-ushi
Fireworks Display (July & August)
Bon (August 13,14,15)
Choyo-no-Sekku (September 9)
Autumn Higan (Around September20-26)
Tsukimi
Momijigari (October-November)
Shichi Go San (November 15)
Oseibo (Early December-around December 20)
Bonenkai (December)
Toji (Around December 22)
Mochi-tsuki (December-January)
Christmas (December 24,25)
Toshikoshi-no-Harae (December 31)
Joya-no-Kane
(December 31)

















Nagoya

..... Nagoya Festival
Atsuta Festival

Osu Festival , etc.

Surrounding Areas Aichi, Gifu & Mie Pref
...... Tenteko Festval (Nishio.)
Naked Festival (Konomiya)
Rich Harvest Festival (Komaki.), etc.

Japan

..... Gion Festival (Kyoto)
Ombashira Festival (Suwa), etc.

Firework Display


Imaike
Kanayama
Nagoya Station
Osu

Sakae

Aichi Arts Center (external link)
Aichi Pref. Art Museum
Atsuta Shrine Trasure House

Chukyo Univ. Center for Culture & Arts
CycleGallery-Yagami Bicycle Museum

Daiichi Museum e.l.
Electricity Museum

Furukawa Art Museum e.l.
Int'l Design Center Nagoya
e.l.
Japan Spinning Top Museum e.l.
Kuwayama Art Museum
e.l.
Mandolin Melodies Museum e.l.
Meito Art Museum
Matsuzakaya Art Museum
Munetsugu Hall (1000yen Lunchtime concert !)
Municipal Transportation Archives
Nagoya Boston Museum e.l.
Nagoya City Archives e.l.
Nagoya City Art Museum
e.l.
Nagoya City Museum
e.l.
Nagoya City Science Museum e.l.
Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum e.l.***
Nagoya Marine Museum e.l.
Nagoya Municipal Archives
Noh Theatre
Noritake Museume.l.
Port of Nagoya Public Aquariume.l.
Rakushi Art Museum
Shimin Kaikan
Showa Museum
Tamesaburo Memorial Museum e.l.
The Anthropological Mus. of Nanzan Unv.e.l.
The Nagoya University Museume.l.
The Showa Museum of Arte.l.
Tokugawa Art Museum
Toyota Commemorative Mus. of Ind. & Tech.e.l.
Ukiyoe (virtual Museum) e.l.


Surrounding Area
(Aichi Pref., Gifu Pref. and Mie Pref.)

Japan
International Restaurants
and Live Spots
Delicacies Food /Ingredients Society

American Restaurant
Arabian Restaurant
Australian Restaurant
Brazilian Restaurant
Chinese Restaurant
Egyptian Restaurant
French Restaurant
German Restaurant
Halal Foods Restaurant
Indian Restaurant
Indonesian Restaurant
Iranian Restaurant
Italian Restaurant
Jamican Restaurant
Japanese Restaurant
Korean Restaurant
Malaysian Restaurant
Myanmarese Restaurant
Mexican Restaurant
Mongolian Restaurant
Moroccan Restaurant
Nepalese Restaurant
Pakistani Restaurant
Philippine Restaurant
Polish Restaurant
Russian Restaurant
Singapore Restaurant
Spanish Restaurant
Sri Lankan Restaurant
Taiwanese Restaurant
Thai Restaurant
Turkish Restaurant
UK Restaurant
Vietnamese Restaurant


...........
Vegetarian Restaurant
Microbiotic & Organic cafe
English pub
Halal Restaurant
Irish pub
Buffet Style Lunch
Jazz Live Spot

...........
Beer parlor and Beer garden
Family Restaurant
Fast food
Pizza delivery

Sushi Delivery


Japanese Cuisine
........ sushi, sashimi, tempura,
okonomiyaki, etc.


Nagoyan Cuisine called Nagoya-Meshi
......... tenmusu, tebasaki,
hitsumabushi, etc

Rice
Sake
Rice Cake
Katsuobushi
Natto
Miso
Shoyu

Tofu
umeboshi
Tsukemono


Birth Rate
Bully
Homeless
Wedding Ceremony
Karaoke
Multi-level parking system
Pachinko
Coffee Shop
Manga/Comics
Tradition
Imaginary Animals
..& Goblins of Japan
Travel Reports & Photos by
Foreign Residents


Bonote
Bunraku (external link)
Japanese Dance
Kagura
Kabuki
Kyogen (external link)
Noh

Sumo
Taiko
Traditional musical instrument
Traditional crafts of Nagoya
Traditional crafts (nation-wide)(external link)
Ukiyoe (virtual Ukiyoe Museum)
Zen

Flower Arrangement
Tea Ceremony

National Theatre of Japan (external link)
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Bonsai
Cherry Blossoms
Chigo-gyohretsu
Chopsticks
Kimono

Komainu
Lucky charm
Mochi-nage
Mochi-tsuki
Mame-maki
Omikuji
Origami (external link)
Shimenawa
Tatami
Waraji and warazori
Yukata
Yuzu-yu

Baku
Hitotsume-kozo *
Ho-oh
Kappa

Kirin
Nopperabo
Nue
Oni
Ryuu
Rokurokkubi *
Shachihoko
Shishi
Shohjo
Tengu
Tsuchinoko
Yamata no orochi
Zashiki-warashi



*Sightseeing trip for your parents
by Maria Vassileva from Bulgaria
*Traveling Japan Around Nagoya
*Want to go for an exotic outing?
by Maria Vassileva from Bulgaria
*Remi's website by Remi from France
*Hokkaido by Gabi from Slovakia
*Okinawa by Agnes from Poland
*Magome & Kiso valley
by Maria Vassileva from Bulgaria



Photo gallery
Tokyo
Yokohama
Nikko
Hakone
Kamakura
Takayama
Shirakawa-go
Kyoto
Amanohashidate(One of the Japan's three most scenic places)
Nara
Osaka
Kobe
Hiroshima
Miyajima
(One of the Japan's three most scenic places)
Okinawa

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People Remembered In
Connection With Nagoya
Economy accommodation
& Rental Rooms
Links Nagoya This & That

Agawa Yasuko
Ando Miki
Asada Mao
Asai Shimpei
Edogawa Rampo
Futabatei Shimei
Hatanaka Kiyoshi
Hattori Michiko
Hotta Akemi
Ichiro
Ito Maiko
Ito Midori
(external link)
Kaifu Toshiki
Kanda Masaaki
Kanie Atsuko
Kato Tohkuro
(external link)
Kato Haruhiko
Kato Haruko(Amin)
Kawashima Naomi
Kimura Taro
Kurokawa Kisho
(external link)
Maehata Hideko
Matsubara Chieko
Matsubara Takehisa
Miake Tamio
Migishi Setsuko
Miyamoto Nobuko
Miyazaki Masumi
Morita Akio
Murofushi Koji
Oda Nobunaga
(external link)
Oda Nobunari
Onda Yoshie
Owada Baku
Shiroyama Saburo
Sugiura Chiune
Tachi Hiroshi
Takasu Katsuya
Takeshita Keiko
Tanigawa Tetsuzo
Tokugawa Ieyasu
(external link)
Toyota Eiji
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
(external link)
Tsubouchi Shoyo
Tsukamoto Saburo
Tsuru Shigeto
Umehara Takeshi
Yakushiji Yasuei
Yagami Junko
Yamada Machiko







Economy Inn or Rest Good for students,
backpackers, economists, etc.
(Nagoya and Touristy City)

Weekly Rental Room in Nagoya
( When your family or friends come to Nagoya )

Youth Hostel (external link)

Hotel and Ryokan
(Japanese style inn)
*
If you don't mind the expense
Ryokan/Trad Japanese style(external link)
Hotel (external link)

Agency For Cultural Affairs
Aichi Foreign Students' Association
Aichi Home of the Samurai Spirit
Aichi Prefecture
American Consulate, Nagoya
Craftsmanship in Aichi
Daily Yomiuri Online + AP Associated Press
Japan Atlas
Japan Fact Sheet
Japan Links A Comprehensive Directory of Useful Website
Japan Weather Association
Japan Video Topics
JET Program
JICA Japan Int'l Cooperation Agency
Museum of Fiber Sc. and Tech.
Nagoya City
Nagoya Nagnet
Nagoya University

*ECIS Education Center for Int'l Students
*NUPACE Nagoya Univ. Program forACademic Exchange/
*NUFSA Nagoya Univ. foreign Students Association
Nagoya Institute of Technology
Nanzan University

National Astronomical Observatory
Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet
Sightseeing Association Aichi
Region & Cities
Statistics
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Trends in Japan
Virtual Museum of Japanese Art

Visiting Japan Links


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Hiroko

Reflectionsfour
(YouTube)


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Nagoya
Information about 16 "Ku" (Ward)
Nagoya dialect/Nagoya-ben
Nagoyan young lady called Nagoya-jo
Nagoya Meteorological Observatory
Former 3 biggest traditional festivals in the Edo period
Sumo (Nagoya-basho)
Temples
Mechanical Puppet Clock
School
Traditional Industries
Nagoya cuisine called Nagoya-meshi
Chunichi Dragons(baseball team)(external link)Japanese only
Nagoya Grampus
(soccer team)(external link)Japanese only
Pond /Reservoir
?X@%?!
Really ? !
Things Japanese My Photo Gallery Profile

* Meaning of stamping upside down
* Don't cut your nails at night
etc.





Asakusa (downtown Tokyo) external link video
Japanese Art of Making Thingsexternal link video
Onsen/hot spring external link video
Wooden Architecture external link video
Rescue Robot external link video
Mottainai external link video
Hakone external link video
Mt. Fuji
my photo gallery Profile.
Hobby and Fun - - -


Bird Watching

Billiards
Boating
Bowling
Classical Music
Go
Hanggliding
Hiking
Horse riding
Ice Skating
Internet (Internet cafe & Manga Cafe)
Japanese-language
Karaoke
Karate
Koto (Japanese harp)
Martial Arts
Manga (Manga cafe & Internet cafe)
Movie Theater
Noh (Utai/Noh chant and Shimai/Noh dance)
Pachinko
Paragliding
Pub/Club/Izakaya
Sports club
Squash
Stained Glass
Sumo
Swimming
Taiko (Japanese drumming)
Ukiyoe
Violin
Wall Climbing Gym
Yoga
Zen



National Theatre of Japan (external link)
Aichiken Taiikukan (Aichi Pref. Gym)

Chukyo Univ. Center for Culture and Arts

Noh Theater

Music Plaza
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*The longest recorded total solar eclipse of the 21st century for the
duration of 6 minutes 25 seconds will be able to be observed at Tanegashima Island,
Yakushima Island, Tokara Islands, Ogasawara Islands in Kagoshima Pref.,on July 22, 2009 !
*In Nagoya we can observe a partial eclipse of the sun.
The next total solar eclipse will be in 2035.















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