Living and working in
Okazaki, and used the European (night) life style it gets kind of boring after a short while. The closest place for a good time would be
Nagoya, 4th largest city in Japan.
A short trip with a rapid train will have you in sprawling Nagoya city center within 25 minutes from Okazaki JR station.



Close to Nagoya station you'll find shops like
Big Camera (where I got my laptop) and some of the more red tainted (*wink..wink*) entertainment venues.
Just 2 subway stations away you'll find
Sakae, THE
hotspot in Nagoya.
This district has department stores, electronic stores, book stores, fashion and pop stores, foods and drink shops, dicso's and bars, Live houses and so on.
Using the tv tower as an orientation point it is kind of hard to get lost, though getting a map (I found a Nagoya guide with map at the subway exit, for free) is most helpfull.


Some of the things I did during my visits to Nagoya:
'Tabe hodai', all you can eat buffy for 1 hour.

You could go and get your own food on a stick and fry them @ your table. Great fun. With 4 people we had (see above) amount of sticks after 1 hour of gorging.

This restaurant is located in the building next to the tv tower, 3rd floor if I remember correctly.
The park that runs trough Sakae hosts live performances on Sundays...


The import store! The perfect place to go shopping if you feel homesick. It imports all the stuff other countries are well known for. Like for instance you will find from Holland: cheese, stroop waffels, chocolate, chocolat spread.



A little taste of home will help you through the long dark periods of Japanese / japanised cusine.
Motown live house / soul bar Garry's:




A taste of the sites and atmosphere in Sakae ...



Some dude in a clown suit promoting something...



Yes they have an apple store..



Did you know that in Japan every city has it's very own designed man-hole covers? These I found in Nagoya:
