Finally some more pictures and fun stuff!! A few weeks ago I took part in the Foreign Artists Exhibition in Nagoya. There is a ‘Nagoya International Center’ downtown that (surprisingly) tries to help out the foreign community in Nagoya and also sponsors various events. Their website: NagoyaInternationalCenter and then the Foreign Artist Exhibition page too. This was the 21st year that they had the exhibition. It ran from Tuesday October 31st to Sunday November 5th. I had one panel of drawings on display (19 drawings). (!) There wasn’t really too much point to my participation – other than to say that ‘I did it!’ So, I did it!
On the last sunday (the 5th) there was an after party for the artists and a guest or two. I went with my roommate Kerry. We took down my drawings and hit the free wine bar (yeah!!). Most of the artists who were there seemed really serious and just a bit pretentious. Kerry and I didn’t exactly blend. But it was good wine at least. After spending about 45 minutes there we decided to get out of there. We were going to go to the yaki niku place we had gone to before (from the previous post) but walked there and discovered they’re closed on Sundays!! So we just kept walking and happened to come upon a good looking place that said ‘English Menu Are Available’. It was like a sign from god!!! We found out after the fact that the restaurant is called Hana No Mai, which means flower’s dance (if I remember correctly). It was super tasty – some of the best steak I’ve had yet. We had a bunch of beer (surprise), steak, crab legs, crab cakes, french fries, edamame, and I had strawberry ice cream for dessert – with cornflakes on the side (??). Pictures below…..
And I somehow failed to mention that on the walk in between the closed yaki niku place and the Hana No Mai, we stumbled upon a winter wonderland of christmas lights and santa clauses. everywhere. it was like a sparkly plastic disease had washed over the streets of nagoya…. strange…….
