Step-by-Step: Reserving Your Table at Itadaki in English
September in Nagoya carries a particular energy. The summer heat is finally loosening its grip, the streets of Osu feel a little more comfortable to walk, and the 2026 Asian Games have brought a fresh wave of visitors to a city that many travelers are discovering for the first time — or rediscovering with fresh […]
Osu Kannon & Kamimaezu Station Access: Perfect Lunch Between Asian Games Events
Here's a number that might surprise you: in a survey conducted by the Japan Tourism Agency (2023 Visitor Satisfaction Survey), navigation difficulty ranked as the second most common frustration among foreign visitors to Japan — cited more often than language barriers or food concerns. In a district like Osu, where 1,200 shops spill across a […]
8-Min Walk from Nagoya Sakae Washington Plaza: Asian Games Visitors' Hidden Spot
You've just checked into Nagoya Sakae Washington Plaza, dropped your bags, and opened Instagram. Your followers are already waiting for something memorable — not another shot of a convenience store onigiri, not a bowl of ramen that looks identical to the one you posted in Tokyo. You want that photo. The one where someone comments, […]
10-Min Walk from The Royal Park Hotel Iconic Nagoya: Hidden Wagyu Gem
The short answer: yes, Horai Wagyu can — and does — sell out before you arrive. But with one simple step taken before you leave your hotel, you can walk into Itadaki knowing your bowl is already waiting for you. If you're staying at The Royal Park Hotel Iconic Nagoya, you're sitting about 10 minutes […]
Guest at The Royal Park Hotel Iconic Nagoya? Try This Hidden Osu Gem
Here's a number that might surprise you: 29.7% of visitors from Hong Kong have been to Japan ten or more times. For Taiwan, that figure is 19.4%. These are not first-time tourists hunting for iconic landmarks — they are seasoned Japan travelers actively searching for the kind of discovery that no guidebook has gotten to […]
Nagoya Kanko Hotel Area Dining: Aichi's Rare Horai Wagyu Beef Bowl
Mid-September in Nagoya carries a particular kind of energy. The fierce summer heat begins to soften just enough to make walking through the city genuinely enjoyable again, and with the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games in full swing this week, the streets around Sakae and Osu are alive with visitors from across Japan and around the […]
Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games: The Rare Wagyu Beef Bowl Every Visitor Should Try
The 2026 Asian Games have officially arrived in Aichi-Nagoya, and the city is alive in a way that feels genuinely electric right now — packed stands, athletes from across the continent, and visitors discovering a side of Japan that most people miss entirely. If you're here for the Games, you already know that Nagoya is […]
Nagoya Sightseeing Meets Local Cuisine: Osu District Food Tour During Asian Games
A group of visitors stopped by Itadaki last week — they had been wandering Osu Shopping Street after a morning at the Asian Games venues, and one of them pulled out their phone and showed me a screenshot of our restaurant on Google Maps. "We almost didn't come," one of them admitted. "We weren't sure […]
Osu District Dining During Asian Games 2026: Nagoya's Hidden Rare Beef Bowl
You're walking through Osu after a session at the Asian Games venues, phone in hand, scrolling through the photos from the day — the stadium energy, the street scenes, the temple shots. Then a familiar frustration sets in: the food photos all look the same. Ramen. Conveyor-belt sushi. Another curry. Beautiful, sure. But nothing that […]
Nagoya Kanko Hotel Guest Guide: Authentic Rare Beef Bowl Walking Distance
A few weeks ago, a couple staying at Nagoya Kanko Hotel sent me a message through Instagram that I've been thinking about ever since. They had spent weeks planning their Japan itinerary, had read everything they could find about Horai Wagyu, and had specifically added Nagoya to their trip because they wanted to try it. […]