For Visitors and Residents - The Ultimate Nagoya City guide for events, jobs and sightseeing
Komeda Kissaten（喫茶店 or café/coffee shop) is the largest café chain in the Tokai region. Of 413 shops in Japan, Aichi prefecture is home to 263 of them so you absolutely can’t miss seeing them around the city. Komeda really is the McDonald’s of coffee shops in Nagoya and outnumbers … [Read more...]
Located in the basement of Midland Square Towers (right opposite Nagoya Station), the world famous chocolate has found a popular home here in Nagoya. Not the cheapest sugar hit of the day but exquisite chocolate delights (including ice creams and cakes) sold on the first floor never cease to appease … [Read more...]
For a fantastic view of Nagoya’s station area, head up to Cafe du Ciel on the 51st floor of the JR Nagoya Station tower. To get up there, you need to go to Towers dining mall on the 12th floor and then transfer to a 2nd elevator. The cafe has a great view and serves pretty good coffee, cakes and … [Read more...]
The amazingly popular American Doughnut chain which opened its Nagoya Station branch at the beginning of 2010 is still a huge hit here. Although the initial 4 hours queues no longer line the adjacent wall stretching to the station exit, on a busy day you might still have to wait 30-40 minutes. With … [Read more...]
Sweets Paradise is an all you can eat sweets and cake parlour from Tokyo but now spreading all over Japan. For 80 minutes you can eat as much cake and dessert, (as well as savoury options and drinks) as you wish. There are two locations in Nagoya, one in the Nagoya Mode Building (from Nagoya … [Read more...]
Nagoya is a wealth of choice for cafés ranging from small local places ideal for “morning”breakfast alone, to stylish eateries popular with groups, which become bars in the evening. In fact even within Japan, the Aichi area is renowned for it’s café culture so the choice is simply … [Read more...]
Mon Chou Chou has become famous for being the place to buy the best roll cake in town. Originally starting in Osaka a little over 5 years, the roll-cake soon became popular all over the city. The first shop then appeared in Nagoya (Fushimi) in 2007 with a second being added late in 2008 (Nagoya … [Read more...]
