Tiki Central / General Tiki / Nagoya tiki? I found a Moai!
Post #126572 by aquarj on Sat, Nov 20, 2004 12:24 PM
|
A
aquarj
Posted
posted
on
Sat, Nov 20, 2004 12:24 PM
My wife's from Nagoya, and she's not aware of any tiki there. But there are some "beyond tiki" things you might be interested to visit. In the city, Osu is a fun district to go to, with a lot of vintage Little World in Inumaya-city is sort of like the EPCOT international pavilions. They have small examples of architecture from around the world, including some "exotic" architecture. Houses from Samoa, Indonesia, and probably some other interesting stuff. I haven't been there though, and it might not be worth the admission. You can eat foods from around the world as well like EPCOT, including spam burgers! Apparently sometimes they have special events too. The following are in Japanese only, but you might see some pics if you click around on the text links. But here's the one I really recommend. It's a little outside of Nagoya in Gamagori City, and it's called the Fantasy-Kan. Hard to describe, but it's a "fantasy museum" with lavish dioramas of an underwater world, where everything is made from thousands and thousands of seashells. The Fantasy-Kan is in the book Roadside Japan. We visited this place, and the museum part was closed, but just the cafeteria/restaurant alone was worth the trip - truly breathtaking. If you want more of a preview, I might be able to post some of my pics from there, but here's a link to a website (again in Japanese). -Randy |