Getting to Know Nagoya

Whether you’re new in the city or are a Showa Gaijin, Nagoya is a city that always surprises. New restaurants, shops, and drinking establishments spring up all the time, and you can be wandering down an oft-trodden street and come across an ancient temple that you’ve never seen before. We all have our favorites, our refuges, our places that we like to call our own. In this More Than Relo series, Nagoya residents share their recommendations so you can get to know this evolving city as well as they do. Who: Steve Smith Where: Tony Tony Pizza Steve, a contract engineer, is currently experiencing his dream by living and working in Japan. Since he was a little kid, inspired by anime, he has been obsessed with Japanese culture, and now that he has been in Nagoya for around 18 months, he couldn’t be happier. However, that doesnt mean that he doesn’t still get a hankering for some comforts from his American home. When that happens, he heads to Tony Tony Pizza in Nakamura Ward. Tony was born and raised in Japan; however, the blood of his great-grandfather, who set sail from Italy on a course for America and set up…