ながたもん ★

JA/EN

▼ Welcome to Nagatamon

Nagatamon is a local culture zine for Shin-Nagata, Kobe— a working-class corner of the city with one of Japan's biggest Vietnamese and Korean communities, a covered shopping street that's seen better days, and the kind of okonomiyaki spots locals never tell tourists about.

We run features on local food and bars, a weekly events list, a BBS-style community board, a corkboard, and a photo wall. The look is on purpose: late-90s i-mode meets early-2000s Japanese personal sites.

Meanwhile, the full Japanese site has:

  • FeaturesEN— long-form on food, bars, and people
  • EventsEN— what's on this week in Shin-Nagata, in English
  • Boards— anonymous 2ch-style threads, mostly in Japanese
  • Photo Wall— shared photo album, drag-and-drop in your browser

New here? Tap ← Back to Japanese site to see the full thing. Or use the JA / EN toggle at the top of any page.