The Nagoya.Tech Open Mic is back at STAR ROBOX on Saturday, Feb 28—a robotics warehouse near Horita Station that doubles as a café, wine bar and event space. This time it's a Saturday, not the usual Friday. Capacity is 50 people, and they're pushing the restaurant tables into the warehouse to fit more bodies.
The Crowd
Engineers, founders, designers, students, people who build things. Some bring laptops. Some bring slides. Most just show up to hear what others are working on.
The Open Mic
Talks are short. Embedded systems, robotics, business ideas... the crushing feeling that we are merging with a sentient Ai that just wants us to pay it taxes... etc.
The Hang
After the Open Mic everyone will hang out and just drift. For those participating keep decks under 12 slides and under 10 minutes. Personal stories from the trenches work better than polish. Japanese or English, it doesn't matter. Ideas are the idea.
Nicholas, the resident wine-tech brain, curates an optional bottomless wine setup for ¥3,000. Draft beer and other drinks are available at the bar. If food runs out, there's a konbini down the street.
There's no entry fee. No pressure. You can listen, talk, or watch someone explain bots creating social networks where they speak languages humans can't understand while you ball up in a corner and sip a beer. It's fun!
STAR ROBOX is just a few blocks from the Brother Museum, which is also worth a visit. If you're new to this crowd, you can chill. The Nagoya.Tech events work because nobody is trying to make them "work."
If you're curious, just go!
The Details
Nagoya.Tech Open Mic
Venue: STAR ROBOX
Date: Sat, Feb. 28
Times:
18:00: Doors open
19:00: Open Mic
20:00: Network & chill
21:00: Soro soro!
Price:
Free entry
Optional 2-hour wine nomihōdai
¥3,000 (subject to change)
Drinks available à la carte
Website: Nagoya.Tech
STAR ROBOX
1-27 Shimosakacho (1F)
Mizuho-ku Nagoya
Website: cafe-bar.starrobox.com
Access
By Subway:
Take the Subway Meijō Line to Horita Station (Station M27).
Exit the station via Exit 3. From the exit, walk straight for a few minutes through the residential streets toward Shimosakacho. STAR ROBOX is located on the ground floor of a low industrial-style building.
Total walk is about 5 minutes.
By Train (Meitetsu):
Take the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Horita Station (Station NH34).
Exit the station and head south toward Mizuho Ward. Walk through the neighborhood streets toward Shimosakacho.
STAR ROBOX is about a 6–7 minute walk from the station.
Local landmark:
The venue is a few blocks from the Brother Museum, which makes a good orientation point if you are unfamiliar with the area.
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