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  "description": "Nagoya.Tech’s open mic is back again at STAR ROBOX near Horita Station on Feb 28. Short talks, builders’ crowd, free entry, optional ¥3,000 wine.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T09:12:43.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Nagoya.Tech",
    "cafe-bar.starrobox.com",
    "Check out our handy guide to using the Nagoya Subway",
    "→ ****See what’s happening in Nagoya this week****!"
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  "textContent": "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.\n\n**The Crowd**\nEngineers, founders, designers, students, people who build things. Some bring laptops. Some bring slides. Most just show up to hear what others are working on.\n\n**The Open Mic**\nTalks 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 _._\n\n**The Hang**\nAfter 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.\n\n**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.\n\nThere'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!\n\n**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.\"\n\nIf you're curious, just go!\n\n## The Details\n\n**Nagoya.Tech Open Mic\nVenue:** STAR ROBOX\n**Date:** Sat, Feb. 28\n\n**Times:**\n18:00: Doors open\n19:00: Open Mic\n20:00: Network & chill\n21:00: _Soro soro!_\n\n**Price:**\nFree entry\nOptional 2-hour wine _nomihōdai_\n¥3,000 (subject to change)\n_Drinks available à la carte_\n\n**Website:** Nagoya.Tech\n\n**STAR ROBOX**\n1-27 Shimosakacho (1F)\nMizuho-ku Nagoya\n**Website:** cafe-bar.starrobox.com\n\n### Access\n\n**By Subway:**\nTake the **Subway Meijō Line** to **Horita Station** (Station **M27**).\n\nExit 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.\n\nTotal walk is about **5 minutes**.\n\n**By Train (Meitetsu):**\nTake the **Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line** to **Horita Station** (Station **NH34**).\n\nExit the station and head south toward Mizuho Ward. Walk through the neighborhood streets toward Shimosakacho.\nSTAR ROBOX is about a **6–7 minute walk** from the station.\n\n**Local landmark:**\nThe venue is a few blocks from the **Brother Museum** , which makes a good orientation point if you are unfamiliar with the area.\n\n### Nagoya Subway Map\n\nCheck out our handy guide to using the Nagoya Subway\n\n## MAP\n\n****What else is going on in Nagoya?****\n\nNagoya Buzz publishes weekly guides to events, exhibitions, food, and the small local things that make living here easier (and occasionally stranger.)\n\nIf you enjoyed this, our ****Events Page**** highlights other things happening around Nagoya right now.\n\n→ ****See what’s happening in Nagoya this week****!",
  "title": "Nagoya.Tech Open Mic at STAR ROBOX | Feb 28",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-23T10:06:20.433Z"
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