Australian Craft Beer • オーストラリアの地ビール

I had a great Christmas back in Darwin at the end of 2009. While I was there, I wasted no time checking out the surprising range of Craft Brew in Australia, and sampling as many as I could. I also snapped a few photos of the great meals I had them with!

去年、クリスマスの時僕はオーストラリアに帰りました。いる間オーストラリアにある地ビールの抽出サンプルを飲むのをさっそくやりました。それらと食べた料理の写真をとりました！


Beez Neez. With a hint of honey, not bad, but not a favorite.
「bee's knees」（一流の［飛びきり素晴らしい］人［物］）と言う言葉のあそび。
ちょっと蜂蜜の味で悪くないけど気に入ってない。


Matilda Bay Redback Beer. Named after the famous Australian Redback Spider. Nice and wheaty.
マチルダ・ベーのレッドバックビアー。有名なセアカゴケグモ(Redback Spider)にちなんで名付けた。麦の味でおいしい。


Christmas Lunch; smoked ham and turkey.
クリスマスランチ；薫製ハームと七面鳥。


Boxing day lunch; leftovers!
ボクシングデー（クリスマスの翌日の12月26日）残り物だ！


James Squire Pilsner. A great pilsner.
おいしかった。


Boag's St. George; smooth and easy to drink.
これはスムーズで飲みやすい。


Christmas eve dinner.
クリスマスイブのディナー。


Blue Tongue (an Australian lizard with a blue tongue). Great name, not so great beer.
オーストラリアのBlue-tongue lizard（アオジタトカゲ）にちなんで名付けたビール。いい名前けど、あんまりおすすめできないんです。


Loverly.すばら〜しい。僕ホンマにIPA好き。初めての方気をつけてね。


James Squire Amber Ale. Nice.
まぁ。英語分かるやろう。


Fat Yak Pale Ale was my beer of the holiday. This pale ale is GREAT.
休みの一番気に入っているビール。これはうま〜い。


Little Creatures Pale Ale, also not bad!
これもおすすめできます！

Matikane Dining, Senri Chuo • マチカネダイニング、千里中央

On Australia Day (26th of Jan everyone!) i wasn't planning to do much more than go home and have oden, maybe a beer and sit back and chill. The week before I was saved from that terrible fate by Toshi Ota san from Matikane Dining, who mentioned they were having an event and asked if id like to come.
オーストラリア建国記念日（1月26日のよ皆様！）用事なにも無くて、家に帰っておでん食うってビルを飲んでリラックスしようと。僕の命をあの恐ろしい運命に太田敏一さん（マチカネダイニングのオーナ）はイベントをやっているから来ませんかとたずねました。

Right up in senri chuo, a short walk north of the station is the very fine establishment of Matikane. Ota san, one of the only pro-Australia Japanese people i know (he even sports various australian pins on his lapel), has chosen a good selection of aussie wines to match the great food they dish up. Oh my god, the food is GREAT. I heard a rumor that the head chef was stolen from one of the leading hotels in osaka. You can find him (Man San) out behind the counter, speaking Osaka Ben, asking straight questions and demanding straight answers.
千里中央駅からちょっとぐらいのはマチカネダイニング。僕が日本で会ったことある人々の中で一番オーストラリア支持の太田さん（襟にいつも違うオーストラリアの飾りピン付けてます）は出している料理と合わせるワインをオーストラリアから厳選しました。いや〜もうおいしかった。何か噂聞いちゃったよ。マチカネの料理長が大阪にある著名なホテルから盗まれたって。彼（マンさん）はカウンタ席の前に大阪弁しゃべっている。直接の質問を聞きながら直接の答えを求めっています。

The Quartet "Dolce" attended the event, a little rattled at performing (they were all so young!), but blasting out startlingly beautiful pieces nevertheless. They also played an original Waltzing Matilda. Toshi went around handing out copies of the lyrics he translated into Japanese himself for customers.
今回、企画て「Dolce • ドルシェ」が演奏に出って、ちょっとどぎまぎって言うたけど（皆若いからね）驚くほどに美しい曲を吹き出した。ワルツィング・マチルダ（Banjo Patterson（バンジョー・パターソン）によるオーストラリアの有名な民謡）のオリジナルヴァジョンもやりまして、僕が泣きそうでした。太田さんは自分がお客さんのたね訳した作詞を配りました。


They're available for parties, contact Kanoko Narukawa on kano.09052574274@docomo.ne.jp if you ever need a string quartet.
パーティなどに応じることができる、弦楽四重奏に興味ある方：生川鹿の子と連絡してください。

You know, I like the place. It's got charm, it's family oriented, and the staff are full of smiles and look at you when they talk to you. Course meals start from 3,500, great place to take dates and get bonus points for choosing somewhere with nice food.
なかなか素敵なとこ。チャームがあって、家族志向でスタッフはいつも笑顔で話しているとき視線を合わせます。コースは3,500円～です。デートでおすすめします。おいしい料理あるレストランを決めてデートに役に立つでしょう。

Did I mention how good the food was?
食事の良さ言うたけ？

What's goin' down, Feb 2010 • 何が起こってんの、2010年2月

Must Sees
Katrin Paul @ the White Chamber, Creative Center Osaka (Feb.11~Mar.7)
We met Katrin when she joined us for our Art Tour last year for Art Osaka 2009. She had been living in Tokyo for a very long time and had just come to Osaka, and discovered FLAG. With this exhibition at the White Chamber, it's a great chance to go and check out CCO and Katrin's works at the same time.

Monochrome @ Athens Gallery (bookstore 5F) (~Feb 10)
Flier arrived just in time for February. 81 LAB—Representing some of the better photography magazines in Osaka is putting this show on; 5 photographers present their monotone photos. Yuuji Nakagawa, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Miki Jyou, Ryuuhei Yokoyama and Yuuko Tada.

Other Recommends
Mariane (solo exhibition) @ Studio J (~20th Feb)
Yuka Nakata, Usugouri Pattern @ iTohen (Feb.3~14)
Meiro Koizumi "A Love Supreme" @ Gallery Raku, Kyoto Univ. of Art and Design (Feb.12~28)
Yukio Fujimoto "Notes 1979-2009" @ Sai Gallery (~Feb.13)
Mirror Montage, International Group Exhibition @ Flanders Center (Feb.15~27)

Keep an eye on these information sites:
http://www.shift.jp.org/guide/osaka/
Shift's Osaka City Guide, with 52 locations, brief reviews and access information.

http://bldg-mania.blogspot.com/
The semi-famous BMC "Building Mania Cafe", a group of 5 people absolutely nuts about discovering and tracking retro buildings in Osaka city. Specifically targeting 50's~70's.

http://kenjifukuda.blogspot.com/
A great lad called Fukuda san, with his awesome blog "Eetoko ikouka • Let's go somewhere good". He wanders around eating, drinking, digesting, then eating and drinking more and scribbling notes.

Geisou Seminar Vol.34 • 芸創ゼミvol.34

今週、29日（金）の夜「どうしよう？」と思っている方には：

Creative Center Osakaの猪股さんのお誘いで、大阪市立芸術創造館「芸創ゼミ vol.34」にて講師としてお話することになりました。FLAGを例にスモールメディアの始め方について話します。まだまだ未熟なメディアで恐縮ですが、興味のある方は是非ご参加ください。

芸創ゼミ vol.34 （詳しくはこちらへ）
FLAGができるまで ~スモールメディアの始め方~
日時: 1月29日（金）19:00~20:30
会場: 大阪市立芸術創造館
料金: 1000円

Denki Soba, North Osaka • 電気蕎麦、北大阪

When Dr Arounax fled the Nautilus with Ned and Conseil, Captain Nemo and his crew were trapped in a great maelstrom off the coast of Ireland. The whereabouts of captain nemo, his crew and the natilus remain unknown to all...

アロウナクス先生がネードさんとコンセイルさんと一緒にノーチラス号から逃げようとした時、ネモ船長と彼のクルーはアイアランド沖に大渦巻きに閉じ込められた。ネモ船長と彼のクルーの居場所は誰にも不明でした。。。

Except me. I bumped into him last year; he's running a soba shop in Tenma in what I can only describe as the remains of that great submarine, the Nautilus.

私を除いて。去年偶然で会った；天満でなんとかその偉大なノーチラス号の変化した残骸のなかでおそば屋さんとして働いてます。

For those who haven't ready 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea, here's a brief description of "Denki Soba", as it has so be called. As you eat slurp down your soba and sip Premium Malts, you're sitting inside a machine. There are metal plates are bolted to the walls, caged lights that are dim, and there's a constant throbbing droning sound of a huge electric engine in the background. I believe the sound was suppied by Implant 4, just around the corner from our office.

「海底二万マイル」のを読んでないひとのため、「電気蕎麦」の店の説明を致します。蕎麦をズルズルしてプレミアムマルツを飲みながら、機会の中にいる。壁に金属板がボルトされていて、かごに入れられた電気が薄暗くて、背景でずーとブルブルとうなる電気エンジンの音を聞こえる。その音はImplant 4が作られたと聞いた（オレらの事務所の近所にある）。

When I first heard about Denki Soba, I thought that I would get electric shocks when eating. I was rather relieved to find out that this was not that case, and delighted to actually see what it was like inside. Denki Soba is hot at the moment guys, it's the latest rumor in town, so get down there before everyone else does so you can be all cool and hip.

電気蕎麦始めて聞いた時、蕎麦によるビリビリで感電と思ってました。このことじゃないと安心しまして、店の中身を見ると喜びました。電気蕎麦は今ちょうど噂で人気ですよ皆さん、他の人の前に行って見たらいかして格好いいものなれるだろう。

Call ahead as it's occasionally closed during the week, or shuts early if business is slow, so ring before you go! Have fun!

行く前に必ず電話して下さい、不定休で客さんいない日早くしまる場合もあります。楽しんできて！

住所/Address ：大阪市北区天満３−５−１(Osaka-shi Kita-ku, Tenma 3-5-1)
→グーグルマップで表示(click for a google map)
TEL ：06-6809-5260
定休日/Closed on： 不定休/Not fixed (週に一度ほどお休みがありますのでご確認下さい/Closed about once a week, please check) 定休日は今後試行錯誤した段階で決定されるそうです/Days off will be determined on a trial and error basis from now
営業時間/Opening hours：夕方〜深夜３時まで/Evenings untill 3am（お客さんがいらっしゃらない時は早く閉店する場合があります/May close early if there are no customers）

FLAG 003! (Foreigner's Live Art Guide • 外国人のためのライブアートガイド)

Well well. Looks like I've finally found a way to get FLAG on my blog, for those who can never get anywhere to pick one up.
これはこれは、驚いたね。やっとFLAGの表示できる方法探しましたんだ。消して貰えない方に便利でしょう。

What's goin' down, Jan 2010 • 何が起こってんの、2010年1月

Happy New Year Everyone!
I hope you're geared up for a great new year this year. I certainly am. What a better way to start that What's goin' down • 何が起こってんの !

Must Sees
Transnational 2010 @ Osaka Genbi Centre (Jan.25~) (SoHo Gallery)
Celio somehow pulled it together—again!—this year for another totally international exhibition featuring it's own swath of swashbuckling artists brimming with passion and large artworks. Prepare for the fresh, unearthed stuff in this exhibition; there'll be very few "oh yeah, this person." comments going around!

Takehiko Inoue: The LAST Manga Exhibition @ Suntory Museum (Jan.2~Mar.14)
"Goodbye Suntory Museum!" Was what I was expecting to say at the end of last year, however,
I was wrong. end of this year! One more awesome manga exhibition before they pack it up and hand the wonderful building over to the city. Check out Inoue's great original work from titles we all know such as Slam Dunk and Vagabond.

"We Love Books!" International Book Art Picnic @ Nakanoshima Library (Jan.25~30), Itohen (Jan.19~30) & Calo (Jan.19~30)
And they're not joking either. The book is rarely an art medium; but at the following 3 places you can see just how a book can become a piece of art. Click the link above for more information!

Other Recommends
Ryuta Ohtake @ Taro Nasu Osaka (Jan.13~)
Under 100 @ YOD Gallery (Jan.12~) All artworks lower that 100cm!
Hishiki Yoko @ Lotus Roots Cafe (Jan.6~17)

Keep an eye on these information sites:
http://www.daneash.com/blog/
Dane Ash, DIH (Doin' it himself) Designer based in Kyoto. Great blog about everything he is doing and all the places he's going in Kansai.
www.f-l-a-g.net
FLAG for the online masses. Coming very very soon: February. We promise. Bookmark.