Magic Bar Review: A - omoro ・ あーおもろ

Me reflected in the mirror like wall on the way into A omoro.

Our last stop during our magic bar tour of Osaka was "A omoro". The owner is a good friend of the owner of the Twister magic bars in Sapporo where I do magic, so this was also a place where we had high expectations. After mentioning Twister, they gave us decks of cards with the A omoro design, so they were very nice to us. The first thing I noticed was that the design was very nice. The sign outside the bar, the sign right by the door, the tables, the counters, the walls, everything looked very modern, hip, cool, and beautiful.

大阪のマジックバー巡りの最後が「あーおもろ」という店になった。あーおもろのオーナーさんと僕が出ているマジックバー「ツイスター」のオーナーさんが仲良いなので、大阪に行ったら絶対あーおもろに行かないとね！楽しみだった。ツイスターの話をしたら、あーおもろのトランプとかを貰った！あーおもろの最初の印象が「お洒落」だった。外の看板やドアの前の看板や店のインテリアとか、何でもお洒落だった。

My friend passing below the sign right before the door to A omoro.

We came to A omoro quite late, well after midnight, on a Monday, so there were not so many guests left in the bar. There was one couple seated at the counter but they left soon after we arrived. Then we got our own private magic show at the counter.

あーおもろに着いたのが月曜日の遅い時間だったからお客さんがもうほとんどいなかった。カウンターにカップルがいたがうちらが入った時に帰った。その後貸しきり状態でプライベートのマジックショーを見せて貰った！

Osaka is famous in Japan for being a place of stand up comedy, and all people living in Osaka are expected to be funny. This was quite true at A omoro. Before the magic started, there was around 20 or 30 minutes of the owner and the first magician doing stand up comedy. Like introducing the magician in some weird way and the magician trying to adapt to that, giving up, exiting the room to be introduced again (in yet another bizarre way) etc. They were very funny.

大阪はお笑いのイメージが強いね。あーおもろでは、「さすが大阪だな」って感じだった、笑。マジックが始まる前に20～30分くらい漫才があった。マジシャンが登場する前にふざけた紹介されて、入ったマジシャンがそれに怒って裏に帰るとか。面白かった。

My friend, me, and the two magicians that did magic for us.

When the actual magic started, the magic was good too. We got to see Daichi Kitano, who did a lot of comedy magic, and Toshiaki Kobayashi who did more "normal" magic. Both did a lot of magic that I had not seen other magicians perform.

マジック自体が始まったら、マジックも良かった。キタノ大地と小林俊晶がマジックを見せてくれた。2人とも他のマジシャンがやっているのを観たことないマジックが多かった。

Us again, this time with the owner (who also does magic, though not when we were there).

First we got to see Daichi Kitano. He did many funny tricks like the "Size Surprise" where some cards suddenly change size drastically, but also did a lot of "normal" magic like coin tricks and ace productions. A cell phone appeared in a mysterious way. He was very funny.


最初、キタノ大地だった。ふざけてて面白いネタが多かった。サイズサプライズというトランプの大きさが突然激しく変わるマジックとか。もっと普通なマジックも色々やっていたけど。コインマジックとか、エースプロダクションとか。不思議なように携帯が現れたし。面白かった。笑った。

The very cool interior design.

Second, we saw Toshiaki Kobayashi. He did more traditional magic but did a lot of tricks that most other magicians do not perform. His chop cup routine was very nice. He once pulled out a box of jigsaw puzzle pieces and said "Just looking at this, it is hard to tell what the finished puzzle will look like, yes?" and we agreed. But it was actually the same Mona Lisa puzzle I had bought at the Daiso dollar store (everything costs only 105 yen) and used for the same magic trick before! Strange coincidence.

次は小林俊晶だった。ふざけたマジックではなくて、割と普通な感じのマジックを見せてくれた。他のマジシャンがほとんどやらないマジックが多くて良かった。チョップカップが良かったなぁ。ちょっとうけたのは、箱にパズルのピースが沢山ぐちゃぐちゃな状態になって、「パズルですがどんな絵になるか分かりませんよね？」と聞かれて、「そうですよね」と2人で言った。でも、「あ！僕が同じマジックをやりたかった時にダイソーで買ったモナリサのパズルだ！」ってすぐ気付いた、笑。偶然だね。

I got a deck of A omoro playing cards as a gift.

Summary:
Location: In the middle of the Osaka entertainment district.
Type of magic: Close up.
Quality of magic: Good.
Cost: Very cheap for us. Less than 3000 yen per person!
Interior: Very hip design. Very nice looking.
Staff: Very nice. Funny and friendly.
Of special note: Also did a lot of stand up comedy, which was funny.
Overall impression: Very funny. Super cheap for us. Open late. Highly recommended.

まとめ：
場所：大阪の遊ぶところの真ん中で良かった
マジックの種類：クローズアップ
マジックの質：良かった
値段：激安かった。3000円にも行かなかった。
インテリア：超お洒落
スタッフ：面白かったし、優しかったし
得点：漫才も長くやってくれて、面白かった
全体的な印象：大変面白かった。安すぎ！遅い時間もやっているから、かなりおすすめ