By Hiroki on June 18, 2010 11:43 PM
June is raining season in Japan.
It rains a lot,but it is the season when a hydrangea(Ajisai) is beautiful.
Hydrangea in Kamakura is in particular famous.
Please visit Kamakura to see ajisai!!
June 18, 2010 Archives
By Keiko on June 18, 2010 4:53 PM
Her name is Ai.
Sakura Hotel Hatagaya's staff
Today's Ai's clothes.
Green Polo (Sakura hotel original 1900 yen)
Green pants
Green socks (Now on sale at reception 300 yen)
Green shoes
There is something lacking.
I thought so.
Something.....
Something.....
Something....
I decided to gift something missing for Ai.
This is it!
Perfect!
Great!!
Cool!!
Amazing
Wow!
Kappa is a legendary animal of the Japanese monster, animal, or unidentified.
Kappa is one of the most famous monsters in Japan, along with the Tengu and Oni.
Kappa's characteristics
・Green body
・Live in rivers and bogs
・They have a dish on their head. It is needed to be wet. Otherwise, they will die.
Favorite food
・Cucumber
Favorite Sports
・Sumo
They wrestle sumo with children
・Geatest hate
Monkey
Finally,Cucumber sushi roll is called kappa-maki"
That comes from the Kappa.
By Hirotaka on June 18, 2010 10:36 AM
Is there anyone who has a plan to go to Hakone from 19/June/2010 (tomorrow) to 11/July/2010?
During the limited period I wrote above, you have 4 chances a day to take a special Hakone mountain railway (between Hakoneyumoto and Gora).
It runs slowly so that passengers can enjoy watching hydrangea as much as they like.
It stops at Miyanoshita station (major viewing spot) for 10 minutes.
And it runs in the evening and hydrangea is illuminated.
The train leaves at 18:52 and 20:35 (20:42 on weekends) from Hakoneyumoto station.
It leaves at 19:37 and 20:07 from Gora station.
*Please note that you need to make a reservation in advance.
The website of Hakone mountain railway (in japanese...)
By Ai on June 18, 2010 10:34 AM
Zojoji was founded in 1393 as an orthodox and fundamental nembutsu seminary for Jodo shu in the Kanto (east Japan) region.
Zojoji was relocated to the present site in 1598 after Ieyasu Tokugawa, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, entered Edo (present-day Tokyo) in 1590 to establish his provincial governmnet. After the start of the Edo Period when the Tokugawa shogunate ruled Japan, Zojoji became the family temple of the Tokugawa family and an unparalleled grand cathedral was built.
You can see Tokyo tower as well!
Omamori!
Omamori
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amulet
Zojoji
Befittingly in Tsuyu, the rainy season in Japan,
weather forecast says it will rain from dusk, today.
But, even if you are not prepared, you don't have to worry raining so much.
We Sakura Hotel Hatagaya have umbrellas for rent.
In Japan, diposable plastic umbrellas are very common.
You can buy them almost everywhere, about 400 yen or less.
But so called "disposable" umbrellas are actually usable again and again.
So we recycle the umbrellas which our guests left in our umbrella stand.
We rent an umbrella with a deposit of 100 yen.
Of course, this deposit is returned when our guest comes back with the umbrella for rent.
By recycling, we can use limited resources effectively. :-)
