July 2011 Archives

Have you been to Fuji Rock Festival?
It's one of the biggest music festivals not only in Japan but also in the world!

It started on this Friday and ends on Sunday.

http://www.smash-uk.com/frf11/

This year's headliner is Coldplay who performed on Friday. Chemical Brothers will close the event on Sunday.

If you want to see the event live, inter FM does the live stream of the event on Ustream.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/interfm-fuji-rock-festival-11

Let's Rock!

 

On July 23rd(sat.), I went to YOYOGI PARK.

There was Oktober Fest, (normally said October Festa）.

 People enjoyed dancing together,with beer glasses, eating and drinking during watching the people, and the festival was being a climax when I joined .   

     By the way,we prepare Beers of the world for Sakura Cafe Hatagaya's menu.

Let's try to drink them!

 

 

 

In Japan most ATM do not accept bank cards and credit cards

issued in other countries even if it is mega bank's ATM.
They accept domestic cards only.It's very inconvenient for visitors...

But no worries!

Look for Seven Eleven(convenience store) .

ATMs in Seven Eleven accept foreign country issued cards.
You can get cash anytime!In addition Japan Postal Bank's ATMs

also accept other country issued cards.

7月31日（Sun）14:00　START！

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We are happy to announce that lately the number of foreign guests at Hatagaya has been increasing steadily! Today's check-outs included guests from:

 

 

  the USA

 

  

 

the Philippines

 

Spain

 

 

 

and Germany!

 

 

And a few minutes ago some guys from the Netherlands checked in. One of the fun parts of working at a hotel is that you meet people from all around the world on a daily basis!

 

 

 

Oh, and this is totally unrelated, but I really like this photo of Ai being absorbed in her work while the workers in the background are tearing down the wall next to her. XD

 

 

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7月31日（Sun）14:00　START！

The wall between the front desk and the cafe were broken. 

 

Now we have a good view of the cafe from the front desk.

 

It means that customers have a good view of the front desk from seats in the cafe.

Please feel free to talk to us.

 

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Do you know 'Paratha'??

It's one kind of Indian Bread.

It taste crispy and useful for Pizza and dessert like this↓

 

This is Sakura Cafe Hatagaya's dessert, 'Caramel Nuts Paratha', @350 yen.

Most of customers order this menu again , if they order one time!

How about to taste it (^^) ??

 

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Have you ever eaten eel?

Today is "the day of the ox." Japanese often eat eel on the day of the ox.

Why eat EEL on the day of the OX?
It is said that eel restaurants put the sign up saying
"it is better to eat something starts with U on the day of the ox. (Ox is "Ushi," eel is "Unagi" in Japanese.) So let's eat eel!"

Well, ox and eel are not quite the same, but eel is delicious! (to me, anyway.) If you haven't tried one yet, please give it a try!

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 About 20min walk from our hotel,you will see an outstanding building in
Inogashira street.

It's Tokyo Camii,which is the biggest Turkish mosque in Tokyo.
The interior decoration is made by Turkish craftsmen.

Non-Muslims are welcome to see inside the mosque.
In 1st floor there are a meeting place,a souvenir shop
and Tukish culture centre.

Coming up to 2nd floor,you see a huge praying hall with splended
decoration.You can come in except praying times.

My favourite is a terrace just outside the praying hall.
Breeze is so nice here!

 

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The idea of using a "green curtain," to save as much electric power as possible on air conditioning.

I found a book which compared Germany and Japan!

18-20 years old man

Germany：181cm　74kg

Japan：171cm　63kg

18-20 years old woman

Germany：167cm　61kg

Japan：159cm　51kg

 

Coming of age

Germany：18 years old

Japan：20 years old

 Old enough to drink

Germany：over 16 years old(low alcohol)

Japan：over 20years old

Marriage

Germany：Over 18years old

Japan：man:over 16years old　woman:over 18years old

Driving lisence

Germany：over 18years old

  Japan：Over 18years old

Smoking

Germany：over 18 years old

Japan：over 20years old

 

I'm wondering what  "Low alcohol "drink is..??

By the way、You can enjoy Germany beer at Sakura Cafe Hatagaya!

Creemy and bitter a little bit. 

Also if you have any question about Germany, please ask Ms Anne!(Sakura hotel staff)

 

 

 

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Yesterday we had our 4th "Traveler's Cafe" at Sakura Cafe Hatagaya!

Many new faces showed up and we had lots of fun talking about our travel experiences. This month's topic was "Foreigners / Japanese people are strange". It was so interesting to hear what everyone had to say. We laughed and drank a lot.

 

Thanks everyone who joined us last night! We're looking forward to next month`s gathering.

Hope to see you soon! (^O^)/

 

 

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His name is Mr Fabio Santomauro, came from Italy.

 

He always drink a cup of espresso in the morning , he said.

 

Then, I asked him to taste Sakura Cafe's cuppcino.

 

 

 

We have many kinds of cute coffee cups!

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His name is Matt, an artist from Australia!

When he checked in at Sakura Hotel Hatagaya, he introduced his great work to me!

His designed pictures will be  watched at Design Festa Gallary in Harajuku, for 3 days from Tomorrow.

With very very high technology!

 

By the way, you can meet many arthists and designers including Matt.

And you don't need any fee to enter the gallary! Amazing! 

 

Map to Design Festa Gallary

【Access from Sakura Hotel Hatagaya】

Hatagaya→Shinjuku（JR Yamanote Line）→Harajuku, Takeshitadori Exit, walk 10 minutes. 

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3776m high Mt.Fuji opened at 1 July.
I went there to get to the summit.
As it was still rainy season,most of passengers in a bus to Mt.Fuji 5th station
from Shinjuku West bus terminal were foreign tourists.

I started climbing at 10:30PM.It was so windy!!
Above 7th station it became like a storm.

I got to main 8th station at 3400m around 3:30AM,there still was a thick and chilly fog.
As I knew all mountain huts after here were still closed,I finally gave up getting to the peak.

I don't have any photos this time.
I took the video in the descending route.You see it was still very windy!

I will try again in this season.

 

 

 

July 7th was "Tanabata" in most of the parts of Japan.
I went to pre-opening ceremony of Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival.

I said "pre" because the actual festival events took place from July 8th to July 10th.

At the ceremony, there was a prayer for safety and success of the festival.

They also introduced "Orihime." They were more like campaign ladies though.

I saw a nice "Tanzaku" for Tohoku. I hope our prayers reach there.

Did you make a wish this year?

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July 11th is Seven-Eleven Day!!

 

As you know,Seven-Eleven is biggest  convenience store chain in Japan.

Did you know why they named Seven-Eleven?

Now,Seven-Eleven is open 24 hours.

But at the time of opening,they really open seven in the morning to eleven in the night only.

It's good thing they open 24 hours now!!

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My friend and I went to Cherry picking tour last week.

"Hato bus" is Tour company,they covered several kind of launguage!

Our tour including "Haruna_Shrine sight seeing" &"Hot spring"&"Lunch"&"Cherry picking"

 

Haruna Shrine

             

  Reflesh!!

Hot Spring(Yakushiji Hot spring)

        

                        

There is Rice cake making Event!   

It was good experience for my foreign friends!

We ate 100 cherries each!!

I couldnt eat Dinner too much eat that day.

Next time we can go together! If you would like to go with us ,let me know!!

 

SAKURA HOTEL HATAGAYA 
Address: 1-32-3 Hatagaya Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Japan 151-0072 
Phone: +81-3-5330-5250 (03-5330-5250) 
Fax: +81-3-5330-5251 (03-5330-5251) 
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Have you ever went to Fujikyu Highland ??

I went to there last year!

I really love to ride on jet coasters!

 On 16of July, Takabisya, a new jet coaster, will start to work!! 

 

My favorite is, Tekkotsu Bancho .↓

                   You will feel the most scarely experience in your life, won't you?

 I'll try to ride this monster coaster 'Takabisya' in the near future!!

SAKURA HOTEL HATAGAYA 
Address: 1-32-3 Hatagaya Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Japan 151-0072 
Phone: +81-3-5330-5250 (03-5330-5250) 
Fax: +81-3-5330-5251 (03-5330-5251) 
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"My Day Off" serise again!

A couple days ago, I went to see a friend of mine and her 3months baby:)

 

She is tiny but her baby is sooo tiny and sooo cute too!!!

 

 

We've known each other since grade 7...

so still can't believe she is a mom!

But whenever I saw she takes care of her baby,

I felt.. yea right time goes so fast...

and I used to be a baby too :P

It was a day I appreciated my parents again.

Good  day! 

SAKURA HOTEL HATAGAYA 
Address: 1-32-3 Hatagaya Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Japan 151-0072 
Phone: +81-3-5330-5250 (03-5330-5250) 
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Letztes Wochenende war ich mit einem Freund in Nagoya. Es war meine erste kleine Reise seit ich im Februar nach Japan gekommen bin und mein erstes Mal in Nagoya. Ich hab mich riesig darauf gefreut mal aus Tokyo herauszukommen. So sehr es mir in Tokyo normalerweise gefaellt, es kann manchmal schon ganz schoen eng werden zwischen den ganzen Menschenmassen und Haeuserschluchten einer Mega-Metropole.

Nagoya hingegen hat mich fast ein bisschen an Berlin erinnert an manchen Stellen. Die Haeuser standen nicht so extrem dicht an dicht wie in Tokyo und waren nicht so hoch. Es wirkte irgendwie alles etwas geraeumiger.

 

 

 

Das bin ich vor dem Schloss in Nagoya. Der Fisch soll eigentlich ein Delphin sein, mein Kumpel hat ihn mir aber als seinen Goldfisch vorgestellt. ;)

   

 

Das hier ist ein Coffee Shop, der in Nagoya sehr bekannt und beliebt ist. Sie haben wirklich eine interessante Auswahl an Kaffee dort. Ich hatte welchen mit Zimt und Schlagsahne, der einfach nur toll geschmeckt hat.

 

Leider hatte ich nicht viel Zeit fuer Sightseeing. Gegessen habe ich dafuer umso mehr. Ich hab glatt 2 Kilo zugenommen uebers Wochenende. ^^; Auf dem ersten Bild seht ihr Misokatsu, frittiertes Schweinefleisch mit Miso. Ich kann euch sagen, es hat unglaublich geschmeckt! Auf dem zweiten Bild seht ihr Ramen. Die koennte ich sowieso jeden zweiten Tag essen.

Es war wirklich ein super Wochenende! Am liebsten waere ich direkt weiter durch Japan getourt, aber die Arbeit rief. Na ja, die naechste Reise kommt bestimmt. :)

 

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Have you ever been to Cherry picking?

Several years ago, I tried it.

 

At the time,I ate...

255 cherries！（３０min）

After that, I couldnt eat cherry almost 1 year.lol

 

This Friday I will go to Cherry picking tour with Hot spring!

３Japanese

German・ Swedish・ American

Team international!

 

I will do my best!

 

SAKURA HOTEL HATAGAYA 
Address: 1-32-3 Hatagaya Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Japan 151-0072 
Phone: +81-3-5330-5250 (03-5330-5250) 
Fax: +81-3-5330-5251 (03-5330-5251) 
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It's muggy.

 

I feel anxious if I could survive hot summer lies ahead.

 

Today, I'd just like to introduce a reliable partner for summer in Japan.

 

It is the wind-bell. 

 

It is made of metal, glass or pottery.

When the wind blows, it produces the sound that makes us feel cool.

 

I feel the heat eased when I hear the sound of wind-bell.

 

SAKURA HOTEL HATAGAYA 
Address: 1-32-3 Hatagaya Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Japan 151-0072 
Phone: +81-3-5330-5250 (03-5330-5250) 
Fax: +81-3-5330-5251 (03-5330-5251) 
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Do you like Onsen? (Hot spa?) I do! (^^)

I went to Nikko last weekend. Nikko - Kinugawa area has one of the best onsens in Japan.

At Kinugawa-Onsen station, you can take a foot bath.

One of my favorite is Meotobuchi Onsen. Here, you can enjoy more than 10 different kinds of Roten-buro. (Outdoor bath). It is about an hour and a half away from Kinugawa Onsen station by bus.

And... If you go to Nikko area, be sure to eat Yuba (Tofu based) dinner! It's delicious!

To go to Nikko from our hotel, there is a direct train that leaves from Shinjuku station. For more info visit Tobu Railways website↓

http://www.tobu.co.jp/foreign/pass/index.html

And if you decide to stop by in Asakusa on the way from or back from Nikko, be sure to stay at our sister hostel in Asakusa!↓

http://www.sakura-hostel.co.jp/

SAKURA HOTEL HATAGAYA
Address: 1-32-3 Hatagaya Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Japan 151-0072
Phone: +81-3-5330-5250 (03-5330-5250)
Fax: +81-3-5330-5251 (03-5330-5251)
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Hi,there!

I am Yoshitaka,a new receptionist.I came here in mid June.

I lived in Aizuwakamatsu,Fukushima prefecture before I moved to Tokyo.
It's my hometown which is 100km away from the nuclear plants.

Although the city is very famous sightseeing spot among Japanese,
the tourism and farming are seriously damaged by the accidents.
I hope that it will recover from the disaster soon.

I've travelled over 50 countries in this 15 years.
I am glad to help tourists from other countries to travel in Japan.

Yoshi

 

 

SAKURA HOTEL HATAGAYA
Address: 1-32-3 Hatagaya Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Japan 151-0072
Phone: +81-3-5330-5250 (03-5330-5250)
Fax: +81-3-5330-5251 (03-5330-5251)
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Have you heard of the Japanese Tanabata festival?

Once upon a time in the universe, the stars Orihime (the weaving princess) and Hikoboshi (cow herder star) met and fell in love with each other.

However, they were so much in love that, after the marriage, Orihime would no longer weave cloth and Hikoboshi would no longer herd cows.

The god of the universe became mad, and separated the two by laying the huge Miky Wayriver between them. Ever since then, Orihime and Hikoboshi are allowed to see each other only once a year on Tanabata, the night of July 7.

The story  is  romantic or sad??