This is my last working day in Hatagaya today.
I've working at Sakura Hotel Hatagaya for a year but will work at Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro from tomorrow in the personnel reshuffle.
Thank you very much for all of your kindness!!
I miss all staff in Hatagaya...
This is my thank you gift for all of staff in Hatagaya.
Please drop by Ikebukuro if you come to this area.
See you soon!!!
It's still very cold in Tokyo.
However we have the great winter goods, Hokkairo(Pocket Warmer)!
We can see various Hokkairos in the market nowadays.
Attatching Hokkairo and Applying Hokkairo are popular.
Hokkairo for toes and for eyes,
ホッカイロ(足全体用) / jetalone
Some characters' Hokkairo exist.
Rechargeable Hokkairo! It's very interesting and economic :D
We can overcome this coldness with these excellent Hokkairos!!
They are from America, stayed at Sakura Hotel Hatagaya yesterday.
They are actually twins!!
How cute they are!!
Left side is younger sister, right side is older sister! (and I'm in the middle.)
I thought that it's opposite.
They stayed at Sakura Hotel Hatagaya for several times before.
(And lived in Tokyo one year last time.)
Welcome back to Sakura Hotel! Enjoy your Tokyo stay!!
Frederik and Fumi from Sakura House, Vanessa from Sakura Hostel Asakusa and me, Anne from Sakura Hotel Hatagaya will update everyday for you, so please check it out!
We try to provide useful information about life in Tokyo, but we also write about everyday stuff.
Also schaut vorbei! Wir warten auf Euch!!
(^O^)/
By the we, we also have a German Facebook site now!
How long does it take from your country to Japan?
To where can you go by 20 hours flight?
According to today's news, finally, the numbers of Mobile phones plus PHS has exceeded the numbers of Japanese total population(counted on the end of December 2011.)
■Japanese total population---128,000,000.
■Counted mobile phone&PHS's numbers ---129,800,000
It means, one person have more than 2 phones!? for some porpose.
By the way,
This dog's name is named 'KAI' , most famous dog in Japan, you know?? 
He is a mascot charactor of Soft bank. speaks Japanese and he is dad of the family.
you can do internet with free wi-fi, at the lobby (= in sakura cafe).
↑I bought my i-phone 4s last year (november)! How convenient it is!
(when I lost my way, this i-phone is very useful.)
It's convenient to check your friends' e-mail, and searching something about Tokyo.
But if you cannot search the information about you want to know for yourself,
please ask to Sakura Hotel staff anytime. We'll assist you!!
Good evening from Sakura cafe Hatagaya!
Today, we'll introduce a Portuguese dish Tomatada by Mr. José Rafael.
Tomatada 500 yen
Mr. Jose Raphael who has visited Japan in order to inquire in a Japanese company cooking this time.
And it is a simple dish such as the herb was added to the onion, and a sausage, ham and an egg.
But it is ・・・・
Very very delicious！！！！
All staffes tried and everybody said " Yammy!!!"
This special dish Jose cook,
It ends, as soon as it is finish, please taste earlier!
Do you know "Mole Mole Poblano "?
We made it with Mr.Victor from Mexico.
Everybody knows in Mexico...
Spicy a little...
and Delicious...!!!
Ingredients is.......................
[Chocolate!!!]
You can buy "canned mole sauce " in mexico.
It is difficult to buy "Canned Mole sauce" in Japan.
So we have to make by ourselves!
Our special menu with mole sauce will be start soon.
What nice post card they are!
Our guest from Germany (Mr. Thorsten) bought them at Asakusa.
He sent them to Germany this morning.
He asked us how much postage for a post card is.
Do you know that?
The answer is 70 yen.
Why don't you send a post card to your family and friends?
FYI, we have post cards and stamps to sell.
we are waiting your participation today.
I will introduce today's happy sweets in Sakura Cafe Hatagaya!
,Ayako's Home made Chocolate chunk Cookie
WhiteChocolate + Cocoa cookie
Foamy's American Cup cake
Orange + White chocolate
Lynsey Davis Welsh cake
Monthly Welsh cake is Almond Maple!
Do you wanna try??
We always welcome to you!
So we had some fun with it...
The last picture is Ai by the way. XD
There was another box as well. I wonder what we'll use them for.
I will let you know when I find out! ^^
I like to walk around local supermarkets when I visit other countries.
I bought these tea bags in a supermarket in Bangkok.
I will try to drink just now!
I visited Bangkok last week in my winter holiday.
I stayed at a hotel near Sukhumvit Rd. in the centre of Bangkok.
So many shopping malls open one after another in these days.
This "Terminal 21" was open last year.This shopping mall's concept is an airport terminal.
This floor is modeled after Tokyo.You can eat Japanese foods in this "airport" as well.
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It has been very cold these days in Japan and flu is epidemicing!
I also caught a cold (but it's not flu!) on last Friday and had a high fever...
When you catch a cold, what usually do you do to cure in your place?
In Japan, when we caugh, we roll a leeks around throat.
It is said that the anti-inflammatory component in leeks makes throat better!
And also, we eat something good for digestion or something warm.
For example this!
お粥できたー #dinner / is_kyoto_jp
PorridgeThis is the light-salted boiled rice.
At Sakura Cafe Hatagaya, we're offering the Ginger Hot Drink fair!
Ginger is good for the sickness:)
You take care not to be sick and flu!
Have you already tried Foamy's happy sweets?
「American Cup Cake」
２３０ yen
Orange & White chocholate flavor
Have a good afternoon tea!
Foamy's Blog：Foamy's 食で巡る「世界散歩♪」
Our group of JICA trainees who stayed with us last week!
They are a multi-cultural group from countries like Nicaragua, Indonesia, Armenia, Cambodia, the Philippines and so on, and even though they just came back from a bus trip to Wakayama where they stayed for the last 5 days or so, they are all in a really good mood.
Our hotel lobby got really lively as soon as they walked in. :D
They are going to stay with us for a while longer.
Welcome back at Sakura Hotel Hatagaya. We missed you guys!
(^O^)/
We created the 'Guests' Photo Board' at the entrance of Sakura Hotel Hatagaya!
For our guests, can you find your photo among these pictures??
We'll add more photos in the near future!
And Let's take photos when you'll come to Sakura Hotel Hatagaya, we'll make it on the board!!
Why are the needles put in Tofu and Konnyaku (jelly made from the devil's tongue) for 8th February?
It is for "Hari-kuyo". Hari-kuyo is a dedication ceremony for broken needles.
It is a bit funny to me that there is such a ceremony because I do not do needlework... However, needles are necessary to make a Kimono; a good Kimono is made only by hand!
Besides, needles used to be very important when there was not a sewing machine.
That is why people thank needles soul and do a dedication ceremony.
But why are needles in Tofu??
The reason why broken needles are put in Tofu is to thank them by putting in something soft (those old needles no longer have to work! :D)!
It lasts 5 years and can be used as emergency foods.
Koala's March in cans is different from normal one, and chocolate isn't contained.
This is what it looks like from the outside. It's very close to Shin-Yokohama station.
And these are photos from inside the museum. The overall theme is Tokyo during the Showa era, so everything looks really old, just like 40 years ago. There are many Ramen restaurants right next to each other.
In every restaurant you can order a mini-bowl of Ramen, so you can try many different types and find your favorite.
First you choose a dish and pay on the ticket machines in front of the restaurants.
These are Tonkotsu-Miso Ramen from Kumamoto prefecture, and Shoyu Ramen + Shio Ramen from Hokkaido. I was already full after 2 bowls, but I tried the ones my friend ordered as well. So yummy!
There was still enough space left for some ice cream though. XD
We decided to come back soon, because it's impossible to eat all the different styles of Ramen during just one visit!
By the way, our guests at Sakura Hotel can get a free admission ticket to the Ramen museum. You can find more information on our Special Offer site (you need to scroll down till the end). Just ask our staff at the front desk. ^^
If you love Ramen, this museum is highly recommended!
Hello, foreigners, have you ever stayed at Sakura Hotel group??
We have many kinds of foreign guests everyday.
So, all staff can speak not only Japanese but English, and other languages:)
Anytime you can easily ask us about sightseeing, food, culture, and so on!
By the way, they are from Syria, checked out yesterday.
They stayed at Sakura Hotel Hatagaya for total 14 days, for buisiness (JICA).
Would learn many things in Japan, and will teach it to Syrian people.
We have many memories with them.
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Let's stay at Sakura Hotel Group and make great memory in Japan!!
Today is the first day of spring in the traditional Japanese calendar.
There is a map of the world at sakura cafe.
Sakura guests can put a sticker on the map where their hometown.
Wow!
The guests come from all over the world.
Today......17 countries!!
WE ARE HERE!!!
WHERE ARE YOU FROM???
Korean GINBAP and Japanese SUSHI ROLL are dishes of
various ingredients and rice wrapped in a sheet of laver.
Both are reminds each other but little bit different. This is
a special cooking workshop! Enjoy taste of Korea & Japan!!
Please provide us with the following information via email.
SUSHI ROLL GINBAP &Cooking Workshop
Date:Feb.18th (Sat)
Place:SAKURA CAFE HATAGAYA
Price:1,500 yen
Please provide us with the following information via email.
[email protected]
Reservation
1.Name.?Phone number(If you have)? Name of your Hotel & Room NO, If you stay SAKURA HOTEL.
The number of participants is
limited to 20 !
TEL：03-3469-5211 FAX：03-3468-4307
〒151-0072 東京都渋谷区幡ヶ谷1-32-3
1-32-3 Hatagaya Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 151-0072
SAKURA CAFE HATAGAYA
http://www.sakura-cafe.asia/hatagaya/
The Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare of Japan announced that
Japan has the lowest rate of smoking after 1986 in which they began
the investigation.
The price of cigarette has been raised in this fifteen years.
Mild Seven,a popular brand in Japan was sold for 230Yen(USD3.00/EUR2.28) in 1997.
Now the price is 410Yen(USD5.35/EUR4.07).Worldwide popular Marlboro is 440Yen(USD5.74/EUR4.37) in Japan.How much is it in your country?
By the way,all guest rooms in SAKURA HOTEL HATAGAYA become non-smoking after 15 February.
We are sorry to say that for smokers.
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