Did you know about the roots of Coffee?
I was raised in Ethiopia, and the origin of coffee is from the region called KAFFA Prefecture in Ethiopia. KAFFA later became COFFEE...
There is also a ceremony for Coffee, just like in Japan as for the TEA CEREMONY.
Enjoy the nice aroma at Sakura Cafe Hatagaya!
By the way, at Sakura cafe, we use Latin American Beans.
I really like the nice flavor of our coffee, and am proud to introduce it to you.
This menu is 'IＬＯＶＥ ＹＯＵ'（=mate tea with whipped milk and cinnamon powder）, you know.
But, It's too hot and humid in Japan now.
So, I recommend this drink, ' Iced Mate Tea straight♪↓
This is pure taste and much healthy drink.
We have other 'world tea ' menu, ex.Organic Rooibos Tea, Corn Silk Tea, Five kinds of refreshing herb blend tea.
We can make these Iced tea♪
Feel cool, reflesh, and relux with these nice tea!
Do you know where is 'Hatagaya' ??
Hatagaya is a safety and convenient bed-town in Tokyo, and just 2 stops, 3 minutes to Shinjuku (=is one of the downtown) by ' Keio-new Line ' (=is one kind of subway.) with only120 train fee!
Fathermore, there are many kinds of shops and restaurants open 24 hours, like Sakura Cafe!
These are 24 hours open shops!
↓Convenience Store (am pm) is 15 seconds walk from Sakura Hotel Hatagaya.
↓Super market 'gourmet city' is 2 minutes walk from here.
↓Origin Lunch-box shop is in 1 minutes walk from here.
↓Japanese cuisine restaurant 'Hatagaya Komachi Shokudo' is 4 minutes from here.
Very useful for our guests, to stay here, and enjoy their trip all the nights!
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We had an event at Sakura Cafe Hatagaya on 3rd of July 2010. The content was, Rakugo(=Japanese traditional comedy drama) in English, and International Reception Party.: 1. Live Music by 2 artists (Mr. Tetsuhiro Ogawa as guitar and Mr. Possasr piano.) 2. Rakugo in English byMs. Kimie Ohshima. 3 .International Reception Party ↓ Rakugo master : Ms. Kimie Ohshima,
The many audience gathered to hear this great oppotunity. Her interesting story-teller made us much laughing and laughing!
☆★☆★ Reception Party Started! 32 people from many countries joined !! ☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Ｙｅｌｌｏｗ T-Shirt man is an Pianist→ "Poss-san"
Ｍｓ．Ｋｉｍｉｅ Ｏｈｓｈｉｍａ（white t-shirt lady) enjoyed to talk with many guests. Her English is quite well!
→（Left)Nory (Manager in Sakura Hotel Hatagaya), and (Right)Mr. Tetsuhiro Ogawa, colaborated! It was wonderful experiece to meet many people from all over the world. We all enjoyed this good conversation. Wished to meet them again in the future!! |
The tokyo Sky Tree is a broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower under construction in the Sumida ward in Tokyo.
The tokyo Sky Tree under construction looks small in the other side of Shinjuku,
is seen from the Sakura Hotel Hatagaya(Center).
How tall they are!
Am I a minimum person in the world??
They are our guests from USA.
From the left side,Tom-san(194CM), Patrick-san(193CM), Satori-san(180CM), and Dylan-san(178CM), and me(153CM) :)
Why Japanese people are so short in the world?? Specially me!
★☆★Sakura Cafe Hatagaya will be 1 years old on Jun. 30 2010.★☆★
Today, I'll write the top 5 of cafe menu!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
【drink】 lanking top 5
1.Cofee @190~☆☆☆☆☆ 2.Cafe la te @250~☆☆☆☆ 3.Darjeeling tea @190~☆☆☆
→4.I miss you(Japanese houji-tea with milk form and chocolate powder ) @250~☆☆
←5.I love you (mate tea with milk form and cinnamon ) @250~☆
【food】 lanking top 5
1.sweet snacks @160~☆☆☆☆☆
→2.breakfast from outside guest @350☆☆☆☆
3.toast set @400☆☆☆
→4.pizza Peperroni @980☆☆
←5.yakisoba ＠500~ &
Spagetti Bolognaise @650~ &
Spagetti Carbonara ＠650~☆
【beer 】 lanking top 5
1.Premium YEBISU @450☆☆☆☆☆ 4. HEINEKEN @450☆☆
2.SUNTORY The Premium Malt's @450☆☆☆☆ 5. BUDWEISER@450☆
3.Colona @500 ☆☆☆
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
How about to order them when you'll stay at Sakura Hotel Hatagaya!?
Sakura cafe open 24 hours!! Staff always waiting you!!
She is our customer, Kim Hae Yeon- san!
Do you know her??
She is a Korean Jazz singer. And she always stay in Sakura Hotel Hatagaya every year, from about 10 years ago!
Her jazz live was held on 20th and 21st of Jun.2010.
I went to listen her music on 2oth Jun, to Hibiya Kokaido!
Her soulful voice moved me, and she shined and looks so happy!
I gave this small bouquet to her!
Thank you Kim-san. We hope your success for about your great job and your life!
This is information of the first anniversary event in Sakura Cafe Hatagaya.
She is the rakugo story teller. Ms. Ohshima! Very beautiful Japanese woman!
落語'rakugo' means Japanese traditional verbal comedy.
I guess you cannot stop with laughing! Hahha!! Hahha!! Hahha----!! :)
【Event information】
Date:July 3rd, 2010 Location:Sakura Cafe Hatagaya (in Sakura Hotel Hatagaya)
Admisshion: 500 yen for English rakugo. 16:30~
1000 yen for reception party.18：00~
Please come&join it!
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. :-)
Hi!
This post office is in our hotel!
So convenient!
Our guests can withdraw Japanese yen from their credit card (ex. visa, master, diners, amex, and so on.) or send a postcard to your friends or family.
【post office open time】
week day/9:00~17：00
【ATM open time】
week day/9:00~19：00 week end/9：00~17：00
Rainy season has come in Tokyo on 14th Jun.
These dolls are called 'TERU-TERU-BOZU' ↓
They were made by Sakura Hotel Staff, and hunged up in Sakura Cafe Hatagaya!
As one of Japanese culture, children hang them up to wish for better weather.
Teru Teru Bozu means "shine, shine shaven-head" literally, and is a lucky charm depiciting Buddhist monks praying for good weather.
We are making home-made pickles now.
This is one of the new menu at Sakura Cafe Hatagaya.
Cutting cucumbers, carrots, and radishes...
←Tightly soare them in a bottle.
Nory is making pickle.→
It's his original recipe, top secret :)
Original pickles will be coming soon.. Nory's dishes are everything delicious!!
★★★Hello Everybody!★★★
This is an ivent from Sakura Hotel Group!
Please upload your best photo of Tokyo/ Japan.
To Sakura Hostel or Sakura Hotel 'facebook ' fan page (serch sakura hotel).
We will deside the winner by numbers of 'like'. (in a couple of month)
Our first prize is 'free stay for one night at Sakura Hotel/Hostel (you can choose the acommodation) .
★★★Join to the contest with your favorite special photo of Tokyo!★★★
Half of week goes by, I think most of you start thinking now what you're gonna do in a weekend.
Shopping, Taking a short trip, Clubbing or Drinking, Sightseeing tokyo ...
If you get a tired from a week past, and just want to be relax, go Yoyogi park.
Its located in center of 3 major cities, Shinjuku, Harajyuku, Shibuya, and walkable from our hotel about half an hour.
Bring Picnicn sheet, blanket, snack, lunch , coffee, and whine or beer.
Just lay down and chill out. I bet you will be relive!
We got Special beer which from South Africa!!
You can drink at our cafe !
Do you know where South africa is??
Japan↓
South Africa↑
I would love to visit there,but I have work during world cup !
Our cafe open 24 hours,so we can watch FIFA world cup togethereven midnight.
I am sure I will drink South africa beer with our guests♪
We are waiting for you!
Doyou know you can walk toYoyogi Park from Sakura Hotel Hatagaya?
Meiji-jingu Shrine (in Harajuku) and Harajuku is very close to Yoyogi park.
This is information of Yoyogi Park.
http://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/english/index.html
The way is not so difficult, if you have the map to reach there, from Hatagaya area.
I went to Yoyogi park on last Saturday, by bicycle, during my breaktime, because it was sunny day!
Today, I'll introduce you how to walk to Yoyogi Park
This is the start point!
Nishihara Shopping Street. 
You'll be at the end of the road then turn left. Riquor shop on your left.
After 7 minutes walk, you'll find this green-colored coffee shop "Darjeeling", then turn right.
Please go through under this bridge(see picture on the right.)
↑This is Yoyogi-Hachiman Station (Odakyu Line's station).
Please keep left ,of the station.
After 5 min...
You'll find this SOBA restaurant, and on the right, there is a railroad crossing.↓
←After you passed this railroad crossing,
YOYOGI PARK IS IN FRONT OF YOU!!
It takes just 20-25 minutes to reach there!
If you want to walk to Yoyogi Park from this hotel,
please ask to the staff anytime!
Many staff often walk(or ride a bicycle) to there for their healty!
To Harajuku station: 30-35 minutes by foot.
To Meiji-jingu shrine: 30 minutes by foot.
To Yoyogi Park:20-25 minutes by foot.10minutes by bicyble.
サクラカフェでは、明日4月17日、17時から、英語の紙芝居と居酒屋さんでのマナー教室を行います。
外国の方だけでなく、近所にお住まいやお勤めの方も、よかったら見に来て下さい♪
18時からは、外国のお客様と一緒に、実際に居酒屋さんに行ってオーダーしたり、日本食を堪能します。（こちらは参加費3000円です。）
このようなイベントを定期的に行いますので、興味のある方は、フロントにお問い合わせください♪
KAMISHIBAI (=paper drama of Japan) ivent will held tomorrow, at Sakura Café Hatagaya.
It's free ivent for foreign guests, and other cafe guests (Japanese).
After watching it 30 min, there is a table-manner class for 30 min., to go to Japanese bar!
How to order drinks to the staff, and how to use hot towel (after you sit down, staff will give you!) and so on.
How about to join this tour!? Please ask Hotel Staff if you are interestead in.
(This tour charge is 3,000 yen, just only bar charge.)
I often hear people saying that the living cost of Japan is very high. I think they are right to some extent, but when it comes to the cost of food I think it is pretty average compared to other countries.
I work on the night shift and so tonight I will explore around Hatagaya area to find the most economical way to have my dinner.
First of all I went to SUKIYA, one of the largest beef bowl chains in Japan. You might have heard of YOSHINOYA, the pioneer of beef bowl chain, but SUKIYA recently reduced the price of beef bowl which is considered to be the lowest in the industry.
What did I have there??? Beef bowl.... How much did I pay for it?? Only 280 yen...
Next I still feel a little bit hungry and so I went to the Bento box take away store. (BENTO is a Japanese style lunch box).
I found an ONIGIRI (Rice ball) It is 100 yen and really filled me up too!
Lastly I needed a cup of coffee to stay awake for my shift tonight. I went back to the hotel and realized that we have a café.
I grabbed a cup of coffee which costs me 190yen. Not only the taste is nice but it makes my brain more functional too!! (My boss will love to hear that...)
Those 3 places mentioned in this post are opened 24 hours 7 days a week, located near and in the hotel! How much did I spend in total?? Only 570 yen..
Is Japan really expensive???
New challenger wanted to beat my record haha!!
Hiro
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???
Without a doubt, cherry blossam is the most beloved spring flower in Japan.
But that never means the cherry is the only blooming tree in spring.
You can see another beautiful example here in Hatagaya.
These are flowers of kobushi trees, a kind of magnolia.
Our guests can enjoy seeing this pretty blossams easily,
as these roadside trees are within a minute walk from our hotel.
春の花といえばサクラですが、サクラばかりが花ではありません。
ここ幡ヶ谷でも春に花咲く他の木々を楽しめます。
早春を告げる辛夷の街路樹が今、満開です。
サクラホテル幡ヶ谷、サクラカフェ幡ヶ谷にお立ち寄りの際には
白い可憐な辛夷の花を楽しみつつお越しください。
Time has come!!! 時は来た!!!
It was my dream to have a gig at Budokan! 夢に見た武道館での演奏!
Front of the 10,000 of people ! 10,000人の人々の前で！
What day is today!? 1st of April !!! 今日は何の日....4月1日
I've been on the Budokan stage for lots of times in my dreams!!! hahaha!!!
夢の中では何回も武道館のステージに立ったことがあるのに??（笑）
Next gig is on 12th June at the club this is true！次のライブは６/１２ライブハウスで演りますっ！
Do you like to create only-one handmade craft for yourself??
I like it!
As Hirotaka wrote the information, we held a workshop to make a Japanese Handmade craft, and watch&listen a Shamisen parformance on March 20th,2010↓
8 foreign guests, joined this workshop, and they become good creaters!
They can choose the design of cloth, color of sred and string, and beads for theirselves.
I assisted the guests when they get in a bind.
Shogo (rightside in this picture) translated teacher's explanation from JP into EN.
Of course, I assist the guests, too.
These girls made 2 and 3 kinds! For their friends's suvenior.
Good job!
After the workshop, we took a break with Japanese cake and drinks.
They ordered Café menu (including original drink of Sakura Café !)
http://www.sakura-cafe.asia/hatagaya/menu/world-tea.php
They enjoyed to create their own suvenior, and waching& hearing the Samisen parformance!
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Shamisen player played soulfully!
Please join this workshop next time! （*^_^*）
自分だけの手作りの物を作るのは好きですか？
私は好きです。
スタッフの大敬（ひろたか）さんが既にブログに書きましたが、
3月20日14時から和ストラップ作り＆三味線演奏会をサクラホテル幡ヶ谷のカフェ内で行いました♪
女性の先生の指導の元、（スタッフの落合さん通訳）、お客様はまず自分で好きな布や糸、ビーズを選んで、自分用や友人用に可愛いストラップを作りました。生地を選ぶところから、ワクワクが伝わって来ました。
コツをつかんで、時間内に3つも作る、上手な方もいらっしゃいました★
ストラップ作りの後はティータイムで、和菓子とカフェのドリンクで振る舞いました。
桜餅は大好評でした。
ティータイムの後は、三味線演奏会。
外国のお客様はその独特なメロディや音に聞き入ってらっしゃいました。
今回は有名な青森のじょんがら節等5曲程演奏して頂きました。
どんなストーリーがあるの？との質問も飛び、LOVE STORYだったり、伴奏（本来唄付き）だったり、さまざまです、との答えに、スタッフも勉強になりました。
またこのような楽しいイベントを開きたいと思います♪
Hello!
We have a lot of information on the corner of the sakura cafe.
We have hatagaya map, Tokyo map, sight seeing spot map
(English, Chinese,Krean and Japanese) and Mt. Fuji info.
You can make your plan with sakura cafe drink and food.
We are happy to help you !
Thank you.
こんにちは。
サクラカフェにあるサクラインフォメーションのご案内です。
幡ヶ谷周辺マップ(レストラン情報）、幡ヶ谷コインパーキング、東京各地の地図など多数ご用意しております。
スタッフ一同、皆様のお越しをお待ちしております。
Our webmaster Yoshiko gave us great tip the Sumo Event on April!
Over 200 Sumo wrestlers will practice at this very traditional spot.
Most of all, It's free to watch!!! Banza-i.
If we are lucky , we can see Sumo under full of SAKURA (Cherry blossam).
Huuu, sounds perfecto!!
4月9日に毎年恒例となっている
日本相撲協会による、靖国神社 奉納大相撲が行われます。
ポカポカ暖かくなってきた中で、みんなそろって相撲見物もいいですね。
Hi everyone,
how are you doing?
Well, have you ever experienced "Shamisen Performance"?
"Shamisen" is a three-stringed musical instrument in Japan.
It's a kind of Japanese traditional music,
but it has been more popular with all generation recently.
Hi! Everyone,
Check it out our Face book!
Sakura group has been started Face book!
http://www.facebook.com/
This page is for everybody who's stayed or will stay at Sakura Hotel/Hostel or who's in love with Tokyo and Japan..
Share your stories with us. Find new friends. Help us make Tokyo a legendarily fun city!
You can join us!
"HANAMI" in Tokyo usually goes in the end of March in the beginning of April. 
It strolls, and the feast is done while seeing the full-blown flower.
However, I like to see cherry blossoms that bloom at still a little cold time. Location of the cherry in Yoyogi Park near from Sakura-Hotel-Hatagaya blooms by a kind of the cherry named [KAN-HI-ZAKURA] in the end of February.
Anyway, please go out to enjoying seeing cherry blossom "HANAMI" when you come to Tokyo at this time. It is possible to walk from the Sakura-Hotel-Hatagaya in Yoyogi-Park.
I'm sorry by poor English.
Here is new arrival Cafe menu!
NORI?PANDA! It's cute!
NORI means, not only dryed seaweed, but our manager's nickname(Nory from NORIHISA).
PANDA means bear cat.
Nory san create this new menu.
You can eat this with 230 yen! (with cheeze, or salsa sause, or salted cod roe, 250 yen).
It taste good nad feel good smell of soy sause, and butter, and crisp seaweed.
Please taste it in Sakura Cafe in Hatagaya!
Some of you might have recognized this place but OMURA AN is another nice local restaurant where you get to eat nice soba noodles in Hatagaya.
This place is recommended by my colleague, Abe san who had soba for lunch today and took some photos for my blog. Arigatougozaimasu.
Here is an English menu for you. They have both hot and cold broth for your preference. Of course, it is much nicer to try soba noodles in a hot broth during the winter. It definitely warms you up!
Abe san`s recommendation is `KAMONAN SOBA`. There are duck meats, spring onions and fresh soba noodles in a hot broth. They also have a set lunch menu like tempura soba with rice and garnish.
I hope you enjoy your lunch in this nice little restaurant!
IZAKAYA is a Japanese style pub where you get served a variety of entre size dishes and drinks. It is a place where Japanese people get together with their colleagues or friends after work or school.
DAIKOKUYA is a popular Izakaya restaurant among Hatagaya locals, located at the end of local shopping street, ROKUGO-DORI.
It is a walking distance from our hotel and perfect place to enjoy dinner and drinks at a reasonable price. And of course, you get to see how local business people enjoy themselves after long working day.
There is a little stall outside the restaurant where you get to order take away YAKITORI (meat and vegetable skewer). It might be a good idea to take some back to the hotel for your late night meal!?
Have you tried UDON?
Have you tried some nicest hand-made UDON noodles with delicious broth??
Just around the corner from Hatagaya station at south exit, there is a nice local UDON restaurant to try.
"MENKO YA" has been recognised as Japan's third most delicious hand-made UDON restaurant by gourmet reporters at TBS broadcasting company.
What makes their UDON so special????
All noodles are freshly hand-made every day in this little booth at the front of the restaurant.
Their fresh noodles are so delicious and chewy, and you just dip them into the broth served separately along with other toppings.
There are 12 menus to choose from. They all look so nice!
This is what I tried... "NIKUJIRU UDON" (juicy pork UDON). hmmm yammmy...For vegetarians they have a menu like OROSHI UDON with grated radish topping
Friendly owner and staff members will always make you welcome!! Ensligh-speaking staff is also available.
Try some real stuff in Hatagaya!!
Gochisousamadeshita.
For the first blog in 2010, let me introduce a cool bar to visit at night in Hatagaya area.
Our hotel is located close to Shinjuku where you find lots of bars and pubs. But if you want to experience the real lifestyle of locals or have some quiet night visit `DETOX`.
Only 3 minutes walk from us / a cool bar with a relaxing atmosphere inside
A wide range of drinks ranging from international beers to Sake!
Are you a big fan of UMESHU (Japanese plum wine)??
Try this Green tea or Banana flavor UMESHU!
Enjoy some nice drinks with nice relaxing music!!
Wish you all happiness in 2010!!
Just next to our hotel lobby is newly opened Sakura café. It is opened for our guests from 5 am to midnight every day.
Here is a new menu to introduce....
Tokyo pita is created with a unique combination of Japanese and Mediterranean cuisine.
There is a teriyaki chicken and lettuce wrapped in pita bread with garlic sauce or mayonnaise on the top. It also comes with a free drink and chips on the side.
Is it a perfect late-night meal for you??
Have you heard of
It is located in the eastern side of
It is only an hour away from Hatagaya station and spending a half day there would be a great trip to feel the relaxing atmosphere of outside
In November the leaves will turn in autumn, changing to beautiful red and yellow colours.
Why don't you spend your autumn in
Autumn is the harvest season. There are many festivities held to celebrate the harvest all over Japan. To get more information about autumn festivals click on the following link;
http://www.sakura-hotel-hatagaya.com/cam_autumn.html
Did you know there are three kinds of sake?
Ginjo-shu (high quality sake made from fine well-polished rice)
Junmai-shu (made from 100% pure rice and water)
Honjozo-shu (authentically brewed sake, made from 70% of well-polished rice and brewing alcohol.)
Why don't you try fresh sashimi with a cup of Ginjo-shu ? Try it hot! 
Enjoy "Shoku no aki"!
Washoi Washoi Washoi........
On September 23rd, Mikoshi Matsuri was held at Hatagaya area.
Unfortunately, I could not join coz I worked at Ikebukuro on that day ... TEARS
If you would like to see more photos, please go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/36733168@N04/sets/72157622448919916/
P.S. photos by Kikuchi-san (Sakura House / advertising)
19th July 2009 local summer festival in hatagaya with guests and children( wearing yukata )
When When you have a summer what would you like to do?Go for swimming and go for a trip ...
When you come to Japan in summer, please join us local summer festival.
You can see, eat and feel something new experience there.
( He is joining our summer festival tour )
フォームの終わり
In your country what is the typical food in summer?
If you ask for Japanese people,
A lot of Japanese will answer
It is watermelon!
We put some salt on it to make it sweeter.
Please try it.
( She is join our summer festival tour )
When we had a summer festival in hatagaya ( 19th July 2009 ),
it was very hot and temperature was over 30℃.
We need to have something cold!!
She had a cup of Japanese sorbet (green color one).
Can you guess what it tastes?
For example red is strawberry, yellow is Lemon so...
Answer is ................................... melon
( He is joining our summer festival tour )
What is he taking for ...?
.
Is it he or ...?
He has a cucumber'pickled,we ate it but it wasn't popular to our guests.
He has a Japanese lemonede.
It is very popular to drink for all generation.
When I was a child, I used to drink it a lot.(still drink it ...)
It reminds me of my childhood...i don't konw why...
During the summer festa, we had a beautiful rainbow !
After summer festa we went Japanese style pub with our guest.
If you are intrested in Japanese festival.
Let's bear a Mkoshi and enjoy many stands at Hatagaya local festival.
http://www.sakura-hotel-hatagaya.com/blog/2009/09/hatagaya-local-festival-2009.html
And we still have room avaialble around 23 Sep when Hatagaya local festival is held.
Come & join us! Let's carry a mikoshi portable shrine in the festival on September 23rd.
You can wear Matsuri costume 'Happi'
'Break' at our hotel. You can get free cold drinks after getting sweaty.
You can enjoy many kinds of games, toys, foods and drinks at the stands.
We are looking forward to seeing you and having fun together!
A new friend joins us at café ... adorable antique piano.
If you would like to play the piano, please go ahead and have fun!
When you are thirsty, hungry, angry, lonely, happy...
Pease come to our 'hand-made' café.
This is not a formal luxury café where you can barely breathe, but a home where you can get cozy and take a deep breath.
They are from Barcelona. Recently I watched the movie 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' and I enjoyed Woody Allen's world. I am hoping that I could make a trip to Spain in the near future. 
Rains kept hitting against umbrellas on the night of July 24.
I stopped by Rokugo-dori shopping center's matsuri before going to work.
Yakisoba (fried noodles) ... I was hungry and I bought 2 packs.
I saw people stand in line waiting for something???
Answer : Watagashi (cotton candy)
Konjac (devil's tongue) ...it feels like rubber and tasty
Children are trying to scoop as many small rubber balls as possible.
Children's smiles are shinning in Matsuri, no matter where Matsuri takes place.
Our neighborhood ROKUGO-DORI SHOPPING CENTER will have MATSURI, summer festival, on July 24th and 25th, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The shopping street will be filled with colorful food and toy stalls. Not only children enjoy them but also adults get crazy about them and they become kids again.
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HATAGAYA SHOPPING STREET'S Bon Festival Dance will be held on August 1st and 2nd, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Bon odori (dances) was originally a religious ceremony to send ancestral spirits back to the spiritual world, but nowadays bon odori becomes one of the major summer entertainments in local MATSURI and people wearing yukata (light cotton summer kimono) gather and dance together. The movement of dance is soft and like cool sea breeze.
Fireworks are colorful, powerful, glamorous and romantic, but MATSURI is more delicate, sentimental and emotional ... maybe it is because MATSURI respects harmony among people and touches deep inner spiritual world.
The Japan Meteorological Agency announced the end of the rainy season in Kanto region yesterday.
No more rain! I saw a lot of women put up their umbrella for the protection against the sun rather than from the rain in the street
It is time to come to Japan. We will have 'HANABI' fireworks displays almost every weekend, from July to August, and also there are many local summer festivals called 'MATSURI' and outdoor rock festivals, such as FUJI ROCK, SOMMER SONIC and more...
Sumida River Fireworks Festival, July 25, 2009 Sakura Hostel Asakusa will have a party.
http://sumidagawa-hanabi.com/
Our local shopping area 'Nishihara Shotengai' will have summer community festival on July 19.
I went to SOMMER SONIC last year. COLDPLAY was awesome and Allicia Keys was beautiful and sexy. http://www.summersonic.com/
My favorite 'ap bank fes' will be held on July 18, 19 and 20 at Tsumagoi, Shizuoka.
Kazutoshi Sakurai (Mr. Children) that I respect is one of the founders of the fes and the fes brings up environmental issues. http://www.apbank-ecoreso.jp
We will have a workshop of UCHIWA , paper fan, on July 25. Come & join us!
At our hotel, a new cafe called "Sakura Cafe" opens!
Coffee, tea, juice, sweets, pizza, snack foods and more...
I ordered double chocolate latte and apple cake with Ice-cream!
Sweeeet and yuuuuum!!
The cafe serves very tasty coffee, just 190yen!!!
Please taste it:)
We are looking forward to your coming:)
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