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You can visit Shinjuku only 3 min from Hatagaya!

Have you been to Shinjuku??

There are "UNIQLO""MUJI"and huge 100 yen shop!

Wow! All items' prices  really all 100 yen!?

 

And as you know, Daiso is the most famous 100yen shop in Japan, and Can Do in this department is very wide!

Where is here??

 It's...

in 'PePe', a department in Seibu Shinjuku Station(east exit of Shinjuku).

You can buy most of all items with 105 yen(including consumer tax) , some items are sold with 315 yen ^^.

Yesterday, when I went to buy my day-use item there, I saw many foreigners in Can do, and enjoyed the shopping^^.

Can do is on 8th floor in Pepe.

 

These are Japanese snacks, Sweet Dry Plum.

   

 

In 7th floor, Muji. 　Ｉｆ you cannot find the good item in Can do, let's check here!

(this picture is from a free-use website, igosso).

 

How about to buy something good suveniors in this PePe department??

Hello, all. This is Tamura.

I went to Mt. Fuji and took a good photo as below...

 

...No. I lied. It is actually a photo of the postage stamp.

( Mt. Fuji is closed this season for your reference.)

 

Sometimes, our hotel guests come to the front desk and ask "What 

do you recommend I buy for Japanese souvenir?"

Every time,  I tried my best to meet their request, after asking what 

type of souvenir they are looking for. But, the gifts they want should 

basically be "very Japanese", "not too expensive" 

and "not too heavy".

 

The other day, when I found a postage stamp sheet in my 

house, I noticed that these can be one of the best souvenirs from Japan!"

 

First, they are mostly "very Japanese". Some of them are

serialized, if popular. So, good for collectors.

 

Second, they are "not expensive".

 

What's more, they are all "lightweight". Could be bought even

piece by piece.

 

Additional advantage is that you can buy them at the post

office anywhere in Japan. Actually our Sakura Hotel Hatagaya

and Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro are located right behind the

post offices. Sakura Hotel Jimbocho & Sakura Hostel Asakusa are within walking distance from the nearest post offices, too.

So from now on, I, with confidence, recommend Japanese postage stamps  to our guest as one of their choice for the souvenirs.

 

By the way, postage stamps are never without postcards. At Sakura hotels, we sell post cards of Tohoku Bokujo↓↓. 

They shows rare vegetable flowers. I recommend these post cards, 

too ↓↓.

Have you seen Japanese cherry tree?

The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation select one Kanji every year.

And It is kind of long custom in Japan.

 

Did you know the kanji of year 2011??

Can you read this?

 絆

The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation announced on Dec.12

 that the Chinese character "kizuna" (the bond) was selected as the kanji that best reflects the disaster-ridden year.

 

After the disaster we felt many kindness and bonds from our guests and friends from all over the world this year.

 Hearafter, I want to value the connection with the person.

 

 

 

It's Christmas Eve tomorrow. I guess people are in Christmas mood yet in your country!

It's the same here in Japan, but the way many people spend it might be unfamiliar with you.

First of all, cake is necessary for Japanese Christmas.

Besides, fried chicken is popularly consumed for the day.

However, one of my non-Japanese friends told me once that eating cake and KFC for Christmas is weird!

"So what do you do??" I asked. He told me that they usually eat turkey.

Turkey / jdolenga

Other than that, they have food that is unique to their country.

Even after knowing that, I still feel like eating cake!

Though the way to spend it is different, 

I hope everyone will have a nice Christmas this year. J

Health and Sports Day , also known as Health-Sports Day or Sports Day, is a national holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday in October. 

Nadeshiko Japan is a splendid achievement.

Today is St. Valentine's Day

In Japan women gives a chocolate to men it started from year of 1970

It's a chocolate festa all over Japan

Giving to your lover ,  friends, others...... and duty chocolate too

Have a great  St. Valentine's Day

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Christmas cake is popular in Japan~

Sponge cake strawberry decorations with fresh cream

Strawberries and creams are between  sponge cake too

Yummy~~~~~

 

 

Born:1835/11/15

Died:1867/12/10

Other name: Saitani Umetarô

Japanese: 坂本龍馬直柔 (Sakamoto Ryôma Naonari)

 

• 1835 Born on November 15 in Tosa as the second son into the Goshi (low ranking samurai) household of Sakamoto Hachihei Naotari
• 1848 Started studying swordsmanship at the local dôjô and quickly became one of the dôjô's most gifted students.
• 1853 Completed his training in swordsmanship and received his certificate
  • Began advanced training in swordsmanship at the famed Chiba dôjô in Edo.
  • Saw the U.S. Navy "black ships" under the command of Commodore Matthew Perry, rousing feelings of both curiosity and a strong anti-foreign zeal
• 1854 Completed his training at the Chiba dôjô and returned to Tosa where he learned more about the West from scholar Kawada  Shoryo
• 1858 Returned to Edo to receive his license in swordsmanship from the Chiba dojo
• 1861 Joined the Tosa Loyalist Party, led by longtime friend, Takechi Zuisan(Hanpeita), with the aim of expelling the foreigners and restoring power to the emperor
• 1862Fled Tosa without han permission to become a ronin in Edo to work with other loyalists to push their Sonno Joi agenda
  • Sets out to assassinate Katsu Kaishu commissioner of the Tokugawa navy, due to his calls for opening up the country to foreign trade. Instead of killing him, Ryoma becomes one of Katsu's disciples
• 1863Katsu secures a pardon for Ryoma for leaving Tosa, but he refuses han orders to return, remaining an "outlaw" Ronin
  •  Put in charge of the Kaienntai in Kobe, an auxiliary naval training unit established by Katsu Kaishu
  • Introduced to Yokoi Shounan an influential loyalist from Fukui, who advocated opening the country
• 1864 Met Saigou Takamori, a Satsuma loyalist leader, one of the future masterminds behind the future overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu
• 1865Established Japan's first foreign trading company, the Kameyama-shachu in Nagasaki, with the help of Saigo, to run supplies to loyalists in Choshu.
  • Met Choshu loyalist leader Katsura Kogoro and begins to push longtime enemies, Satsuma and Choshu to form an anti-Tokugawa alliance
• 1866 Successfully brokered the secret military alliance between Satsuma and Choshu that will seal the fate of the Tokugawa Bakuhu 
  • One night after the conclusion of the Satsuma-Choshu alliance, Ryoma fights his way out of the Teradaya using a Smith & Wesson revolver during a raid by pro-bakufu police forces.
• 1867 Received a second pardon from Tosa
• Reorganized the Kameyama-shachu into the Tosa-Kaientai, and is appointed its head.
• While running guns, the Kaintai vessel lroha is struck by a vessel belonging to Kii. Ryoma files a law suit under the premise that the Kii ship violated the laws of the sea as stipulated under international law. Receives an out-of-court settlement.
• Formulated his Eight-Point Program, calling for a new government structure to replace the Tokugawa baku-han system.
• Goto Shojirou, head of the Tosa bureaucracy, passes a written memorial calling for the immediate restoration of imperial rule and a new government based on Ryoma's Eight-Point Program to the leader of Tosa, Yamauchi Yodo, who passes the document to the bakufu.
• Tokugawa Yoshinobu, accepts the memorial from Tosa and resigns as Shogun, returning political power to the imperial court.
• Assassinated with fellow Tosa loyalist, Nakaoka Shintarou by pro-bakufu forces on December 10
• Killed by ??? it's a mystery ......

 

 

Who is that???

He's not dead yet!!!

↓

 

 

I went to the No-ryo-Matsuri at Azabu zyuban last Friday.

It was pretty crowded in there.

 

No-ryo-Matsiri is famed festival and today is last night of Matsuri.

I enjoyed goldfish scooping and cockshy.

How about going to Summer Festival tonight?

**access

Hatagaya to Shinjuku / take keio new line

Shinjuku to Azabu zyu ban/ take Oedo line

Total  18 min 

330 yen

 

 

This is my favorite rock'n'roll album

私のお気に入りのCD＆レコード 

KISS ALIVE! 

I bought that record when I was 12years old kid!

They're still around making an album and go for tour too

Super Rock Star Band KISS!!!

They're make up got a idea from Japanese KABUKI play did you know that!?

確か?12才のころカナダで買ったレコードです！

キッスはまだまだ現役で活動！アルバムを作ったり、ツアーに出たり！

永遠のロックスターバンドとして煌びやかに輝いてますよ?

メイクアップは歌舞伎からヒントを得たとか.....

This is the Farewell Tour T-shirt, one of my rock'n'roll T-shirt that I have!

So　many in my closet!

こちらは私のロックTシャツのコレクションの一枚です！

キッスだけで何枚あるのか??

Peaked Yellow's T-shirt Made in Japan

It's a hidden popular brand!

Very sexy singer ~ isn't she!?

ピークド イエロー 日本製です。

隠れたブランド品 マニアックですが?

お色気ある歌姫でしょう？！

 

 

Kamen Rider Double (仮面ライダーＷ（ダブル）, Kamen Raidā Daburu, Kamen Rider W, Masked Rider Double) is the eleventh series in the Heisei period run of the Kamen Rider Series and the twentieth Rider series overall!

No.1 Japanese Kids Hero is Kamen Rider Double!!! 

My kids are crazy about it too !!!

CHECK WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE HERE!!

https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%E4%BB%AE%E9%9D%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC&hl=ja&lr=lang_ja&tbs=lr:lang_1ja&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=yDSJT_iaLMrqmAXB_uHBCQ&ved=0CGkQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=659

Do you like Japanese animaion?

 

Today our guest gave us comic books  ONE PIECE !!

These comic books are written in English.

Recently japanese animaion is popular all over the world.

How about studying Japanese with comic books?

 

This is a suvenior from Japanese guest. From Mrs. Suda (a lady.)

Rice dunplings　 (=dango).↓

We ate it during our break! 

 

Have you ever eaten dango??  This is very popular snack in Japan! 

There are many kinds of tast, with soy sause, or a soy and sugar sauce,  a red bean, and bean flour!　↓　(pictures from some kinds of website.)

 

 

 ↑ Bean flour dango.                             ↑　Mitarashi  dango.

↑Hanami (3 colored ) dango.It's  Beaautiful!  

This is usually s for spring, on hanami season. Taste sweet.

Why don't you try to eat them?

GOCHISOUSAMADESHITA!