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We are SUPER ROCK'N ROLLER! ' MY PENIS ' 

' Hello to all in Tokyo! The staff at Suakura Hotel are top notch! the best!! Please come and stay here for a wonderful experience. Thank you so much for your hospitality. All of us look forward to coming here again! The music scene is so professional in Tokyo.  Rock On!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

They are staying our hotel 19 nights to hold their music live in Tokyo. 

←Their live schedule is on the back-side of the leader's t-shirts!

Please check our website bellow↓

http://www.mypenisrocks.asia

We Love Rocks!!

Rory is a member??

Enjoy your summer!!!

Everyboday loves him!

Miwa Jakson?

This is my favorite rock'n'roll album

KISS ALIVE!

私のお気に入りのCD＆レコード 

I bought this 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？！

We have started Ameblo pygmy.

We made by myself.

                                                  Kozue(left)   Ai(right)

Monkey KISS!!!  (PAUL FRANK)

For Hard Rock Band KISS fans!!!

This T-shirt was a gift from my American friend

Do you like it?!

This is front

キッス猿の軍団（ポール フランク作）

ハードロックバンド KISSファンのために！！！

アメリカ人の友達から頂きました?

かわいいでしょう？！

前プリント 

This is back

バックプリントです。

Thank you Samurai Japan!

We got a lot's of hot spirits from you guys!

We are looking forward to see a New Samurai Japan in the next world cup soccer

ベスト８には進めなかったけど

熱?い根性ある試合は皆忘れない！

４年後のワールドカップが楽しみだぜ?！！

ステップアップしたサムライ ジャパン これからもFIGHT!!!

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!

FRENDS WANTED!!!

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!

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 !!!

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!!

Regularly we do fire drill for prepare to emergency cases.

Today, we have running up and down the staires for 2 hours. It seems quite hard to find out the fire started point, and let all guests know the fire & evacuate them immediately.

Today fire drill reminds all of us, how its important to improve capabilities to cope with emergencies.

The top 2 fire hazard of Hotel fire:

No.1 Put towel over desk/bed lamp to dry out.

No.2  Smoking in bed.

Please, please do not do these thing in your room, please!

Let me introduce our timeless big boss Fukuda-san.

She has been working here over 10 years as cleaning staff, and knows everything about this hotel more than anyone else.

We are always supported by her positive attitude toward everyone and her work. Her generous, open-mind personality  make us to feel like we are same generation.

If you see her during your stay, talk to her.

You will love her in a second.

In Sakura Hotel Hatagaya, there is a classical piano!

I sometime play this piano, during idol time of my work.

My favorite pianist is... Angela Aki (an artist in Japan )

★I wanna play the piano like Angy!★

I often practice piano in my house.

This URL is live stage of Angy↓

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16CBuZHcMS4&playnext_from=TL&videos=9PtUpUDZ3x4&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_stronger_r2-2r-2-HM

Finally, I went to Shin-okubo aka Korean town !

Our Korean staff , Kaku san, started work from this April, took us to Korean town for the first time! (well, for some of us)

Shin-Okubo is walkable from Shinjuku and only 1 station away by JR Yamanote-line, but it totally different from other places.

Korean grocery store, its open till late, has many kinds of korean ingredients, and beverag.

Hangul character is everywhere, and all of these made us to feel we were in Korea! Excited!

Food was great, Samgyeopsal (Thin-sliced pork BBQ), Seafood Jeon (korean style pancake with meat or seafood, vege) , and MIlitary hotpot! (Sausage, toppogi, vege, noodle, meat with spicy soup) and very affordable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soju

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samgyeopsal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeon_(food)

We opened 5 or 6 soju bottles of Soju (Korean Chochu, distilled liquor) and black bean Makgeolli.

If get bored with Japanese food or want to try something new, go Shin-okubo.

You can experience real Korea without plane ticket and hotel booking.

ENJOY KOREA !!

We got many many chocolate from our guests!!!

Thank you very much ♪　

                                                               Love Chocolate!

If you feel stress, you probably want to eat sweets.

Do you know why?

`Stressed'

Please read the other side

`Desserts'

Yesterday, Ai and Miwa suprised me with cute birthday cakes.

Around hotel and Shinjuku, many patisseries of different kinds. If you want to celeblate birtday while you are staying, we will give you information of great cakes selection.    

Have you ever made  "origami crane"?

This is the picture.

Almost all Japanese can make this easily.

Yesterday, 2 british guests, Kim-san and Carl-san find this crane on the front counter, and asked me, "do you know how to make this?".

"Sure! I can make it!"

They wanted to make it, so I showed how to make it.

During this lesson, a german guest, Matthias-san, joined the lesson!

They practiced many times, created some cranes to remember the way.

And.....

They did it!!

We all joyed of success. Bravoooooo!

        Next, why don't you teach origami crane with your family and friends??

        This how to make origami crane.(from website)

        http://折り紙の折り方.com/2007/10/post_6.html

I have many korean friends in Korea and Japan.

Last yead I visited korea twice.

There are many delicious food!

Delicious,,,,,,???

Anyway

Now I can take private lesson every my work!

Because we have korean staff in our hotel.

                                              Mr. Kak!

I wrote Blog in korean http://blog.naver.com/sakurahah.

He correct my korean also I correct his Japanese. It is good deal♪

I hope I will speak korean fluently,,,

If you want go to outlet shopping from SAKURA HOTEL HATAGAYA,You must check 『MISTUI　OUTLET　PARK』 in MINAMIOSAWA.

This outlet shopping center is only 40 minutes from HATAGAYA.

Take keio line from HATAGAYA,and get off MINAMIOSAWA.

Over 100 shops are connected directly to the station.

Perhaps your favorite available can find cheaply?

If you want know about more,please ask me!!

One of my favorite vacation is, going to amusement park.

This time, I went to Keio-Yomiuri Land (=famous amusement park in Tokyo), with my 3 friends.

So scary-----

This is bungee jumping-------!! (900 yen / person, group rate is more cheeper)

We are 3 bungee jumper!

One of my friend (lady) cannot jump, so she took this picture for us!

This was our first time to jump from 22m (hight) to the ground.

How about to try to check your  bravery is existing!?

ACCESS

Hatagaya⇒Keio Yomiuri Land (change the train at CHOFU station, to local line bound for Hasimoto) 30 min, 240 yen / one way.

http://www.yomiuriland.co.jp/english/index.html

Yesterday, we had a farewell party for Mr.Araki who left our office last week.

I gave a little something for him.

What's in the box?

banana

I'd just like to surprise him.

The present I gave him is a bottle of nihonsyu or rice wine (The bottle he held in his left hand).

I learned a lot from him. I enjoyed working with him.

Good luck with his new job!

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 would like to introduce our lovely staff!!

Ms. Sakura !

    !!SAKURA SAKURA SAKURA SAKURA SAKURA SAKURA SAKURA SAKURA!!!

    She is CUTE !! isn't it??

Sunshine60 at ikebukuro is third highest building in Jpapan.

池袋にあるサンシャイン60は日本で３番目に高いビルなんです

When I was child,I climbed several times.

子供のころに何回か登ったことがあります

This time I went to Sunshine60 to back in a child's mind.

今回は童心に戻ってサンシャイン60に登ってみることにします

Before climbing up, This is very front of the building.

登る前に目の前で見上げると意外と高いですね

This is the entrance of the observatory.

An adult 620yen,A child 310yen.

ここが展望台の入り口です

大人　620円　子供310円

On observatory you can look around the city of Tokyo 360 degrees !!

展望台に上がると東京の街並みが360°見渡せます

An observatory open until 22:00,so I recommend night view too!!

展望台は22:00まで開いているので夜景なんかもお勧めですよ

Almost all Japanese loves Hot spring！

日本人ならやっぱり温泉ですよね！

I think , it is great way to get your health and take a relax♪

健康維持とリラックスには最適ですね♪

The highest temperature of Tokyo of today was 21.5℃, and average warmth in the middle of May. However, it snowed also in Tokyo the other day.

This seems to have been the same also in France to which my daughter had gone recently. She has gone to France for about one month while doing the homestay, and it seems to have gone to London and Belgium.

It's me singing ! (Photo)

I'm a HERO!!!?  Did I save the world? 

http://en.tackfilm.se/?id=1267764393877RA64

You can be a HERO too!!!  for sure!!!  Try it!

Hello everyone!!

My name is Hiroki and I'm stuff from SAKURA HOTEL HATAGAYA.

I love hanging around Tokyo,so my first blog starts about SHINJUKU.

If you are cats lover and staying SHINJUKU on sunny sunday,You must go to fornt of ISETAN department store on shinjuku street .

You can see pretty rare thing.

As you can see,They are sitting on the street signboard!!

If you want see them,please ask me!!

Hi! Everyone!

We just started from 2010 March 1st !

 The cafe that has been done business for 24 hours in Hatagaya is only a

SAKURA CAFE!!!   so please come ! we are waiting 24 hours~~~!!!

Eyelash Extension

Look at my eyes! Did you realize anything different?
I did Eyelash Extension 5 days ago.

It may last from three weeks to one month, depending on the cycle of your hair growth.
It cost from 5,000yen and up!
Nowadays , Japanese girls interested in it very much♪
Hatagaya girl staff are no exception...

Mission accomplished:
Sakura, Keiko, and Ai.

Soon to be:
Miwa and Koz

Do we look much prettier than before?                            
Don't you think?
Why don't you come and stop by at Hatagaya to see us??

He is one of our guest, Mr. David from Australia!

He loves Japan , coming to Japan many times, and also loves Karaoke, too!

Miwa and Ai (Staff) went to Karaoke Box in Hatagaya, on Fev.17.

We(staff) also loves Karaoke, and spent very pleasant time with him.

Singing many songs, imitate with the singer, playing tambalins to beat the rism is very pleasant !

Why don't you go to Karaoke with us !(^^)!?

My name is Sakura.

I'm working at Sakura Hotel Hatagata.

I love dancing, singing, shopping and eating!

If you want to dancing and singing, you can go to Karaoke in Hatagaya.

It's 3 minutes from Sakura Hotel Hatagaya.

Please ask me if you want to go shopping in the Shibuya and Harajuku area.

especially for girls!

AND.....

Today is my Birthday!!!

Yeaaah!

A lot of Sakura Hotel Staff celebrated my 24th birthday.

I love Sakura Hotel staff very much!

We are looking forward to seeing you!

My name is Ai. "愛"

Ai means 「LOVE」 in Japan & China.

     In korea , Ai  means 「ＣＨＩＬＤ」.

                                           In Poltgish,Ai means「OUCH!!」

                                       In Dutch, Ai means 「EGG」 

                        What does it mean "Ai" in your launguage??

Vancouver Olympic

I have been to Vancouver for 1 year.

When I watch TV(Olympic), I always reminds my memory.

.

In Down Town 2007

Count Down for Vancouver Olympic.

Do you like to see Olympic game?

Of course, I love it!　Especially figure skating♪

Let's watch it together at our Café!

On Sunday I went to see a manager of Sakura Hotel Hatagaya, Nory Kondo-san live concert held at Club Phase in Takadanobaba. He is a vocalist of Def Leppard tribute band called "Def Leppanda".

 

Me, Hideki-san, Nory-san, Sakura-chan and Sally-chan after the show 

In Takadanobaba there are numbers of live houses to enjoy various kinds of music ranging from Jazz to Rock.. For those of you who are interested in seeing local bands play in Tokyo, You might want to visit this local town!

Nory-san otsukaresamadeshita.

We would like to thank all the guests who stayed with us in 2009 and hope you had a memorial time with your family, partner or friends during your stay.

We wish you all have a happy new year 2010!!

See you again next year in Tokyo! 

"What`s your Japan?" 

Sakura Hotel Hatagaya

with Sariko (left) and Kayoko (right) at Ikebukuro

Guess what I just found out!

Sariko and I graduated from same school, St. Cloud State University in Minnesota.

What a small world!  A big surprise!

She is the only one I can share my experience in Minnesota, such as severely cold winter (minus 30 degrees Celsius ... freezing my butt off), 'well-reputed' school cafeteria, 'mixed' dormitory, 'packed' library, dark room at Art Building, huge local supermarket ...

It is not too much to say that I had the best time of my life when I was a university student. I had the passion for study (journalism), romance and photography. I didn't have enough time to sleep because I was too busy with 3 things.

Good old days ...

Today was my first day of work at Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro.

This is my new home 'Ikebukuro'

I walked through 'Romance Street' on my way to work.

Am I going to have a new romance at Ikebukuro???

     Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro!

     There are 2 buildings ...

     mail building and annex.

     Please come to nice cozy cafe.

First 'impressive' guests ... Alex from Chicago (viking) and Jason from Adelaide.

I love Minnesota Vikings

My heart is still at Hatagaya ...

Yesterday, Ichiro became the first player in major league history to reach 200 hits in nine straight seasons.

   With Hiro (left) and Ai (right)

Ai made the special cheesecake. Was it my birthday cake?

Every year, we get older and have 'happy birthday' ...

We have five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes in a year.

How would you measure a year in the life?

It does not matter how old we are.

A Lower House general election was held yesterday and The Democratic Party of Japan won an overwhelming victory in the election. As a result of that, the DICTATOR's regime by Liberal Democratic Party for more than half a century was over.

This election has historic new wave and opens the door to true DEMOCRACY. Unfortunately, we have had the absence of democracy.

I hope that the new government will respect minority opinions and reflect the voice of the people. Also, we always have to be watch dogs that check government policy and what direction the government are heading in. What matters most is that we are responsible for participating actively in politics.

Today, I went to Akasaka ACT Theater to see rock musical RENT.

RENT is one of the longest running shows on Broadway (From April 1996 to September 2008) and RENT was the winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Akasaka ACT Theater is right next toTBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) , Minato-ku, Tokyo.

In Japan, the film RENT began showing in theaters in 2006.

Poverty, drug, AIDS, death, loneliness, desperation, love, friendship, dream ... life of young people in New York is described with beautiful songs, amazing voices and passionate performances.

There is no future
There is no past
I live this moment as my last
There's only us
There's only this
Forget regret
Or life is yours to miss
No other road
No other way
No day but today

The lyrics have touched my heartstrings since I saw the movie RENT ... I almost cried by the live performance today.

RENT calls up memories of my school days in America ... I wish I had a time-machine and could go back to the good old days when I had wonderful friends and passions, and dreams even though I faced a lot of difficulties and made many mistakes. Friends were always there for me. 

Autograph session by Adam Pascal as Roger ... I got an autograph on the official book.

'Sora wo koete  ra ra ra hoshi no kanata  yukuzo atomu ......'

I got off at the JR Takadanobaba station and then I heard the melody of the theme song of 'Astro Boy (Tetsuwan Atomu)' from the next platform.

August 15th is the anniversary of the end of World War II (Defeat in the War Memorial Day).  

The 91th high school baseball tournament is held at Koshien stadium from August 8th to the 23rd. Today's second game was stopped at exactly 12 noon and players and spectators stood in silence for a minute.

August is the month that makes me get in a sad mood, but smiles and tears of 'Kyuji' high school players in the midsummer heat give me courage and energy.

No more war ... Article nine of Japanese Constitution states "the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes."

I am proud of the Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan.

This month, we have 3 birthday boy/girls.

Our first Birthday Girl, Ai turns to 2★　years on August 3rd.

We love you no matther how old you are.  

The birth Flower of August 3rd: Tree Peony            Meaning: Charming, Innocence

I guess it is right, don't you think so?

keiko bought a birthday cake!

Looks so good...... Can't wait....

even though Ai said "NO", i couldn't wait to take a one bite......

She gave me 5 slaps later....... she did her revenge.

Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ai!   Wish you will enjoy your time of life :-)

Loves from all of us

I found a good article "how to wear A YUKATA"

in Japan's No1 English Magazine "METROPOLIS"!!

You know A "YUKATA"?

A "YUKATA" is a Japanese garment, a casual summer kimono usually made of cotton.

 People wearing yukata are a common sight in Japan at fireworks displays,

bon-odori festivals, and other summer events.

Off course, we can wear it!!

Would you like to enjoy Tokyo's summer festivals with your "YUKATA"?

I don't mind the heat, but I am sick and tired of the humidity.

In summer, it is very humid here in Japan.

We do need refreshing coolness.

There is one thing that could give the coolness to us.

That is FUURIN (wind-bells).

I had a dinner at Thai restaurant 'Spice Market' near our hotel.

I ordered my favorite Thai beer 'SINGHA' and pad thai.

I love our local beer 'Asahi Super Dry', but SINGHA is as good as Asahi.

I used to live in Phuket, Thailand, but I had a hard time with spicy food.

I had always ordered MILD pad thai and SINGHA at beer garden almost every night.

I had a vivid flashback of those days in Phuket while drinking SINGHA ...

Sunrise before breakfast

Riding motorbike to the beach

Lunch at MacDonald in Phuket Town

 Dinner at Night market

 And more ...

I came to Hiroshima from Tokyo by night-bus. After 12 hours' ride, I looked at the clock and it was 8:15 a.m. Immediately I remembered that at 8:15 a.m. on August 6th in 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.

Hiroshima Station

The reason why I went to Hiroshima was because I wanted to think about peace.

The last time I visited Hiroshima was almost 20 years ago, when I was a high-school student. I came for the school trip and I had a chance to meet survivors of the atomic bombings and they told of their atomic bombing experiences in front of the students. I still remember that I was so shocked and felt a pain in the chest.

Atomic Bomb Dome

We should not forget about what happened during the war and we must convey to younger generations the horrors of war. We are responsible for the peace in the future and children's happiness. We should not repeat the errors in our history.

Children's Peace Monument

This is Hatagaya Mikoshi Festival at September, 2008.

 

At this traditional Japanese festival, people hold a Mikoshi (a portable shrine) with many people.

We,Sakura Hotel Hatagaya's staff and our guests joined in this festival.

During walking around the street, we could have some drinks, and foods.

This time, we had sushi(delicious!), beers, miso soup with pork and vegetables, snacks, Oden (Japanese Pot-au-feu) and soft drinks when we have a break.

We will join this festival in this September.

If you'll stay our hotel, enjoy this festival with us!!

Guess who's singing.

Crazy about 80's rock?

You can be a best friend with NORY aka vo. Joe Naul (Def Leppard tribute band ) Def Leppanda.

How luckey we are to have such a cool boss like him.

He can really sing!

YOU ROCK NORY!!

Somehow I feel relaxed while walking around Kamakura.

I like the historic atmosphere in Kamakura and I can escape from the reality.

Now, we are in the middle of the rainy season called "Tsuyu" and we can see colorful umbrellas come out. Ajisai (hydrangea) is seasonal flower in June and the combination of raindrops and Ajisai is beautiful.

In Kamakura, Meigetsu-in and Hase-dera are popular for Ajisai and they are worth visiting.

Meigetsu-in

Hase-dera

Meigetsu-in

Now, the "full scale" of Gundam that is 18 meters tall stands at Shiokaze Park in Odaiba. Awesome! It is breathtaking and magnificent. In front of Gundam, I was back into boyhood. When I was a kid, Gundam was my hero and I used to collect plastic models in Gundam series.

Gundam has been "under construction" to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the broadcasting of the "Mobile Suit Gundam" animated television series and it will open to the public for free from July 11th to August 31st. "MUST SEE"

I wish Gundam could move around Tokyo.