Posted by: Sariko
(November 20, 2010 1:53 PM)

How do you enjoy this year's Beaujolais Nouveau?
We had Beaujolais Nouveau party on Nov 18th and 19th.
Thank you for coming, everybody:)
You can see the picture from ↓

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

Beaujolais Nouveau wine is available till Nov 27th.

Posted by: Sariko (November 20, 2010 1:53 PM) | Permalink

Posted by: Victor
(November 18, 2010 5:57 PM)

Have you ever thought about why Ikebukuro is called Ikebukuro???
This question has come to my mind during the first time I arrived here
The kanji for Ikebukuro literally means 池：pond 袋：bag.

Well, if I found this bag in the pond, i would be very excited! haha

After doing some research, it seems that there are several origins of the name of the place.
The first is that in the northeastern part of the village there was a lake shaped like someone holding a bag.
The second is that there were once a large number of lakes in the area of various sizes (thus implying a bag full of lakes).
The third is that long ago a turtle came out of the lake carrying a bag on its back.

I am not sure which one is correct, but I'm sure that there are Vitton bags everywhere in Ikebukuro.........'s department stores! hahaha

Have you also seen a statue of an owl in the station?

It's name is Ikefukuroh(pond owl), which is a cold joke...(￣▽￣;)
Ikebukuro--->Ikefukuroh....

Posted by: Victor (November 18, 2010 5:57 PM) | Permalink

Posted by: Victor
(November 10, 2010 1:19 PM)

I am back from Hong Kong and have brought some little souvenir to my dearest colleagues
They are some tasty small snacks which people ion HK like to eat.
Almond cookie

the crunchy texture is different from that of the western ones. The taste of almond and egg mixed together can make you go crazy about it!

Pineapple pie with egg yolk
It is like japanese "mochi" inside, but it is a bit more like a paste.

peanut candies
This is the soft version. I like the hard version instead. (laugh)

mooncake
This is one of the things I like most in the world!
Lotus seed paste is very rich in taste. With the egg yolk inside, your heart will be taken away by it!

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Posted by: Victor
(November 2, 2010 9:16 PM)

There is a party tonight!
and about 60 people have come!
It is very bustling with cheerful laughter of the participants!

Posted by: Victor (November 2, 2010 9:16 PM) | Permalink

Posted by: Victor
(November 1, 2010 1:50 PM)

The guests who always leave message in Twitter have finally come!!!

They are from France and we are so happy to see them!!
Thanks so much for their warm greetings from Disneyland Paris!
We are glad that they have remembered us since they were in France.

They have even prepared gifts for us!! Merci!!!!!



Merci beaucoup!!!!
Twitter is a conventent tool for people to communicate.
Please feel free to send us messages when you have time!
http://twitter.com/ikebukuro_hotel

Posted by: Victor (November 1, 2010 1:50 PM) | Permalink