Posted by: Misato
(June 28, 2011 5:00 PM)

Last Sunday, we had the event.... Traveler's Night !!!
and the theme was Spain!!

Thank you for people who joined the event!!!

There were Spanish Beer! Did you drink it??

me? I can't drink Beer, so I drunk Sangria! It was tasty!! Love it!

and Spanish food, Paella!! etc...

I wish everybody enjoyed the event!

Next event will be FIESTA on July 9!!!
Please come and join us (^-^)/

Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-hotel-ikebukuro.com/

Sakura Cafe Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-cafe.asia/ikebukuro/english/

Posted by: Misato (June 28, 2011 5:00 PM) | Permalink

Posted by: Mihoko
(June 24, 2011 1:16 PM)

Rainy season in Japan is finishing soon.
How about taking a walk on sunny days?

I'll recommend you nice Osampo(taking a walk) course in Yamate in Yokohama.

This is "French Mountain(France Yama)" that is the hillside between "Harbour View Park(Minato no mieru oka Kouen)" and the canal.

There's a windmill here.

Although it was a hot day, I could feel cool winds when I was taking a walk there.

If you prefer more quiet place, go to "Yamate Italian Hill Garden(Yamate Italia Yama Teien" that's located near Ishikawa-cho Station.


1880-1886,there used to be the Consulate of Italy here, so this place was called "Italian Hill" before.

You can see two beauriful houses in Italian Hill Garden.

This is "Bluff 18" which was built for foreigners after the Great Kanto Earthquake(1923).

And this is "Diplomat's House"
This house was belonged to Sadatsuchi Uchida who was a diplomat,and originally it was built in Shibuya.But it was moved to Yamate in 1990s.
You can also see the inside of Diplomat's House for free.
Around the house, there are a lot of beautiful flowers.

Yamate is an ideal place for couple to take a walk...

Like them, let's enjoy talking about the nature...

'Wow, what a beautiful bird!'
'Yeah,I want to be free from you like that bird...'

Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-hotel-ikebukuro.com/

Sakura Cafe Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-cafe.asia/ikebukuro/english/

Posted by: Mihoko (June 24, 2011 1:16 PM) | Permalink

Posted by: Misato
(June 21, 2011 8:00 PM)

3 years ago, I was staying in KENYA for 6months.

During the time, I wanted to make my hair like African women!

BUT.... can you imagine how many hours to made my hair??

4HOURS!!!!

even though 3people was doing......
They said that Japanese hair is too thin and slippery.

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DONE~~~~

My friends ware laughed at me and called me "BOB,"
cause looked like Bob Marley!?

hello?? I am a woman!

Besides.... I couldn't sleep the night cause my head skin was pulled
and has a pain in it!!! Soooooooooooooooo painful!!

Anyway I could keep this hair for 2weeks~~

Also took another 4 hours for untying my hair.....

after taking off the braids, my hair was like this!

My friends called me "TARO HAKASE".....

Do you wanna be African Style?? XD

Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-hotel-ikebukuro.com/

Sakura Cafe Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-cafe.asia/ikebukuro/english/

Posted by: Misato (June 21, 2011 8:00 PM) | Permalink

Posted by: Sariko
(June 17, 2011 5:27 PM)

Hello, everybody.
How are you today?

We have sad news today.

One of my great coworker, Noriko is leaving Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro today.
I am so sad about it.
Me and Noriko started working same time, 4years ago in this hotel.
She has something that I don't have, and I learned many things from her.
Her work skill was great and she always helped me a lot.
Also, we had so much fun when we work together.
Every single moment that we were together is great memory.

Thank you, Noriko.
Please stop by sometime:)

Posted by: Sariko (June 17, 2011 5:27 PM) | Permalink

Posted by: Mihoko
(June 15, 2011 1:52 PM)

Last weekend(on11June), there was Japanese Lesson at Sakura Cafe.


Many foreign students came to join, and in this lesson we learned how to exchange name cards in Japan.

Sasaki Teacher explained what to say when you exchange name cards.
Say company name,and your name...
For exemple: Sakura Hotel no Mihoko to moushimasu!

Let's give it a try!

Nice to meet you! See the partner's face...not camera.

The practice of exchanging name cards made us become friends easily..

After finished exchanging name cards, let's say 'Yoroshiku onegaishimasu'

Wow,great! He can exchange name cards politely like Japanese business people!

Kyung Soo(left) from Korea and Huy(right) from Vietnam.
They became friends through this Japanese Lesson!

Hey everybody! Did you enjoy learning business culture of Japan?

Learning Japanese is so interesting!
Let's join with us next time!

Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-hotel-ikebukuro.com/

Sakura Cafe Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-cafe.asia/ikebukuro/english/

Posted by: Mihoko (June 15, 2011 1:52 PM) | Permalink

Posted by: Aki
(June 13, 2011 10:44 PM)

Our event “FIESTA vol 5” was held on 11th of June.
Over 70 persons joined and seemed to enjoy their evening :)

This is the pic on that night.

Hey, can you see the person having a camera, is far left in the pic?
Do you know who he is??
He is.. yes, our staff, Hideki.
http://www.sakura-hotel-ikebukuro.com/staff.php
He was off duty on that night and joined the event.
He was also supposed to take pics of the guests though,
I noticed that he mostly enjoyed drinking and chatting with our guests.
Whenever I saw him, he seemed to enjoy having his time with girls!

You see?

And see?

Hey Hideki, instead of being taken, you took enough photos, didn't you?
And... you tried to find your future bride, didn't you? :D

Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-hotel-ikebukuro.com/

Sakura Cafe Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-cafe.asia/ikebukuro/english/

Posted by: Aki (June 13, 2011 10:44 PM) | Permalink

Posted by: Misato
(June 12, 2011 7:00 PM)

It was hot today~~!!
so some customers at Sakura Cafe were drinking BEER since early afternoon!! (>o<)

See?

They are from the Netherlands and drinking Heineken!
(I didn't know that Heineken is from the Netherlands...)

By the way
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What's your favorite BEER??

To tell the truth, I don't like BEER......

BUT I can drink NEWTON from BELGIUM!

Newton is not bitter and has apple flavor!!!

So if you don't like BEER, please try Newton once (^-^)

Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-hotel-ikebukuro.com/

Sakura Cafe Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-cafe.asia/ikebukuro/english/

Posted by: Misato (June 12, 2011 7:00 PM) | Permalink

Posted by: Mihoko
(June 11, 2011 11:32 AM)

I love Korean food.
Especially,my favorite Korean food is 'Naengmyeon', that is Korean cold noodles.

When I was in Korea, I heard the rumor that there's a huge Naengmyeon like a basin in Incheon..
So I went to Incheon to look for a huge Naengmyeon with my friends!

Oh my god! This Naengmyeon was too big and heavy....It was truly 'basin'

I can put my face into this Naengmyeon bowl.
To our surprise,it costed only 3.500won(about 3.5USD) then.Cheap!
I hope that price didn't raise until now....

I couldn't eat all, but my friend ate all!!!!! Incredible!

My Korean friends tried to eat Bibim-Naengmyeon(cold noodles with red pepper).
Bibim-Naengmyeon looks so spicy,doesn't it?

Needless to say, they gave up eating all......

That basin Naengmyeon was not only big and cheap but also tasted good.
Unfortunately,many tourists don't know because that place is far from Seoul.

If you have a chance to go to Korea, you should eat the basin Naengmyeon.

Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-hotel-ikebukuro.com/

Sakura Cafe Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-cafe.asia/ikebukuro/english/

Posted by: Mihoko (June 11, 2011 11:32 AM) | Permalink

Posted by: Misato
(June 9, 2011 4:00 PM)

I found a temple, Gokokuji, while taking a walk last week.

I walked to there from Ikebukuro, but actually can use a subway (only 2 station).

It was on weekday, so there are only few people.

It is a DAIBUTSU.

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I tried OMIKUJI there~~~~ ("a sacred lot" in English??)

I got DAIKICHI which is the LUCKIEST one!!!
and is said...
Even if there are a lot of serious things now, there is a thing good afterwards!

Oooooo, I'm so glad~~~~

If you visit Japan and have time, please try OMIKUJI and test of your luck (>o<)

Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-hotel-ikebukuro.com/

Sakura Cafe Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-cafe.asia/ikebukuro/english/

Posted by: Misato (June 9, 2011 4:00 PM) | Permalink

Posted by: Mihoko
(June 7, 2011 11:32 AM)

Who is he????

Polar bear? White cat???

No,,He's a puppy of pomeranian.
I had one pomeranian when I lived in Vietnam.
But I don't think he's a real pomeranian..After a few monthes, his shape changed like Chihuahua.

So I called him 'Fake Pomeranian'

His name is Ribbon, He was so mischievous, he liked to bite me. He got out of hand...
But he's lovely,isn't he?

Although I called his name a lot, he just ignored like this....

Look at his face!

He was only 3 monthes baby at that time..
...but his expressive face looked like an old man.

Ribbon,what are you thinking????

Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-hotel-ikebukuro.com/

Sakura Cafe Ikebukuro
http://www.sakura-cafe.asia/ikebukuro/english/

Posted by: Mihoko (June 7, 2011 11:32 AM) | Permalink