Jimbocho Sakura Hotel and Cafe Blog

Can you play Kendama?

2012-02-04T05:52:29Z

Kendama is a traditional Japanese toy. The toy consisting of a hammer-shaped handle connected by a string to a ball.

As you can see, the ends of the base and the crosspiece of the hammer are cupped so that they can catch the ball, but also the ball has a hole that can fit the spike on the end of the hammer.

If you want to have a try, we have to of them at our front desk and you can use it for free!!

I tried but still too complicated^^ Need to practice more^^

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Happy Hour @ Sakura Cafe Jimbocho!

2012-02-03T06:15:51Z

Today I would like to inform everyone of a new campaign we are starting at our cafe--

Happy Hour!

Everyday from 4pm to 9pm you can enjoy our entire cocktail menu for only 300 yen!

Cheap, no? Today I would like to introduce a couple of our staff favourites...

Rum and Coke, made with a special Jamaica brand rum.

A popular choice among those not too keen on alcohol-- Cassis Orange!

One of our special dessert cocktails-- Toffee Nuts Chichi.

I love milky cocktails such as this one.. and it has the sweet aroma of nuts and caramel yum.

We hope to see you soon at Sakura Cafe Jimbocho`s Happy Hour!!!

The King of Cup Noodles?!?!

2012-02-01T23:00:35Z

Hello, hello, hoping everyone is doing well.

For today`s blog I wanted to introduce to everyone my dinner the other night!

Dinner? Snack? I suppose it could be both...

King-sized cup noodles!

This famous brand of instant noodles recently released this very popular item for its 40th anniversary. Compared to the normal-sized cup noodles its a little more then double its size.

And for those looking for a variation on your everyday old noodles,

You can try eating it with my personal favourite toppings--

A raw egg and Tabasco!

It`s really quite good.

Often you can see our hotel guests lounging in our cafe having cup noodles.

Next time I suggest you try it with some extra toppings!

Recognising Japanese Coins

2012-02-01T06:10:53Z

Hello!!

Hope everything is fine!!!

Today I would like to introduce the Japanese coins.

Since I've seen many people doubting about how much one money cost ( including myself at first), I think it may be useful for those who are coming to Japan to have a quick check to this picture.

As you can see here, there are 500, 100, 50, 10 5, and 1 yen coins. Now it seems to be easier than it is, when they are in your pocket or wallet, and they aren't so new, sometimes it become a hard job to guess the value of them.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

2012-01-31T06:00:03Z

Have you ever heard about Big Japan Pro Wrestling?

This is a hard-hitting, violent and bloody style wrestling known as the deathmatch.

During these matches, fighters can use all kind of weapons, like chairs, sticks...

They are coming to Tokyo this week, February 2nd!! For those who like this fighting battles shouldn't lose that change to watch them in live^^

A piece of paper and...Origami!!

2012-01-30T06:14:48Z

Origami is a traditional Japanese art of paper folding.

In Japan is so popular, that everybody knows how to do some figures, something that surprised me a lot at first. Then, I realized in Japan, children learn this art in the kinder garden school.

At first they learn basic things like this:

But some skilful people can do awesome figures:

I am impressed about what they can do with a piece of paper!!

Do you like to eat "o Bento"?

2012-01-29T00:47:17Z

As everybody knows, o bento is a traditional way to carry the food everywhere. But nowadays there are so many new different modern styles that are so cute!!

I really like these designs, as many other beautiful desserts and food, even somtimes you can regret to eat such a cute thing!

Do you like them? You should try it sometimes^^

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L'anno scolastico da settembre!

2012-01-27T16:33:01Z

inizia ad Aprile,finisce a Marzo.

Questo e' il sistema scolastico giapponese da molti anni

Universita' di Tokyo detto Todai,ha deciso di adottare il nuovo anno scolastico

(quello a pertire da settembre)fra 5 anni.

Sotto questa glabalizazione e forte calo dei giovani di recente,

per accogliere piu' stranieri,per facilitare il cambiamento scolastico,

l'universita' piu' prestigiosa nipponica ha messo un passo avanti per il futuro.

da questo punto di vista,il Giappone deve essere internazionale piu' presto possibile!

Maneki Neko = Lucky cat

2012-01-27T06:52:54Z

Do you know this famous cat?

It's so famous in Japan, and even all around the world.This is a Japanese sculpture, made of ceramic but also can be made by plastic and other materials. It is said that this sculture will bring good luck to its owner.

As this cat is getting older, its shapes and colours and from are changing, and know they can be even electric. don't get surprise if you see this cat moving its arm as if it was bowing^^

Nowadays this cat became so popular in China that many people believe that its origin comes from China... But this is a 100% Japanese cat;)

¿ Por que no comer algo de sashimi?

2012-01-26T01:53:08Z

Hola amigos,

El otro día os hablé del sushi, pues hoy toca el sashimi.

Aún siendo un amante del sushi, tengo que reconocer que hay veces que me apetece tomar sashimi.

Sashimi es un plato de pescado crudo, normalmente acompañado de Daikon ( Nabo) cortado en hilos y cualquier otra decoración como flores comestibles, como podeis ver en esta foto... Pero lo que nunca puede faltar es el wasabi y la salsa de soja:)

Our friends from Spain

2012-01-25T05:21:35Z

Hello!!

The weather in Tokyo is sunny again:)) I love sunny days!!

Tomorrow our friends from Spain will leave our hotel. They have been here for one week and we spent good moments together.

Those guys are brothers and they come from a small village close to Barcelona.

They are impressed with the high technology they could find in Tokyo, specially in places like Akihabara, so we are sure they will be back someday^^

We hope they have a good flight and hope to see them again;)

Gran neve a Tokyo!

2012-01-23T19:25:22Z

ieri(23 Gennaio) a Tokyo,e' nevicato un sacco!

Per la prima volta a quest'anno,accumurata la neve!

per terra ,la mattina sara' ghiacciato che pericoloso!

Quando ero piccolo,mi divertivo con la neve,ma adesso mi preoccupo di andare in ufficio o se i mezzi funzionano.....vuol dire che mi sono invecchiato!!!!

Do you like sushi?

2012-01-23T04:47:55Z

Japan, as everyone knows, is famous for a lot of things, and one of those things is sushi.

I've always liked sushi, but the best sushi I've ever tried has been in Japan.

Here, there is a kind of sushi restaurant called Kaiten-zushi. In these restaurants the sushi dishes are already prepared and they are circulating through the table. This is great for people like me who doesn't know the fish name^^ But when I see them It's easy to chose.

Also dishes have different colours depending on their prices

Which is your favourite one? It's so difficult choice. I like specially toro. the fatty part of the tuna.

Itadakimasu!!

Hakuba ski resort

2012-01-22T01:10:50Z

Hola　amigos,

Hoy unos huéspedes se han marchado a Hakone. Hakone es una estación de esquí situada en la perfectura de Nagano, Su nombre (白馬) significa caballo blanco y se debe a la forma que toma la ladera cuando está nevada.

Para ir hay un bus que sale de Shinjuku, y tarde 3 hores y 45 minutos.

Esta estación de esquí ofrece la posibilidad de visitar uno de sus onzens que, por lo general abren 24 horas al día en temporada de invierno, ideal para entrar en calor después de un largo día bajo los preciosos paisajes nevados que nos ofrece.

calato il numero di turisti ma sta in ripreso!

2012-01-20T16:13:03Z

27,8 % in meno rispetto all'anno 2010

sono 6219300 turisti staranieri in Giappone in 2011.(in 2010 sono 8611175,il numero piu' alto della storia giapponese)

Ha annunciato ieri JNTO(organizazione del turismo giapponese)

il motivo principale e' senza altro il terremoto e sostanza radioattiva

il secondo e' forte Yen nei confronti di dollari euro etc...

Tuttavia recentemente i turisti cominciano a tornare.

I piu' notevolei sono taiwanesi e cinesi.

"quest'anno dobbiamo puntare 9 milioni di turisti stranieri" detto Ryouici Matsuyama

il presidente dell'organizazzione

sempre aspettiamo a braccia aperte,la primavera si sta avvicinando!