Hello,

Have you ever heard of ''Japanese tea ceremony'' ?
It is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation
and presentation of "Matcha", powdered green tea.
Last night, we've tried to make this.

Actually there are many delicate rules of behavior and stories,,,,,,
how dose it taste??
It is very strong green tea.....
Please ask us when you are staying at our Hotel,
we will serve you if you are interested in it!

A magical stone that cures illness.
Sounds like a fairytail but such stone exists in Japan!

The name of the stone is "Hokutoseki"
The Hokutoseki can only be found in Taiwan and Tamagawa onsen in Akita prefecture, Japan.
Magazines introduce the stone as "Good for health", "Cures illness", so it became famous.

There is a scientific proof that the Hokutoseki is good for health. Unfortunately, you cannot take the stones home because they are protected by government.

Since you cannot take them home, people go to the Tamagawa onsen for their good health or wish to be cured whatever illness they may have.
They lie on the ground so they would feel the "power" of the stone.

Looks a bit strange doesn't it?

Don't worry, it is not a cult.
I don't know how good it is, but since it's good for health, I'd like to go there some day.

When you look at a person, what do you look at?
According to a book, Japanese people look at a person's eyes, and Westerners look at their lips/mouth.
Therefore, Japanese people don't usually wear sun glasses.
They feel that not showing their eyes would be impolite.

Unlike the Westerners, the lips are part of their expression, so they don't cover their mouth.

You'd probably see a lot of people wearing face masks in the winter.
It may look strange but it is very usual for Japanese people wear a face mask in everyday life.

Hello. This is Johrel.

I was walking around Jimbocho area to find a place for lunch and I found this little place that sells Sushi bowl.
It's only about 6 minutes walk from Sakura Hotel.

The name of the place is Donmaru. They only do take outs

They have many varieties of sushi bowl.

The price is only 525 yen!

This is what I had for lunch. It's Chirashi don.