TRIP to KYUSHU !! Part 2

Hello again!
The next day we visited NAGASAKI.


The staffs from the hostel AKARI, the hostel we stayed,
drove us up to the mountain to show us this view of the
Nagasaki city. It was so beautiful.
This hostel was also very nice and the staffs were great!


We also visited the peace park and the memorial museum.
At the peace park, a guy asked us that he would take
a picture of us. And this is it...





What a great picture!!!
The statue's face is missing!!!
Did he meant to do this!?
This statue is suppose to be like this


The right hand shows the meaning of the bomb, and the left hand
shows the meaning of the peace. Also he is closing his
eyes to pray for all the victims of this war.


This trip was not just for having fun. We learned and felt many
thing by visiting other cities and other hostels.

TRIP to KYUSHU !! Part 1

The other day I went on a trip to Kyushu with my co-workers .

These are the members...

The first day we stayed at our ex co-worker's new hostel which opened in
Aso (Kumamoto) last month.


All I can say about this hostel is that everything was just PERFECT!!
Rooms, facilities, location, and warm peoples.

The next day, we took a bus to Mt. Aso to see the crater.
We were lucky because sometimes the entry zones will be restricted
depending on the emission of volcanic gases.


I felt like I was in a different country.
I noticed that there are many places I have to see and know about in Japan.



And our trip goes on...

A nice living room!

Now that we are renovated the living room,guests come down there more often.
The room has become a good place to meet people.
I would be happy if you meet a nice friends here at Hana hostel.
Have a great trip!!

Onomichi

I visited Onomichi last week.

Onomichi city is known for its many temples such as the Senkoji Temple.
Also this city is known for Onomichi Ramen and a city with many hills and stairs.

We climbed up the stairs of over 100 steps to the Senkoji Temple.


The view from the Senkoji Temple




There's also a rope way but we wanted walk and exercise!

Now is the season for colored leaves and in the Spring time,
this place is famous for cherry blossoms.

Hiroshima Dreamination♪

Dreamination has been started from November 6.

it is one of Hiroshima's biggest draws of the winter season and becoming a one of the city's biggest yearly attractions.

Peace Boulevard and parts of city center will be illuminated with thousands of colored light bulbs to what some think are somewhat tasteless effect and to others are exciting and fun!!

17:30-23:00
November 6 , 2009-January 3 ,2010

We have improved the lobby!!

Hi there!!

Hana Hostel has improved the lobby.
We collected much information around Hiroshima.





We hope that this helps make your travel easy!

We hope you have a lovely time here in Hiroshima!!

Saijyo Sake Festival !!

The Sake Festival will be held in Saijo town this weekend, 10th and 11th of October.

In Saijo there are many sake breweries, one of the towns in Japan famous for the production of sake. You can go around the breweries and enjoy sake tasting.

In the Sake Hiroba, you can get your own little cup with 1300yen (1600yen on the day), and participants can taste about 900 different samples of sake from all over Japan.

(There is no re-admission to the Sake Hiroba, so if you want to do tour the breweries and go around the back streets, you should probably do that first.)

Each sake brewery also hosts various elaborate events, such as concerts at the brewery, and more than 200,000 tourists take part in the festivities.

[Dates/Times]

The main site of the festival
10th of October (Sat.) 10:45-21:00
11th of October (Sun.) 9:50-17:00

The Sake Hiroba
10th of October (Sat.) 11:00-20:00
11th of October (Sun.) 10:00-17:00

[Access]

by JR train
From Hiroshima station, take the JR Sanyo Line and get off at Saijo station, it'll take about 30min, and the fare is 570yen.



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[Contact]

E-mail： sakematsur★hh-kanko.ne.jp (★ as @)
TEL：082-420-0330
FAX：082-420-0329
(9:00-17:00)

[Web-site]

The official web site doesn't have English web page yet, so please check the translated web site as follow:

Saijo Sake Festival (translated by Excite Japan)

"HANA" human letters

We took a photo for the hostel's new flyer.
Can you see the word "HANA" ??

Mr "BANZAI" Bean visits Hiroshima !

Hi there!
I introduce the guest who is even madder and more devious than his internationally famous English namesake !!


+++Mr Bean (Australian brand ,not English TV style) loved his stay at HANA HOSTEL-BANZAI!!!+++

Sunset from Seto Inland Sea

Hello
I went to see the sunset from KURE PORT PIA PARK.
It's about 30mins. by JR train from Hiroshima station
and it's right in front of the station.

However, at that time it was kind of cloudy.
First it was okay but...

It hid in the cloud just as I thought...

But still, it was really nice.