Thank you Hiroshima Hana Hostel :)

Hows it going everyone.

It has been pleasurable working at Hiroshima Hana Hostel for the past two years or so.

I would like to thank everyone I have worked with, you have all been Super Stars and I will never forget the times we have shared together.

And I know this sounds a bit like a speech for the Oscars but, I would also like to thank all the guests that have stayed with us. I Really looked forward to coming into work every day as meeting all of you was so interesting. I never had a dull moment. I hope you are all having fun, where ever you are in the world!!! Thank you.

I wonder what I will do with all the free time I have from now. Some Yoga, maybe, or even some leather craft. My husband wants me to learn how to make lots of nice cakes. But if I do, he might start getting a big belly. :-p

So this is it. Thank you, one and all. I have loved every minute of it.

Adios Amigos!!

BEST PIZZERIA IN KYOTO!

Ciao a tutti!

A friend of mine came to visit me from Kobe, my home town.

We went to "Pizzeria Da Yuki". It is close to the Kyoto City Museum.
http://r.tabelog.com/kyoto/A2603/A260301/26005239/

We tried a Pizza Margherita and a Pizza Marinara with shrimp.
(Marinara is Margherita without mozzarella cheese)


BUOOOOONOOOOO!!!


I recalled my "Mangiare Cantare Amore (Eat Sing Love)" days in Italy...

How cool she is!!

It is hot and humid in Kyoto everyday.
In this hot weather, we had a really COOOOOOOL guest!



She is traveling all over Japan with this COOOOOOL friend.
It has started from Hokkaido.
She is a musician who is traveling one place to the other for events in Japan.
Meantime, she is promoting cervical cancer prevention. Because of her experience, She hope that many women go to cancer screening tests especially young women.

She and her buddy came from Aichi prefecture today!! They are super COOL!!
I was astonished when I saw them! Very big body of her friend and she is small against it.
Even it is still very hot in Kyoto, they brought COOL air to Kyoto Hana Hostel!!

Please have a safe trip and bring COOL wind to everybody in Japan!!
Wish for your success!!

MR BANZAI BEAN AGAIN ♪

Recently, we were lucky enough to have Mr. Bean stay with us for a 3rd time. As always, he pleasured us with conversation of his travels and so forth.

Simon joined one of the Hiroshima tours yesterday (www.hiroshimatours.info) and told us it was a very good experience he thoroughly enjoyed.

We hope to see Simon again sometime in the future：）

BYE　BYE　BEAN!!

Hot Spring in the Highlands

Oita prefecture in Kyusyu is famous for its hot springs particularly those in and around the city of Beppu.

In this summer, I went one of hot springs in Okuyuhuin highlands.

Beautiful, isn't it? Fresh air make your lungs clean.

This outdoor bath makes you feel gorgeous.

It was in the early evening on weekday and there's no one except for me. As you may guess I swam.

This is very important sign for hot spring lovers. This means that there is no water added to this type of bath. The hot spring of a 'Gensen kakenageshi' bath is always released without being used in a circulation system.

There are a bunch more hot springs around Beppu. Please find one you like.

Here is the site of this hot spring.
http://okuyufuin.net/

URIBO

The wild boars live around my house in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
I have never seen such a small wild boars!
They were so cute!
Child wild boar is called "uribo" in Japanese.