A nice place with live music in Hiroshima

The other day,I went to a nice place with live music that is called "Jazz Club Bird". This club has the nice atmosphere and you can enjoy nice jazz music which are selected by the owner before live music.

Usually,local musicans perform at the club.

However, occasionally Japanese professional jazz musicians come for performances.

I could see wonderful performances by pro musicians that date and enjoyed the luxurious time.

In the central of Hiroshima city,there are some places with live music.

For more information about clubs of Hiroshima, please click here!

You may find nice clubs.

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♪Jazz Club Bird

Hiroshima-shi, Naka-ku,

Yagenbori 10-11　Housepia B1

TEL&FAX 082-241-6906

Nice rāmen shop "Ouenya", two miutes walk from HANA HOSTEL

The way from Hiroshima station to Mazda baseball stadium is commonly called "Carp Road" (the Hiroshima Toyo Carp are a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League). Just in the backside of the Carp Road, there is our Hana Hostel.

There is a rāmen shop which shows a big signboard to the Carp Road. The name is "Ouenya" which means "The Supporters" in Japanese. The name just matches the place, doesn't it? On the day of a baseball game, it's teeming with people.



The menu is mainly three kinds, a pork bone broth rāmen, a Kure style cold noodle, and a Hiroshima style cold noodle. Some tidbits and sakes are on the menu, so you can enjoy drinking after watching a baseball game.

The photo is "a carp rāmen shirodama (white ball)" You'll like it if you like kotteri (thick) soup ramen. The Kure style cold noodle and the Hiroshima style cold noodle are also nice.





It's open from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. , last call is 10:30 p.m. If you would like to try Hiroshima style rāmen, we recommend you to go "Ouenya". It's two minutes walk from Hana Hostel.

---> A homepage of the Kure noodles shop



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Okunoｓｈima Island (poison-gas-island)

Hi there.
I went to Okunoshima Island ,which is well known for manufacturing poison gas during would war 2 about 2 weeks ago.

Our staff “ Chika “ had written for further details the following blog

Okunoshima,,,Poison Gas Island

The most surprising thing that I saw was a Huge building about the size of Hiroshima railway station.( I was exaggerating?)where electricity was manufactured.
From out side ,it looked scary, however once inside, I felt peaceful within me.
It was indeed very quiet and comforting.

I didn’t know anything about this Island until I read Chika’s blog.
I was embressed by hot knowing about this Island.

I highly recommend for those who wat to know more about would war 2 to visit this Island.

Mt. Fuji from the sky

Hi it's Kumi!

The other day I got a week off.
I went to Nagano to attend my brother's wedding party,
and went to Tokyo to see my friends.

I am not a rain bringer but it rained and snowed all the time except for
1 day out of 5 days.
Even the day I was going to go back to Hiroshima,
the weather in Tokyo was alright but the weather in
Hiroshima was bad.
So they announced that the flight might be canceled or, it might land
in Osaka or turn back to Tokyo even if it flew.
But, it flew and successfully landed in Hiroshima.



















During a flight, the captain announced that you can see
Mt. Fuji on your left side in 5 minutes.
I got my camera out and got ready, but he never announced
again about it! So I almost missed a chance to take a shot!
But here is what I took.



















The sky was so beautiful.

Temple cats

There's a temple in front of our hostel.
I always hear cats meow.


















It's very strange that in Japan, there are a lot of
cats living in the temple.



































I even found a Japanese website called the " Tera Neko"
which means the "Temple Cats".

http://teraneko.jp/

Please check it out!

Let's go on an outing for plum-blossom viewing!

In Hiroshima,the plum trees have only partially blossomed so far.
You can enjoy plum-blossoms viewing in the Shukkeien Garden.

The plum trees will be in bloom until early March.

I went to the Shukkeien Garden last weekend and found some beautiful
plum-blossoms then.

I could not remember that when was the last time I went there,
so I felt as if I visited there for the first time and it was
fun walking in the garden.

The garden was bigger than I expected and also

it was a peaceful place with song of birds.

There are some benches in the garden,so you can have a long break there!!

Why don't you go on an outing for plum-blossom viewing?!

Sukkeien Garden

Hours: 10:00 - 17:00 (Oct.1st~Mar.31st)

10:00 - 18:00 (Apr.1st~Sep.30th)

Admission: Adults: ¥250

Students: ¥150

children: ¥100

It takes about 15 min from Hana Hostel on foot.

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Nice Nearby Cafe "Bee Cafe"

When you walk around the Hana Hostel's surrounding area, you can find some nice cafes and restaurants which we can recommend and tell you about. I'd like to show you one of them on this blog. This time I'll introduce the Bee Cafe to you.



The Bee Cafe is on the street from Hiroshima station to new MAZDA baseball stadium. You can easily find it with it's hand painted red exterior and red sign board.



They open from 11am to 11pm, are closed on every Sunday until March. When the baseball game season start, they are closed on every Monday. The daily lunch special is just 650yen, with 150yen you can enjoy tasty after-supper coffee as well.

They have some foreign beers, like Guinness, Heineken, and also some yummy appetizers, so you can enjoy drinking at night.



This is the lunch special, fried pork cutlet with Japanese style sauce. It changes every day. It's so tasty!!



The Bee Cafe is just 1 minutes walk from our hostel. Please feel free to ask our staff for directions to the Bee Cafe!!



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Hiroshima World Peace Memorial Cathedral

In Hiroshima,there is a cathedral which was erected to commemorate the victims of the atomic bombs and it is a symbol of world peace.

The cathedral started construction on Aug.6,1950 and was completed 4years later(on Aug.6,1954).Also,it was designated as a national important cultural property in 2006.

Yesterday,I went there for the first time......

As this photo,you might see beutiful sights if you visit there on a sunny days(Around 2pm).

It can be seen at this particular time(Only winter).It was so beautiful!!!

Hiroshima World Peace Memorial Cathedral

Address:4-42 Noborimachi Naka-ku Hiroshima city

Mass:Every Sunday 14:30~(English)

It takes about 15 min on foot from Hana Hostel!!

A Thousand Paper Cranes from Washington DC

We had a guest who brought 1,000 paper cranes from US!
I was happy as one of the people living in Hiroshima.

Paper cranes on the table,
in the bag,


and more in this suit case!!






She says that her friend helped the first 1oo cranes,
and she finished the rest!

Do you know the story about a thousand paper cranes?

A girl named Sadako, who became a victim from the bomb,
she was diagnosed as a leukemia.
She kept folding a thousand cranes so that she can live longer.
She could only fold 644 before her death, so her friends completed
the 1,000 cranes.
It is said that folding 1,000 paper cranes makes a person's wish come true.

Today, a thousand paper cranes became a symbol of WORLD PEACE.

It's snowing in Hiroshima

Hi there! It is snowing in Hiroshima.
It's freezing cold outside, but it's fun!

I found a nice guest with a nice T-shirts in this morning.
In Japan,most of Japanese people can not spend a day with only T-shirts in winter.

I have heard that western people have higher body temprature than Japanese people .
May be 2 degrees.

I wish I could have the same temperature in winter....


He left a message for us.


Sooo Nice !! Arigato!!

I hope to see you again!!