Asakusa Diary - The Staff Blog

Each of them are from different countries.
France, Italy, New Zealand, Canada and US.

They got to know each other at this lounge and sometimes have lunch or drink together.
I don't know what they are talking about but I like someone make friends at Sakura Hostel.

You won't be lonely as long as you stay here ;)

Do you know Visit Japan Campeign?
It started in 2003 and the purpose is
"10 million foreign tourists to visit Japan by the year 2010."

According to the statistics, 16 million Japanese traveling overseas annually,
only 5 million foreign tourists, less than a third of the former figure, visit our country.

I also want all of you guys to come to Japan☆
The more you know about Japan, the more you will like it.

Yokoso means WELCOME TO JAPAN :)

You can see the detail of this campeign here.
http://www.jnto.go.jp/yjw/eng/

We got an award for top rated for Friendliness December 2006 !!
All of Sakura staff appreciate all of our guests who had stayed here.

Of course we will continue to make an effort to provide our guests
with high levels of service forever☆

Once again, ARIGATO!

It's Naoto's Birthday today!
Naoto ( Kuririn is his nickname) is crazy about fighting sports
and practicing Jujutsu himself.
He is such a tough guy that we always depend on him though looks like gentle.

If you are interested in some fighting sports, please try to talk about it with him
or to beat him out with me♪Or just try your grappling techniques☆

P.S.
I'd like to say happy birthday to one of the staff who is working at Sakura house ;)

Mauro, one of our guest from Italy, cooked risotto for us.
It was too yummy to stop eating...
He used radicchio for it. Radicchio is a vegetable looks like a small cabbage.

He told us that the secret of the daintiness is the HEART itself.
I totally agree with him ;)
I'm wondering whethermost of Italian guys can cook well like him...

We always have a lot of guests from all over the world like US, Asia, and Europe.
Now, we have guests from Trinidad and Tobago and East Timor :)
Today, we got reservations from Israel and Ethiopia.

I saw people talking with pointing at globe at breakfast this morning.
They seemed telling about their countries to the others.
I love to know about the other countries☆

Please remember that all of you are welcomed to our hostel wherever you are from!

Mr. Saigoh, who has a dog as his constant companion, is famous politician from the end of Edo period to the beginning of Meiji period.
He is not taking a walk with his pet but is doing rabbits hunt.

The right picture was taken at Ameya-Yokocho(アメヤ横丁）, which is called Ameyoko.
I felt like I was in a markets in Bangkok, Thailand.
You can get anything what you want at a low price and can do price negotiation ;)
Clerks are very friendly and talk to you casually, so don't hesitate to talk with them!

I recommend you to go there late afternoon because the price is going down.
There are also some museums, parks and zoo around Ueno area.

It's Tsuyoshi's birthday★
"I wish it will be stopped to grow your posterior length by next year" (by Tomo)
"Give something to me on my birthday 6 days later."(by Naoto)
"Be nice our brother forever." (by Yuri)
"Happy Birthday! You gotta get marry right now." ( by Yaeko)

He is such a reliable person that we are always helped by him :)
Thank you for everything, oni-chan!! (means brother)

Sad to say, Clive, one of our staff resigned our hostel on 15th.
Because he always helped us in every way, we all appriciate him a lot.
If you stayed here before and wanna say something to him,
please leave some comments here.

Best wishes for your new life!!

One of Sakura staff, Hiro, transfered to our group company last month.
He is the specialist of traveling, especeally for transport facilities
and always helped our guests.

Unfortunately, he doesn't like to be taken photos, so I can't show you his face here.
You can check it out on the staff page. http://www.sakura-hostel.co.jp/hostel_staff.htm

I gotta study about transportation system much harder...

Do you play tennis?
Or do you like to watch the games?
If so, you gotta come to Tokyo to see
TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT!!
It is held from 30th of Jan. to 4th of Feb. in Shibuya.
Most of famous female players, such as Maria Sharapova and
Martina Hingis will participate in this tournament.
More info→http://www.toray-ppo.co.jp/web/pc/english/outline/

I'm just a bigginer but I really like tp play it.
Why don't you play with me? ;)

This blog is written by the staff of Sakura Hostel Asakusa, a just-opened backpackers' accommodation in Tokyo, Japan.

The main writer is Yuri (the girl in the middle in a brown sweater), the blogger of Sakura Hostel. Almost 90% of all the entries are by her.

She mainly writes about what happened at the hostel, what's going on in Tokyo and her recommended places in Asakusa.

The rest of the staff also post blogs about their daily life, memorable episodes with guests, what they are intested in and so on.

We will be happy if you like our blog and get interested in our hostel.
We will be even happier if we are given a chance to meet you with this blog as a start.

Comments are welcomed.

Those who stayed at our hostel, please keep in touch with us!
Your comments will remind us of many fun things that we shared with you.

Those who are interested in our hostel, Asakusa, Tokyo or Japan, your comments are also welcomed.

Take a look of the staff's page of our webiste to see what kind of people the bloggers are.

Take it easy!

Have fun!

Rock with us!

Is there any lucky person selected to join the Tokyo Marathon 2007?
It will be held on Sunday, February 18, 2007 and start from Tokyo Metropolitan Government and finish at Tokyo Big Sight. 25,000 selected lucky people can join it.

What is so exciting about it is... they will come to our place, Asakusa! In the latter stage of the race, they run through the Kaminarimon gate, only a few minutes walk away from our hostel. We are sure that we will go cheer for the runners with our guests on that day.

Hi, our guests and our future guests :)
This is the new year's greeting message from me and Tomoe.
Look at Tomoe's Kimono!
It looks good on her very much☆

All of Sakura Hostel staff wish that 2007 will be a wonderful year for all of you...