Asakusa Diary - The Staff Blog

Hi, how are you doing?

Do you know which tower is highest in Japan?

"Tokyo Tower!!"

No...no more...lol
It was the highest one but Sky Tree went over 333M today!

It's located in Sumida ward so we can look it in front of Sakura Hostel :)
This familiar landmark is already 338M but still under construction and it be 634M in 2012.
We can't enter the tower yet but you can see progress of Sky Tree and take photos like her ;-)

Do you remember Clive?

He was working with us for about half a year since we opened this hostel.
http://www.sakura-hostel.co.jp/blog/2007/01/thank_you_clive.html

I knew that we had a guest whose name is Clive yesterday
but I didn't expect that it was that Clive:D

As he is living in Okinawa island now, he brought us some local fruits and sweets♪
These fruits we are holding is called dragon fruits.
It's gonna be our afternoon snack today☆

Thank you Clive and I'm happy to meet you again!
You are on the weblog as you were anticipating:P

Didn't you lose your weight?

I believe that many of you still remember Hiromi, who worked with us till last summer. Yesterday, I went to the cafe where she is currently working as an event coordinator.

It is a stylish cafe designed with the concept of ecology. >>Otemachi Cafe It is located so close to the Imperial Palace that you might be able to drop by to see her someday. She's doing really well just as she always was. :)

Sky Bus Tokyo is the only open top sightseeing bus tour in Japan.
The tour starts from Tokyo Station and takes 50 minutes.
On the tour, you will see Imperial Palace, Supreme Court, National Diet (Parliament), and Ginza (shopping district) and Marunouchi (business district).
You will have spectacular view from the upper deck.

http://www.skybus.jp/English/index.html

Tsukiji Fish Market is a one of the largest market in Tokyo,
Not only fishes but vegetables and fruits are sold here,
Although the market is basically for wholesalers and professionals, you're welcome to visit there as long as you don't disrupt their work.
As the market is very popular for foreign tourists, many guests of our hostel have been there.
Also we sometimes hold a tour to visit the market with guests.
If you stay at Sakura Hostel, please join us.

Hello! I'm Hiro, working at Sakura Hostel since its opening.
Last weekend Sakura Hostel and Sakura House held one day trip to Kamakura ,one of ancient cities in Japan.
23 people from foreign countries joined the trip
we are planning the next trip now, and hope you will join us.

Hi, this is my first entry. I've been in Japan now just over two months; since Sakura Hostel Asakusa opened. I'll try to use my blog to cover some of my experiences of living in Japan, and give you some ideas of things you could do while you stay here.

Last Sunday we visited Yoyogi Koen. This is a large park surrounding the Meiji Jingu shrine (Tokyo's largest). The park itself is pretty nice to walk through/picnic in, especially if the weather's good. But, alongside the park lots of young people perform their music, dance, etc., and this lasts quite a way towards Shibuya. On the way we also passed a festival showcasing India, and there were lots of stalls sending Indian food. In the same area we also passed a crowd gathered around a film crew. They were filming lots of Japanese guys dressed like Elvis, and then we saw Brittany Murphy, it appears she was filming a new film called the 'Ramen Girl', unfortunately I didn't have my camera on me to prove it!