Tea celemony and Nail art

Hi ! How's going?

Today is awsome wheater in Kyoto, and max tempureture is 31℃.....How hot!!

Usually, June is rain season in Japan, but summer has come!?!? haha...

Anyway, today we held tea celemony for foreign visitors.

We enjoyed traditional green tea and dry confectrioneries.

Tea celemony makes us relax and calm down...

and in these days, we started nail service for guests! It's sooooo cute! Like princess!!

Our hostel has tea celemony, kimono, nail service, so I think women's fun will increase!

(of corse, also men can enjoy it if you want.haha)

Pls visit our hostel and fully enjoy it!!


Ai

fancy a nice public bath?

Konnichiwa!

today i am gonna talk about a public bath "Hakuazan-yu" very close to our hostel.
as you know the japanese love onsens (hot springs), though this bath Hakuzan-yu is situated in a middle of town, they do not use tap water but use mineral water like an onsen! some foreigners hesitate to be naked in front of other people and ask a silly question "can i wear a swimming suit in there?" oh, please don't!! if you did that, you would be too noticeable or wouldn't be allowed to enter. just don't be shy! no one cares!! of course men and women are separated. they have an open-air bath, jacuzzi, sauna, electric bath and so on....see thier webiste, you can at least view their photos http://www.hakusanyu.com/6top.htm
it only costs 410yen. once you experiene, you will realy love it!
and after the bath, why dont you go to a supermarket "Fresco" also nearby our hostel to get a can of beer ;)
summer has come...!

staff
Manami

birthstone bracelet.

Hi, there! Good afternoon. I've just woke up from my drowsiness.

hehe >-(Spring makes me lazy..laaazzzziiyyyzzzzzz)

Hope your afternoon is fine.

Today, I want to write abt birthstone bracelet which is put on a desk of main reception

I realized that the bracelets was made by shu, the owner of this hostel, today and suprized.

Since It's quite hard to imagine mr.owner making bracelet from his looking (he looks macho, rather than feminine one)

So i asked and found out that it wasn't just an accessory, but an bracelet having a meaning. According to him, In buddhism, the birthstone bracelet is said that it works as a amulet.

For example, Garnet, which is a birthstone of Jan is said to carry you a sincerity and happiness. And, Amnthyst, a birthstone pf Feb is believed to bring you a wealth and humility. And My birthstone, Turquoise, it has the symbolization of prosperity, hope and success.

perhaps, should i ask him for one of Turquoise one?

Coz I'm financially broken thesedays. lol-

Please pay attention to the display window of birthstone bracelet, when you drop by main reception. hehe.

Have a nice day.

Kiyo+

How are you, everyone?

We,Ikoi-no-ie, are good.

But, There was a litte change in our hostel.

Could you guess?

Our staffs begin to wear kimono, the traditional clothes of japan. hehe

It's really good to work in kimono.

We be a !!STAR!! on the street..

(>_<)

But hopefully, we change our uniform(kimono) to yukata????

Summer is coming

and since to wear kimono formally, we should wear underwear called eri, and outwear on it, which has long sleeves.........

guesses we are gonna die,

if ms.Asada(owner) doesn' want us to change our clothes in the summer?0_0??

kidding. hehe

have a nice day

regards

kiyo

Traditional event part2

Our staff and guests experienced the mochi-tsuki to celebrate our 5th opening day on 15th!

The event was hold during a whole day.
Everybody here pounded mochi to make some rice cakes all together .
Seems fun and looked so yummy...

Owner said they couldn't make it very well this time

because some rices still remained as it is in the rice cake

and hope for meking the best rice cake next time...

But I here again, missed the chance to take part in the event because I worked at the night on the day.

That's what it is...

Traditional event part1

Our staff and guests experienced the tea ceremony on 14th.

Everybody here put on the beautiful Kimono.

How lovely they are...

It seemed to be so much fun in authentic atmosphere.

but I missed the chance to see them because I didn't work on the day...

preparing opening event.

hello, there!!
how's your May going?
we, ikoi no ie, are recently busy for preparing opening event.
so, to prepare it, we go shopping and have talks all together
about how we can make it a good event.
Events we are producing now are, 'having japanese breakfast', 'Tea ceremony',
'dressing up kimono' and 'having japanese cold noodle and salada' .
we are trying to give you a new exprience to know japan more.
so, please come and fully enjoy it!!
bye!

kiyo