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Spring Futsal !!
The most recent game was the 20th April at Kugayama. It was weekend, and cloudy day… We met at Kugayama station, 21 people gathered up!! and assembling 3 teams together, with unlimited substitution of players! We played in 2 hours, working up a good sweat. Everyone played safe with no injuries, and overall the futsal was [...]
Culture Note: Bonenkai
The closest translation to English for “Bonenkai” is probably just “year end party”, but in Japan it’s much more than that. The characters that make up the word are 忘年会. This literally means “forget year meet”. So you’re meeting to forget the year. What a strange notion, right? Wrong. Think of it as a chance [...]
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
Hey everyone, We recently had our Halloween party at Sakura Cafe Ikebukuro. We had guests from all over the world! I saw many residents of Sakura House share houses, guests houses, dormitories, and apartments, including Higashi Nagasaki Terrace, Kanamecho, and Nishinippori. The jello shots were delicious, the music was good, and the costumes were awesome! [...]
Message T-shirt fever?
When you visit Japan, what would you buy as souvenir for your friends, family, or yourself? Don’t forget to buy a T-shirt with a message in Japanese. Like these –> Google Image Search Indeed, our new resident has just checked in with a funny T-shirt on! Yes, he came all the way to our office with [...]
Book Review — Hi! My Name Is Loco and I Am A Racist
Book Review — Hi! My Name Is Loco and I Am A Racist We at SAKURA HOUSE have been very fortunate of having the author Baye McNeil as one of our guests. Since he recently has released his book “Hi! My Name Is Loco and I Am A Racist”, we thought it would be appropriate [...]
Thank you card and flowers from a SAKURA HOUSE resident.
Konnichiwa from SAKURA HOUSE in Shinjuku with those lovely pink annual baby’s-breath, carnations and roses. Our company name, SAKURA (Cherry Blossom) is also the one of pink flowers too. We received that beautiful bouquet from our resident Anna from Sweden. What a super surprise! She is now traveling around and spends sometime overseas though, she [...]
Indian Night at Omori!
At Omori Sakura House Apartment we had so called “Indian Night” ! We cooked Indian specialities like Chapati, Dal, Curry all Vegan! And you can buy Indian Food Stuff at following shop! near by Omori! Shop Name:Indobazaar Address:5-20-6 Kamata Ota-ku Tokyo Tweet
Theater play “Narita Airport” in Shinjuku.
One of our residents, Rodrigo from Mexico, is a producer of this original play of Ramiro Torres de Miguel, and after the success in the city Guadalajara, Mexico, now we can see it in Tokyo! NARITA AIRPORT New National Theater, Tokyo, Hall “D”. Original play of Ramiro Torres de Miguel Saturday 25th of February, [...]
Just Married!
Just Married! No, I am not talking about me of course…. A very sweet couple, Elena and Andrei has just arrived in Tokyo from Russia today and checked in Sakura House. They married yesterday in Russia before they left for Japan! We are very honor to welcome those sweet couple! It is not their honeymoon [...]
He is ready to rock! :)
Another entertainer just moved into SAKURA HOUSE! With his permission, we proudly introduce our new resident Marco-san from Mexico! He performs with his brother as APOLLO BROTHERS in numbers of shows. While they entertain the audience in different events and TV shows, you can see them in street performance as well. http://apollobrothers.jimdo.com/ He and his [...]
