Here is our live stream camera where my mother likes to spy on me while I'm at work!! She even emailed friends and family to look at me. Oh my, dont' know what I got myself into. : p

 

What was funny is that when I called my mother during my lunch break outside of the office, she says "Oh, I see you! You're brading your hair and you're wearing a blue shirt." ......ummm, "mom, i'm not really in the office right now..."

Well, at least now I know that it's actually hard to see me on the camera so I won't get caught doing something bad. Muahahaha...gotta hide from the camera from now on. : )

But still, this is not mainly for spying on the staff, it's for our customers to check out activities going on in the office. So please feel free to check us out! 

On June 27th, we had a nive party with resindents in Hatchobori, several members of Sakura House and of builders, celebrated the renovation of Hatchobori Guest House.

It was a Buffet style party, and food was from Design Festa Gallery CAFE and

Ikebukuro CAFE.

It was so yummy.

 

 

Before the renovation, the Hatchobori used to be like this.
BEFORE

 

 

 

 

But now,
AFTER

 

 

It is a big change, isn't it?

At the end, we took a ceremonial photograph.

 

 

And Special Guest exchanged his business cards with residents.

 

 

We had a BBQ Party in garden of Kami Itabashi C.
It is 2^nd party since we had a 1^st party in April.

About 17 gathered together, owner Kato san prepared many many food for us.

It was so yummy.

->Even though  I had just 1 yakiniku (tears...),,Ahhhh few snacks.

We talked about World Cup, our life and took pics a lot.

 

Also had to listen Azumi`s song....

Thank you for coming yesterday, Let`s have party soon.

Kami Itabashi

Kami Itabashi B

Kami Itabashi C

Kami Itabashi D

Wow...lot actually happened on today...well, at least I felt it was a long but productive day. I was assigned a task to translate some English stuff on the Sakura House website into traditional Chinese. I haven't written proper Chinese in such a long time, so hopefully I don't write anything weird.

In the afternoon, I went with Kiguchi san to meet up with two clients who wanted to view the premise. The first place I went to was the Narimasu guest house. From the station, we had to catch a bus that took about a little more than 5 minutes and walked for another 5 minutes. Narimasu seemed like a very quiet and family oriented community where you can see mothers picking up their kids or grocery shopping on their bikes. The premise had an old traditional feel but was remodeled into semi-western style rooms. When entering the room, I had to take a big step up  which probably used to be a tatami room. I was also able to tell that the storage space was a closet to store futons but now it's painted white without the sliding doors. So, I guess this would be a good place for someone who would like to take a breather from all the excitement and experience the true Japanese style community.

Our sencond appointment was in Kami Itabashi Patio House C apartment. The client was a Deaf person so we were using the white board to communicate. I found out that his grandfather taught at UCLA, where I graduated from, for 30 years. Yay...GO BRUINS!! It was about 10 minutes walking distance to the apartment from the station. On the way there, we passed by a street with small shops where many housewives and elderlies were grocery shopping with their bikes. Like Narimasu, it is a really family oriented community. The apartment was nice and clean; it was also a tatami room remodeled into a modern western style room. The cabinet space is still the traditional futon closet.

I really enjoyed learning how Kiguchi san deals with clients when showing them the premise. : ) 

Japan is in a rainy season now and after this season past, real Japanese summer will come to Japan.

Temperature is getting higher and higher and air is getting humid more and more.

But for teens, uncomfortableness of staying outside is not a big issue to enjoy Harajuku.

Let's check the Harajuku view!