Did you know that there is an indian restaurant close by Monzennakacho?!

It's really close from the exit of Monzennakacho station! If you have the crave for some indian curry, you can get some here :)

It's close to sakura house Monzennakacho, so resident's that are currently staying..., why not try?! Often times you can see a clerk standing near the station, and if you get a leaflet from him, you can get one drink free!

 

 

 

Did I mention I am a motorsports fan?

Our friends from the States may be more familiar with "Pikes Peak International Hill Climb", held in the Colorado mountains every year. It's a 1-way time attack across a 20km, 150-turn dirt track, reaching as high as 4,300m! PPIHC is one of the most historical races and has entered its 88th year.

Take a look at this stunning video from this year's overall winner, Tajima Nobuhiro aka "Monster":



Although the race car is called "SX4", it has nothing to do with the showroom model. It belongs to the most outrageous "Unlimited" class. 6 times the power of a normal sedan but only 2/3 of the weight, image that.

Keep an eye on the speedometer at the lower right hand corner, the car is drifting through the corners at nearly 100mph. Ordinary "high performance sports car" would just be thrown off the hills into nowhere.

And in such a competitive sport, especially in such demanding conditions, it is hard to believe Tajima is 60 years old already.

This is truly an achievement of Man, Machine and Mind. Gotta go there and see it by myself, at least once in my lifetime.

 

 

There are lots of small and big events in Tokyo around summer.

I believe a lot of you guys have been to Hanabi or Matsuri where there are lots and lots of people..

Today I would like to introduce you a little different type of event in Setagaya area.

It is a smaill town event taking place along Shoinjinjame shopping street near Shoinjinjamae station(Setagaya Line).

 

It will take place on August 29^th from 1pm to 6pm. As soon as you get off at Shoinjinjamae station, you will see the event going on along Shoinjinjamae shopping street.

 

There will be

- Penalty kick game for children in the town from 1pm

- Bingo event from 2:45 pm

- Hawaiian Dance show from 4pm.

- and of course there will be lots of things to eat from town restaurant and lots of things to see prepared by town people

 

But the most interesting event is this!

From 5pm, if you bring the brochure above, you can get FREE VEGETABLE!

Isn't it fun? ^o^

If you feel like you are lacking Vitamin recently, please visit Shoinjinjamae station coming 29^th and get free vegetable!!

Also you will also get to meet warm and kind hearted Japanese people from the town!

 

Connaissez-vous le Mont Saint-Michel ? Bretons et Normands pensent qu'il se situe dans leur région respective. Le Mont se trouve en effet pile-poil entre les 2 régions.

 

 

Personnellement je suis bretonne, mais j'ai vécu toute mon adolescance en Basse Normandie et je vote donc contre ma région et attribue le Mont Saint Michel aux normands (oups, j'en attend déjà crier). Outre ce petit différent régional, saviez-vous que le Mont Saint-Michel est une des destinations touristiques françaises la plus appréciée des japonais ? Tous les japonais que je rencontre ont entendu parlé du Mont Saint-Michel. Tant et si bien que c'est le Mont Saint-Michel qui a représenté la France lors du 150^ème anniversaire des relations franco-japonaises. Imaginez cette campagne avec à la place : la Tour Eiffel et la Tokyo Tower ... C'est tout de même plus beau comme cela, vous n'êtes pas d'accord ?

 

 

No Fireworks + No Omatsuri (Festival) = No Summer in Tokyo

 

Without Omatsuri and Fireworks, it is nothing but HOT and HUMID in Tokyo!!!

 

It's really hot and humid in Tokyo during Summer in Tokyo, but go explore around towns in weekends!

 

You will find SUMMER!!

 

Today I went Tomioka Hachiman, a shrine at Monzen Nakacho, with some residents living in Sakura House Monzen Nakacho Apt!!

It was really fun exploring and seeing Mikoshi(神輿) at every corner of the streets in the town and shrine to feel the SUMMER!!

They all came from towns surrounding Tomioka Hachiman such as Nihombashi Hakozaki and Hatchobori.

 

   This year, I did not get involved in Mikoshi, but

Let's do Mikoshi Next year together at Monzen Nakacho!!

 

 

KIDS MIKOSHI