Chinese New Year Festival

                                                          <Reference: http://nichubunka.com/syunsetsu/index.html>

Chinese New year is coming soon!
It is for Chinese but There are some events for it in Japan too!

This is one of the biggest Chinese New Year festival in Osaka.

・Place: Tenshiba (Tennoji Park) 2 minutes away from Tennoji Station
・Time: 10 am ~ 7pm on the 25th and 26th Jan, 10 am ~ 5 pm on the 27th Jan
・Fee: Free entrance (there would be many stalls there)

You can see Chinese traditional performance and can try Chinese authentic foods 😆

Midosuji Illumination 2019

Midosuji Illumination 2019

You can enjoy quite long (Over 4 km!) illumination at Midosuji Street.

It is only 2 minutes away from our hostel and you can just walk straight to Namba or Umeda with these beautiful illumination :)

・From the 4th of November to the 31st of December

・5PM ~ 11PM

・Midosuji (Umeda to Namba) 

Different blocks have different illuminations!

<Reference: https://www.hikari-kyoen.com/en/>

<Reference: https://www.hikari-kyoen.com/en/>

Halloween Buffet at Sheraton Miyako Hotel

Hello. This is Maho from Osaka Hana Hostel.

I introduce about Halloween buffet at Sheraton Miyako Hotel.🎃

First, look at this picture.

very cute😚They are made by sweets!

monster cram paff👾

This is made by potato and nuts✋

If you do not like sweet, it's fine.

They have solty food too👌

This is smile potato😁

adult : 3,367 yen

child : 1,683 yen

15:45 ～ 17:15

Have a happy Halloween🎃🎃

Kishiwada Danjiri in October

Hello, this is Nori from Osaka Hana Hostel.
It has been quite hot until these days, and suddenly it is getting cooler.
But There is such a hot festival in Kishiwada, Osaka!  "Kishiwada Danjiri"

Date: the 12th of October 6am - 10pm
         the 13th of October 7am - 10pm

Place: Kishiwada area (Please refer to URL below)

http://www.city.kishiwada.osaka.jp/site/danjiri/danjiri-map.html

                                                                      picture provided: Kishiwada city

It is one of the most famous festival in Osaka, so why don't you join it?

Summer Festival Minoo Park 2019

Hello! This is Maho from Osaka Hana Hostel.

I introduce Summer Festival at Minoo Park :)

Minoo waterfall is very famous in Japan! You can see the waterfall by about 40 minutes walk from Mino station( Hankyu Mino line ).

✨Minoo waterfall light up

July 13, 2019 ~ September 1, 2019

sunset ~ 10 pm

✨Minoo Park candles road 2019

Minoo waterfall , waterfall road center to about 6,000 of your decoration a candle to candle lights produce a fantastic overnight.

July 20, 2019 at 7 pm ~ 9 pm

Enjoy walking and seeing beautiful nature at Minoo park😉

Bon Dance at Shitennoji Temple

Bon dance is one of Japanese traditional dancing in summer festival.

There is a stage and some representatives sing and play taiko (Japanese drum)
and participants dancing while going around the stage.

The dancing is so simple that everyone can do it!

Place: Shitennoji Temple
Date & Time: between 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm
Entrance fee: free

(Image photo)

It must be valuable experience in Japan :)

International Zazen Meditation

Hello. This is Maho from Osaka Hana Hostel:)

I have a question. Do you know Zazen?

It is Buddhist teaching. 

Zen is about finding yourself ( finding out who your really are), as well as finding truth - not worshipping others, but believing in yourself, knowing " who you really are," being yourself, living in your own way. These are the goals of Zen.

Shitennoji ( temple ) will hold an International Zazen meditation for foreigners to know Buddhism. 

The instructor speaks both English and Japanese.

If you would like to experience Zazen, please go to Shitennoji Honbo Kyakuden by the start time.

*People who are late for the time can not participate.

-The date of Zazen-

●2019 June 8th Saturday, Start from 1:00pm ～ it takes 60 minutes
　People who want to join our Zazen, please come to Gojyu-no-to Pagoda befor start.

You should try Zazen for finding yourself😌