Candle night 2010★Winter

Turn off the light, and light a candle.


then,


Write a letter to your familiy, friends, lover..

Take a long bath ..

Read a book ..

Enjoy nice dinner with special person ..

Save energy and think about peace ..


Go slow. Enjoy this quiet peaceful time.



Very relaxed, beautiful and peaceful event is held in Osaka.
One of them, Nishiumeda night is close to J-Hoppers Osaka, it's only 10 minutes walk.

Candle Night in Osaka

*Chayamachi night : 2nd of December (Thursday) 18:00 - 22:00
*Nishiumeda night : 9th of December (Thursday) 18:00 - 22:00


http://www.candle-night-osaka.jp/about/

kobe luminarie 12/2(THU)～12/13(MON)

I introduce Kobe luminarie which is a beautiful illuminations although this is a autumn leaves season.

Kobe luminarie - stands for the requiem for the victims at the Great Earthquake in Kobe - January 17, 1995.
This a great illumination event in short!

This scale is amazing and known as sculpture art of lights.

They call the street with illuminations toward the main event frontone, or front door adornments made by lights.
As you pass the street, you might feel to reach the Haven.

I recommend visiting there anyway!

This event is held in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture.
Please get off at JR Motomachi station (East exit).

Sannomiya station is also close to it, however
you need to head to Motomachi station on food because frontone is one-way street.

From Motomachi station, please go to the south and turn left at the corner of Mitsubishi
UFJ trust bank.
Frontone appears soon!

Heading there on weekdays is recommendable.
Admission fee is free!

However they are in the red... so please donate to them if you like.

Held on DEC 2(THU)~13(MON) in 2010 from evening to night.

Many stands are placed around the main park.
I bought luminarie's stamps last year.

I m sure you have a good time there!

Christmas Party at J-Hoppers Osaka 2010

It's getting cold here and the town started to be illuminated with Christmas decorations.. they're romantic and beautiful, and makes us excited.

There will be a lot of Christmas events in Osaka, so we also decided the date of our Christmas party.


Date : the 22nd of December ( Wednesday)
in the evening, around 7 pm.
Place : our Kitchen on the 1st floor
Fee: Free
but please bring your own drink, and your motivation to have fun with us!

Evenings of Traditional Osaka Performing Arts

Every 1st and 3rd Saturday evening, there is the show which you can enjoy 4 kinds of traditional arts in Osaka, for example, Noh, Bunraku, kyogen, Rakugo, Geisya dance etc. ..
They are difficult to understand for even our Japanese people, but in this show, an comedian(Rakugo-ka) translates each show, so you can understand easily with laughing!
Also, they give you a reference materials in English,Chinese and Korean, and free right food(steamed rice and green tea).

Why don't you try to learn them, instead of night clubbing??

Place: Yamamoto Noh gakudo
Access: Walk from Subway Tanimachi 4 chome station
Admission fee: from 3500 yen

http://kamigata-night.com/

Hiraoka Festival Oct.14th&15th

Largest class autumn festival with 20 taiko drum stands entering the shrine and 3 floats parading.

Every year approx. 150,000 worshippers and numerous stalls fill the shrine premises during the two-day festival.

This is a MUST!!

Date : October 14th and 15th
Time : 15:30 - 23:00
Admission : Free
Place : Hiraoka Shrine (072-981-4177)
* The nearest station is Kintetsu Hiraoka station.

International Beer Summit

Are you missing your country"s beer, or getting fed up to drink Japanese beer, though we have really nice beer in Japan though..

Here is the event which you shouldn't miss, the name is "International Beer Summit 2010"!
You can see/buy more than 100 kinds of beers from all over the world, and not only beer, they also do many attractions .. flamenco,Bali island dance, Japanese drum etc., and of course some cuisine from the world,too !!
So, everybody would be able to enjoy it, even you're not a big fun of beer.


Date: the 1st of October (Sat.) 12;00-22;00
the 2nd of October (Sun.) 12;00-21;00
Place : Itami city Hakkenderamae
*Walk from Hankyu railway Itami station or JR Itami station
Admission : Free

Official HP : http://www.ibws-npo.org/

Kansai Music Conference 2010

Kansai Music Conference (KMC), through co-sponsorship with Osaka Museum of History, brings together musicians from all over the world to network and perform in downtown Osaka with workshops about traditional music and instruments of different cultures for the general public as well as presentations and discussions about the music industry.

KMC２０１０ is the opportunity to have an exchange of cultures, make new friends, contacts and advance musical carrers.

If you are interest in music, why don't you join them?

Date : ２０１０ September １９th and ２０th
１０：００－１６：００

Place : Osaka Museum of History
〒５４０－０００８, ４－１－３０ Otemae Chuo-ku Osaka city
TEL　０６－６９４６－５７２８

Admission Free

Inquiry : KMC　（０６－６８２９－７９７６）
http://www.kansaimusicconference.com/conference.html