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[Nathaly]
August 14, 2014 09:00
Last weekend, the Tokyo Bay Fireworks Festival was canceled  due to bad weather, and it is dis appointing Natalie.
But!
There is still a big summer festival event in Chuo-ku.
It is  the "Chuo-ku Oedo Festival Bon Dance Festival" held every weekend in late August.
This year, it will be held at Hamacho Park on August 22 and 23. Actually, I participated for the first time last year, but it is one of the largest Bon Dances I have participated so far!
The sight of dancing the same song together in a large circle on the ground of a large park is spectacular!
Of course, I would like to participate again this year.
But Bon Odori hasn't been danced since elementary school, so even those who are worried about whether they can dance!
At the International Exchange Salon in Chuo-ku, you can practice Bon Odori before the Oedo Festival held on the 23rd (Sat). In addition, I can interact with foreigners through Bon Odori.
After the practice, the applicants will participate in the Bon Dance Festival. This is safe~
For more information:↓
Chuo-ku Cultural and International Exchange Promotion Association International Exchange Salon
Participation application is given priority to those who live and work in Chuo-ku, but depending on the application situation, you may be able to participate, so if you are interested in other wards, please contact us.
※The title "This is Edo Bon Dance" is the song name of Chuo-ku's original Bon Dance song.
[Nathaly]
April 30, 2013 09:00
"Silver?" It's a word that anyone can now understand, but it's only recently that I knew that the etymology of silver bra is "drinking Brazilian coffee in Ginza". 。
According to my research, drinking Brazilian coffee at Cafe Paulista, the oldest coffee shop in Japan that still exists in Ginza 8-chome, seems to have triggered me to say "silver Bra" ... I actually went there!
The coffee shop is located along Chuo-dori and you can find it right away. It's Ginza 8-chome, near Shimbashi. There was advance information about the oldest existing coffee shop in Japan, so I thought it was a very old and hard to enter, but there is a large round signboard and you can see the inside from outside. There was only Ginza, so I waited a little because it was full. While waiting, I was observing the inside of the store, and there were photos of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. I heard you went to a coffee shop here. After a while, I was taken to a vacant seat. Then, the clerk told me in a shout, "Actually, this is the seat where John Lennon sat," and I was a little excited!
The fully booked coffee shop in Ginza was a calm and calm coffee shop with an atmosphere where you could hear John Lennon's music when you listen while drinking Brazilian coffee, despite some liveliness.
When I made my account on the way home, I got a silver bra certificate.
"You prove today that you enjoyed the silver bra (walking along Ginza Street and going only to Café Paulista for Brazilian coffee)."
I'm glad if you can prove a silver bra (laughs) Also, the back side is a stamp card (laughs).
It's a drink full service with 10 points. When I went to Ginza, I would like to go only for Brazilian coffee again. Everyone, please do a silver bra!
[Nathaly]
March 1, 2013 08:30
On Saturday, February 16, an international exchange salon was held at the women's center "Bouquet 21" in Hatchobori, Chuo-ku. This month's tea. It's a tea ceremony. It is one of the most popular events among Japanese people, following last month's Japanese sweets class.
However, it's hard to experience the tea ceremony in earnest, especially for foreigners.
Tea ceremony manners, regular seating, etc. That's why the salon here introduces tea that can be enjoyed in a short format. The tea ceremony teacher will show you an example at first.
After looking at the example, I will try to make tea from one by one.
A Chinese resident in Chuo-ku participated with a mother who came to travel from China, but it was very smiling  to make tea with each other. I miss Mom! I felt like it ~  The tea ceremony is made with a spirit of compassion. I think it was a valuable experience for parents and children.
After experiencing the tea ceremony, it's a free talk. The topic this time is about tea.
In China, it seems that there is no custom like a tea ceremony, but when guests come, it is customary to put tea leaves and hot water in a transparent cup and drink something soaked. 。 In addition, we interacted through free talks on Chinese sweets and how to spend winter.
The teacher who showed me the example this time decorated the hanging scroll, plum blossoms, and chicks in order to create an atmosphere close to the tea room as much as possible.  It's still cold, but it's almost spring.
[Nathaly]
February 12, 2013 08:30
February third is Setsubun.
The Setsubun event was held at a shrine in Chuo-ku, but I went to Suitengu.
In Suitengu, celebrities don't sow beans, but the moderator is the gorgeous  voice actor Whale and the lead of bean-throwing ceremony. It's a very nice voice, and you'll get well when you listen.
The bean sowing took place at 13:00 p.m. Beginning with the invited bean-throwing ceremony, about 10 people x 4 to 5 sets, bags containing Setsubun beans and candy are scattered. There are golden stickers on some of the scattered bean bags, and when you get them, you can   exchange them for prizes. It feels like a little lottery (laughs) (I couldn't get them, but the prize seems to be a sweets set and stationery  .)
The concert was held from 13:30.
At first, I thought it was a shrine-like concert with performances by Gagaku, and after that, Shinichi Ishihara, singing the theme song of Kamen Rider AGITO, and Masako Shiono, a singer, sang songs, POPs, etc. The concert was full of content for both children and adults.
At the end of the concert, sowing was performed by general participants. If you wish, the general public can also participate in Setsubun (participation fee required). I participated last year on the scatter side, but I can have you purify in main hall or receive a sweeping bill after bean-throwing ceremony.
Usually, Suitengu Shrine is crowded with pregnant women, but it was an interesting day to see different scenery.
[Nathaly]
Nov. 24, 2012 14:00
Last Saturday, 17th, an international exchange gathering was held at the Tsukiji Social Education Center (commonly known as Tsukiji Shakyo). The organizer is the Chuo-ku Cultural and International Exchange Promotion Association, but I was originally doing this volunteer staff, and on that day I also helped as a staff member. Until now, I've been working all the time during the holding time, so I've never experienced the events around me, but it's really fun to participate! From the 1st floor to the 4th floor of Tsukiji Shakyo, all reserved for this gathering! From ikebana, tea ceremony and dressing to wadaiko experience. There are few Japanese people who have experience. It's wonderful that you can experience it all at once in a day! The first floor is a wadaiko experience. The teacher will monetize everyone according to the sound of the depression drum in the example. When I asked the people who hit the drums together, I was excited, "Awesome !!"
 
The second floor is a dance corner, Japanese play and foreign play, salley dressing experience, etc. From 12:00, there was a Sri Lankan dance. It seems that the dance in the photo is a dance offered to God.
 From 13:00, Bon Odori. This is a participatory type, I danced for the first time in 20 years, but recent Bon Odori dances are "Dancing Hero"!
 On the third floor, there are many corners where you can experience mainly Japanese culture, such as ikebana, tea ceremony, and furoshiki. I also experienced furoshiki wrapping, but it was not very difficult to wrap it, it was beautiful in terms of art, and I was able to feel the goodness of furoshiki again.
   In the tea ceremony, we also had Japanese sweets in earnest and delicious tea.
On the 4th floor, disaster prevention, crime prevention corner, Sri Lanka corner, cooking corner where you can eat Sri Lanka curry and kenchin soup, and international exchange corner.
 
At the disaster prevention corner, you can sample emergency food and see disaster prevention goods.  The theme was international exchange, and we also offered disaster prevention information for foreigners. This kind of approach is important.
 It was a very satisfying event with all kinds of experiences in a day. The Chuo-ku Cultural and International Promotion Association holds an international exchange salon once a month for the purpose of interacting with foreigners living and working in Chuo-ku. In December, we will have international exchange while playing the New Year in Japan. It looks fun-  For details, please see the International Exchange Salon page of the Promotion Association.
[Nathaly]
Nov. 5, 2012 17:00
November 3 is Aroma Day. At Plantan Ginza, we are doing Aromatherapy Fair 2012. In front of the front entrance on the first floor, there is a demonstration of distillation of essential oil that is not normally visible.
 When you go to the 5th floor of the main venue, it is filled with the smell of healing. At the fair, aromatherapy seminars (paid) are held, and there is an aromatherapy mini experience corner for beginners, so it is a space that can be enjoyed by beginners and Alo Marr. Also, at the fair, aroma goods are sold at 10% to 50% OFF, and since yesterday, it has been advantageous in W along with the giant championship sale.  The fair will be held until the 6th (Tuesday). From 17:00 on the 6th (Tuesday), if you present the receipt you bought, you can get 120 dry lavender bundles. I'll go again with the receipt! (laughs)
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