March 17th & 18th! ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARTY.

★ST. PATRICK' DAY PARTY★
＠Molly Malone's Hiroshima

March 17th (THU) and 18th (FRI)

Irish Flute, Violin etc... LIVE starts from 20:00

Bring something green with you!!
★ENJOY IRISH MUSIC ★

Takes about 15minuts to get MollyMalone's by tram From Hana Hostel Hiroshima!

March 12 (Sat)Big Latin dance party at Club Chinatown.

There is a free salsa lesson from 7pm.

* Salsa, Samba, Belly dance, Zumba performances
* MCs Danji & Kiyomi
* DJs Taki & Hiro

Admission
Adv ¥3000
Door ¥3500
Tickets on sale at Cusco Café & Mambos
Ticket Pia (7-11) P-code 129-635


Address:
Club Chinatown
Hiroshima-shi, Naka-ku, Kaneyama-cho 9-16
Locationsee more about "Club Chinatown"

Dates/Times:
12 March 19:00 - 03:00 Hrs

Mar.13th(Sun) Momo-mi Tea Ceremony

Momo means peach.

Last chance to enjoy some peaceful peach flower viewing
before the onslaught of the cherry blossom.


WHEN? : March 13th(Sun) 9:30 - 15:00
WHERE? : 　Hiroshima Shukkei-en garden
HOW MUCH? : 　　　￥1,200 plus entrance fee￥250

About 20min from Hana Hostel

March 5th(Sat.)- film 「COLD SLEEP」

My friend Tasuku Tsuji is showing his debut performance in this film, so I would like to introduce this film "COLD SLEEP". He joined this drama as a drummer and a sub dancer.

It's mixed performance with a violin and ballet showing their love story in the era of post-apocalyptic world.The woman was in the cold sleep. And the tough guy appeared in front of her. She awake from cold sleep and fell in love with him. However strong thunder killed him. She was so depressed and fell sleep into cold sleep again...

My writing skill in English is not good so I cannot explain well, but this drama was cinemized drama which was played on New National Theatre, Tokyo last fall.

If you have interest, go and watch the film!

Cast
Ikuko Kawai (violinist and composer)
Farouk Ruzimatov(ballet dancer)
...
Tasuku Tsuji

Term:March 5th-
Place:Hiroshima WALD 11
Admission:2800 yen

Please go to official website(JPN)

Mar.2nd(Wed.) Pre-season game CARP vs DRAGONS

VS

Do you know how exciting to go see the
baseball game in Japan??

Here comes the baseball season!

The first game at the Mazda Stadium will be
against the Nagoya Dragons.

DATE: March 2nd (Wed)
TIME: 1PM

Only 5min walk from Hana Hostel :)

Feb 16(Wed) Organza Burlesque Night♪

-Organza Burlesque Night-

Burlesque and belly dance shows as part of subculture haven Organza's week of 3rd anniversary celebrations.

Performers

* Safi (Burlesque)
* Cherry Typhoon (Burlesque)）
* Nori (Bellydance)
* Wendy (Bellydance)
* chiko (Bellydance)

Admission:
Adv: ¥2500 (+ one food/drink order)
Door: ¥3000 (+ one food/drink order)<

Doors open at 19:00
Show starts at 20:00


Address:
Organ-za
Hiroshima shi, Naka-ku 1-4-32 Tokaichi-machi
Morimoto Bld 2F (next to the Shell GS)
Locationsee more about "Organ-za"

10min walk from J-hoppers Hiroshima(our sister hostel)
please ask about this event at reception any time!!

Dates/Times:
16 February 19:00 Hrs

Feb,19(Sat)Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festival)in Okayama

Every February, on one of the coldest nights of the year, thousands of men parade around Saidaiji in Okayama Prefecture wearing nothing but fundoshi, getting geed up for a midnight battle for some lucky sticks in the main hall of Saidaiji Temple.




More on the Hadaka Matsuri

Links

* Survivor takes here and here.
* Account by someone who survived watching Hadaka Matsuri here.
* Amy Chavez on The Naked Festival
* Hadaka Matsuri videos on YouTube
* Hadaka Matsuri video on Japan In Motion

The Hadaka Matsuri takes place on the 3rd Saturday of February every year.

You can pick up a fundoshi for about ¥1000 and join in the "fun" or just go along and watch. The shingi sticks are released at midnight, but there are other events held at the temple from 6pm.

Access
Take the Ako Line to Saidaiji from Okayama Station (30 minutes).
From Hiroshima-Okayama(41min by hikari shinkansen)
The last train from Saidaiji sta to Hiroshima
saidaiji 20:48--22:34 Hiroshima
saidaiji 21:41--23:38 Hiroshima