Special deals for seniors!
September 17 or the third Monday of September is “敬老の日(Keirou no hi),” or the Respect for Senior Citizens Day, which is a national holiday in Japan. Many businesses have special deals for seniors this weekend, so check their websites if you are planning on visiting some place this weekend.
Potiron no Mori
September 16, Sunday
11:00am: All you can eat BBQ at the restaurants
12:30pm and 5:30pm: Anpanman Shows
2:00pm: Bread-making contest
4:00pm: Free admission to the park starts
7:30pm: Naomi Tamura and Christina Hayashi Live
6:30pm: Bingo /Play for a chance to win a “Wii”
8:00pm: Fireworks display
Potiron-no-Mori will be open until 9:00pm during the festival.
September 17, Monday
Citizens over 60 years young and their grandchildren get in FREE!
11:00am: All you can eat BBQ at the restaurants
12:30pm and 2:30pm: Yes! Precure 5 Shows
1:30pm Bingo /Play for a chance to win a “Wii”
Tsukuba Wanwan Land (Dog Park) and
Ibaraki Prefectural Flowerpark in Ishioka
September 17, Monday
Senior citizens over 65 years old get in free!
I'll list more if I see other good deals for seniors ;)
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Tsukuba’s Vegetarian Restaurant Ritz’n Celebrates 7th Anniversary
Here is a special message from Ayako Komine, a staff member at Ritz'n.
Our shop “Ritz’n” is a natural goods shop as well as a vegetarian restaurant all under one roof. We are going to celebrate our 7th anniversary from September 15 to 17, just before “Be Kind to Animals Week in Japan” (Sep 20-26). Please come and join us!
We will hold the following special events.
In the Restaurant
September 15 to 17: Special Macrobiotic Menu
We will serve a special tofu menu (1,680 yen) produced by Ms. Chiwako Okubo, an instructor from the Kushi Macrobiotic Institute of Japan.
Starters: Deep-Fried Tofu Marinated in Vinaigrette Sauce, Green Vegetable with Mustard and Soy Sauce, Pumpkin Salad.
Main Course: Ganmodoki (Fried tofu ball mixed with vegetables) with Kuzu sauce.
Rice: Sticky Rice with Walnut and Carrot
Soup: Clear Soup with Takigawa Tofu Noodle.
Dessert: Sweet Black Rice Soup with Tofu Dango Dumpling
Bancha Tea
September 16: Fresh Soba
Mr. Doi, a proficient soba chef from Mitsukaido city will give a soba-making performance and serve fresh soba noodles. Fresh soba (buckwheat) noodles with side dishes (1,260 yen).
In the Shop
September 15 and 16: Bach Flower Remedies Consultation
Bach Flower expert Mr. Yabuki will ascertain which flower remedies will suit your needs.
September 17: Homemade Organic Soap by Junoka
Junoka’s soaps are all handmade and free from chemicals. Their fragrance and colors are amazing and changing seasonally. Please find your favorite one.
September 17: Cartomancy and counseling by Mr. Hikaru Kondo
500 yen
Outside of the Shop and Restaurant
September 15 to 17: Ritz’n Farmer’s Market
A small market outside of the restaurant. We will sell:
- organic vegetables from Mr. Matsuura's farm in Ishioka and Mr. Nagai’s farm in Kukizaki
- organic tofu by Inamoto Tofu shop (free from GM beans)
- organic breads by Backerei Brotzeit, Tsukuba
- organic jams by Kisetsuya
- “Nukazuke” Japanese Pickled Vegetables (100yen/100g)
- fair-trade coffee by Namioka Coffee Shop: Their coffees are organic and fair-trade certificated ones from Brazil and Ecuador. Please sit back and relax with rich aroma of fresh coffee
- vegetarian lunch boxes for take out: We have vegetarian lunch box (Brown rice with side dishes), Hie/Takakibi Don (Brown rice topped with grain/millet loaf), Vegetarian Burgers and Curries
September 17: Quick Shiatsu Massage by Mr. Koichi Kusakawa
Mr. Kusakawa’s massage not only makes you relaxed, but also helps you find out what is wrong with your body. You can also consult with him about your health problems (500yen/5min).
Ritz’n
Natural Goods Shop and Vegetarian Restaurant
747-84 Kamihara, Tsukuba, Ibaraki
Tel: 029-856-0009
Fax:029-856-0009
Website: http://www.ritzn.jp/
Closed on Monday (When Monday is a national holiday, the shop is closed on Tuesday.)
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Ishioka Festival this weekend
From the festival flyer (English):
Ishioka Festival (Hitachi Soshagu Annual Festival)
The festival originated in the Genroku of the Edo Period for praying for the well-being of one’s family and their good health has been supported and popular among people. It is called one of the three most popular festivals in the Kanto area. The portable shrine in the high social status parades in front followed by about forty magnificent ‘dashis’-floats and ‘shishis’-wooden lion head and wagon covered with long festival cloth with wheels on/ More than four hundred thousand people come to see it during the period.
For the festival schedule, please click here.
You can view the images on the Ishioka City website:
山車(dashi)/floats
神輿(mikoshi)/portable shine
獅子(shishi)/wooden lion head,
or on the
Hitachi Soshagu Shrine website.
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Tsukuba Recycle Market
September 30 from 10am to 2pm
Chuo Park (near Tsukuba Public Library, just north of Tsukuba Center on the pedestrian path)
This event will be cancelled in the case of rain.
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Inter-Library Loans in Tsukuba
Tsukuba Public Library has a decent collection of foreign books. However, if you can't find the book you are looking for, you may be able to obtain it from another public library in the prefecture by inter-library loan (ILL). You can make a request at the circulation counter and, if a copy of the book can be found in the system, the staff will call you when it arrives. (It may take up to one month to fill your request.) You can usually keep ILL books for up to two weeks. Please note that as of July 2007, you must return all overdue books to the library before you will be allowed to take out any new books, make reservations for books, or request books for purchase or ILL.
By the way, did you know that Tsukuba Public Library lent out more books than any other public library in the prefecture in 2006?
1st Tsukuba (1,224,193 books lent)
2nd Hitachi (1,186,905 books lent, 3 branches)
3rd Mito (1,118,564 books lent, 4 branches)
If you are looking for research-related books, have a look at this list of libraries in Tsukuba.
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