Nabe night!!

It's been about a month since our first guest came. And we've had more number of guests than we expected!! Thank you all for coming to our place!!

We had a Nabe party a couple of days ago. Nabe is a type of hot pot dish and is loved more in winter. What we had is also called Chanko-Nabe and this is the dish that sumo wrestlers eat every day.  It seemed everyone liked it!!  We are going to make more nabe nigths for guests during this winter!!!

Happy meal for 180YEN

Santiful Mikuni, the roofed shopping st. near Mikuni Station, has a variety of foods for very reasonable prices!!

This is a very famous boxed Japanese to go meal, BENTO. Bento means boxed lunch and it usually has rice, one or two side dishes, a bit of vegetable and pickles. You can find shops specializing in bento at many places.

And an incredible place is here. The shop is called "IROHA". They sell prepared daily dishes, salad to go and bento, etc. Their prices are really reasonable all the day already, BUT WAIT!!!

After 18:00(they close at 19:00), bargain time is going on!!!

The picture below, the both bento have a sticker that says 100YEN discount. Unbelievably, the original price is 280YEN.

A bento for 180YEN!!!  And it is not a meal for trash, it  is really tasty, so everybody happy.

not too much, not too small size

World of 100 YEN

What we call "Hyakkin",  is a shop that has everything or "most of what they have" is 100JPY.
Sometimes consumption tax which is 5% is not included, in this case the price will be 105JPY.
They have a variety of items such as tableware,stationery, snacks and what you might
think everything you need. There is a couple of them near CaminoRo and as a visitor,
it would worth visiting for you!!

Very first feedbacks!!

Some of the guys who stayed with us have left a feedback on the booking site!!
It seems they had a good time with us and we are so happy to hear their comments!!
Come back to Osaka and visit us again, please---

We can't wait to have more people and help them know about Osaka
and experience something that no other places can offer!!

http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/Guesthouse-Caminoro/Osaka/46202

http://www.hostelbookers.com/hostels/japan/osaka/63165/reviews/



CaminoRo Osaka
2F 3F 2-6-7 Nishimikuni, Yodogawa-ku
Osaka, 532-0006  JAPAN
http://www.caminoro.com/

CaminoRo Osaka, becoming internationalized

It's a quiet Sunday afternoon. Many of the shops on our roofed shopping street are closed on Sundays and for some shops Monday as well. It is so quiet and peaceful around this neighborhood, though crowds and noises of Umeda, north downtown, and busy waves of Shinkansen and all the train lines of Shin-Osaka are right there. I love this contrast and we hope to serve more guests from all over the world with this environment.

Today, the flowers have reached full bloom! It is a gift from the Swedish guys who stayed with us this week.
Thanks guys for giving more color to CaminoRo!
We've had some guests so far and that's been great experiences for us. The weather is very nice at this season to visit Japan. We have the bed for your night in Osaka, come and Join us!!

CaminoRo Osaka
2F 3F 2-6-7 Nishimikuni, Yodogawa-ku
Osaka, 532-0006  JAPAN
http://caminoro.com/

Observatory hot-spring resort in Shin Osaka

We, all Japanese, love Onsen or hot-spring resorts. A lot of people enjoy neighborhood public bath-house, sento, or travel to a hot-spring resort located outside of the city once in a while. It is one of the important aspects of Japanese culture. And there is this new type of sento called "super sento." It is a conveniently located public bath-house with usually "natural" hot-spring and it has a small restaurant or at least a place where you can relax with light snack and drinks after taking a bath. Not surprising at all in Japan, but they dig the land under the property and take natural hot-spring for the bath. And the number of these places have been increasing recently.

There is one near CaminoRo, which is the best in my experiences. It is called "Hinatano-yu" and is located not only conveniently, but also on the top of a nine storied building. The facilities are super clean overall. It has a nice waiting room with free foot bath, outside bath with great view and its natural hot water is really outstanding. It will be a problem if you have a tatoo on your body, if not, it may be a must activity while staying with us!!  Don't worry, everyone is naked, so you don't need to be shy!

it is in Japanese, but you can have some idea of what and how it is.
http://www.hinatanoyu.com/index.html


Reference Hinatano-yu official website

Liquor paradise, Max Valu!

"Max Valu" is the name of the 24 hour open supermarket near CaminoRo. It is about 10 min walk. There is a couple of other supermarkets closer, but Max Valu is the biggest and as I wrote already, 24 hour open.
It is not that I am not spelling the name wrong. Max "Valu" is thier actual name. The two-story extensive supermarket offers a variety of food, everyday items and much more. I and my wife(we two run the guesthouse)like Max Valu overall, but what I really love is their liquor floor. They have such a wide variety of beers, beer taste drinks(watch in Japan that we have three different types or classes of beer. I will write about this in a different posting), sho-chu, sake, wine, etc... And their price is really reasonable, that I never find lower price at any supermarket or liquor shop! Max Valu is literally maximizing the value!!

If you are a beer lover, try YEBISU(gold can) by Sapporo and Premium Malts(also gold can) by Santory while staying in Japan. They both are the top of lager type in Japan.

Sweet grilled seabream?

"Taiyaki", literally translating, it will be "grilled seabream." but it's not fish, only its shape. Taiyaki is a very common snack for Japanese of all generation. It is like a pancake, shaped in fish, usually stuffed with sweet soybean paste or custard. There is a stall specializing in Taiyaki very near CaminoRo. Their taiyaki is something more than you expect!! It's soooo tasty and big!!

They also have okonomiyaki(to go) for JPY300(approx.USD4.00), which is also very good!!!


Price:JPY120/piece
Distance from CaminoRo: 1min walk

Twilight Zone, Osaka?

Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farm Houses

Located in a huge park named "Hattori Ryokuchi Park", this open-air museum preserves about 15 of real Japanese old houses. Some of the houses are about 200 years old wooden structures. You can learn a bit of Osakan history as well. Feel the old Japanese life style in this nicely calm museum!! The park itself is really nice with the size　of 1.5㎢. How about a half day excursion while staying in Osaka?

I, a person who was born in Osaka, went to this museum for the first time in my life. What a shame, I should have come here before!!

Entrance: JPY500
Distance from CaminoRo: 30min by bicycle or train+walking