Izu Coffee Shop, which opened as a specialty coffee shop in Nishikaizuka, Iwata City on March 19, 1975, and relocated to the east side of Magome Post Office in Chuo, Naka Ward, Hamamatsu City in November 2009, offers a calm and relaxing space where jazz music plays softly and the aroma of coffee soothes the soul...
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The JR East Iida Line, stretching 195.7km from Toyohashi Station (Aichi Prefecture) to Tatsuno Station (Nagano Prefecture), has 94 stations, with an average distance of only 2.1km between stations. Beyond Yutani Onsen Station, one of the intermediate stations on the Iida Line, a leisurely 5-minute walk along a quiet path towards Iida...
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Right in front of the construction site for ART FORME Motoshiro, a condominium being developed by the Maruhachi Real Estate Group behind Viola Tamachi, is the Chinese restaurant "Lee" (located in the former Moon Cafe Stanza location), which just opened in July 2013.
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Ayane Kaizu (now Shinmura), who has been running her nail salon "at.nail" in a corner of her family home in Hayade-cho since 2010, is a housewife and mother who has been juggling her business while raising her son. A year has passed since then, and her son is growing up healthy and strong, now able to walk while holding onto things...
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My husband has been attending the koto class at "Orion," a Japanese traditional music research group in Koike-cho, run by Ms. Sanae Nagao, a grand master of the Ikuta-ryu Miyagi-kai koto school, for almost four years now. My husband started learning the koto when he was in high school. We now have four kotos in our Japanese-style room...
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Located on the eastern corner of the south exit rotary of Hamamatsu Station, "Hao Men" is a ramen shop run by Chinese staff, proudly displaying a large banner that reads, "Tired of greasy ramen?!" Despite its convenient location near the station, the shop also has two parking spaces under a large red sign next to it, making it easy to drop in...
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Congratulations on the success of your solo exhibition, Seiji! We look forward to your continued success! Thank you everyone for a wonderful evening! Tamachi 324 Gallery, 324-12 Tamachi, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu City...
Located along the street leading to Seirei Hamamatsu Hospital in Sumiyoshi, amidst a row of other tenants, "Confiture" is a dining and bar that's always bustling at lunchtime and also casually accessible in the evenings. It's extremely popular with regulars and female customers, but even first-time visitors feel comfortable...
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Along the street in Sumiyoshi, near Seirei Hamamatsu Hospital, there's a shop with a noren (traditional Japanese curtain) displaying the three hiragana characters "Kokoro" (心). It opened in April 2007 and is celebrating its 7th anniversary this year, 2014. Owner Tatsuya Oishi said, "Since it's our 7th anniversary, we're starting from Tanabata (the Star Festival) on the 7th...".
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As a wrap-up party for the open studio and exhibition, Seiji Yamauchi's performance art was held at Porte Theater. Accompanied by instrumental music selected to match the atmosphere of Porte Theater, he created an immersive experience by projecting a giant 2-meter panel...
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Located on a side street near the entrance to Hamamatsu Castle Park, on the way to the Hamamatsu City Museum of Art, is a row of old-fashioned row houses. Inside, small, partitioned tenant shops line the street, each showcasing its own unique character—a photography studio, a general store, an architectural design office, and more...
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船越バイパスの春華堂佐藤店さん付近の路地を入り、角地にあるラーメン屋「響き屋」さん。およそ10数年前にオープンされた割と老舗の人気ラーメン店。こちらは、何といっても「つけ麺」が大人気。つけ麺に使用しているコシのある喉越し...
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