I reunited with Ms. Sanae Nagao, a grand master of the Ikuta-ryu Koto Miyagi-kai, who runs the "Hogaku Kenkyukai Orione" koto class in Hamamatsu.

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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"Koumen" offers a great value lunch set that includes a light ramen and rice, making it a very filling meal.

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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"Okonomiyaki Kokoro" is celebrating its 7th anniversary with an incredible thank-you event: draft beer for just 100 yen!

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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