The backseat role

The trees in our courtyard are getting green in recent weeks.
Their colors are deepening day by day.
It's very beautiful.

The stream in the courtyard needs to clean 3 or 4 times a month.

First, brush away the fallen leaves and mud. 

After the bottom surface become clean, put stones back carefully by hand.

This ordinary work is continued all year round by our maintenace staff.
They are going to be more busy for the new season in order to attract our guests by the lovely view.

Narcissus of hope

There is a small garden on the 3rd floor of our hotel.
Last week, one narcissus has bloomed there.

That narcissus was brought from Kamaishi in Iwate prefecture where had been struck by the Great East Japan Erthquake.

It used be raised by the aunt of Mr. Sadaharu Furukawa who is the massage volunteer in Kamaishi.

His aunt had affected by the Tunami and remain missing.

That was the only thing which Mr. Furukawa could find after his house was swepted away by the Tunami.

Last November, Ms. Shirasu of RESULTS Japan gave 8 piece of the narcissus bulb to one of our sales staff and asked us to grow.

We wondered if they will grow properly after they were damaged by seawater.

But the one of them thrive and bloom at last!

We were touched by the strength and vitality.

We wish much more narcissus will bloom next year.