Busy

From the same street with my previous post, this a photo of JA bank building I took  a couple of months ago, when I found myself sitting on the bench of a parking lot across from this building. A month later it was covered completely for restoration, oh well, that's what I thought.
Two days ago when I came back there, the building was being pulled down. I was lucky to have captured it :).
For a not-so-big street, this is the busiest street these past days, not to mention the fact that in this intersection we have to wait a long time for the green-blue light.

Yuri San: Nemutai (I'm sleepy)

Hiro San: Oyasuminasai (good night)

Night at Angkor

One of my favorite streets. The street is narrow but has wide pedestrian for walker and biker. It's not too crowded, and we can cross it anytime. There are some benches in front of a parking lot on this street on which people like to sit to either finish food bought from a small supermarket behind where I stood to capture this photo, or just to meet friend. Though this street is not long, it offers several services such as banks, post office, beauty salons, barber shop,  store, flower shop, music school, fitness center, large parking lot, computer store, craft shop, offices, bus stop, etc.

Can you see pachinko (パチンコ) or Japanese casino at the end of this street? That is the biggest Angkor pachinko  among several pachinkos in town. I'll post more photos of pachinko in the future.

Hiro San: Pachinko ikimashoo (Let's go to pachinko)

Yuri San: Chotto, okane ga arimasen (mmm, I don't have money)

Keesatsu (Police Office)

Saijo Police headquarter on Boulevard street. I have not entered the office yet, chances are they are not gonna be pleased seeing me around with a camera :). 
In case there's a traffic accident (Kootsuu jiko), please call 110.

Yuri San: Omawari San, Konnichiwa (Good day, Mr.Policeman)

Hiro San: Konnichiwa! (Good day!)

Pure

Get the brochures for free.
Next to the Kamoizumi, another sake house with a display room. When I went there, it's open, yet closed :).
The man is carrying a basket of pure rice.

Pure water and pure rice are the two ingredients that make Saijo sake as one of the best.
Actually, Saijo's very best water is concentrated in a very narrow strip of land. That's why most of the area of sake breweries were established in a very small section of Saijo.

Right across the house I posted yesterday, our today sake house is Kamoizumi. On the top of the house is an ornament which is usually found hanging on the front.
For more information, here's the link and you can enjoy more photos by H.Orihashi whose collection is really awesome. I envy him so much...

Yuri San: Shasin o torimasuka? (You take pictures?)
Hiro San: Haik, sumi desu (Yes, it's my hobby)

No trespassing!

The door for employees to enter the house.
Ignore the empty pet bottles :). This is at the back of the house. My guess again, the door is closed permanently.
It's not open for public during normal days. There's a schedule available at the Communication Corner if you want to visit these places, and they will provide you with a guide to take the tour. But the best time to come is of course when the festivals.
This is probably the biggest sake house in town. It is situated between two streets.
Yuri San: Ookii desu ne (It's so big)
Hiro San: Yahari sake ga ippai desuyo! (Must be a lot of sake in there)

A room with a view

As a leading sake town, it's easily to see chimneys like this. It is a symbol of a sake house.
This photo was taken from my window apaato.
Hiro San : Kanpai!
Yuri San : Kanpai!
* Kanpai = A toast, the Japanese equivalent for 'Cheers!' (Sometimes spelled incorrectly as kampai, due to the difficulty some people have with pronouncing the 'n' sound next to a hard consonant.) From the Anime Encyclopedia.

Kiiro Biru, for Yellow Theme Day :)

Hey, I got yellow fever, too :).
Just came back from wandering the old part of the city several hours ago. Got caught in the rain and wind, I headed home earlier. This photo was taken one block in front of Saijo Station . Still have no idea what building it is. My guess, it's a beauty salon. I'll ask my teacher :). There are two words on the board, the top one is in Chinese character or Kanji, and the word below written in Hiragana characters is "Katsuya", which is probably the name of the building.
I'll try to include some simple daily expression for each post. It helps me to review my Japanese lessons, and I hope you can enjoy it, too.
Yuri San : Kore wa hoteru desu ka? (Is this a hotel?)
Hiro San : Ie, kore wa biyouin desu. (No, this is a beauty salon)
Care to try the short talk?
* Kiiro biru = yellow building.