Dec 25th, 2010 - Last class this year for the beginners

Today was the last class this year for the beginners at Lima Cooking School (LCS).

December is always one of the busiest months in a year, and was actually very busy this year,too.

Seeing many students had improved their skills in terms of both cooking of and ideas for Macrobiotics made us very happy for and proud of them.

We really wish them to keep on cooking Macrobiotics and bring home much more happiness through Macrobiotics way of life.

There have also been many Open Cooking Seminars held in Dec.

Just before the Christmas Eve, we had Soba cooking seminar at the Shinjuku School.

Every seat was full !!

It'd not be too much to say that owed to those attendants who wished to spend their New Year's Eve with their home-made Soba !?

Sep 12th, 2010 - Macrobiotics for the beginners

Once a month, we hold "The Macrobiotics for the beginners" seminar for those who are new to Macrobiotics and want to take in its idea & way of life to their daily lives.
Each seminar is lectured by a Macrobiotics Instructor, who is a graduate student with the title of "Instructor" of LIMA Cooking Academy. The name "LIMA", of course, stands for Lima Sakurazawa,but it also implies "Life of Macrobiotics".
In the seminar, you can inform yourself of the basic ideas of  "What is Macrobiotics?". You may also have a chance to eat  "Genmai", or so-called brown rice, and  "Miso soup".
Each seminar is surely unique for the participants because the content of what each lecturer tells is consistent in terms of general introduction of Macrobiotics but at the same time is vary in terms of the story being told based on their background experience and knowledge about Macrobiotics.
So, getting to know each instructor itself would certainly be fun and informative.
Why not knocking on the door into Macrobiotic way of life today !!

Aug 19th, 2010 - Yoga

Yoga has its long history not only worldwide but at C.I.
Some scholars say it could be traced its beginnings back to Stone Age Shamanism. Back then there seemed to be similarity between Yoga and Shamanism in light of both being focused on improving human conditions.
At C.I. so far as I know right now, the present Yoga teacher, Mikiyoshi Moriyama, who by the way hosts kutsurogi koubou, which helps people pursue a nature-oriented way of life. Mr. Moriyama has been a Yoga teacher for almost more than 15 years, and also been teaching Yoga at C.I. for more than 5 years. Check out the sites below for further info on the history of Yoga and Yoga at C.I.

history of Yoga-http://www.abc-of-yoga.com/beginnersguide/yogahistory.asp
Yoga at C.I.-http://www.ci-kyokai.jp/ygasana.html

Aug 18th, 2010- Kansokuhou (super-healing foot method)

Today we held Kansokuhou, which is known as super-healing foot method, lectured by Mr. Masahiro Yukimoto, the Representative Director of Bunka Sosaku Shuppan Publishing Co., Ltd. Kansokuhou has been taught at C.I. for almost 7-8 years, and it has been well received regardless of any age difference. We hold this seminar every two months. Check out the site below for further and detailed info about "what is Kansokuhou?" and "how's it started?". The next seminar is to be held on Oct 13th (Wed), from 2pm to 4 pm. Check out the site below too for further info in Japanese.

Kansokuhou "Gathering of Friends"-http://kansokuhou.jp/web_Eng/index.htm
Kansokuhou at C.I.-http://www.ci-kyokai.jp/yashi.html