Oshibori Oshibori An or hot towel in English is a wet hand towel offered to customers in places such as restaurants or bars, and used to clean one's hands before eating. Oshibori has long been part of Hospitality Culture in Japan: in "The Tale of Genji" era it was used for visitors; during the Edo period it was used in Hatago (); later it started to be used in many restaurants. It eventually spread to worldwide use. Cold oshibori are used in summer, and hot oshibori in winter. In Japan, October 29 has been observed as the day of Oshibori since
Black Restaurant was realized. Guests at the restaurant have to put on a sleeping mask and take their seats. They must listen, taste, and smell. Throughout the Japanese cuisine courses, guests experience the world of blindness and understand mutually between the sighted and the blind. Higan-ji(彼岸寺) & SIEN(彩の国国際交流ネットーワーク) ■Location: Ryokusen-ji (緑泉寺), 1-8-5 Nishi-Asakusa, Taito ward, Tokyo. Black Restaurant Black Restaurant known as Kurayami-gohan (a meal in the darkness) is an irregular event in which the non-profit organization "SIEN" (a cultural exchange group in Japan since 1997) and Higan-ji (a virtual Buddhist temple created by Japanese monks) cooperate at Ryokusen-ji, a temple in