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Located next to Aoi Hall at the western end of the campus, Sakura House (Sakura means Cherry blossom) is a traditional wooden-beam Japanese house that has been renovated to provide a coffee shop and a common room for Yamasa students.

The coffee shop (called "Woodpecker") is open from 8am to 8pm Monday to Saturday. The shop provides a low cost breakfast (Morning Set) and lunch (Lunch Set) with a menu that changes daily. Yamasa students receive a discount (you need to have your Yamasa ID card with you) on all purchases.

The common room is a Japanese style tatami mat area. Students can use the common room at any time as a meeting place where students can organize parties, study Japanese or just hang out with friends. It is often used as a venue for cultural exchange activities, as well as being the meeting place for the Okazaki International Interchange Center - which organizes a number of activities as well as the homestay program. Outside the house there is a roofed bicycle parking area and a basketball hoop. The courtyard is sometimes used for barbecues during the summer.

 Click here for photograph slide show of Sakura House.