 D.C. National Airport |
 Departing for Tokyo |
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 Capital & Monument from DCA runway |
 Pentigon |
 Express train to Tokyo |
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 Palace Hotel lobby |
 Relax at lobby |
 Palace Hotel lobby |
 Palace Hotel lobby |
 Palace Hotel lobby |
 Palace Hotel lobby |
 Guest room - Palace Hotel Tokyo |
 guest room - Palace Hotel Tokyo |
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 Mirror with built-in TV |
 TV in mirror |
 Eastern Garden of Imperial Palace from hotel room |
 Mitsuba salad at kisuke (喜助) |
 Grill beef tongue at kisuke (喜助) |
 Grill beef tongue at kisuke (喜助) |
 Kisuke 喜助 at Tokyo Station - best grill beef tongue |
 Night view from hotel |
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 Hotel Lobby |
 Hotel Lobby |
 Breakfast setting |
 Breakfast with view of Imperial Palace |
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 chapel in Palace Hotel |
 chapel in Palace Hotel |
 Chapel in Palace Hotel |
 View from Chapel |
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 Rice Ball, Lunch Box shop in subway station |
 Asakusa, Sansho-Ji Map |
 Kaminari (Thunder) Gate (雷門) - 30 million visitors yearly |
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 Crowded Nakamise (浅草仲見世) shopping street |
 Asakusa Nakamise (浅草仲見世) shopping street |
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 Sensho-Ji Temple (金龍山浅草寺) |
 Sensho-Ji Temple (金龍山浅草寺) |
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 Shaved ice with green tea |
 Macha with ice cream |
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 Beautiful window display |
 Beautiful window display |
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 Koyanagi - featured on Delta Sky in flight magazine (May, 2014) |
 Roasted Chicken bento box - Toriju |
 Grilled eel bento box - Unagi, Koyanagi's special dish |
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 Nakamise after dark |
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 Gate of the Imperial Palace East Gardens (皇居東御苑) |
 Gate |
 Map of the gardens |
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 old guardhouse |
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 ETs |
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 Iris |
 Iris |
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 Palace Hotel Tokyo |
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 Sashmi arrangement - XEX |
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 Abalone Teppanyaki - XEX |
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 Tokyo Station from XEX restaurant |
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 Conrad at Siodome - 34th floor Lobby |
 Guest room - Conrad at Siodome |
 Guest room - Conrad |
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 View from Conrad Guest room |
 View from Conrad Guest room |
 view from Conrad Guest room |
 Hotel exit to train station |
 Conrad hotel view from catwalk under train rail |
 Siodome |
 Siodome viewed from catwalk |
 Walkway to train station |
 Train station to Rikugien Gardens |
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 Rikugien Gardens (六義園) |
 Rikugien Gardens (六義園) |
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 Hydrangea |
 Hydrangea |
 Hydrangea |
 Togetsukyo Bridge |
 Togetsukyo Bridge |
 Togetsukyo Bridge |
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 Rikugien Gardens (六義園) - view from a man-made hill |
 Rikugien Gardens (六義園) |
 Rikugien Gardens (六義園) - an Edo period garden in modern-day Tokyo |
 Tea house in the woods |
 Lakeside tea house |
 Lake view from tea house |
 iced macha & sweet wine |
 Lakeside Tea house viewed from across lake |
 Stepping stones to tea house by a falls |
 Tea House by a falls |
 a bridge view from tea house |
 Man-made falls |
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 Happy together! |
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 Rikugien Gardens (六義園) |
 Siodome City Center |
 Restaurants at Siodome City Center |
 Various Hydrangea |
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 Conrad hotel lobby |
 En Izakaya Restaurant |
 En Izakaya kitchen |
 Bonsai, Tokyo Bay from En Izakaya Restaurant |
 Bonsai, Tokyo Bay with En Izakaya kitchen reflection |
 Pickled veggie |
 Skat wing |
 Shrimp balls |
 Uni mixed with tobiko |
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 Grilled Salmon belley |
 Shiretoko-chicken on hot pebbles |
 Pork |
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 Siodome City Center |
 Night view from Conrad Hotel room |
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 Tokyo Bay and Hama-Rikyu Gardens (濱離宮恩賜庭園) |
 Tokyo Bay from Conrad Guest room |
 Tokyo Bay |
 Conrad hotel buffet breakfast |
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 Hama-Rikyu Gardens (濱離宮恩賜庭園) |
 Hama-Rikyu Gardens (濱離宮恩賜庭園) |
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 Yakidori |
 Grilled squid |
 Chicken rice bowl |
 Grilled Chicken meat ball |
 Pork belly |
 Jewel Onion |
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 View of Siodome from catwalk |
 View of Siodome in dusk |
 View of Siodome in dusk |
 Twilight view from guest room |
 Twilight view from guest room |
 Twilight view from guest room |
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 Hama-Rikyu Gardens (濱離宮恩賜庭園) |
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 Tsukiji Fish Market (築地市場) |
 Tsukiji Fish Market (築地市場) |
 Tsukiji Fish Market (築地市場) |
 Fresh seafood |
 Live Scallop |
 Splitting tuna |
 Tuna |
 Tuna |
 Blowfish |
 Live Fish |
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 Fresh Edamame |
 Very expansive cantaloupe |
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 Tsukiji Outside Market (築地場外市場) |
 Grilled Scallop, steamed Claim and Oyster |
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 Tsukiji Outside Market (築地場外市場) |
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 Shinjuku Gyoen (新宿御苑) |
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 Shinjuku Gyoen (新宿御苑) |
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 Ticket machine at Rakuutei tea house entrance |
 Sweets |
 Matcha and sweets |
 Rakuutei Tea House |
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 Ume Plum |
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 Twisting pine branches |
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 Asakusa, Sansho-Ji Map at train station |
 Crowded desert shop |
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 Back to Izakaya En - Asparagus |
 Sashimi |
 Grilled Octopus |
 Whole Kinmedai snapper |
 Matcha shaved ice |