garden

Monday - Asakasa

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March 5th 2007
Everyone woke up around 7 today, feeling refreshed. We hung around our rooms for a few hours then went outside to view the Hotel’s Japanese Garden. The Garden was absolutely massive, and so well isolated that you forget you are in Tokyo for a while. We found a café in Akasaka with a very reasonable breakfast menu - about 5 bucks for European style coffee, salad, bread and an egg. Skies wer ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more