An Oasis in the City
November 16th 2006 To escape the hustle and bustle, we walked down to the Hamarikyu Gardens just behind our hotel. Although we huffed a bit at the hefty entrance fee, we enjoyed this massive park very much. On a pond in the center sits a traditional Japanese teahouse. After taking off your shoes, you don a pair of slippers and sit either inside on tatami mats on the floor, or outside on the deck. We chose the de
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