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October 23, 2008

A sweet couple from Quebec, Canada

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Thank you for staying with us :D

October 22, 2008

Tack!!

Sweden.jpgThank you for teaching me Swedish! It was really fun. And thank you very much for staying with us. We look forward to seeing you again.

October 20, 2008

From Denmark

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Thank you for staying with us!

From USA

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Thank you for staying wih us!
I think had a great trip around JAPAN!

October 19, 2008

Observatory at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building

Disney 016.jpgDisney 012.jpgDisney 007.jpgLast week I went to the Observatory at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building!! I have been there a couple of times but it was my first time to go up to the observatory on the 45th floor!
The building has two towers and I have chosen the southern tower. It takes only 55 seconds from the ground floor to the 45th floor. How fast!! And there is no entrance fee. How nice:)
I fear of the height actually....Do you know how high it is? The height is 202 meter from the ground! WOW. From there you can see Tokyo Tower, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo Dome, even Mt Fuji if you go there on a sunny day.
There is a cafe on the same floor. How about drinking caffee with beautiful view?

October 13, 2008

Off to Kyoto

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Thank you for your stay at the Oak Hotel. Hopefully, we will see you again :)

October 11, 2008

Japanese lunch box - proverbial Bentou

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Busy Japanese salarymen, families going out on picknick, and why not, busy hotel staff on our short breaks, that's it - obentou is the word. They can range from 300 yen onwards, all the way to the expensive one on this picture, available to yours truely only by personal kindness of one of our guests the other day. People without experience in Japanese food would be hard pressed to figure just what is it that this stuff is made of. Even myself can not name (nor fathom) what some of the items might be, but the visual effect is there all the same I presume. Ohh, food, one of the big reasons I find it harder and harder to imagine living anywhere but here...