Kenrokuen is 1 of Japan’s top 3 most beautiful gardens. The garden’s scenery was spectacular. It included ponds, fountains, waterfalls, bridges, lanterns, tea houses and all sorts of amazing trees.
Nagamachi was a samurai district, where they & their families used to reside. The area preserves a historic atmosphere with its residences, earthen walls, private entrance gates, narrow lanes & canals
The Ryokan Sumiyoshiya is a traditional Japanese-Style Inn. We were instantly transported to a different era with authentic furniture in our room, tatami floors and Japanese baths.
Established in the Meiji Era, this eel restaurant draws customers from afar. It has charm, with its Japanese-style architecture. Step inside & eat the best unagi in Tokyo.
The museum seeks to educate visitors on high speed rail & displays a number of trains including historic locomotives, world record setting experimental shinkansen & the magnetic levitating trains.
Keio Rail-Land offers many attractions, including a large-scale ‘experience simulator’. A popular mini train runs along the perimeter of a fleet old-time train cars displayed outside.
Wanna try Japanese deserts at a traditional Japanese cafe, one of my favorites is MIHASHI at Ueno. Their signiture item is ANMITSU.
Amazing! It is a spacious showroom with many model railroad tracks. There is also a store with their latest products. If you buy something for 500 yen. it allows you to use the tracks for 30 mns.
Created by the IM Pei, it is located in the beautiful Shigaraki Mountains near Kyoto. It is quite literally intended to be a paradise on Earth, it worked for me; it is my favorite museum in the world
It used to be the residence of Japan's Imperial Family until 1868, when the emperor moved to Tokyo. It is located in the spacious Kyoto Imperial Park, an attractive park in the center of the city.
A MUST see! The Ryōan-ji #garden is considered one of the (if not the) finest surviving examples of #kare-sansui ("dry landscape"), a refined type of #Japanese Zen temple #garden design.
It is 1 of the best examples of a city within the city. Opened in 2003 in Tokyo's Roppongi area, the building complex features offices, apts, shops, restaurants, hotels, museum, observationdeck & more
The collection housed in this 1959 Le Corbusier building, was assembled in the 1900s. Considering it was begun so recently, it was surprisingly good ranging from 15th century icons to Monet to Pollock
Ground zero for all things electrical: gadgets, mobile tech, cameras, computers, games, digital prints .... this enormous store was incredibly and insanely fun.
One of Japan's most dexterous and vast cultural spaces, the museum doesn't stand still: rather than housing a permanent collection, it instead hosts a changing schedule of ambitious exhibits.
It is Japan’s most famous Curry House. It's delicious, really worth the price. The concept is surrounded around the fact that it serves curry with rice and meat, vegetables of your choice.
If you’re in the mood for an espresso pick me up with touches of rustic interiors and a decent selection of breakfast or lunch snacks you’ll appreciate this cutely decorated spot.
The TrainWorld museum was the highlight of our trip. 1 of the most unique museums of this kind in the world. It combined the story of the train throughout the centuries with a look into the future.
Intimate atmosphere, mirrors, white walls and pretty armchairs... Auguste is perfectly tailored to the cuisine of Gaël Orieux, a chef who is passionate about food and ingredients
The Musée Guimet: the quickest route to Asia! From 1889, when it was established by Emile Guimet, to the present day, the museum has continued to add to and diversify its collections.
Like other Left Bank institutions (namely Les Deux Magots and Le Café de Flore) the Closerie des Lilas was where the intelligentsia hung out in the early 20th century.
Inspired by a similar project in Tokyo in February 2012, the Parisian label wanted to create an intimate café fusing the worlds of fashion, music and design.
One of the world's most famous addresses, #Buckingham #Palace is the official London residence of the #Queen of #England and an item on many lists of #London must-sees.
It may look like a regular slab of junk but this bad boy is anything but re-constituted junk. The restaurant uses rare breed aged beef sourced from the cream of the bovine crop, Ginger Pig Farm.
Stuffed with pretty antique knickknacks and welcoming armchairs, the crowded Georgian parlour at Zetter’s Townhouse Marylebone is the perfect setting for a little afternoon indulgence.
A free national museum displaying superb works of art in an historic London town house. The collection was acquired in the 19th century by the 3rd and 4th Marquesses of Hertford & Sir Richard Wallace
Arguably the best coffee in London. Kaffeine has become somewhat of an institution since it opened in 2009 by one of the savviest guys in the industry, Peter Dore-Smith.
Convenient location, in the heart of Piccadilly, walking distance to Theatreland, Buckingham Palace and Mayfair. The room was luxurious however on the small side. The staff was pleasant & helpful.
