Grand Hyatt Tokyo Minato

... in an English theme pub - unbelievable - all the way to Tokyo & bar1 is an English bar! The Japanese people we met there were really nice, very welcoming & all spoke amazing English. They gave Jackie the name of several vegetarian friendly restaurants & also introduced us to their bar snack - fresh soya beans in their pods - no wonder they are so healthy here - could you imagine that in The Angel?! After several beers the group were ready to move on, it was getting close to ...

... como clavos en la T4, allí nos encontramos con César y Ana y conocimos al resto de nuestros compañeros de viaje, Eva, Jaime, Mónica y Óscar. En la T4 Jandro nos dio un susto porque su billete no salía, yo creo que me mareé y todo del susto. Luego nos dió otro susto Jaime que con esa cara de terrorista en potencia le cachearon y le quitaron sus zumos, claro, si es que le tiras un zumo de esos a alguien y si encuentras la combinación ángulo-fuerza adecuada lo matas fijo. El vuelo a ...

... been lovely in Japan - extraordinarily varied, with generally each restaurant only offering one style of Japanese cooking. Michael was still desperate for some sushi and sashimi so we promised we would go to one on Friday after visiting the fish market. Friday, 25th April Alison: It is Anzac Day back in Australia, so with no-one at the office we were able to get away relatively early (well early for us at ...

... we went to a small Buddhist temple called Daien-ji. It was a very pretty place set in a grove of trees, with Jizos and statues of 500 Buddha followers. We also saw 2 of the cutest little girls in their kimonos learning to walk in their wooden platform thongs. It was definitely worth walking around this different part of the city. We went to the Imperial Palace gardens. It's a big, peaceful park in the middle of the city financial district ...

... hard to explain but it was NO BUENO!!! So I had a beer instead, nothing like a beer at 11:30 in the morning. So then we cruised the streets around the temple checking out the different stalls with all sorts of knick nacks. We restrained ourselves but not by much. We then decided to get the subway to Tokyo station in the heart of the city to visit the Imperial Palace. Everything here is fun because it is all a challenge. Once we got off the subway we were in pure chaos, I ...

... The rest of the weekend served for further social time, a much needed break from and celebration of our first month in Japan. I was happy to have the time away, meeting new people, connecting with old acquaintances, and enjoying the friendships I've been able to form even in my short time in Japan. I was also able to go to an evening mass on Sunday night that was really beautiful. I thank God every day for the blessing it is for me to be in Japan!

... second floor of the Boeing 747, which was a first for both of us (first time in business class for Scott). We were served our sparkling wine and great food and thoroughly enjoyed our 2.5 hour flight (not long enough for us). Office Daydreams I often sat in my cube/hallway in the huge accounting room, which had no windows, and daydreamed of being at a park or something. Just to be able to relax and be outside. Well today we lived that dream of every ...

... several years in the US, one Japanese concession innovation is screaming to be imported, the beer girls. No overweight, sweaty, unshaven swill hockers here. All in-seat beer and snack delivery was performed by cute young girls in brightly colored uniforms. Strong women, who for nine solid innings trudged the seating bowl, laden with big vats of beer strapped to their backs and spigots hanging on their suspenders. What a sight. Some body call Aramark....