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Vacation - October 2022

Japan - Tokyo, Chiba, Kamakura

 

10 days stay at Tokyo to celebrate Mitchy's 53rd birthday (webpage link: 及川光博 birthday celebration).
During my stay in Tokyo, have had day trips to Chiba and Kamakura.

Places that I have drinks & meals (webpage link):  Tokyo restaurants (October 2022)

 

 

Palace Hotel Tokyo (Japan)

Remarks (October 2022):
Same as previous trips to Japan, I stayed in Palace Hotel Tokyo again for this 10 days vacation to celebrate Mitchy's 53rd birthday .

 

 

Ureno Zoo (Tokyo, Japan)

Remarks (October 2022):
A good fun day at Ureno Zoo (Tokyo) . The size of the zoo is far bigger than I thought, with many varieties of animals and birds. I like most is the polar bear, tiger and panda.
The queues to view the pandas were amazingly long! Luckily I decided not to queue and view other animals first, later I went to the panda section again at 3:45pm (15 minutes before it closes), no queue and straight to view it.
But I missed out the cute baby pandas, that section closes earlier than I thought.

 

 

鎌倉大仏 The Great Buddha (Kamakura, Japan)

Remarks (October 2022):
While I was in Tokyo, a day trip to Kamakura .
Have visited 鎌倉大仏, 鎌倉 長谷寺 (長谷觀音) and 鶴岡八幡宮.  The size of the Great Buddha is impressive.
The temples have many Japanese koi (my favourite pet fish).

 

 

 鎌倉 長谷寺 (長谷觀音)  (Kamakura, Japan)

 

 

鶴岡八幡宮  (Kamakura, Japan)

 

 

Chiba Port Tower (Chiba, Japan)

Remarks (October 2022):
While I was in Tokyo (October 2022), a day trip to Chiba (before Mitchy's birthday celebration ).
I visited Chiba Port Tower, 亥鼻城 and 千葉神社.
Nice view from Chiba Port Tower .  There is a koi pond in 千葉神社, the koi are very cute, they swim towards me when I walked close to the pond.

I went to Chiba 2 days, both days were day trip only, I went back to Tokyo in the evening.
Day 1 was sight-seeing and day 2 was Mitchy's birthday celebration .
Although I stayed in Palace Hotel Tokyo for the entire 10 days, I also have a suite in Hotel Springs Makuhari Annex (celebration venue) on Mitchy's birthday. That's why people did not see me during the event's intermission.

 

 

亥鼻城 (Chiba, Japan)

 

 

千葉神社 (Chiba, Japan)

 

 

Sushi Class (Tokyo, Japan)

Remarks (October 2022):
In the past, I have seen chefs making sushi many times, so, I do have some basic concepts of how to make sushi.
This is the first time I tried making sushi myself!  Good fun !  The second photo is the sushi that I made in this class.

 

 

浜離宮恩賜庭園 (Tokyo, Japan)

Remarks (October 2022):
This garden has nice lake view with traditional Japanese architects by the lake.
The most impressive is the 300 years old pine tree (near the entrance).