After having done a lot of rather mundane things in Tokyo, many involving a visit to this or that store, which were not really worth posting about, we finally indulged ourselves with a visit to a Japanese garden. Unlike Kyoto, the choice in Tokyo is not so varied and to most of the well-known gardens we had been several times before in the past. But there is one we had never been to: Happo-en, near Meguro. Happo-en is actually a very fancy wedding venue, but their large and beautiful garden is open to the public.
Entrance to Happo-en
Going up Tokyo Tower is the typical sort of thing one doesn’t do when one lives in a city. But since it’s been more than seven years since we’ve moved away and we felt like doing something new for once, we finally did it! We approached the Tower coming from Hamamatsucho Station, crossing the grounds of Zojoji, which were very busy. 
As part of the conference we attended in Sendai, we had a bus tour taking us further up North, to the World Heritage sites of Hiraizumi. Our first stop was Chuson-ji, a Buddhist temple located on a wooded hill. 
Chipango 
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