We've just spent the third and final of the three two-night stays we'd won in Park Hyatt hotels at the Tokyo hotel, famous as the hotel where the film Lost in Translation is set.
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| Park Hyatt Tokyo |
The room was very luxurious as can be expected, with much attention to detail, even the Q-tips (cotton swabs) were individually wrapped.
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| our room, 47th floor |
As we were on the 47th floor at over 200 metres above sea level the views were fantastic. To the south east we could see the Meiji Shrine complex :
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| view towards south-east from our room |
and to the north-east the Tokyo Metropolitan Government complex (far left in the photo) which has observatories on the 45th floor.
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| view north-north-east from our room |
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| view east-north-east |
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| close-up, Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower |
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| NTT Docomo Yoyogi building |
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| publicity airship |
The gym was also on the same floor and the views were great if you were on a treadmill !
The first night we had dinner in an izakaya in Shinjuku, the area where the hotel is located. We didn't have the stir-fried hormones on the menu though !
Afterwards we wandered round Kabukicho which is an entertainment district near Shinjuku station with many restaurants, bars, and nightclubs.
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| club in Kabukicho |
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| Kabukicho street |
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| Kabukicho street |
The next day after breakfast,
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| breakfast is in the Girandole restaurant |
we headed to the Ginza/Hibiya area, and walked through Hibiya Park
We also saw a demonstration nearby, but not being able to read Japanese we don't know what they were protesting about.
That night we had dinner in the New York Grill restaurant. We went back next morning to take some photos as the light was better at that time of day.
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| Shibuya apple store |
Then we wandered back to the hotel via Omotesando.
Here's the post about 48 hours in Shanghai, the first of the three two-night stays we won in Park Hyatt hotels.
Suggested reading:
Out: A Novel by Natsuo Kirino is about four women who work the night shift in a Tokyo bento box factory, and who find their lives twisted beyond repair. This grim crime novel won Japan's top mystery award, the Grand Prix.
Tokyo Fiancee
by Amelie Nothomb. A complex story of first love set in late 1980s and early 90s Tokyo. Amélie is a 21-year-old Belgian student studying Japanese in Tokyo when she begins tutoring Rinri, a sweet, shy and wealthy 20-year-old, in French. The relationship quickly evolves into a friendship and, soon after that, into romance.
by Amelie Nothomb. A complex story of first love set in late 1980s and early 90s Tokyo. Amélie is a 21-year-old Belgian student studying Japanese in Tokyo when she begins tutoring Rinri, a sweet, shy and wealthy 20-year-old, in French. The relationship quickly evolves into a friendship and, soon after that, into romance. 
