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November 19, 2005
Hanezawa Garden - closing soon
We went to Hanezawa Garden on Thursday. It is an amazing place, occupying 10,000m of prime property between Ebisu and Hiroo (which also makes it very inconvenient to get to...adds to the exclusivity!). I read somewhere that it was built for the head of the Japanese railways during World War II. They did a good job, it is a beautiful place. There are both indoor and outdoor restaurants and all of it is very well done.
We sat outside on the terrace, which was very nice (well, maybe it was a little cold), among the trees and the torches. It was easy to forget you were smack in the middle of one of the world's largest cities.
The occassion was bittersweet - saying goodbye after five years to some of my original colleagues in Japan. I will not post any pictures this time, my poor photography skills were not helped at all by the drinking we did.
I am glad we went, because Hanezawa Garden will close down next month. If you have a chance, you should head over there before it goes. There are not many places like that left in Tokyo. I will miss it.