We visited two gardens our last two days in Tokyo, Hama Rikyu and Shinjuku. I have a hard time picking a favorite of the two, but this was my favorite of the five different tea houses we saw. This is the pine tea house in Hama Rikyu Goen (garden), rebuilt from the original. It's a very simple tea house, without any ornamentation, no fancy roof, just a simple, beautiful pine building. We also went to the Imperial Hotel, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and had tea at a very English style tea house in yet another garden across the way from the Hotel. A quick trip to the Tokyo National Museum rounded out Tuesday, and Wednesday after the Shinjuku garden and a quick, final shopping stop on our way to pick up our luggage, we were off to the airport. A lovely trip, absolutely jam packed with adventures and sights and stories and, of course, food. Perhaps next time I'll be able to be a bit more leisurely about it all.
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