Travel
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Sake
While we were sightseeing Tokyo on our bikes, we came across this sake shop. I have heard about sake so much that I was curious to see how it is made. Unfortunately, I couldn’t see “how” since we were late but took few pictures in the shop. Sake is an alcoholic beverage of Japan made from fermented rice.
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Japanese gardens
I am in awe of Japanese gardens. I think I have written about these gardens previously too, but like I said, I am in ‘awe’ and so I am going to write some more…. Japanese gardens are very traditional gardens and are highly abstract and stylized. The gardens of the Emperors and nobles were designed for recreation
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Italian Dinner!
My husband and I both love Italian food! So after we finished sightseeing in Tokyo, we went to a famous Italian restaurant at Four Seasons Hotel, Tokyo. The place was perfect! dim lights, light music playing in the background and great view as it was on the topmost floor! Some pics from our yummy dinner…
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Tokyo Imperial Palace
After we were done with biking, we headed to Tokyo Imperial Palace. The Japanese emperor and his empress live here. The palace buildings and inner gardens are obviously not open to the public except on New Year’s and Emperor’s Birthday, when visitors are able to enter the inner palace grounds and see the members of the Imperial
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Biking in Tokyo…
The weekend I arrived in Japan, cherry blossoms were going to be in their full bloom mode in Tokyo. I was very jet-lagged but didn’t want to miss this another opportunity of seeing cherry blossoms of Tokyo. There were a lot of spots in Tokyo which were worth seeing and, as our Japanese friends suggested, we rented a bicycle.
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Japanese cherry blossoms!
I never thought I would get to visit Japan again! Surprisingly enough, I got a chance to visit due to my spring break! What got me excited was that I knew it was the season of cherry blossoms in Japan. Luckily, this year cherry blossoms arrived earlier than expected. I have seen cherry blossoms in
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I’m Back!!!
It’s time to end the long hibernation! I got back from India about two weeks ago, and when I got back school had already begun so I didnt really find time to blog. All in all it was a fun trip and it felt very good to meet my family after 2 years! I don’t
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Vegas Baby!
Over the Thanksgiving break, we randomly decided to go to Vegas! Before the trip I always wondered what is so special about this place? But soon it began unfolding. We checked – in at MGM and staright went for cirque du soleil “Ka”. By far the best show I have ever seen in my life! The stage
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Shoreline park!
I am busy wrapping up my semester so I quickly wanted to stop by and share a few wildlife photography pics from last weekend’s trip to shoreline park. Hope you like them as much as I do…… Some shorebirds…. Waterfowl Canadian mommy goose with a goosling Erget Crazy sandpiper busy hunting for food! Poor oystercatcher,
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Beautiful Sausalito….
Yesterday, we made a random plan to go to Sausalito, it was random becuase we woke up late, took a bath and left the house. Neither did we bother to check the weather nor did we have our breakfast! We simply drove to SFO without even planning what were we going to do there? Sometimes