A few moments ago, our room on the 32nd floor of our Shinjuku hotel started to rock back and forth. Makes sense. There was a 7.0 earthquake in Honshu (northern Japan). We are fine, but a bit shaky.
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Cookie on the bow
J & T and "Lifeguard"
On the way to Edo museum
At the Wall
In the Forbidden City
Tiananmen
West Lake, Hangzhou
Cookie on the bow
In the Heart of Shanghai
Jesse at Jade Temple
Carpe diem
In the Geisha District
Hangin' in Harajuku
J & T and "Lifeguard"
Riding the Tokyo rails
On the way to Edo museum
Favorite restaurants
- Beijing: Green Tea -- almond shrimp, tea duck, stuffed do-fu, curly chicken, exotic teas, pear with mustard, green tea cakes)
- Beijing: Huajiayuan -- paper-wrapped chicken, deep-fried pork ribs, ma-po dofu)
- Beijing: Hancang -- Hakka (salt-baked chicken, pea sprouts, lotus-wrapped beef)
- Beijing: Quanjude (Complete Collection of Virtues) Restaurant -- Peking Duck (mushrooms/bok choy, satin shrimp, deep fried beef with string beans and bamboo root, duck hearts, spicey pickled cucumbers and the duck!)
- Beijing: Nu Age -- Vietnamese (lemongrass chicken, five spice pork satay, ginger rice, Saigon beef, asparagus with red bean sauce)
- Beijing: Beijing Fan Shan -- Imperial Banquet (Bamboo shoots and peas, yellow bean paste cubes, red bean rolls, cold chili chicken, mushroom soup, beef and onions, smoked tea duck, Mandarin fish, mushrooms and bamboo shoot strings deep fried, sweet and sour chicken, battered shrimp, sauteed vegetables, sesame buns with ground pork, assorted desert pastries and fruit)
- Beijing: Le Quay -- Fusion (tea-smoked duck, bean curd with spinache, pumpkin, eggplant/zuchini with balsamic)
- Hangzhou: Lou wailou -- Beggar's Chicken, Dongpu Pork, fried bean curd skins
- Suzhou: Thai by Simon -- lemon-grass chicken, thai beef, golden bags
- Suzhou: Wen Li -- Fujianese (glazed beef, gai lan, Fujian noodles, taro duck)
- Suzhou: Zen -- Cantonese (glutinous rice stuffed chicken, shrimp and roasted garlic, barbeque duck, black pepper beef fried rice)
- Shanghai: Yin -- Shanghainese (orange duck, cod and tree ears)
- Shanghai: Lynn -- Shanghainese (mandarin fish, pigs knuckles)
- Kanazawa: Kuro-Ya -- Izakaya (Japanese tapas)
- Kanazawa: Takasakiya -- Sushi, Tonkatsu
- Kanazawa: Oniwasoto (Devil Outside) -- Soba
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