Monthly Archives: January 2015

Tiny Hippo Explores Nara Hotel

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Nara Hotel Driveway

This is Tiny Hippo reporting to you from Nara Hotel, a 1909 luxury hotel. Join me while we explore!

Tiny Mail Box Nara Hotel

This is a very small box, just for Tiny Hippos

Nara Hotel Lounge

Now we enter the lounge used by all the fine ladies and gentlemen

Tiny Hippo Plays a Game

There are game tables, now if someone could explain the rules I am sure I would be quite good at this.

Twin Room in Nara Hotel

This is my glorious room, they gave me two beds, how posh!

Nara Hotel Tea Room Fall

The tea room looks out over the gardens.

Tiny Hippo with Flowers

I enjoyed the fresh flowers while I was waiting for my tea, someone may have eaten them…

Tiny Hippo Dines at Nara Hotel

This is mine. I know they gave me two forks, but don’t get any ideas!

Nara Hotel Grounds

After my tea, I wandered around the hotel’s grounds.

Path at Nara Hotel

There is a charming path that leads down to a lake full of ducks

Bar at Nara Hotel

This is the bartender, you can tell by his white suit

Tiny Hippo with Shirley Temple

I ordered a Shirley Temple, it came with this strange tiny spoon, I wonder why. Well, that is the end of our tour of Nara Hotel, I highly recommend you visit!

Travel Tip from a Tiny Hippo

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I am leaving Tokyo and I am on my way to Nara, the city of deer, I hope they like me!

The Shinkansen or bullet train is an ideal way to travel in Japan. The ride is very comfortable, punctual, and there always seems to be a train when you need one.

The shinkansen or bullet train is an ideal way to travel in Japan. The ride is very comfortable, punctual, and there always seems to be a train when you need one.

Mount Fuji from Bullet Train

Relax, nom on a snack, and enjoy the views as you travel across the country without a care in the world. Behold, Mount Fuji in the distance!

See you in Nara, for more adventures in Japan click here.