2011/08/24

Small Hotel Guests

I've always wanted to take some pictures of the birds coming around our Hotel entrance and the courtyard pretty often.
Finally, the opprotunity came to me the other day!  

I'm not familiar with species of birds, but according to the information that I collected, it must be Hiyodori, the Brown-eared Bulbul.
Hiyodori is very common bird in Japan, even in the central part of Tokyo. 


Not only one but two comes together.
They must be a couple! (I really hope so...)


They always stands together like this.
Maybe they're coming from the Imperial Palace or Koishikawa-Korakuen Garden, both places are very close from our Hotel. 


We've been seeing the bird couple since the opening of the Hotel.
Now I'm wondering "Are they always the same two?"
Any way, it's very happy to have them in our courtyard.

This is a view of the courtyard from Japanese Cuisine YUKURI.
You might have a chance to see Hiyodori couple from this window at lunch time!


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2011/08/11

YUKURI's Teatime -2-


The hot summer days are continuing in Tokyo!
This is the August's dessert for YUKURI's teatime.
"Plum flavored Winter Melon and Yuzu flavored Tokoroten topped with Shiso Ice Cream" 


Many Japanese ingredients are used in this cool dessert and it will surly refreshes you in this hot weather!
Not only at teatime but you can also enjoy it after Kaisei cuisine for dessert.



YUKURI's Teatime14:00-16:30 (Last order) *Open year-round
-Japanese Tea  700JPY~ 900JPY
-Japanese Tea and Original Japanese Sweets 1,200JPY~1,800JPY