Convene on Location By Hunter R. Slaton

A TASTY EXPERIENCE:A representative lively scene from the secondfloor of the Tokyo izakaya (a type of casual restaurant and bar) Gonpachi, where we enjoyedsushi, tempura, and more. President GeorgeW. Bush dined here with the Japanese prime minister in 2002.

Japan

Inner calm, natural beauty, and gorgeous venues in the Land of the Rising Sun

FRIDAY We landed at 6:15 p.m. at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport, amid the green curlicue patterns

ofthetarmac’s landing lights. the host hotel for our two days in Japan’s capital city —

THE NIGHTTIME TAXI RIDE TOTHE ANA INTERCONTINENTAL TOKYO—

took about an hour along smooth, humming highway.

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PHOTOS BY CHIHIRO DOI / JAPAN NATIONAL TOURISM ORGANIZATION