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Meridien Grand Pacific Tokyo was our home during our vacation. This
five-star hotel treated us in royal style. We were lucky to be able
to stay here as the hotel was celebrating its grand opening and had special
rates on rooms. |
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| The hotel had several beautiful
lobbies with attendants standing throughout. It seemed the sole
job of these young men and women was to greet you with a smile and bow
as you walked by. |
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A view of the front desk.
Service
was excellent.
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This was our view during
breakfast our first morning at one of the hotel's restaurants.
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| The atmosphere was wonderful,
but we quickly learned that we needed to eat elsewhere if we were going
to stay on budget! |
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Etsuko was one of
the hotel's concierges. We spoke to her so often that we felt like friends
by the end of the week. Her friendly and knowledgeable advice was invaluable
during our adventure.
One day, we were interested
in visiting a Japanese family through the Home
Visit program so we asked Etsuko about it. She said she would check
into the details for us. That night, we came back to our room to find a
thoughtful letter (LARGE image 104 kb)
detailing the program slipped under our door. 
Although we did not have
time to visit a Japanese family, we were very impressed with Etsuko's
diligence and service.
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| After each long day of site
seeing (we walked about 12 miles per day) we would return to this
illuminated view of our hotel. |
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