From: Pat , ONTARIO
Sent: September 2, 2004 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: a trip to Japan

Hi Harold - well we are back from our wonderful trip and I wanted to write to thank you for your help in making the trip such a success!!

All the hotels were great - the Shinagawa Prince and the Pacific Meredian are both literally across the street from the Shinagawa Station which made using the JR pass and getting around very easy. The Prince had a great morning breakfast buffet with both western and japanese food choices. The Meredian was a little more "fancy" than the Prince - with a few more western visitors. The staff was a little more able to help with specific question in English about getting around the city. The Shinagawa station also had a JR office to book all the reservations for travelling outside the city - it was a really convenient location.

The Fujiya Hotel is a grand old hotel that was a real treat. It had hot spring-fed swimming pools, and Japanese baths, and even the hot water in the rooms came from hot springs! It was a good spot from which to do the Hakone day trip by the cable car and tram and boat on Lake Ashi. (unfortunately Mt Fuji was under a cloud!) We received connecting roms here (at the other 2 we had adjacent rooms)which all was great.

You were a wonderful help and I thank you for making these great
reservations for us! We had just a great family trip!! Pat