Hotel Parking - Tokyo Dai-ichi

This parking garage is a giant carousel. The car drives onto a large steel plate. It is carefully parked after being guided in by the attendent. The car is locked then it is rotated into place until it is needed again. There are different parking garages in Japan that use the shuttle system vs. the carousel. This takes up much less space than traditional western style parking garages where you drive to your spot, park the car and walk out. The round steel plate in the foreground is used to rotate the car to face the street after the car is reversed out of the parking carousel.

Tokyo Dai-ichi Lobby - Matsuyama

The lobby of Tokyo Dai-ichi hotel in Matsuyama. This is a first class hotel in the heart of the city. The staff is professional and courteous. The hotel is business class but clean and comfortable. Weddings are a big deal and hotels offer the complete package, from planning to hosting and everything in between. Days for weddings are something that must be carefully chosen. There are good karma days and bad karma days. Planning ahead is a must.

Tokyo Dai-ichi - Breakfast

Tokyo Dai-ichi is one of the best hotels in Matsuyama. It's a business class hotel but it is also a destination for weddings as well as meetings, parties and other social functions. The yellow fruit is an interesting drink native to Japan. Sort of a cross between an orange and a lemon in taste. Sweet but more link a tart lemonade without the excess sweetness.

View from Tokyo Dai-ichi

The view from Tokyo Dai-ichi hotel in Matsuyama. It is quiet yet impressive. The castle is well preserved because it was never in any battles. The castle hill was originally two hills that were filled in to create the one hill as it stands today. This was done during the construction period in the early 1600's.