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The countries that are most commonly considered to be included in the ‘Far East’ are China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. When you visit the Far East, the cities that you ought to visit are Hong Kong, Osaka, Beijing,central garden Hotel Beijing Tokyo, Hangzhou, Macau, Shanghai,Minzu Hotel Beijing Kyoto, Nagoya, Seoul and Taipei. All these cities have different attractions, which put them at the top of the list of places that one should see.

When in Beijing, you should visit Tiananmen Square, which is located in the heart of the city. You should also go to visit the Great Wall of China. Other than these, there are other places such as the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Lama Temple, Drum Tower and Bell Tower and the Summer Palace.
The Forbidden City is based on many courtyards and gardens and it was home to twenty four emperors from the Ming and Qing dynasties. In Hangzhou, you have to visit the West Lake, Lingyin Temple,oriental garden Hotel Beijing Leifeng Pagoda, Baopu Taoist Temple and the Jiangnan Stone Garden.
Hong Kong has the new Disneyland, Bamboo Garden Hotel Beijing
which is the greatest attraction there, and there are also hotels which are based on Disney themes. The Japanese capital Tokyo has the very popular Roppongi Hills, with exotic gardens and water walls, and represents the future of Japan.
Another place worth seeing is the Tokyo Tower, Jianguo Garden Hotel Beijingwhich is supposedly the replica of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. However, it is a little taller than the original one. poly plaza Hotel Beijing If you believe in unadulterated shopping, then your ultimate visit should be to the Ginza where you can enjoy the sheer pleasure of shopping for many hours.
The most interesting sites in the Japanese city of Kyoto are the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto Imperial Palace and the Nijo Castle. The Palace acted as the residence of the Imperial family in the year 1868.Grand Metropark Hotel Beijing A temple that is considered a masterpiece and is the most popular among the other temples in Japan is the

Ginkakuji Temple. You should also visit the Path of Philosophy, which offers an opportunity to walk peacefully among trees and while passing the Sosui Canal and the Ginkakuji Temple. The Floating Garden Observatory in Osaka is also worth seeing.
Nagoya Castle, which is located in Nagoya, is also worth paying a visit to as it was constructed in 1612 by Ieyasu Tokugawa. For art lovers, Nagoya offers the Nagoya City Art Museum that has more than 2500 pieces of art, from local as well as international artists. In the Japanese city of Osaka, there is the Osaka Aquarium ‘Kaiyukan’, which is considered to be one of the largest aquariums in the world and has more than 580 species of marine animals from the PacificTiantan Hotel Beijing.
The place that proffers to be the most attractive site of Seoul is the Gyeongbokgung Palace, which was built in 1394 by the Joseon Dynasty. The Lotte World of Seoul is the largest theme park of the world. Wangfujing Grand Hotel BeijingTaiwan is home to the building which was the tallest in the world before Burj Dubai took the position.
Some people might be interested in seeing the building along with many other attractions in the Far East.LongJing or Dragon Well Tea is considered the National Tea of China, and for good reason.Swissotel Grand Shanghai It is famous not only for its delicate flavor,Xijiao Hotel Beijing but for the legends surrounding it.
It is also has the most complicated and time consuming processing of any Chinese tea. Due to these reasons it has also become one of the most expensive teas in China. Last year in Hangzhou a man paid over $14,000 for just 200 grams of Dragon Well Tea. This is an extreme example, but it show how much Dragon Well Tea is respected in ChinaWhite Swan Hotel Guangzhou.

Dragon well Tea received its name from a small village located on Phoenix Mountain in Hangzhou. It has been documented that since the Three Kingdoms Period (221-280) residents of this village believed that a dragon lived in the village well and controlled the rainfall. Because of this people would travel to this well to pray for rainRiverside Hotel Shanghai.
It has also been said that Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) made a point of visiting the village to have a cup of the local tea. During one of his visits to the village, Emperor Qianlong was picking tea. While he was picking the tender tea shoots he received work that his mother the Empress Dowager was seriously ill,Rayfont Shanghai Celebrity Hotel & Apartment and he was requested to immediately return to Beijing.
Upon receiving this information Emperor Qianlong put the new tea shoots in his sleeve, and immediately sped back to the capitol. Upon his return, the Empress Dowager recovered considerably. While talking to her son, she smelled a beautiful aroma coming from his sleeve. She asked what it was and Emperor Qianlong removed the now dry tea leaves and had them brewed for his mother. Upon drinking the tea her health was completely restoredPeace Hotel Shanghai.
Overjoyed by the Empress Dowagers recovery he designated 18 of the village’s teas as producers of “Imperial Tea”. This ensured Dragon Well Tea’s reputation, and the tea trees which are still alive have turned the village into a major tourist destination for tea lovers.
The original Dragon Well tea came from Lion Peak Mountain in West Lake (XiHu). Due to its popularity it is now cultivated throughout China.Swissotel Beijing
Today any tea that is produced using the same technique is called LongjingJianguo Hotel Beijing.

Dragon Well tea is made of tender tea shoots, not leaves like many other teas. They are very small, no larger than 2 cm. One Kilogram of tea can have over 80,000 shoots. The best Dragon Well Tea is picked very early in the spring. There is only a 6 week window to harvest them.
The first two weeks of harvest are considered high grade, while the remaining four weeks are considered low grade. The rest of the year the plants are allowed to relax and absorb sunshine. That is one of the many reasons why Dragon Well tea is so precious. They can only be produced for 6 weeks a year. Parkview Hotel ShanghaiThe best Dragon Well tea is picked by hand in a process that resembles a traditional Chinese dance.
A good tea picker can harvest only 2 kilograms of fresh leaves in a 10 hour day.Once the tea shoots are harvested, they must be roasted the same day.Panglin Hotel Shenzhen
After picking the tea is “Withered”. The tea is spread thinly to dry for 8 to ten hours. Doing this removes moisture and reduces any grassy,or bitter flavor.
Once the tea is sufficiently dried,Novotel Peace Beijing it is “Roasted”. Roasting is done using bare hands to allow the roaster to feel his work. Parkyard Hotel Shanghai
It is an extremely hot job and takes a novice many years to harden their hands so they do not feel the heat. Watching an experienced roaster dry the tea is like watching a Martial arts master.
It takes a novice over 5 years to master the 10 hand movements required to dry the tea. A master roaster can only fry 1 kilogram of high grade Longjing tea each day. Okura Garden Hotel ShanghaiAfter roasting the freshly processed Dragon Well tea is ready to drink.

You might have never indulged in these activities before and go to ‘New Zealand’. This trip will also provide you with the world’s most diverse ecosystems and cultures. Muscat, the financial capital of Oman with its spectacular surroundings, always provides people with a destination for a wonderful luxury holiday.
If you want a warm welcome for your luxury holiday along with some spectacular golden beaches, ‘Thailand’ is the place you ought to go. There are a lot of things about Thailand that can make one smile,Kunlun Hotel Beijing from the tropical beaches to the lush green jungles, and beautiful mountain tops to the historic sites.
Portugal is considered as the most ancient country of Western Europe. This is the best place for you to spend a luxury holiday, especially if you have interest in art and culture.Marco Polo Hotel Shenzhen Muscat offers an unforgettable summer holiday in the Arabian Peninsula.
This summer, enjoy a holiday with style and elegance infused together in the most luxuriant fashion in a place full of hospitality and peace. If you have such a location in mind,Jinglun Hotel Beijing Abu Dhabi should be your choice.
If you are in a mood to unwind and relax this summer in the natural charming beauty of splashing waterfalls, landscapes of verdant mountains, sweeping gorges etc.Hua Ting Hotel Shanghai then take a holiday trip to Sri Lanka. Surrounded by the lapping warm waters of the Indian Ocean, this place is the ideal spot for a natural holiday that offers diversityHotel Kapok Beijing.

I learned that night that Chinese love to sleep on really hard beds (at least they say they love it, but I suspect it is related directly to their budget because I’ve noticed that the wealthy Chinese seem to mysteriously opt for very comfortable Sealy’s and the like).
Most hotels, except for the very top end 5 Stars, have beds that are just too hard for us spoiled Westerners, and this hotel, perhaps a consequence of its Red Army ownership, had a bed that was like concrete covered by a single cotton sheet. So I awoke early, unsure if I had actually slept at all, showered, and began a lengthy quest for coffee, which I normally cannot begin my day without.
My “Chinese Date” was to last 4 days, and my beautiful Chinese lady companion was coming to Hangzhou by train to meet me that afternoon, so having been driven out of bed by discomfort at about 6 AM,Grand Park Hotel Kunming at least 3 hours earlier than my intended wakeup time,Green Lake Hotel Kunming I had some serious time to kill.
Starting with the breakfast buffet that was included in my room charge and was being served in what could have passed for an army mess hall (or should I say a Red Army mess hall), Hengshan Hotel ShanghaiI scoured the joint but found no sign of coffee whatsoever. I also found little evidence of palatable food.
The Chinese vision of breakfast disappointed me then and it disappoints me still. They generally seem to not differentiate between breakfast and other meals when it comes to most dishes, with the exception of a sort of rice porridge called Congee. More and more the hotel buffets include a variety of Western food for breakfast,Great Hotel Beijing but that hotel, 5 years ago made no such effort whatsoeverHotel Canton Guangzhou.

Congee, as it turns out, isn’t that bad if you do it right, but even now I can’t handle it for breakfast. Bare congee has the look, feel and taste of lumpy Elmer’s Glue, which I recall from my childhood being equally disappointing as a culinary item. However it turns out that all those various piles of dried and strange looking things piled next to the congee pot are actually ingredients to be added to give it flavour, and some of them are actually very good and turn the congee into something not half bad.
However, those things tend to be spices and pickles and other items that I will never be able to associate with the word “breakfast”, so breakfast in China continues to disappoint.
Luckily that morning I discovered two items that apparently both I and the Chinese like for breakfast; grilled tomatoes and bacon. In fact as it turned out the bacon was as good as any I’d ever had.
Everbright Hotel ShanghaiSo 56 slices later (perhaps I exaggerate but I got my money’s worth in bacon) I ventured out into Hangzhou to track down some coffee.Dongfang Hotel Guangzhou This turned out to be no small quest with a surprizing (to me anyway) ending.
Hangzhou is advertised both within China and in international travel guides, such as “The Rough Guide”, as one of, if not the, most beautiful cities in China, Grand New World Hotel Xianand that is exactly why I was there for my first look at China. The highlight of Hangzhou is what the Chinese refer to as “the famous West Lake” so I decided that I would go check it out as I was as likely to find coffee there as anywhere else.
It was still only about 8 AM, and I anticipated a relaxing stroll around West Lake. By coincidence I am now in a committed relationship with a beautiful Chinese Woman who is from Hanhzhou, so I have come to know it as truly being one of the most beautiful cities not only in China but perhaps in the world, but my experiences that day, City Hotel Shanghaion one of the busiest tourist travel days in China,Equatorial Hotel Shanghai did nothing to endear Hangzhou to my heart.

First, I stepped out of the hotel into an incredible schmozzle of street traffic, mostly pedestrian, which immediately shattered my dreams of tranquility. Next I took a taxi ride to West Lake that bested any chase scene from any movie I have every seen. I’ve now come to realize that every taxi ride in China is an adventure of sorts, but this one was wild even by Chinese standards. I stepped out of the taxi into a sea of people. It was still just 8:20 AM.
West Lake in Hangzhou, on most days of the year it turns out, is indeed very tranquil and beautiful, but on the first day of May it is like fighting your way through the departing crowd at the Superbowl,Astor House Hotel Shanghai only you are the only one in the crowd with no real combat experience embroiled in a battle you must fight every step for miles.
West Lake park is a big place and every square foot was being coveted by at least 2 people. I saw no grass except by looking straight down between my feet, I saw no lake except a little shimmer through a sea of heads,Asia International Hotel Guangzhou and if I hadn’t been taller than 98% of the Chinese people I doubt I would have seen the trees.
After 4 hours of pushing and shoving my way though this mass of people, Beijing International Hotelall of whom seemed as unconcerned as I was agitated, I, with my right elbow up and my left hand firmly gripping my wallet pocket, emerged from the crowd at another exit point of the park and stumbled along the street leading from the park into a commercial area. This area was far more crowded than major cities I have lived in, such as Los Angeles or Vancouver, but compared to West Lake park it was vacant.
Every second building housed a Tea House, and every Tea House was packed with customers, and not one Tea House seemed to even recognize the word “coffee”, let alone serve it. I went on like this for a long, Broadway Mansions Hotel Shanghailong time. Continental Grand Hotel BeijingIt was early afternoon now and I knew I had to make my way back to the hotel shortly for my much anticipated meeting with my new Chinese Ladyfriend (who I was now starting to envision as my saviour), and I was already looking around for a taxi when I saw IT.

Dragon well Tea received its name from a small village located on Phoenix Mountain in Hangzhou. It has been documented that since the Three Kingdoms Period (221-280) residents of this village believed that a dragon lived in the village well and controlled the rainfall. Because of this people would travel to this well to pray for rainRiverside Hotel Shanghai.
It has also been said that Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) made a point of visiting the village to have a cup of the local tea. During one of his visits to the village, Emperor Qianlong was picking tea. While he was picking the tender tea shoots he received work that his mother the Empress Dowager was seriously ill,Rayfont Shanghai Celebrity Hotel & Apartment and he was requested to immediately return to Beijing.
Upon receiving this information Emperor Qianlong put the new tea shoots in his sleeve, and immediately sped back to the capitol. Upon his return, the Empress Dowager recovered considerably. While talking to her son, she smelled a beautiful aroma coming from his sleeve. She asked what it was and Emperor Qianlong removed the now dry tea leaves and had them brewed for his mother. Upon drinking the tea her health was completely restoredPeace Hotel Shanghai.
Overjoyed by the Empress Dowagers recovery he designated 18 of the village’s teas as producers of “Imperial Tea”. This ensured Dragon Well Tea’s reputation, and the tea trees which are still alive have turned the village into a major tourist destination for tea lovers.
The original Dragon Well tea came from Lion Peak Mountain in West Lake (XiHu). Due to its popularity it is now cultivated throughout China.Swissotel Beijing
Today any tea that is produced using the same technique is called LongjingJianguo Hotel Beijing.