Just like Europe? Traveling abroad without a passport✈️🤍🌹【Tokyo】

====📍 State Guest House Akasaka Palace 2-1-1 Motoakasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0051 🚃 Nearest station: Yotsuya Station 🚶♀️ Access: 10-minute walk from Akasaka Exit ⏱ Opening hours: 10:00-17:00 * Main building last admission 16:00 * Garden last admission 16:30 🗓 Please check the website for opening days!! ! 🎫Prices [Main building/Garden] Adults: 1,500 yen University students: 1,000 yen Junior and senior high school students: 500 yen Elementary school students and younger: Free [Japanese-style annex/Main building/Garden] Adults: 2,000 yen University students: 1,500 yen Junior and senior high school students: 700 yen *Elementary school students and younger cannot visit [Japanese-style annex/Garden] Adults: 1,500 yen University students: 1,000 yen Junior and senior high school students: 500 yen *Elementary school students and younger cannot visit [Garden] Adults: 300 yen University students and younger: Free [Afternoon tea] 1 set (2 servings) and up: 5,900 yen *Price will be revised to 6,200 yen from November 1, 2023! ! ✍️About reservations・The main building and gardens can be visited without prior reservations・Visiting the Japanese-style annex requires a reservation・Afternoon tea in the gardens requires a reservation ⚠️Notes・Dangerous items (explosives, firearms, swords, fuel, toxic substances), alcohol, commercial cameras, monopods, tripods, stepladders, and other photography equipment, as well as items that may cause inconvenience to visitors, are prohibited from being brought onto the premises🚫※There will be baggage inspection at the entrance! ・People who are drunk or otherwise intoxicated are not allowed to enter🚫 ==== Just like the Palace of Versailles? Introducing a spot where you can experience the feeling of traveling abroad even without a passport 🥳💖 Beyond the beautiful pure white main gate is a magnificent building like a palace, the "State Guest House" that gives you a sense of exoticism as if you have been transported to Europe in an instant 🥺🏰🤍 State Guest Houses are facilities that provide meals and accommodations when welcoming state guests such as heads of state and government of foreign countries 🫣👑🫧 In Japan, banquets are sometimes held for diplomatic ceremonies, such as the return of a welcome banquet at the Imperial Palace, with the Emperor and other members of the Imperial family in attendance ✨ Although the State Guest House is such a valuable place, some parts are actually open to the public, so you can tour the inside and have an elegant afternoon tea in the garden 🙊🌹 This time, I went to tour the main building and have afternoon tea 😊🧡🧡 A stately guest house like a castle and a garden with beautifully trimmed pine trees and a fountain Afternoon tea while looking at the gardens ☕️⛲️ You can experience the elegant and luxurious feeling of being an English aristocrat 🥺🇬🇧💞 The food and the view were amazing, and it really made me feel like I was on a trip abroad 😋✈️✨ Since all the seats are terrace seats, it is not recommended to go in the middle of summer or winter, so I would like you to go in the coming autumn season 🤩🤍🤍 After taking photos and enjoying the meal, it's finally time to go to the main building of the State Guest House... 🫣💓 The State Guest House is a national treasure, including the walls, so touching is absolutely not allowed 🙅♀️ Also, taking photos inside the building is not allowed, so please keep your smartphone in your bag or pocket before visiting 💡 *Try to put your shoulder-type smartphone case in your bag as much as possible ⚠️ As soon as you step inside, you will see the overwhelming beauty in front of you... 🥺✨✨ If you like European castles, you will definitely be excited! !! You should definitely go🤩🏰🤍 At the front entrance, just inside the entrance, there is a magnificent staircase leading to the large hall🫣✨ It looked like the luxurious and beautiful staircase that princesses in storybooks climb on their way to a ball👸👠 The left and right walls of the staircase were embedded with pink and green marble, creating a glittering and magnificent structure💖 The staircase was only open for viewing, and you could not actually walk through it, but even just looking at it from afar was a sight that made you fall in love with it☺️💛 As you walk through the entrance, there are rooms such as the Asahi Room, the Sairan Room, the Kacho Room, and the Hagoromo Room, each with its own beauty and atmosphere🤍 Paintings At first glance, the paintings and goldwork have a strong Western atmosphere and seem un-Japanese, but upon closer inspection, there are details here and there that resemble swords, armor, and chrysanthemums, giving a strong Japanese feel 🇯🇵🏰 In particular, the contrast between the wooden interior and the paintings and chandeliers in the "Kacho-no-Ma" is wonderful, fully expressing the beautiful aspects of both Japan and the West🌸🕊️ If you leave the main building and go to the main garden at the back, you can see a magnificent fountain up close⛲️✨ The design of the fountain is Western-style, but the surrounding plants are Japanese, such as pine trees, so you can enjoy a spectacular mix of Japanese and Western styles🌿 What did you think? We introduced the State Guest House, a wonderful place that you should visit at least once☺️💓 Not only is it beautiful, but it was also a valuable spot where you could see first-hand the place where Japanese diplomacy actually takes place, something you've only seen in the media🤍 Why not visit it once for yourself🥳🎶 #Tokyo sightseeing #Domestic travel #Amazing view #European style #Tokyo trip #Tokyo #Photogenic spot