We booked a traditional afternoon tea at a function centre which looks out onto a small tradition Japanese garden Happo-en.

As you can see by the photos it’s a real delight. The Koi fish were amazing- we could have spent hours watching them.. and their colour was amazing!

While enjoying the afternoon tea, we realised this was the very first garden we visited on our very first day in Japan back in 2008 when we had a goodwill guide provide a half day tour.

We finished the afternoon tea just on sunset. At this time the garden is lit up in red, highlighting the garden. This is only done in autumn and it really highlights the features of the garden.