At Lounge and Dining G, for example, a variety of sakura-themed menus are available through April 15. The restaurant recently opened an outside terrace where guests can enjoy a Sakura Terrace Box (¥3,900). These lunch boxes are wrapped in furoshiki (square cloth) and consist of 16 small dishes, from appetizers to desserts, with a cup of soup. They are available from noon to 4 p.m. The restaurant also offers Sakura Afternoon Tea, which includes sakura scones into which cherry blossoms are kneaded, sakura yokan (black bean paste), cherry macaron and other desserts served with a choice of tea or coffee. The tea set is ¥3,600 per person and is available from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo’s garden in Mejiro is another prime cherry-blossom viewing spot in Tokyo with 120 sakura trees. Through April 10, guests can enjoy a variety of spring-inspired menus at its eateries while soaking up the floral spectacle. Japanese restaurant Miyuki, for example, offers Hamanu Gozen (¥5,500) at lunch time and a lavish Kaiseki multicourse dinner (¥16,500), while Italian restaurant Il Teatro offers a spring lunch and a dinner course menu featuring fillet of veal with spring truffles at ¥5,500 and ¥16,500, respectively. An all-you-can-eat buffet lunch and dinner are also available at a banquet hall in Hotel Chinzanso at ¥4,200 for adults and ¥2,600 for elementary school students.
