In downtown Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, southeastern China, the China National Silk Museum (73-1 Jade Hill Rd., Hangzhou City; phone 0571 87 035 150) covers the development of the silk industry from ancient to modern times.
I am very sensitive to MSG. I also am diabetic and need protein. When I first went to China, in the 1990s, I took those little packages of peanut butter crackers with me. Other than that, I ate lots of boiled rice.
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13-day/11-night tour of CHINA. Highlights: In Shanghai, the Bund, bronzes at Shanghai Museum/Suzhou/Wuhan/ancient Jinzhou/4-night Yangtze River cruise/pandas in Chongqing/Ming and Qing dynasty homes/terra-cotta warriors in Xi’an/Beijing. Land, from $2,770. Single supp., from $699.
15 days/14 nights. Highlights: Tokyo walking tour, Asakusa Temple, Tsukiji Fish Market/parade-float museum in Takayama/tea ceremony in Kanazawa/Hiroshima/Todaiji Temple in Nara/Geisha quarter in Gion, Kyoto. Land, from $6,665. Single supp., $935.
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