Upon exit from the Tokyo train station, this was the first thing we saw: pretty flowers gazing at the lake by the still city.
These gardens really put our legs, muscles, and endurance to test. It was almost 3 PM when we arrived so it was very possible that we were already tired from the morning’s gazillion steps. Or that the gardens were really extremely vast. But that did not stop us from scouring the area and from doing our creative jump shots. Kusunoki Masashige, the oxidized monument before the gardens, gave us a green welcome.
This is Kusunoki Masashige, a 14th century samurai who fought for an emperor in a war and was born in 1294. It was great to say hi to him.Let us see a closer look of the courageous Kusunoki Masashige. Fierce!I specifically liked these round stones because I find them cute although they were really large. Yes, we did our jump shots on another set of these near the Imperial Palace.My Bonsai friends, well, they are not Bonsais but the way I look at their shapes, they are Bonsais to me. Hence, giant Bonsais.Aha, finally the Imperial Palace from afar. The space all around is the Imperial Garden.
Unfortunately, it was the period of Golden Week in Japan so the palace was closed to the public. Therefore, we could only enjoy the not-so-near view of the palaces and the spacious surroundings.
It was Golden Week when we visited and that meant the palaces were closed to the public. This was the farthest we could go to, by the moats and walls that surround the palace.This is the Nijubashi bridge, two bridges that form an entrance to the inner palace grounds.The moat and walls between the Nijubashi bridge and the inner bridge.The side view of Nijubashi bridge leading to the palace. Too bad it was closed for us.The inner bridge after the Nijubashi bridge. Moats and walls are everywhere.We made a good use of these large rocks, as a stage for our jump shots.Ahh, time to rest after the gazillion steps in the gardens. If only our legs could speak, they would have scolded us since hours ago.
This is what I have been looking for! Very useful, especially to those first time traveling to Japan. Thanks!
Thank you so much! ☺ Enjoy!
Amazing descriptions and photos!! Revisiting Tokyo 🙂
Thank you Manish! Still working on our crazy story. 😀