Followers of this blog will know that we attempted to enter the Palace gardens on the first day of this wee trip but they were closed. Now that we are back in Tokyo, we decided to go and see what we missed on the first day. We saw beautiful gardens, expertly tended. The grounds of the Palace are open to the public but not the actual Palace, as it is still the royal household.
The reason we chose April to come to Japan was to see the sakura (cherry blossom). The watching of the sakura in Japan at this time of the year is called Hanami. 2 and a half weeks ago we saw the blossoms in full bloom. Coming back to Tokyo, it was also kind of nice to see the end of Hanami. The 'snowfall'.
The last picture was one I took when we first arrived to show the local interest in the sakura.
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