Tokyo Imperial Palace

On one of the days we were at Japan, we visited the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Of course not inside, the area is highly restricted, no tourist or even a local was allowed beyond a certain point around the grounds. I was even told by the tour guide that there were snipers (i call them 'long distance shooters' as Criminal Minds termed them or was it long distanced serial killers? oh wait thats for criminals only.. ANYWAYS) in the vicinity, hiding in plain sight ready to shoot if someone crosses the line. *shivers*

I didn't know then, considering i was only 15 when i was in Japan but the Imperial Palace is the residence of the royal family. Kind of dumb that i only found out about that later on in life because i didn't think that Japan had a royal family to begin with. Well, at that age, i thought princesses and royal families was just storybook stuff.

Ultimately, i have to agree that the place was beautiful albeit a little too sunny and warm for my taste because we were there when the sun was already up and beating down on us. Plus, we had to walk this long path just to get to the area. The only thing that made it bearable was laughing at my friend, Zhi Yi (who was wearing black pants at the time) who suddenly whispered to every ear in our clique in panic, "My mense is here! Can you see this dark splotch?!" Pointing to a definite dark mark on her butt area that was only visible if you look closely. "Thank god i'm wearing black pants!"

The best scenery of this park to me though was the grass and to be honest, this picture above does not even do justice to what i saw that day. The grass looked so soft that i could sleep on it like it was my bed. This was one of the few things i've experienced in Japan that i have never forgotten till this very day, the beautiful soft green grass that i simply couldn't erase from my memory.