Comments on: Imperial what? Palace you say? Never heard of it… http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/10/19/imperial-what-palace-you-say-never-heard-of-it/ Laurent Fintoni's online portfolio and blog... music, travels, life Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:00:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Andy H http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/10/19/imperial-what-palace-you-say-never-heard-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3078 Andy H Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:30:43 +0000 http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/10/19/imperial-what-palace-you-say-never-heard-of-it/#comment-3078 I werent that impressed with the palace either. I liked the moats and those sloped walls, and the wierd juxtaposition of old and new made some good photos, but it was just loads of gravel and those wierd trees mostly. Like you, i found the view of the city more intresting. It was so far away, the cars looked like glimmering water, and the noise pollution was none existent - it was quite a surreal moment to be in a place like that in the center of a huge city. Met a friendly chap who spoke english - he showed us the way to the Yasukuni shrine, which was nice of him as it was miles away from where we thought it would be. I werent that impressed with the palace either.
I liked the moats and those sloped walls, and the wierd juxtaposition of old and new made some good photos, but it was just loads of gravel and those wierd trees mostly.
Like you, i found the view of the city more intresting. It was so far away, the cars looked like glimmering water, and the noise pollution was none existent – it was quite a surreal moment to be in a place like that in the center of a huge city.

Met a friendly chap who spoke english – he showed us the way to the Yasukuni shrine, which was nice of him as it was miles away from where we thought it would be.

]]> By: Alex Case http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/10/19/imperial-what-palace-you-say-never-heard-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2975 Alex Case Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:11:31 +0000 http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/10/19/imperial-what-palace-you-say-never-heard-of-it/#comment-2975 You can book up to go on a guided tour inside, actually- or at least you could 3 years ago. A very keen friend of mine sent lots of faxes of lots of documents to some imperial office and we went on a free tour (Japanese only). I can only remember the story about how they cut the bushes now, and that only because I impressed everyone by knowing the Japanese word for bush. So, not a particularly memorable highlight of Japan... You can book up to go on a guided tour inside, actually- or at least you could 3 years ago. A very keen friend of mine sent lots of faxes of lots of documents to some imperial office and we went on a free tour (Japanese only). I can only remember the story about how they cut the bushes now, and that only because I impressed everyone by knowing the Japanese word for bush. So, not a particularly memorable highlight of Japan…

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