It was insanely boring. The tour is in Japanese, but we had English headsets. The content wasn't really that bad, it was mostly that the imperial complex is really not that interesting from the outside. We were supposed to enter for a short bit to see some artwork, but that never happened. Behold the most interesting sight we saw:
After the tour, we explored the East Imperial gardens. There was a small museum dedicated to the Emperor's clothes from childhood. No pictures were allowed though, and though it was interesting, I didn't think was worth breaking the rules for a photo.
The gardens are more like a park really. It was nice, but not terribly engaging. We walked around for a bit, then headed for Tokyo Station to find food.
We had a few false starts, first assuming that food was in the station, then going to the wrong building, but finally we found a cute little yakiniku restraunt. It was delicious.
Yakiniku, or Korean BBQ, is a style of meal that involves you cooking slices of meat on a grill at your table. It wasn't that expensive (1600 yen) and was absolutely the highlight of the day. If you like meat and ever visit Japan, make sure you visit a restaurant like this one. For this particular restaurant, visit the 6th floor of the Marunouchi Building.
After we returned to our hotel, Rich packed up his clothes and left. 2 hours later he returned after successfully locating a coin laundry and cleaning his clothes. Though after seeing his picture of the laundromat, I can't be sure his clothes really came out clean:
The rest of the day isn't worth mentioning.
That is a cool picture!!!
ReplyDeleteSeems worth it to me.
It wasn't.
ReplyDeleteThe picture with the cool fortress on the hill and the horses was the ONLY thing worth it! (not nearly worth it!)
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