Imperial Garden

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Due to a booking problem with the Imperial Palace, we ended up in the Imperial Palace Gardens instead. Disappointment was soon quelled however, as the gardens were simply amazing!! ...

... take a few photos over here and then just walk around until we came across another huge park, named Kokyo Higashi Gyoen (Imperial Garden East Garden). The East Gardens re said to be the former site of Edo Castle's innermost circles of defense and none of ...

... closed as it's only open two days a year but we were still able to see it and snap a few photos. We then went into the Imperial Garden. It was by far the prettiest garden in Japan I've been in. The colors of the flowers were amazing. It didn't even fell ...

... ; During the Yuan (1271 - 1368), Ming (1368 - 1644) and Qing (1644 - 1911) dynasties, Jingshan Hill served as an imperial garden and was properly laid out under the Ming Dynasty when numerous fruit trees were planted as well as many palaces and pavilions ...

... ) Garden, Wangshi (Master of Nets) Garden and Huanxiu (Embracing Beauty) Mountain Villa, are still well preserved today. Imperial gardens and private gardens each developed their own distinctive features over many years. The imperial gardens of Beijing ...

... to jet lag, we called it an early night.  This morning we went on a guided tour of the city to see the imperial sights.  First we went to the capitol, which has a monument in the center of Marcus Aurelious.  Apparently they kept it there ...

... as it is quite a bit farther South. Today our trip includes, Ryoanji Temple, Kinkakuji Temple, (Golden Pavillion) and the Imperial Palace, and after lunch which we will have at the Kyoto Handicraft Center, Heian Shrine, Sanjusanjen-do, and Kiyomizu ...

... in the royal court of the Beisong Dynasty.    You can appreciate the corridors and palaces in the imperial city and enjoy their inviolability and loftiness.  You can stroll through the pavilions and buildings, the beautiful water and the ...

... and Tatsumi-yagura. With those great buildings from Edo Castle, You can feel the Edo period was like. Here you can check out the video clips of Imperial Palace Outer Garden in my web site. ...

... . The eastern section contains the impressive Hall of Great Affairs (Da Zheng Dian). Here emperors ascended the throne, enacted imperial edicts, and welcomed victorious generals and soldiers. A group of pavilions, known as the Ten Kings Pavilion, stand ...

... moat and you walk through a large stone and wood gate built into the side of a giant stone wal. This is where the original Imperial Castle stood... although it's just a foundation now. But the entire area within the walls is now a free garden, and oh what ...

... attractions. I figured this would keep me busy all day... How right I was! I spent a really long time admiring the imperial rooms, following the audioguide on my ipod (downloaded earlier) which was far more comfortable than the audioguides they had there, ...

SCOTT: We started driving from Hoi An to Hue. Hue, between 1802 and 1945, was the imperial capital of the Nguyen Dynasty. First though we drove through Da Nang again and then through the mountain pass. The mountain's north of Da Nang are very steep and ...

... walking around the Imperial Palace. It was a nice way to spend some time together. Basically you can only visit the outside garden of the Imperial Palace. From what I understand the inner parts of the Garden are only opened once a year around the "New ...

... tour in English at the tourist office like my guide says you have to do. But they told me I had to get a permission slip at the Imperial House by the palace. So I wasn't sure if there would a place for me when I arrived. When I did arrive it was obviously ...

... already getting towards late afternoon, which meant we had precious little sunlight left. Returning southwards by subway, we got off at the Imperial Palace Park for a ramble about the area. It was my first time to visit the park, and I was quite surprised ...