Thursday, May 18, 2006
The Imperial Palace
This is probably as close as you’ll get to finding the centre of the city. The palace and gardens cover quite a lot of ground in a city where land is very, very expensive. Apparently back in the peak property price years of the 80’s/90’s this piece of land was theoretically worth more than the state of California (according to the travel guide we watched on the plane).All of this would be great if you could actually see it! The gardens are quite impressive, and you can get into some of the old castle areas and see some impressive walls and guard houses. You can also see from a distance the fairly dull looking ‘new’ palace. But the original palace? Well, we never managed to find a spot from which we could actually get a view of it, so I’m afraid we can only offer photos of the surrounding areas!
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