Tokyo Part 7 - The Imperial Palace Gardens

Japan still has an Emperor. Did you know that? They do. It's awesome. While we were there they had an exhibit about the silkworm farm that is run by the Empress. Amazing. Her silkworm create some of the finest silk in the world. It has been especially useful when it comes to textile conservation.
The silk that here worms produce is most like the silk from centuries ago, fine and strong. It was amazing to see the exhibit. It's beautiful silk. I did this search and found lots of pictures.

Anyway, the Imperial Palace Gardens were beautiful. It did not have hundreds of cherry trees, but it was still very beautiful. It was much less crowded. On the other side of the main road from the palace gardens, there were some amazing blossoms from trees over 100 years old.

And now for pictures:
*Warning* Picture dump. Like 48 of them. Enjoy.

Tokyo Part 6 - The Cherry Blossom at Ueno Park

Amazing. Here you go:

 Multiple colors.

 Waves of blossoms.

 Sooooo many people. It was alike a living train. You had to keep moving at exactly the right pace.

 I guess it's a huge party for a couple of weeks. Tarps set out in the park where people were eating, playing games, napping. Just spending time out side with the blossoms. It was cold though, like 50 degrees.

 Someone was going to get drunk. That is 3 cases of 24 pack beers. Wow.

 Daniel likes guys with dogs. This was the statue of a general who had a faithful dog.

 Traditional kimonos. There were quite a few women who were dressed like this. I think there are some women who do it regularly on weekends.

The pond at Ueno Park.

After this we went to the Imperial Palace Gardens.