Day Two : 25 nov 08

Tokyo : Imperial Palace

view across the street where tokyo station (famous in old Jdrama) stand...

ginko...some architecture elements here...so plain...

so square...so linear...so minimal...

bridge to imperial palace...

what are reflection for...?

part of imperial palace building...

proportion or not...green and cold...earth and structure...

here we can see the bridge to the palace entrance...
even tho...the weather was good...but the cloudy mood
got me soooo...difficult to click my D80...the cloud
soo white...it was hard to get the good composition...
(i'm sooo amateur in snapping...emmm...)

bonzai...???

is this the same one...or another? this swan seems to
be sooo shy...hehehe

some beauty that captured my eyes...

emmm...can eat or not...?

Tokyo : Hibiya Park

junction near hibiya park...

gloomy or shiny...it is only perception...do
life all about black n white???

part of hibiya park...

exclusive restaurant inside the park

flower?

alone in green...

inside the subway station...we were heading
to Harajuku...

this is the only place that I can see train station with
border...

Harajuku...

people crossing road...emm...zigzag...zebra crossing...
we met hazmeer n kawashima sensei at train station...kawashima
sensei was a japanese teacher at ICLS, KL Plaza. She went back to
japan, a year ago...^__^

this was my lunch set,that day...
(kawashima sensei belanja ^__^)

Meiji Shrine...

hazmeer + knita + kawashima + khas + olivia
in front of torii gate...

this is the entrance to Meiji Shrine...

washed my hands here...sooo cold...

torii gate...

it was Sunday...there was soo many ceremony that day
one of it...was, a blessing day for 5 - 6 years old children.
A lot of parents came with their kids for this
ceremony. This boy was one of them, in his
traditional outfit...emmm...kawaiii nee...

she was sooo...sporting...^__^
kawaiii nee...

we were lucky that day...there were soo many
wedding ceremony...this couple were preparing
for a photo shoot...emm...the groom seems
to be so happy, watching his bride
that time...lovely ^__^

two more couples with their wedding, traditional
outfit...

this man beats the big drum before the
monk start the ritual for the wedding ceremony

one of the ritual...the couple walked from one
of the gate towards the opposite building accompanied
by family members...

this is how they start their journey of commitment...

with a hope to be happy...together, build a happy
family...maybe? I dunno hehehe...
(this is only my assumption...)

walked back to the torii gate...it was time to went
back...at this moment...my feets was soo hurt...
(rasa nak tercabut ada...hehehe)

our evening ice cream n coffee break...
(kawashima sensei belanja lagi ^__^)

I'm back to Khoasan hotel...a lovely evening view
from the balcony...^__^
I do like to watch sky...the blue colour sooth
my soul hahahaha...

Shibuya...nightz tour...

this is the famous (in Jdrama) zig zag crossing...
I only can took this picts from the train station...
some people said that the best angle is from the Starbuck
but then it is prohibited to take pictures there...then how I'm
gonna hide my D80...sigh!

street n shops...

this is our dinner that day...at Samraat restaurant
prawn chilli + garlic chicken + white rice...n
roti naan for olivia...
(sedap je...baru 2 hari dah rindu nasi, kari mamak semua...isk3)

the view inside the restaurant...

the left table...is where we had our dinner...
(urrpp...alhamdulillah...^__^)

haa...this is the ticket machine to order our dinner.
(mcm2 org jepun ni...nak order pn ada machine isk3)

street performers...nice song...nice voice...