Rest Day in Tokyo

Or so that was originally planned. In the end, we did not stay at home as planned. Instead we started the day by taking the subway to see the Imperial Palace Gardens. Remember that picture that I had posted earlier of the night view from our apartment? Well, we decided to go there and explore the beautiful grounds. And it was worth the time spent there. You had a wonderful time, walking around, and most importantly, jumping on the man holes as well as the leaves that were on the ground. It was then that we realised that this trip to Japan is also your first time walking on the roads and streets. After all, when we're back in Malaysia, most of the time is spent in malls.

Checking out the manholes!

We walked around, took some pictures and you enjoyed running around a garden too. There were many people enjoying the sun and the beautiful garden. As we were leaving you walked by yourself and lost balance. So... you had a bungalow on your forehead. It was all read and spotty as you'd fallen on the road. Poor little thing. Luckily you were easily consoled and continued the walk, jumping on the drain covers as we walked towards the exit.

Running around the Imperial Palace Gardens

We wanted to have a look at the Imperial Palace. Since it was a different entrance from the one we took, we had to walk a distance. That was when you started whinging and crying. We had to stop on and off to pacify you, but it only worked for a while before you started again. in the end, we gave up and mummy had to carry you in my arms, with you indicating that you wanted to be fed. We crossed the road, trying to make it to the subway station, but ended up on a park bench. It was a beautiful park, and so mummy fed you and you fell almost instantly to sleep. I had to carry you for a while more before we managed to put you in the stroller.

We had to change trains to finally arrive at the station to ride on the Yurikamome Elevated train. It was late and we were hungry too. So where did we stop? We stopped at Daiba Station to try to get lunch at Aquacity. But.. as always, all the restaurants had a long queue. Sigh.. so we walked to Decks to try our luck there. Not much choices, but we just made do with a simple lunch. Something that resembled Chinese food. You'd woken up just as we arrived at the station and so you joined us for lunch too.

Beautiful view in Decks

These 2 places weren't too interesting so we hopped on the train to go to Venus Fort. Ah.. that's my kind of place *grin*. Went to buy something that my friend and asked me to help her get. The outside is deceiving as it looked like some warehouse, but when you enter...behold... Venus Fort:

Cool eh? It's got lots of little shops and a beautiful fountain and the "sky" changes like the sky outside.

We had to head home soon, as Pek Kong was coming back to Japan from his trip today. But before we left, we decided to ride the train to the end of the line and back to the first station, Shimbashi. As we were the first to be on the train in Toyosu, we got to sit in the first seat to enjoy the beautiful view all the way back.

We changed trains to get back to Akasaka and you had your dinner while we waited for Pek Kong, in the end we went off for dinner as it was late and we weren't sure what time he'd be back. While you were sleeping we noticed that your cheeks were rather red. Looks like 2 possibilities: sun burn while we were walking in Imperial Palace gardens or heat from the heater in the elevated train. Hhmmm...