Do di do do do di do do do... Sadly, our time in Japan is nearly at an end. So how did we spend our final few days here? Well, we've been taking it pretty easy, this is a holiday after all. Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden The Shinjuku National garden was much bigger than I had envisioned. I should not have been surprised, it did used to belong to the Imperial family after all. There is a French garden, English garden and traditional garden. We spent most of our time in the traditional garden area. The traditional garden is not at its full beauty in Winter, as many of the flowers are dormant. However we could still appreciate the lakes, ponds, bridges, pines and Imperial villa. We particularly enjoyed watching the koi swim around in the
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