Last Tuesday was Kansai Gaidai's Foundation Day. Therefore, students got the day off. I wish Elon would adopt this idea.
Anyways, four of us went to the Ancient Kyoto Imperial Palace on the only day that we could get the English speaking tour without having to skip school. Turns out, they closed the Palace in order to clean that particular Tuesday afternoon. We still enjoyed walking around the grounds and I ate some yummy Japanese hot cakes.
Afterwards, we took the train to Nijo Castle. The castle burned to the ground in 1791, but the Ninomaru Palace for the shoguns still remains. We took off our shoes and walked through the palace. While walking, the floor squeaked like chirping birds. They're known as the 'Nightingale Floors". It was said that the way the floor was designed made it so no one was able to sneak into the palace. The chirping noise makes it tolerable. Pretty neat, eh?!
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