Wales will occupy the palace modelled on that of Versailles and erected as a residence for the present Emperor while he was Crown Prince. Adjoining it is the Aoyama detached palace, which at one tims was ithe residence of the present Prince Regent.
The grounds about the two palaces are most beautiful and at this time of the year the trees are laden with a profusion of cherry and other blossoms. Beneath arched trees of almost every description, past miniature lakes, beside dwarfed trees and shrubs and beds of fragrant flowers, wind perfectly kept driveways and_ paths. The thundering noise of the city does not reach this spot and what nature has not done to beautify it, the clever hands of gardeners have supplied.
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