杜莎夫人蜡像馆 Madame Tussauds @ 新加坡圣淘沙 Singapore Sentosa

31.12.2014 Tours
@ 杜莎夫人蜡像馆 Madame Tussauds at 新加坡圣淘沙 Singapore Sentosa (click here to Google Map)
Nobels gate 32, 0268 Oslo, Norway
GPS Location: 1°15'14.5"N 103°49'03.7"E
Admission: SGD32++
Camera: Olympus OMD EM5
Lens: m.zuiko 12-50mm
Thoughts: The Wax musuem openend only recently around 2 months ago in Oct 25th 2014, becoming the 7th Asian branch of the Madame Tussauds chain of wax attractions worldwide. 
Malaysia also has a Wax Museum in Shah Alam i-City called the "Red Carpet Wax Museum" openend in August 2013 which contains at least 100 wax figures. I believe there is also a Madame Tussauds in Resort Genting Highlands!
Rating: 8 / 10 👍👍👍😋😋😋
Telephone: +65 6715 4000
Website: http://www.madametussauds.com/Singapore/
Operating hours: 10:00am - 07:30pm

@ 皇居東御苑 Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden

04.12.2014 Japan
@ 皇居東御苑 Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden (click here to Google Map)
1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku, Tōkyō-to 100-8111, Japan
GPS Location: 35°41'06.7"N 139°45'10.1"E
Camera: Olympus OMD EM5
Lens: m.zuiko 12-50mm
Thoughts: It was almost 90 minutes of queing as I believe they want to regulate the human traffic into the Palace, but it is well worth the long queue! 
The Imperial Palace East Gardens (皇居東御苑, Kōkyo Higashi Gyoen) are a part of the inner palace area and are open to the public. Not cold but with a little bit of drizzles throughout the day, lucky both the EM1 and 12-50 were weather sealed! But, I was here around 10am and left at 5pm; so much so much that I wished there were more time. Nevertheless, the Palace can only be seen from a distance and only the Gardens are allowed for visitors. The Fall colors were still so beautiful in the months of December in Tokyo, despite the huge Japanese crowd, everything or everyone in the park seems so orderly, enjoying the views and taking photographs. 
Definitely worth the visit if you are in Tokyo!
Public Tranport: Tokyo Station
Rating: 8 / 10 👍👍👍😋😋😋
Telephone: +81 3-3213-1111
Website: http://sankan.kunaicho.go.jp/index.html
Operating hours: 09:00am - 05:00pm (Except Friday and Monday)

@ 上野公園 Ueno Park in Tokyo

03.12.2014 Japan
@ 上野公園 Ueno Park in Tokyo (click here to Google Map)
5-２０ Uenokoen, Taitō, Tokyo 110-0007, Japan
GPS Location: 35°42'55.3"N 139°46'26.6"E
Camera: Olympus OMD EM5
Lens: m.zuiko 12-50
Thoughts: Few of Parks visited in Tokyo in December, all have really beautiful trees even in December, making it feels like one was still in Autumn. Ueno Park (上野公園) is really a very large public park accessible 24 hours but generally closed on Mondays! It is very easy to get there as it is in Central Tokyo and the park is next to Ueno Station. 
The Park is also said to be beautifully adorned with over 1000 Cherry Blossom trees, but thats around Spring time in April! The is also a huge Lotus Pond, december wasn't the right season, too bad. 
I think after a day in the park and around the neighbourhood of 台東区 Taito area, I have barely seen just a little bit of the area.  
Rating: 7 / 10 👍👍😋😋
Telephone: +81 3-3828-5644
Website: https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/format/access038.html
Operating hours: 24 hours