Tokyo City

Today's trip was to Tokyo City and the Imperial Palace. So the Palace was off-limits. But I took the time to go to the Imperial East Gardens since they were open today due to holiday (It's Golden Week, but of course, the word "week" actually only means "Thursday and Friday" in Japan holiday lingo). Of course, the garden part itself was closed (convenient, right?), but the park was really pretty. Imagine... the imperial family owns all that and can close the whole thing due to royal functions. Isn't that interesting?

Oh and the whole thing is surrounded by a moat!

Tokyo City! Very clean-cut and pretty here. And ritzy. Definitely didn't eat or buy anything in here. A small cappucino was about 600 yen ($5.00) here in one of the cafes. I guess it could get worse, but still. I'm not paying $5.00 for a coffee.

The Moat!

Um... so the entire trip I didn't bother to learn any of the names for all these photogenic sites. Here's a pretty building.

A very beautiful little pond. Right beside the garden you aren't allowed to go in.

Another shot of that pond. I like this one! ^_^

Me in front of a bridge.

And to give you an idea of just how big this park was....

I'm standing in the middle of the park here. All that paved goodness is part of the park. Far away closer to to the city is the Imperial East Gardens. Where I'm at, I think the bridge is to my left.

Imagine the president owning Central Park and he can close it whenever he wants. Must be lucky to live in a place like that.