Imperial Palace Chiyoda

Kokyo Gaien, Chiyoda , Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Kanto, Japan - Phone: 81 (0)3 3213 1111

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    Babies Stare at Us.

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    In a sea of Japanese people, Paul and I stick out, so much so that I notice babies stare at us. They stare at us like we are aliens, with their eyes quietly transfixed, mouths slightly gaped open, and in total silence. If there mom moves them into a different position, they will readjust their heads to look at us. I try to smile and give a …

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    The Imperial Palace & Ginza

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    The Imperial Palace sits high on the hill surrounded by blocks on beautiful gardens and parks and cut off from the city by a moat. The palace is not open to the public most of the time, but the gardens often are.

    We were unlucky to go on a day when they must have been having a function (we saw nice looking cars going in and out of the …

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    Experiencing the city life

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    We had so much planned for the day, we headed out the door by 9am. We stopped for a spot of breakfast in a cafe near our hotel. Yen-Lee and I bought a bagel each and some muffins and snacks for the road.

    First top was the Imperial Palace and the surrounds. We caught the train from Shinjuku to Tokyo and walked towards the Imperial Palace. …

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    Last day in the cleaner city that never sleeps!

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    Because of the way our rail pass worked, we needed to stay an extra night in Tokyo before we could start using the pass. Mike used his points to get a night in the Shinjuku Hilton which normally runs ~$350/night. They upgraded us to the deluxe room on the 30th floor! The view was awesome and the room was enormous.






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    Relaxation&Tradition

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    It is already my third day in Tokyo and I still can't believe I am here. The people are so friendly and there are so many places to visit! I am very excited for the next four days (after today). At 10:00am my dad found my brother and I awake and said he had a suprise. We then went down to the 29th level, and saw the 'Chi' spa. I absoloutley love …

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    Finally, Vacation with Karla! Yay.

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    ... great view. Things were starting to look up! we dropped our bags off and went right to sightseeing. First Stop, Imperial Palace. The imperial palace is a large area with grounds in the center of Tokyo. This large plot of land about 4 square kilometers ...

  • 2

    The Tokyo Fish Markets!

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    ... even? Christine left after breakfast to catch her flight and I continued on to walk to the Tokyo international forum and on to the imperial palace gardens that we had missed the day before.  They were nothing special as compared to Shanghai's ...

  • 3

    Sumo Wrestling!!!

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    ... did another walking tour of the city and it was the three of us in all of our towering glory.  We hit up the imperial palace where people were asking to take our picture left and right.  We ventured through ginza again and then made a move to ...

  • 4

    Time capsule

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    The Imperial Palace repelled our advances yesterday by being closed, so we try again today, getting there by subway to rest our bruised tailbones.  It is fairly nice in spots but not quite as spectacular as I'd hoped.  In fact, you can't ...

  • 5

    Nigel and Wacker...

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    ... In between these fun and games, we went into Ginza for a look in the Sony building, and had a distant look at the Imperial Palace. We also went to a great sushi train restaurant near Senso-ji, and witnessed just how much the Japanese love their food. ...

  • 6

    Tokyo Whirlwind

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    ... we poured over the guide books and put together a whirlwind highlights tour. Day one was an eclectic day. We visited the Imperial Palace East Gardens, a large, tranquil garden with museum exhibiting ancient art work on tigers (not native to Japan, but ...

  • 7

    Konichi-wa

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    ... major high rise buildings and lots of shops and restaurants Shibuya - " ". Dinner at a Yakotori (meat skewers) restaurant Imperial Palace Gardens - does what it says on the tin Odaiba - private train over the Rainbow Bridge to ...

  • 8

    Tour de Tokyo

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    ... , dodging the cookie-cutter businessmen on the sidewalk and pausing for English-script clues as to our location, until we reach the Imperial Palace, home of the Emperor.  Sadly it is closed on Mondays, so we vow to return another day and continue ...

  • 9

    Tsujuki Fish Market

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    ... my feet in a slow and obviously miserable death. But wouldn't it be cool if it did? We left the market glad we had visited it but without much desire to ever return. From there it was off to our last major destination in Tokyo - the Imperial ...

  • 10

    Imperial Palace and Park

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    The Imperial Palace was attractive and photogenic, but the experience wasn't anything special. There's something less than intimate about simply snapping photos of a place you can't get within less than a mile of with a hundred other people. However, ...