Thursday, July 21st, 2016
We stopped at the Imperial Palace Plaza. A huge oasis of greenery in the center of Tokyo surrounded by huge stone walls and a moat. The Palace is not open to the public unless arranged through the imperial family. The inner palace grounds are also closed off to the public except on 2 days of the year, Jan 2 for the New Year and the Emperor’s birthday. The East Garden is open to the public but we did not stop there.
To the south, where we parked, is a bronze statue of Kusunoki Masashige, a 14th century samurai who was very loyal to the emperor. A cool statue. I am going to have to play with this picture when I get home so I can see it better. It really is a cool statue.
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