Day 3
The Imperial Palace Grounds
Waking up bright and early, not by choice (still adjusting!) we called the kids via Skype again, got another big breakfast at the hotel and headed off to the station to break in our Suica cards, and de-flower ourselves to the Tokyo Metro rail system. Our target was the JR Chuo line for Tokyo station. [...]
The Imperial Palace East Gardens
Not listening to the complaints of our feet, we soldiered on into the East Gardens. Separate from the other section of the publicly accesible grounds, the gardens are actually quite impressive. I only wish we’d have had the tolerance to explore the entire thing! But I think we got enough to keep us happy… Entering [...]
The “Real” Tokyo Subway and Pokemon Center
After leaving the East Gardens we headed for Takebashi station. With my handy Subway guide book, we figured out we needed to transfer three times to get to Hamamatsucho station, from there a short walk to the Pokemon Center to get some souvenirs for our kids. What had we gotten ourselves into?! Here’s a tip, [...]
Zojoji Temple | 増上寺
After resting a bit and catching a second wind at Uogashi Nihonichi sushi right next to the Pokemon Center, we realized we were withing walking distance of Zojoji Temple, which was on the list to see. Well, we’re in the neighborhood, and our feet just aren’t hurting enough. Wait, yeah, they were, but we did [...]
