![Imperial Palace gate](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-dWRD7waGkbGpuSWdGbVh5DuoDBix-UddRDWExZfTXUodHgJjWHDbqI0OxtdKGNd4NXW-7WSdDmn9hgSV0vYyTktnVR4b-PA6l9b_l4KjEHxg-tl8kN0YDGPWVbQRwx4ghvaZg/s400/image7-e1434887240118.jpg)
Unfortunately, it was a spur of the moment visit, and we ended up going the long way around to the palace's entrance. In doing so, however, we found a park, which included this trash can that I found charmingly quaint:
![Palace trash can](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8EG77MTwnC0iSlDV0BtLwJ2yew5wlOi7Mtg5eVFpifYf3D3SHCsyWLLZiTNVcFIw27KZ6U_jgIZgyYdF_9L3EG_vz6iWJD_j73U8uuUtdcrGIIyT3WeA_KCLLsYN3j8FGRn5Yxw/s400/image8-e1434887182400.jpg)
My favorite part of the palace, aside from the wide expanses of beautifully green grass (a sight I never get to see in Los Angeles, except as part of a baseball field!), was the moat:
![Palace moat](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUAupgLXpJPGBY4XwP09iM5mmHd2qbhK6jKweGLnrtzUPfQ8DezxWyQx9DSNzhQ4Xhm0X896GUmYFL6MvGQLfQhofUl3wcSzE6Talf09T_hdi1gjUuG_dkF3rM0-WXB_5Qk8hUw/s400/image6-e1434887317718.jpg)
It's not exactly a pretty moat, but my inner childhood princess loves the moat because it really makes the castle a castle!
After walking around the palace, we went shopping underneath Tokyo Station, but unfortunately I never thought to take a photo of the tiny, adorable shops and crazy number of people walking through them. That might have something to do with the fact that I was with two boys who were a bit cranky, or maybe the fact that I was pretty much lost with no sense of where anything was down there. I'll try to do better tomorrow :)
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