Charles' Travel Blog

I woke up early.  I had my breakfast in the hotel which consisted of a sausage and egg muffin with a coffee.

I walked to the Imperial Palace and arrived at 8 am.  The East Garden had not opened yet so I decided to walk around the palace and see all of the gates.

The area was absolutely beautiful.  The palace is surrounded by moats and there were a number of ducks swimming in them.

By the time I circled the palace which took an hour, the East Garden had opened.

The East Garden is very large and beautiful grounds.  I saw the last three standing barracks for Samurai from the last Shogunate would have stayed.

I wandered the grounds admiring the beautiful trees.

I saw one of the remaining towers.

I then went down to the koi pond and saw a tea house from the late 1800s

In addition, there were was a model of a castle that once stood on the grounds.

Here are the ruins of the base.

While not a flowers were in bloom, I did find some.

There was some nice fall foliage as well.