Adventures in Tokyo!

Last Saturday we decided to head up to Tokyo and explore some parts of the city that we hadn't seen yet! Our first stop was the Imperial Palace - home of Japan's Emperor and his family. The Palace is right in the middle of the city and it's surrounded by a large stone wall and a moat that are several hundred years old. It was a nice cool autumn day and the leaves were just starting to change colors...so that was fun to enjoy! The actual Palace itself is only open two days a year, so we didn't get to go inside, but we still enjoyed walking around the gardens and the grounds for several hours.

Our next stop was a part of the city known as Odaiba. This part of the city is built on "reclaimed" land (i.e. landfill!!) and you get to it by crossing over Tokyo Bay via the Rainbow Bridge. Odaiba has a bit of an "American" feel to it which is topped off with a good-sized Statue of Liberty replica that stands along the shore.

