Y2 : 365 - Day 119.

Christmas Vacation, Japanese Edition: Tokyo

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Tokyo Imperial Palace. 

Heading to Tokyo.

Tokyo Imperial Palace.

Signing the Emperor's birthday card.

Guard tower.

Obansho: Great Guardhouse, tt was the final checkpoint and strictly guarded by samurai guardsmen of higher rank than at other guesthouses.

At the East Gardens.

Last of the cherry blossoms.

The foundation of the former castle tower.

View from the castle tower.

Love this bamboo!

Japanese maple trees.

The traditional and the modern.