Imperial Palace Eastern Gardens

A slow start to the day saw us arrive at the imperial gardens late morning. We wandered around, enjoying this splash of greenery in the middle of the city. There were more cherry trees in full blossom, and we got to experience the petals floating around us as the wind blew.

We admired the scale of the main tower of the ruined Edo Castle. The model of the pagoda would have been 60m tall in real life, which is around the height of a 20 storey building.

Afterwards we found a Michelin guide ramen noodle restaurant for lunch. Everything was so full of flavour and made to perfection, it may have ruined ramen for us for the rest of the trip...Read more