We visited imperial palace in the middle of city called Chiyoda. As usual, we used subway train and when we got there, only small number of groups was heading Tokyo Castle (some people called Chiyoda Castle). The original name of this castle was Edo Castle. It was the residence of shogun and important military area in Edo period. After vacation of the shogun and the Meiji Restoration, it became the Tokyo Imperial Palace.
When we were out from the station, we faced the tall buildings. We had a moment to enjoy the architectures but soon we faced the big square. There was nothing on the ground but only cement road. It reminded me like near war castle. In old days, there was nothing nearby castle to hide or to support defensive positions. It was good idea to bring enough water and orange to quench our thirst. Police were openly hanged around riding bicycle and some big bus stop by. Yes, there was bus stop place nearby castle… which means you don’t have to have a long walk with thirsty from the station. Using this tour bus would be good idea if you have child or parents.
Castle was locked and we could see only guards at gate. Children were not happy to be there and started to put their back up on me. But to me it was quite quiet place and even made us to have feeling like we were in the center of this city.
One thing arrested our attention was crow. There were many crows on the trees. I never expected so many crows in the middle of Tokyo city… But there have lots!
Coming back from castle to subway station was harder. We were exhausted and very hungry.
Finding restaurant was not hard but my family would like to try Japanese noodle. It was not hard to find Noodle shop because there were very long waiting lines. You would have many chances to see these kinds of long line in front of small restaurant. It was quite interesting. I saw one sandwich restaurant with long line in the morning. And when we back at night, there were still long waiting lines in front of restaurant and it was over 9:30 pm. So, I was wonder what happen if restaurant should close and still people wait in line. It wasn’t taking longer to get answer. One person started to distribute the memo with order number. They can keep this line in order next date! It was impressed to me. The system looks like to become their culture.
Well, back to the noodle, it was very taste and enjoyable try. I recommend you try noodle at Japanese restaurant. We had not enough time to sitting on when we noticed children in the line. It was enough meal to satisfy our stomach and took us out of exhausted.
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