Tokyo Bike Tour part 1

Amanda and wade listen to the bicycle tourguide as she tells us where we are. We started this 30K bike tour first thing on the morning after spending a full day traveling to get to Tokyo.










We are at the outer edge of the old Imperial Palace. The inner part of the old Imperial Palace is today the only part that remains as such. The outer ring has since been devoted to new development, except for a few places such as this one.





Rebecca and Matt listen to the guide.













Here you see an old rampart of the pre-war Imperial Castle's outer wall.






















This is a signpost at the edge of the old Imperial Castle, looking back into where the outer ring of the Castle/Palace grounds were.














This image shows the edge of the old Imperial Castle ground looking down the old formal exit. The old building in the center is the old Bank of Japan building that survived the firebombing of "the Pacific War" (WWII).