Monday, December 5, 2016

Tokyo - Marunouchi

Tokyo - We took the Metro bound for Nijubashimae station which is a walking distance to the Imperial Palace.

Wadakura Bashi
Unfortunately on Monday, the Imperial Palace East Garden is closed so not much to be seen except walking around the moat of the Palace.

Family pic outside the Imperial Palace

Statue of Masashige Kusunoki
We walked past Marunouchi Nakadori which is one of the top-branded streets in Tokyo, most of the brands are available along Orchard Road.

Nakadori
We walked towards KITTE which is a commercial facility run by Japan Post.

KITTE Sculpture
For lunch we went to this nice ramen restaurant.....with delicious noodles.

very nice decor
Pork Ramen
Wow! so tender and juicy and the ramen was very delicious....plus a bowl of rice with cod roe.

rice with cod roe
At the top of KITTE there is an observation deck overlooking Tokyo busy station.

Busy downtown Tokyo
Tokyo Metro station
Tokyo Metro station was built in 1914 and is today the nation cultural property.  It has a renaissance style red-brick building.



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