At the Imperial Palace... Sort of

Before going to Shinjuku on Sunday to meet some friends, I decided that I needed to do something with my day other that sit around, though that was an extremely enticing option! Instead I hopped on the train and before I knew it it was at Tokyo Station. Designed by Kingo Tatsuno and completed in 1914, Tansuno was one of Japan's first modern architects and had modeled the station after the train station in Amsterdam. I bring this up because I know many of my friends have been there and I can't seem to rememer what it looks like and was hoping you could refresh my memory, so... what do you think? There is a really amazing water structure as you are walking toward the Imperial Palace, I spent quite a bit of time just standing in front of it, admiring its beauty in all of its simplicity. I kept walking and finally reached the moat, oh that moat, never once did I actually see the Palace, but I got a great view of some really high walls and a lot of water. I mean seriously, do they really have a problem with foreign people walking all over their sacred grounds? I just wanted to take a peek! So that was that, don't get me wrong, the parks around the grounds are truly beautiful. Oh, I had to put this picture up too. This really tall, boring building made completely of cement is the police station. First of all, the Japanese police really scare no one, don't get me wrong, they definitely keep things running smoothly, but they kind of seem more like security guards you would see at a mall in the U.S. Anyway, do they really need such a dominating structure... I think not.