Date: 23 Feb 2009 Monday
9:15 AM Ready to set off
Hilton Tokyo Hotel 
Tokyo Station Tokyo Imperial Palace Tokyo Tower (I)
Tokyo Tower (II) Akihabara Ikebukuro Shinjuku Hilton T Hotel
The rainy day didn’t spoil our mood. Following the directions given by the hotel staff, we walked around the hotel in search of the nearest Lawson convenient store.
9:45 AM Lawson
The Loppi Machine!
Managed to get our Ghibli Museum tickets with the help of the store assistant.
JR making payment
Oh, for your information, tickets to Ghibli Museum can only be bought from Lawson.
10:00 AM Shijuku Station 新宿駅
Shinkansen passing by
Hilton T Hotel Tokyo Station Tokyo Imperial Palace Tokyo Tower (I)
Tokyo Tower (II) Akihabara Ikebukuro Shinjuku Hilton T Hotel
10:40 AM Tokyo Station æ±äº¬é§…
How to get there?
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Shinjuku Station 新宿駅 to Tokyo Station æ±äº¬é§…
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10:50 AM Marunouchi Building (Marubiru)
The Marunouchi Building was opened in 2002 and located just in front of the Tokyo Station.
Banana cake in the making.
It was very cold, hence we decided to have something that is hot, maybe ramen or something. Found a ramen restaurant.
We ordered a ramen set with an extra bowl of ramen. It tasted almost the same as the one we had the day before but it was considerably cheaper.
紅油抄手 lookalike but it is not spicy at all.
Rice with lotus
Almond pudding
We walked around Marunouchi Building shopping complex after lunch and spotted a dinosaur.
Hilton T Hotel Tokyo Station Tokyo Imperial Palace Tokyo Tower (I)
Tokyo Tower (II) Akihabara Ikebukuro Shinjuku Hilton T Hotel
12:10 PM On our way to Tokyo Imperial Palace 皇居
It was really cold.
Even JR was feeling cold.
Ha, our face were masked by the warm scarves.
The Imperial East Gardens are the only part of the palace that is open to the public. The Gardens are closed on Mondays & Fridays.
We forgot that the Imperial Palace is closed every Monday! Never mind, we will be back the next time!
13:10 PM Back to Tokyo Station æ±äº¬é§…
Tokyo Station is one of Japan’s busiest railway stations and the terminal of multiple Shinkansen lines. The red brick building was originally built during in the Meiji Period.