After a much earlier start today we had another nice breakfast in a local café and then got the metro Yurakucho to the Meiji Shrine. It was good to see and included a treasure house in which we were unfortunately not allowed to take photos, there was also a very pleasant inner garden. On the way in we saw some wine donated by the French in memory of Meiji's love of western food and wine and as a lasting sign of the friendship between the nations of Japan and France.
Following that we got the metro again to Yoyogi station and after a rather good Ramen lunch we visited the Koishikawa Korakuen Garden.
Later we got the metro again to visit Ueno Park. Ueno is a more lively part of Tokyo and the park looked like it was gearing up for the Cherry Blossom festivities. We also visited the Yanaka Cemetery and saw the tomb of Shogun Yoshinobu and the Tenno-Ji temple. Japanese graves have wooden strips in them with text on, presumably about the deceased. They rattle around in the wind in an eerie way.
After a coffee then a walk back through Ueno park to see the lights in the dark we took a metro back to Kyobashi, had a rest back at the hotel then dinner.
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