WITH A BLOGGING FRIEND AND HIS WIFE IN TOKYO.

My blogging friend and his wife came to Tokyo from Malaysia.

I guided the Imperial Palace with them.

A Stone Bridge. 正面石橋です。

Nijubashi Bridge.　二重橋です。

The Imperial Palace  in Tokyo is located at the former site of Edo-jo Castle, which was the castle of Tokugawa Shogun until the end of the Edo period.

Mr.Twilight Man and his spouse.

Sakurada-Tatumi-Yagura Turret. Tatumi means South West. 

桜田巽櫓です。　辰巳、すなわち、南西に面しています。

One of the typical stonework at the end of the stone fence.

　石積みの角は「算木積み」です。

Other kind of stonework.　横矢掛りです。

There was a grey heron at the moat.　アオサギです。

A swan was in the moat too.

There was a gate in this area.　「切込み接」（きりこみはぎ）です。

The Castle Tower Site.　天守台です。

There was a conflagration  in 1657. The Castle Tower was burn out. The Shogun and many officials insisted to rebuild the Castle Tower. But The half-brother of the Shogun insisted that it was the first consideration to let a city restore now.

His claim was accepted, and the castle tower was not rebuilt.

Kita-Hanebashi Gate.　北桔橋門（きたはねばしもん）です。

Hanebashi means a drawbridge. There was a drawbridge which was  in readiness for an emergency.

Going out the Imperial Palace,I guided them to a National Museum at Ueno.

And we departed there.

Sharing with Our World Tuesday.  Image-In-Ing.

Weekend Reflections.

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