Right smack in the middle of downtown is a square mile of greenery surrounded by a moat. Chiyoda is home to the emperor's palace. I took a train to the main Tokyo train station and walked a few blocks to the Eastern moat. It's a bit surreal - like Central Park in Manhattan - greenery surrounded by skyscrapers. The moat is at least 100 yds wide and if you can manage to swim it then you have to scamper up a 30 ft stone wall.
There are no signs of any earthquake damage anywhere. Surprisingly, there are quite a few skyscrapers being built. From all the doom and gloom economic news you hear about Japan, it is not obvious to this tourist's eye.
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