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This page is to help you quickly jump through this picture set. Below you will see a listing of the pages and the captions on that page.

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    Awoke and looked outside to this view.. a Monorail passing in front of the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel.
    Panning a little to the right Space Mountain
    Continuing to the right, Cinderella Castle
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    The Monorail passing by on its way to the Bayside Station
    Arriving at Bayside Station.
    Ready to start my day. The elevator lobby on our floor at the Hilton.
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    A waiting Disney Resort Cruiser to take us to the Bayside Station
    The seats onboard the cruiser
    Our driver waiting for others to board
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    A speaker cover on the cruiser.
    Another Cruiser at Bayside Station waiting to return to another hotel.
    Heading up the escalator to the Disney Resort Line
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    Looking back toward the Hilton
    The line at Tokyo DisneySea this morning. This was just past 7am and the park opens at 8am this morning.
    A look inside the monorail. Not too crowded this morning.
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    The line for Tokyo DisneySea on the other side (there are two sets of entrance lines for the park)
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    The Disney Ambassador Hotel
    Exiting the Resort Gateway Station.
    Passing the Welcome Center, it was not open yet.
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    An entrance for Ikspiari
    Looking back at the Resort Gateway Station entrance/exit.
    Next stop for us was the JR Maihama Station to catch a train into the city.
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    On the platform waiting for our train.
    From here you can see Big Thunder and beyond it Mt Prometheus
    A train letting out and guests heading to Disney.
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    Our train arriving.
    We reached Tokyo Central without a problem but then ran into a challenge. The train line I wanted to take was down as was my backup route.. so had to study the map and try to figure out how to get from Tokyo to Hamamatsucho Station with both the green and blue lines on this map down.
    Ended up going to Shimbashi and transferring to the subway.
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    Resurfaced near where we wanted to be. A quick picture of Tokyo Tower before searching for the bus terminal
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    Found the Bus Terminal with 20 minutes to find the right line, get my ticket, and board.
    Made it to our bus ontime with a couple minutes to spare.
    On our way. I had a front row seat assigned to me since we booked so early. Which meant I could take pictures out the front. So here are some driving through Tokyo this morning.
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    Sunday mornings are not that busy.
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    We drove by Tokyo Tower on our way to the first stop.
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    Some cherry blossoms were still in bloom along the road.
    Our plan for the morning tour, three stops.
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    A better view of Tokyo Tower. It is a cousin to the Eiffel tower. It is painted this way because of its proximity to the airport.
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    A car dealership.
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    The Tokyo offices for Honda
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    Ralph Lauren
    Arriving at our first stop the Meiji Shrine
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    Never a bad idea to grab a picture of your bus so you can find it after the stop.
    The entrance/visitor center area was very modern. We did not stop, just walked through
    There were plenty of signs, or you could follow the crowd, we opted to just follow our tour guide.
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    Barrels of Sake Wrapped in Straw
    An explanation about the barrels.
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    A closer look at one.
    The other side of the walkway has wine barrels
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    Coming to a Torii Gate
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    A map of the grounds
    Another Torii before the main courtyard.
    Water for a ritual cleansing of the hands and mouth before entering.
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    Inside the main courtyard. The shrine is ahead of us.
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    A look around.
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    Ema, Votive Tablets
    A sign explaining about the tablets.
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    The main shrine area.
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    A wedding procession going by.
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    Looking back to where we entered.
    A family here for a baptism ceremony.
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    Another bride as we were exiting.
    Walking back to the bus.
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    Back on the bus and traveling through Tokyo.
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    Passing Takeshita Street
    Passing by a baseball stadium
    Passing by a gate for the Togu Palace I believe.
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    Passing by the Akasaka palace (this is the state guest house).
    Cherry blossoms along the road
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    The National Diet Building (where their legislature meets).
    The outer moat of the Imperial Palace
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    A gate into the palace gardens
    The Tokyo High Court building
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    Because it was a Sunday the roads around the Palace were blocked off and open only for bicycles and pedestrians
    Approaching the Imperial Palace East Garden using the Ote Gate.
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    The Ote Moat
    The Kikyo Moat I believe
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    The Ote-Mon Gate
    Looking back.
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    Admission is free but you have to take a ticket.
    The Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan (we did not visit).
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    Now a walk through the gardens
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    Heading back to the bus now.
    Here is a picture of the Admission Ticket (you return it as you leave)
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    The other side.
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    Back on the bus.
    Higashikanda I think.
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    Approaching our next stop the Senso-ji Temple
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    The bus had to circle around to the back to drop us off.
    Walking through the Senso-ji Temple grounds.
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    A map of the grounds.
    Entering the Main Hall (Hondo)
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    Artwork on the ceiling.
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    Looking toward the Hozomon Gate
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    Five-storied Pagoda
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    The Hozomon Gate
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    Five-storied Pagoda
    Looking back at the Main Hall
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    The shopping area
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    The Hozomon Gate
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    Not sure what this ride is from but it was visible beyond the temple
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    Vendors selling food.
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    Back on the bus and enroute to our drop off point in Ginza.
    We took the expressway back.
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    Chuo-dori street, the main shopping street in Ginza
    We opted to walk back to Tokyo Central station from Ginza to get a look at the city on foot.
    A Tomorrowland store. It was on the other side of the street so not sure what they sell but looks like hand bags from here.
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    Tokyo Central Station, our destination.
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    A quick look around before we head down to the trains.
    Back underground and on our way out to the Keiyo Line back to Disney
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    From the train some familiar sights as we approach Disney.
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    Our Hotel
    Exiting the train platform
    Back to where we started at the Resort Gateway. Time for lunch then onto Tokyo DisneySea!

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