Eugenia Dorozhkina
The Imperial Palace East Gardens is Tokyo’s Central Park encircled with skyscrapers and high-rise business centers. You can enter the park via numerous gates and get a token – it should be returned when exiting.
The vast park is split into smaller zones with walls and mounds – lawns, iris ponds, maple and cherry trees and pine fields – you never know what you’ll see around the corner. Before going check the opening hours on their website and pack a bento and tea to picnic on the pine needles.
