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Both Shizu and Kazu attended and received their master's degrees from George Mason University's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution in the middle 2000s. Both of them now live and work in the greater Tokyo area (as do about 25% of Japan's population!). Shizu took us to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in the afternoon, while Kazu joined us for dinner later that evening.
Shizu and Kazu
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And then we came upon this entrance, which leads to a building where we could get free admission into the Imperial Palace East Gardens (the Imperial Palace East Gardens are the former site of Edo Castle's innermost circles of defense, the honmaru ("main circle") and ninomaru ("secondary circle"). None of the main buildings remain today, but the moats, walls, entrance gates and several guardhouses still exist. Edo Castle was the residence of the Tokugawa shogun who ruled Japan from 1603 to 1867. Emperor Meiji also resided there from 1868 to 1888 before moving to the newly constructed Imperial Palace).
Please note that this picture was taken from the inside of the entrance looking outwards into Tokyo (due to the positioning of the sun!)
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