This is part 3 of a multi-part description of my trip to Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan, as part of my Kinne Traveling Fellowship grant through my studio at GSAPP. You can read the first post here and second post here . To see all my photos from Tokyo, visit my Google+ album here . A map of our destinations can be viewed here . March 15th Our final day in Kyoto, we got up early to take a tour of the Imperial Palace grounds. The palaces in Tokyo and Kyoto, as well as several important imperial villas, are run by the Imperial Household Agency and require special registration in order to take a tour; the Kyoto palace is the easiest to access without advance reservations. We arrived shortly before the tour began, registered at the office on the grounds, and headed into the palace for the tour. The palace is kept immaculately clean and well-preserved. One highlight is that we were able to see the groundskeepers disassembling the winter greenhouse t...
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