We got there pretty early in the day so that we would have time to see the palace gardens (I only got a glimpse of them the day before). It was a pretty sunny day with only a few clouds. Very good for taking pictures.
The gardens were like a whole different world. The grounds are roughly bowl shaped, going uphill toward the edge of the stone walls. Tall trees around the perimeter make it so you can barely ever see the city outside. It was like being in a magical forest. Pretty awesome.
After we were done with the palace gardens, we decided to head to Akihabara (surprisingly Candiece thought it sounded pretty interesting). I guess Sunday is a big day there because we found a wacky assortment of music just outside the Electric Town exit of Akihabara station.

What?
Packed streets.
After we walked around and saw what there was to see that day, we headed back. When we got back to Atsugi some of the nice folks in our group put on a little birthday celebration for a few of us (myself included) who had birthdays in the first week of the trip. Yay!

nutella, and banana slices. AHAHAHA YESSS
All in all a very awesome end to a very packed second weekend in Japan.
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