It didn't start out that well...
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But after a tasty business lunch in a basement, discussing a paper revision with a colleague also attending the meeting, we went home the slow way.
The light was a bit wild at the newly refurbished Tokyo station.
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Swung by the Imperial Palace
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The pale brown stuff below is grass. It always does this here, because it is so dry in winter.
![Imperial Palace East Gardens](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_spWZUvth3RuURGzFX8POLdYrHGRPS3MutdlS8D2cyESXE1KJ9uXEIcS1PBl_MIUwTLadONgHG8C0iqHVB2ZkvRssD9HcAZl6fmnt6H9lcHXGvS5v1hzX0QQyxM7eTd7A=s0-d)
Found some end-of-year leaves (ginkgo)
![Imperial Palace East Gardens](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vr7j6r0pTUXndRA5_CjzpJ6HLZcE0895s-vucO9FtHBhdxMhIi80Q4yu4VyZqbLfzbevoBeb6WeqHSCMNTNO-JuJHMCNJ-sps0Z2uZdQ8aTTX2x5ZB_LPnJ0jEWxG80g=s0-d)
And some 10th month cherry blossom
!["October" Sakura](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tQZ54Ev-JJMhCR1u2Lzed9NkfstDuGo0mfEXYRGC3X4gkpMvPrBG0gSZ21BoylLeIdh3Z1U3uIikXcaBvWkC97Jbm_mQj2kNPaBM3PgiRvZp68whcZSvSzzBDLT9bu3w=s0-d)
And then ran to meet James (who had been peacefully reviewing papers - his main occupation since August - in a cafe a couple of miles away), only pausing occasionally to photograph the architecture.
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Good pix!
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