Cherry blossoms at the Imperial Palace’s Chidorigafuchi moat was superb.

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chidorigafuchi

Also, for the first time, they allowed the public to enter the Imperial Palace to view cherry blossoms along a short path called Inui-dori during April 4-8, 2014. An insane number of people showed up. On the first day April 4, 2014, over 55,000 people came to see the Inui-dori sakura. Although it was open until 3 pm, they closed it by 1:30 pm due to the huge crowds.

Visitors went through a body search at the Imperial Palace.
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I couldn’t get in when I arrived at 2 pm. Too late. People waited for 2-3 hours to get in.

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