Exhausted?  Well that was only day one.  Prepare for day two.  A more specific survey of Central Tokyo focusing on the Imperial Palace.  Tokyo is a megalopolis.  No doubt about it.  But right in the center remains undeveloped, and restricted.  No airplane or train passes through the Imperial Palace.  The Emperor lives in strict privacy.  Like anthropologists have written about Japan, access to the Palace is like an onion.  There are multiple layers.  But that's not what this day is about.

The second death march is more refined as you'll go through the Imperial Palace and end up for dinner in the Ginza: the most expensive area.  Depending on your budget you may eat expensive or slightly-less expensive, but it's best to treat yourself to a refined and elegant meal instead of the all-you-can-eat deliciousness you probably had on day one.  Finally, you may want to take in an evening performance of Kabuki at the National Kabuki Theater at the east side of Ginza.  This would also be a great way to end.  Of course, you could save that evening for another day now that you know how to get there.

Welcome to Tokyo Station.  The main hub for Kanto railway transportation via shinkansen.  You'll notice that it is easy to get lost.  Many the time that I was sitting just 15 feet away from people I was meeting, and had to use my cellphone to find them.  Exit out of the West Central exit of the Subway onto a wide street.  Start walking along this main street until you hit the Imperial Palace Outer Garden parking lot (straight infront of you).  Just before this you'll cross a major street with a great view of Tokyo Tower on sunny days.

After you're done viewing this part of the outer wall, head back North until you reach the gate to the Outer Garden.  You may not be able to indulge in everything that the Emperor does, but you can view some of the gardens.  It's fairly wide so take your time, and take your rest.  Follow the walking map below.

You'll eventually get to the Takebashi entrance to the Imperial Palace.  Once you're back across the moat, head north following a path around the Imperial Palace.  This is a long walk, but helps to give atmosphere and background to the gardens you just walked through.  The immensity of the Imperial Palace is even bigger when you have to walk around it.  Check out those massive walls on the moat once you come around the northern tip towards the south!  

Now that we have viewed where the cultural center of the modern Emperor why not visit where the actual power resides?  You can either follow the map past a fire station, or continue on to Kokukaimae where you'll head up the elegant street towards the National Diet building.  You can go up to the gate at which point after taking some pictures you can head down the street perpindicular to the one you just walked on (or not, it's a small triangular block).

The next two blocks are full of Japan's various bureaucratic Ministry buildings.  There are some that would say that actual power resides in the daily workings of bureaucratic departments.  This is particularly beautiful in the Spring when you can watch cherry blossoms fall around you as you walk.

By now you and your guests should be positively pooped out after walking around the Palace and the government buildings.  Luckily there is a small park called Hibiya Park.  There are two nice open areas to sit and rest (and perhaps eat some ice cream).  The first is the rose garden to the north.  However, I prefer the fountain area.  My friend and I sat down on one of the benches soaking in the Spring sun's rays as we were gently misted by the fountain.

The Ginza district!  Perhaps you may have read elsewhere of the fabulously expensive and chicness that you can find here in the Ginza.  After Hibiya Park you probably followed the map to Ginza street, under the JR lines, and are now staring at the department stores towering above you.   There is no way that you would be able to explore this in one day or in one week.  Instead, take your time to browse through the stores that you are particularly interested in.  The big department stores at the west end are probably not the greatest, while to the east are smaller shops and restaurants.  I would reccomend strolling down Ginza street until you reach the bridge (over no Ginza return), turn around, and head back.

While I do not have any specific restaurant picks in the Ginza, there are various expensive restaurants to dine in.  Mainly there are Italian bistros and traditional Japanese restaurants.  Take your pic.  :d~ When you are finished you can take the Muromachi line to Otemachi and board the Tozai to return to Takadanobaba or wherever you are staying.