The first mistake was to assume that a large park in Akasaka would be open to the public. Firstly, its a Royal Estate not a park. Secondly, it contains the Togu Palace which is the residence of the Crown Prince, the State Guest House, the residences of Princes Akishino, Tomoheto of Mikasa, Mikasa and Takamado. Hence, the security camers, guards and high fences - the likes of us would not be welcome ... no matter ...
However, by chance, we walked along the road next to the estate and came across the Toyokawa Inari Shrine and Temple. This was typical in that it was surrounded by the most modern skyscrapers and buildings you come to expect of any Tokyo main street. Since the shrine is dedicated to the Fox-riding God there were dozens of fox sculptures of all sizes - usually in pairs like book-ends.The rain still poured so we metroed to the Marunouchi district of central Tokyo in search of food - not that there was much by nature of searching since nearly every skyscraper has its restaurants. We settled on The Marunouchi building and took the lift to the 36th floor to see what was on offer. We'd forgotten the time (3pm) so that most of the restaurants were closed for lunch. The view of rain-soddened Tokyo was worth the effort anyway. Down to Basement 1 ... the food court/shop was in full swing so we had an excellent lunch ... and a year's supply of salt!
More metroing and we were back at Asakusa in time for the usual ... coffee and supermarket. Thus endeth our last day in Tokyo ... this trip that is ...