We met Nick for an early lunch, and were then due to go on to the embassy to visit Tracey and Lottie. This involved a challenge: since the change in routine this would be the first time Emily was not at home for her nap. I hoped she would sleep while I walked to Hanzomon, and as it was a lovely day I was quite happy to keep strolling for as long as she would nap. But as I suspected, she did not sleep long in the buggy - just 40 mins. I had to keep moving as she showed signs of stirring when I tried to stop at a bench, so I could not recharge as I usually do at home while she sleeps.
The sides of the Imperial Palace moat were lined with wildflowers that wouldn't look out of place in an English hedgerow: vetch, ladies smock, clover, rape. A very uplifting sight.
Both Tracey and Lottie were poorly, but we played for an hour then walked along the edge of the moat to nearby Chidorigafuchi, a very famous spot for hanami. There was a mass of ephemeral cherries, already shedding their delicate blooms after only a few days. People were boating in the moat and it was very busy, even mid-afternoon. Not all were pensioners and young mothers: the newly-unemployed perhaps?
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