Tokyo Sightseeing: Meiji Shrine

On our potentially last day in Tokyo we went to Meiji Shrine. We could have been stuck in Tokyo because of the typhoon. But it was a wait and see game.
We had a nice breakfast at a local cafe and then a city hike to Meiji Shrine. When you get off the subway you are still very much in the middle of the city. But then you walk a little ways to the grounds of the shrine and you are
Enveloped into a serene quite park.
Of course it was pouring down rain and we were sharing an umbrella. My husband gets me wet when he is in charge of the umbrella.
Meiji was the total opposite of the shrine we saw the day before. Very zen.
At the entrance they have and sake and wine. It was a neat display. That is what all the barrels and rice baskets are full of.
We walked around for a little and then headed back to the hotel. We found out flights were getting out. We were headed home!