“All of this was originally Edo Castle, home to the Tokugawa shogun. But when the shogun relinquished his power in 1868, the emperor Meiji moved the imperial residence from the ancient capital of Kyoto to here. Since then, Tokyo has grown dense, but this land has remained protected. It is one of the most valuable pieces of land in the world. During the economic bubble of the eighties, this stretch of land was worth more than all of California.”
