Subject: Travel pool #3. Leaving one palace for another.
At 1015 am, the motorcade began rolling from the Imperial Palace toward Akasaka Palace for meetings with PM Abe.
Subject: Travel pool 4 — arrival
Motorcade pulled into Akasaka Palace gates at 1028 am. This is the state guest house. We are now rolling on the brick road toward a large white French style building. Us and Japanese flags are flying from the balcony