The next point of interest on the walking course is the pedestrian road along Chidorigafuchi Moat, which is known as a prime cherry-blossom-viewing spot. Early in the Meiji period (1868-1912), in 1872, the brick building used as the British Embassy was constructed here. In front of the embassy is Japan's first brick road, laid here in the Meiji period. Illuminated by the pale light of gas lamps, it had the atmosphere of a foreign land. The rows of cherry trees in front of the embassy are said to have been planted early in the Meiji period by British Minister Ernest Mason Satow as a token of his love for Japan and as a gift to the people of Tokyo. The original British Embassy was destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923; the new building constructed on this site in 1929 is the one in use today.

The walking tour continues past the National Theater and the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Building, constructed of granite on all sides, has been referred to as a rock castle; this construction befits a building designed to house the guardians of the law. Further south you will see the National Diet Building. Also in this vicinity is the Kasumigaseki district with its concentration of ministries and agencies; the Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters and the Ministry of Justice lie across the street from one another facing the moat. Almost all of these central government organs are housed in run-of-the-mill modern buildings, the only exception being the Ministry of Justice. This imposing Neo-Baroque structure was built over a period of seven years under the direction of a Japanese architect who spent time studying in Germany. The building was completed in 1895, and there has been no change to the original design of the edifice.