Tokyo Free Walking Tour®

The newly re-opened Shitamachi Museum, the Asakusa and Ueno Park tours on March 19

Thank you for joining Tokyo Free Walking Tour in Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 19. We welcomed seven people from Philippines, Netherlands, Canada, America and Brazil. In fact, it snowed rapidly and was cold in the morning on that day. Nevertheless, we appreciate very much that you kindly participated in our tour in spite of the bad weather. Having said that, the long-awaited cherry blossom season is finally here. We could admire the early cherry blossoms bloom in Ueno Park. As mentioned, the ph...

2025.03.20

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Meiji Shrine and Harajuku Tour on March 16, 2025

Thank you for choosing our tour at Meiji Shrine and Harajuku tour on March 16, 2025. We welcomed 16 guests from USA, Canada, Singapore and China. I hope all of you enjoyed and shared interesting conversations with us during the tour. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached to remember the fun times we had. Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Despite the chilly, rainy weather, we welcomed 16 guests. As you may know, graduation ceremonies in Japan take place in March. A typical ce...

2025.03.16

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

Tour Report of the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on March 15, 2025

Having welcomed 23 guests from various countries of US, Canada, UK, Austraila, Itaty, Germany, Taiwan, Israel, China. We conducted the tour in 4 groups. I was hipping around from group to group to see if every guest was enjoying the tour. Our tour is characterized by each group consisting of around ten guests with a few guides so that the guests could enjoy conversation with local Japanese, or the guides. Due to the increase of the foreign tourists in Japan, guided tour is also popular among the...

2025.03.16

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Asakusa Tour on March 15, 2025

Many thanks for joining us on our tours at Asakusa in the morning on March 15th. We welcomed 9 guests from Austria, the U.K., and the Netherlands. It was a tremendous opportunity for us to meet wonderful guests from many countries and to share interesting conversations. We’ve posted group photos and snapshots so that you can look back on the fun times we had. <GoupA> Today's tour consisted of two groups: one with three guides and six guests plus a child, and one with two guides and two guests. T...

2025.03.15

Asakusa

Imperial Palace East Garden on March 9th, 2025

Thank you for choosing our tour at Imperial Palace East Garden on March 8th. We welcomed 41 guests from Spain, USA, UK, Canada, Australia, France, Brazil, Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Malaysia. Despite the chilly and rainy weather, we hope you still had a wonderful time exploring with us and engaging in great conversations throughout the tour. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached to remember the fun times we had. Early March is the perfect time to admire the plum blossoms (ume) at...

2025.03.11

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Nio Guardian! Tour Report of Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 9, 2025

Thank you for choosing our tour at Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 9. We welcomed 31 people from U.S.A., Germany, Canada, Netherland, Singapore, United Kingdom, Spain,India, New Zealand and Philippines. I hope all of you enjoyed and shared interesting conversations with us during the tour. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached to remember the fun times we had. At Hozomon Gate of Senso-ji Temple, there are two magnificent Nio statues standing as a pair. The Nio statues are guardian...

2025.03.10

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Tour Report of Meiji Shrine & Harajuku on March 2, 2025

Many thanks to those who participated in Tokyo Free Walking Tour at Meiji Shrine and Harajuku. It was so cheerful that it felt like we jumped straight into the middle of Spring today. On such a lovely day, we welcomed 11 guests from Germany, USA, Italy and Spain. The conversations with the guests covered a wide range of topics: scholarship system, tuition-free education, Indian feng shui, and so on. One guest recommended her favorite restaurants in Tokyo. Some other guests joined our Asakusa or ...

2025.03.03

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

Imperial Palace East Garden on March 1st, 2025

Thank you for choosing our tour at Imperial Palace East Garden on March 1st. We welcomed 24 guests from Ireland, USA, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Germany, Malaysia, and Mexico. I hope all of you enjoyed and shared interesting conversations with us during the tour. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached to remember the fun times we had. As the gentle warmth of early March signals the arrival of spring, the beauty of the season makes our tour today even more delightful. Hinamatsuri...

2025.03.02

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report of Asakusa on March 1, 2025

Many thanks for joining Tokyo Free Walking Tour at Asakusa on March 1, 2025. We welcomed 10 guests from US, Australia, Italy, Canada, Germany. It was a tremendous opportunity for us to meet wonderful guests from many countries and share interesting conversations. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached so that you can remember the fun times we had during the tour. Group A Group-B Today was very warm, making it perfect for our tour. Perhaps because of that, Asakusa seemed more crowde...

2025.03.01

Asakusa

Daikakuji Temple’s breathtaking treasures on display, the Ueno Park tour on February 26

Thank you for choosing Tokyo Free Walking Tour among many tours. We welcomed five people from Australia, America and Colombia. It was unusually warm and nice weather in winter. Early cherry-blossoms have begun to bloom and we hope you enjoyed the tour with us at Ueno Park. Photos which we took during the tour are posted. Daikakuji Temple is an old and distinguished temple in Kyoto. The temple is in the western district in the city of Kyoto and full of history, culture and nature. To commemorate ...

2025.02.26

Ueno Park