2016-10

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on October 22, 2016

Today we welcomed 36 guests from U.S.A. ,Canada, Columbia, U.K., Holland, Germany,Spain, Ireland, Switzerland, Australia, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan. It was a cozy weather. We all felt comfortable during the tour. Our guests really enjoyed scenery and taking pictures a lot. And each guest had fun to chat with each other. In Japan when it comes to autumn, it’s the best season for tasting food. Speaking of food, the 14th Shogun, TOKUGAWA IEMOCHI, loved Japanese sweets, so he ha...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on 15 October 2016

We were delighted to have 69 guests from India, Belgium, Australia, Germany, France, USA, Georgia, Peru, Iceland, Israel, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada, Argentine, Netherland, Spain and U.K. We divided into 6 groups. It was really clear weather. No clouds in the sky. The temperature was warm but not hot and not humid anymore. Summer ended and Autumn has began. That was typical Autumn fine weather, which we call "Akibare." So clear that we were able to see the bottom of the moat around the imper...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour report on 13 Oct 2016

We thank you for your joining us on 13 Oct. Totally 11 guests joined us. It was quite cold and cloudy day. Recently, the weather in Japan is quite changeable and unusually, we have lots of rains this year. Yet, it was very nice for us to have 11 friendly guests Because of the normal working day, we could see many business person on the streets in Tokyo station and Marunouchi area, . We hope you felt some dynamics on Japanese business, under reviving from the dark days some time ago. Autumn is on...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on 10-October (Health-Sports day), 2016, Monday

Thank you the guests who kindly joined our tour on 10th of October. We had 15 guests from four countries, divided by two groups. Late August through September is the typhoon season in Japan. Apart from the typhoon season, we have cloudy or rainy days this autumn. Our tour on Monday was just like that, cloudy but no rain, not too hot or not too cold, a nice day for our walking tour. You may know the next summer Olympic will be held at Tokyo in 2020, but do you also know we had the one before? It ...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report: October 08, 2016

Thank you for all the guests joining our tour this day. It was raining and pouring harder and harder around noon so we were wondering if our guests have change up their mind to do in-door activity this afternoon... Although, no matter of the bad weather, we welcomed 51 guests and it did not even need to put up umbrella anymore at the start of our tour. It looked like the rain has ceased for us! We welcomed guests from Canada, Australia, U.S.A., U.K., Israel, Lebanon, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report: October 1, 2016

Thank you for all the guests who joined us last week on October 1st. Apologies for the late update due to technical issues. I went with a group of just over 20 guests. Early on in the tour we talked about how our new govenor, Yuriko Koike, once suggested introducing double-decker trains in order to improve the infamous Tokyo rush hours. Koike has been in office since August as the first female governor of Tokyo. Perhaps the most debated item on her agenda is the relocation of the Tsukiji Market....