2016-11

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on 26-November, 2016, Saturday

Thank you the guests who kindly joined our tour on 26th of November. We had 39 guests from 17 countries, divided by five groups. Though we had a freezing and snowing on Thursday herein Tokyo, this Saturday was lovely sunny day and a good day for walking tour.  We enjoyed many colored leaves during our tour. At the beginning of the tour, it was warm but we felt a bit chilly at the end. I felt winter has already started. An advent period has started, and we will have one month more by Christmas da...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on November 24

Thank you to all the guests for joining our tour.  Although it was snowing in the morning and freezing day, we welcomed 12 guests from US, Philippines and Taiwan. Thank you very much! It was the first snow in this season, and first November snow in 54 years in Tokyo!  We had a guest from Philippines, and it was first snow experience for him! So in a sense, it was quite memorial day!  Actually, it is quite rate to have snow in Tokyo. We usually have snow day twice or three days every year. Tokyo ...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on November 19, 2016

Thank you for joining our tour last Saturday! Although it was drizzling and cold day, we welcomed 21 guests from US, Australia and Canada, and enjoyed the tour with the gorgeous autumn scenery. Now it is one of the best seasons to travel Japan. Autumn leaves are beautiful everywhere, weathers are nice and foods are excellent (meaning delicious Japanese dishes become much delicious in this season!). By the way, many guests ask us the best souvenir in Japan. Of course there are billions of choices...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on 12-November, 2016, Saturday

Thank you the guests who kindly joined our tour on 12th of November. We had 35 guests from nine countries, divided by five groups. Friday was a cloudy & very cold day, but Saturday was a warm & sunny, i.e. the very best day for walking tour. The leaves are already turning red and yellow in Tokyo, and yes, we can enjoy such beautiful autumn view during our tour. Also, we can enjoy chrysanthemum flowers as well. Do you know the flower has much to do with the royal family? The Japanese imperial cre...
Asakusa

Asakusa Tour Report: November 6, 2016

9:30 in the morning Asakusa was not as crowded as you would expect on such a beautiful Sunday in autumn. I started out with the first guest of the day with my team mate. The three of us first climbed to the top of the Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center, where we were able to have a good view of the entire area. We then went on to see the Senso-ji temple and the Asakusa shrine. What I find interesting is how this temple and shrine, two facilities of different religions, can coexist in the...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on November 5, 2016

Hi! Thank you for all the guests who joined our tour last Saturday! We welcomed 52 guests from the US, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Switzerland, Philippine, Singapore, the UK, New Zealand, Israel, Sweden, Ecuador, Poland, and Russia. What a rich various regions comes from! It must be so easy for you guys to image how we enjoyedchatting each other during the tour. He must be the youngest participant that day, 14 months old. I've never seen such a cute little ambassador be...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on October 29, 2016

We were delighted to have 57 guests from UK, Malaysia, USA, Canada, Hungary, Chili, Italy, Singapore, Czech, Germany, Australia, Norway, France,    New Zealand, Portugal & Japan (with her cousin from Singapore).  It is always a impressive learning that we have guests from such a lots of countries. It was cloudy and a bit windy but was not too cold.  We observed that leaves had just started turning red and yellow.  If you are interested in fully colored leaves in Kyoto or Kamakura, let us recomme...