2016

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...

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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....

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Tour Report on September 27,2016(Weekday tour)

We welcomed 8 guests from Switzerland, U.S.A, Belgium, and Italy. We divided the guests into 3 groups and started our tour at 10:00 am from Tokyo Station. It was cloudy and so humid. By good smell of "Kinmokusei" or frangrant olives we could feel the beginning of autumn. In the garden we also could see "Jugatsuzakura" or literally "October cherry blossoms". The pink flowers were so cute. Thanks to all the guests for joinning and having a good time with us. Please enjoy the rest of your stay in...

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