2017-03

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on 25 March 2017, Saturday

We thank many guests from all over the world. On that day we welcomed 50 people from U.K., USA, Deutschland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Israel, Canada, Chiles, Spain, New Zealand, Australia, France and Mexico. We divide into 7 groups. The weather was fine but cold despite the season. According to the calender, winter has already finished and it is turning to spring. This tour was actually last tour in Japan's fiscal year of 2016, which began in April of 2016. March is closing month of fiscal year. Busin...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour report on Mar.20,2017

Thank you for joining our tour. Although it is irregular and suddenly arranged, we could have 16 guests from Europe,America,Asia and the southern hemisphere.  In this season, some flowers begin to bloom in our Imperial palace site. Let me show you my favorite one. It is called Mitsumata in Japanese, just blooming now. To our interest, it is raw material of Japanese paper bill. And more, Mitsumata means three branched in our language. You can see it is really branched into three from the photo be...
Asakusa

Asakusa tour report on Mar. 19,2017

Today we welcomed 9 guests from many countries. Today Tokyo district was warm and very comfortable to walk.  2 weeks later cherry blossoms will  be in full bloom. On that day,too,  Asakusa was very crowded. So our guests could feel vigorous downtown atmosphere while walking. I'm sorry the 5 story pagoda is under repairing. So guests could 't see the real one. We showed them its picture. We also explained rules and manners of Buddhism and Shintoism before praying. They seemed to be interested in ...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report: March 18, 2017

Thank you all for joining our tour! We had a pleasant Saturday afternoon tour with close to 50 guests. With the cherry blossom season not far, it will soon be the busiest time for our walking tour. === Around the Ninomaru Gardens I mentioned how the "koi" or the carp is liked in Japan, to the extent that there is a professional baseball team named after them. Baseball, as you may know, is one of the most popular professional sports here in Japan. Currently there are two major baseball events goi...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on Mar.11,2017

Today we welcomed 34 guests from US, Taiwan, Australia, France, Germany, Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa, Korea and Canada. It was a nice and chilly day for a stroll in the park. Considering the time of the year, not many colors are in the garden but we were able to witness the last plum blossom in the winter sun, meaning that spring and cherry season is just around the corner.  This tour day was Mar.11,  an unforgettable day for most of us in north and eastern Japan. 6 years ago at exactly...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on 4th of March 2017, Saturday

We thank many guests joining the tour. On that day we welcomed 32 guests from Germany, USA, U.K., Canada, Argentina, Chile, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, New Zealand, Australia, South Korea and India. We divided into 5 groups. It was a mild spring day. The temperature is getting higher these days. During the tour, in the East Garden, formerly a castle of Tokugawa Shogun, guests view mainly outerior of the exhibited buildings. We go outside all the way. So warmer climate i...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on 25-February, 2017, Saturday

What a perfect saturday it was to go out for a walk!! Blue blue sky, cool air with warm sun, early cherry blossoms and good smell of the plum tree, ducks swimming in the moat…spring should be very close now. We were delighted to welcome 35 guests from Brazil, Australia, Israel, U.S.A., Spain, Germany, Canada, Singapore, U.K.,China to stroll around the east garden. We made 4 groups for this day. During our tour, one group of our guests brought us the following questions; " Why does the stone wall...