April 2018 | Tokyo Free Walking Tour®

TOUR REPORT ON APRIL 26, 2018 IN ASAKUSA

Thank you for joining to “Tokyo Free Walking Tour - Asakusa Route” on April 26. We welcomed 12 guests from Argentina, Austria, Canada, India, Portugal and USA.　It was a lovely sunny day though was rather hot. But there was a light breeze which was very pleasant. Asakusa is one of the most popular districts in Tokyo for both local and overseas visitors. The area is always crowded with people thus we usually divide guests into small groups so that guests could enjoy our guiding and interactive com...

2018.04.30

Asakusa

TOUR REPORT ON 28-April, 2018, THE EAST GARDEN OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE

We explored the East Garden of the Imperial Palace with 48 guests from all over the world. It's a comfortable sunny day. Our tour started from the Tokyo station, red brick beautiful building. We walked to the Imperial Palace through the Marunouchi, which is the center of Japanese business. The Imperial Palace is the former Edo Castle of the Samurai government of the Shogunate in the 17-19 century. We visited the old castle gate and castle towers. It was the first day of the Golden Week in Japan....

2018.04.29

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on April 21, 2018, the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace.

Thank you for all our guests who joined " April 21, the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace". We welcomed 43 guests from U.S.A, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, Italy, Germany, India, Indonesia and Malta. As you see in the pictures, not only adults but also a lot of children fully enjoyed our tour at flourish and lushly green gardens :) On April 25th, Emperor Akihito and empress Michiko held annual garden-party at "Akasaka Imperial Garden". Emperor and Empress enjoyed talking among top-notc...

2018.04.27

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

TOUR REPORT ON APRIL 22, 2018 IN ASAKUSA

Thank you for joining our Tokyo Free Walking. On that day, April 22, we were honored to welcome 19 guests to our walking tour. These people came from different regions of the world, including U.S.A., U.K., Israel, Canada, Italy, Malaysia, and Germany. Apparently, we experienced a windfall condition which was higher temperature than that of seasonal ones. As we started our tour, the temperature seemed to increase more than 25 degrees and it completely allowed us to wear sweatshirts. Normally, the...

2018.04.25

Asakusa

TOUR REPORT ON APRIL 24TH, 2018 (WEEKDAY TOUR) EAST GARDENS OF IMPERIAL PALACE

Thank you very much for joining our weekday tour to the Imperial Palace East Gardens on April 24th. We welcomed 11 guests from Canada, Germany, Israel, Italy and USA. We divided our guests into 3 groups. It was cloudy but it was a good day to walk around the gardens. We hope all of you enjoyed the tour. We could see a lot of flowers in the gardens, such as wisterias, azaleas, and iris japonicas. We also enjoyed seeing new green leaves. Cherry blossom season has ended in most parts of Japan, but ...

2018.04.25

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

TOUR REPORT ON APRIL 15, 2018 AT MEIJI SHRINE AND HARAJUKU

On that day, April 15, we were honored to welcome 13 guests to our walking tour. These people came from different corners of the world, including U.S.A., Australia, Brazil, Singapore and Israel. Springtime, has finally reached its peak, so most of the cherry blossoms have reached the height of their blossoming. Therefore, we can no longer see any blossoming in certain parts of Tokyo. However, in a sacred place called the Meiji Jingu, a relaxing evergreen forest can fascinate and impress us inste...

2018.04.16

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

Tour Report on 14 April 2018, East Garden of the Imperial Palace

We could welcome 59guests amazingly although cherry blossoms season was over. We were so grateful having such a so many guests! Here are our group photos. See below, The East Garden of the Imperial Palace has many kinds of cherry blossoms. Most of them were over. They are at their bests at the beginning of April in a typical year, but it came earlier this year. It was at the end of March. I anticipated that I couldn’t show the guests cherry blossoms that some of our guests expected to see. I fel...

2018.04.16

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

TOUR REPORT ON APRIL 8 AT MAIJI SHRINE AND HARAJYUKU

Thank you for joining our Meiji Shrine and Harajuku Tour on April 8. We were so happy to have met all 13 guests from U.S.A.,Australia,Brazil and Taiwan.The guests were devided into 3 groups and a few guides for each group. It was lovely day for walking tour and we enjoyed fresh air in the Shrine. The last half of the tour is walking around HARAJYUKU shopping district. This area is very busy and fantastic.We walk through TAKESITA-DORI(TAKESITA street) one of most famous street in Tokyo. It is ver...

2018.04.10

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

Tour Report on 7 April 2018, East Garden of the Imperial Palace

Many thanks to the guests joining the tour. On that day we welcomed 38 people fromUSA, Israel, Australia, Nederland, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Vietnam, Russia, Spain and France. We divided into 5 groups.The weather was cloudy and windy. From last week of last month, the most prominent cherry blossom tree called “Someiyoshino” started to come out and this week the trees were ending the blossoming. But instead some other species of cherry trees came out along with other spring flowers such as ...

2018.04.08

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

TOUR REPORT ON APRIL 1, 2018 AT MEIJI JINGU SHRINE AND HARAJUKU

Under the perfect warm weather, we welcomed 35 guests!! They are from Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Singapore and US. The guests were separated into five groups so that eleven tour guides could have closer communication with each guest in small groups. We got together in front of the Ichino Torii Gate located right across the tiny bridge over JR Harajuku station, and began the tour on time, 10 am. After learning about how to go through "torii," i...

2018.04.03

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku