July 2024 | Tokyo Free Walking Tour®

Ueno Park Tour on 31st July,2024

Thank you for choosing our tour at Ueno Park on July 31st, 2024. We welcomed 2 guests from Mexico and Bolivia. I hope all of you enjoyed and shared interesting conversations with us during the tour. As promised, group photo and snapshot are attached to remember the fun times we had. It is melting hot summer. Heat stroke alert has been issued by Meteorological Agency to encourage people to take preventive measures such as to stay hydrated. We try to be in shade to secure safety of guests and guid...

2024.07.31

Ueno Park

Asakusa and Ueno Park Tour on 28 July, 2024; The hot, hot summer is here!

What a terrible hot last Sunday was! But we were so happy that many our guests came to our Asakusa Am/Pm and Ueno Park tours on July 28th. We welcomed 29 guests from USA, Italy, Australia, Austria, and Singapore. Thank you so much for joining us despite the heat. Asakusa AM Group A Asakusa AM Group B Asakusa AM Group C Asakusa PM Ueno A Group Ueno Group B "Doyo" (土用) is a traditional Japanese term referring to a specific period of time that occurs about 18 days before each of the four major seas...

2024.07.30

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The East Garden of the Imperial Palace Tour on July 27, 2024

Many thanks for joining us on our tours at Imperial Palace in the afternoon on July 29th. We welcomed 12 guests from the United States, Austria, Spain, and Ireland. It was a tremendous opportunity for us to meet wonderful guests from many countries and to share interesting conversations. We’ve posted group photos and snapshots so that you can look back on the fun times we had. GroupA GroupB It was an extremely hot day. In Japan, there is an old wisdom called “uchimizu”, a simple way to cool off...

2024.07.29

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Are you in Tokyo this weekend? The Sumida River Fireworks Festival will be held. Here is a tour report of Asakusa on July 24th.

Many thanks for joining our tours at Asakusa on July 24, 2024. We welcomed 15 guests from the USA, Canada, Germany, Russia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It was a tremendous opportunity for us to meet wonderful guests from all over the world and to share interesting conversations despite the heat wave. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached so that you can remember the fun we had during the tour. Group A Group B Are you planning to be in Tokyo this weekend? If yes, be sure to check out th...

2024.07.24

Asakusa

Tour Report: Meiji Shrine & Harajuku on July 21, 2024

Thank you so much for coming up to our tour at Meiji Shrine & Harajuku on July 21st. We welcomed 11 guests from Spain, the US, Italy and Russia. I hope all of you enjoyed and shared interesting conversations with us during the tour. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached to remember the fun times we had. It has been extremely hot in these couple of days in Tokyo, I believe all our guests had enjoyed strolling at Meiji Shrine, where has a lot of greenery places in the mid-city area....

2024.07.22

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It’s crazy hot! Tour Report: July 20th at East Garden of Imperial Palace

It's crazy hot! Summer has hit Tokyo. Today there's a heatstroke alert.But we still went ahead with our walking tour. Safety first, of course! We emailed everyone who booked to explain the situation. Here's what we said: -Info about the heatstroke alert and what it means-Tips to prevent heatstroke-Honestly, it's probably too hot to walk comfortably today-Recommended cancellations for kids, elderly, and people with health issues-Recommended cancellations for those without travel medical insurance...

2024.07.21

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Asakusa and Ueno Park Tour on July 14th, 2024; Tsuyu or Rainy Season will be over soon

Thank you very much for participating in the Asakusa Morning/Afternoon Tour and Ueno Park Tour held on July 14th!! We welcomed the total number of 22 Guests for Asakusa and Ueno Park tours from Slovakia, Italy, Russia, Germany, Canada, and USA. As rainy season called Tsuyu is continuing on the day in Japan, rain fall is unpredictable. It rained a little in the morning but in the afternoon, it stopped and got some sun shine occasionally. We hope you enjoyed our tour despite the weather. We posted...

2024.07.15

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Tour Report of East Garden of Imperial Palace on July 13, 2024

Thank you so much joining our tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on July 13, 2024! We welcomed 16 guests from USA, Canada, Germany, Russia, Philippines and Japan . I hope you all had a good time and enjoyed interesting conversation with each other during the tour. As promised, some photos are attached to remember the fun times we had. Group A Group B Group C Toro Nagashi : Lantern floatingChidorigafuchi is a moat located on the north side of the Imperial palace. This place, beloved a...

2024.07.14

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report of Meiji Shrine & Harajuku on July 7, 2024

What will you wish for the Happy Star Festival? Thank you to those who participated in the Tokyo Free Walking Tour (TFWT) at Meiji Shrine & Harajuku. We welcomed 26 guests from the USA, Canada, Italy, Germany, Portugal, the UK, Netherlands, and Chile to this heat island city, Tokyo. We hope you all enjoyed and shared interesting and informative conversations with each other during the tour. Here are the group photos and snapshots: Group-A Group-B Group-C Group-D Group-E 7th of July is called “Ta...

2024.07.08

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

Tour Report of East Garden of Imperial Palace on 6th July, 2024

Thank you so much joining our tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on 6th July,2024! We welcomed 11 guests from USA, Chile, Portugal, France, Canada, Germany and Italy. I hope you all had a good time and enjoyed interesting conversation with each other during the tour. As promised, some photos are attached to remember the fun times we had. Group A Group B Group C 7th July, TanabataTanabata, celebrated on 7thJuly, is the day when the separated lovers Orihime and Hikoboshi can meet by cr...

2024.07.07

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace