August 2024 | Tokyo Free Walking Tour®

Ueno Park Tour on August 28th, 2024

Thank you for joining our Ueno Park tour. Today our six guides welcomed seven guests in all from Australia, Spain and the United States. The tour started with the usual muggy weather but it was tolerable enough for this year's excruciating summer. While walking, we were energized by the questions from the guests and the in-depth discussions that followed. We were all impressed by your eagerness. We hope this occasion has inspired you more for better understanding the Japanese culture and history...

2024.08.29

Ueno Park

Asakusa and Ueno Park Tour on 25 August, 2024

Thank you for choosing our tour at Asakusa and Ueno Park on August 24. We welcomed 9 guests from Italy, Kenya, Spain, Vietnam, and USA. 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. Here’s an important announcement. Typhoon is coming this week. If you are staying in Japan, please check the weather forecast and each JR Company website every day and reschedule your tra...

2024.08.26

AsakusaUeno Park

Tour Report of the East Garden of the Imperial Palace, 24 August 2024, Japan is a vertical geography

Thank you to all the guests who participated in the tour of that day. On that day we hosted 14 guests from USA, Canada, Spain, Italy, Cambodia, UK, Philippines, and India. We've got wonderful opportunities to meet with so many people from all over the world and exchange information about each one's homeland such as "Anne of Green Gables" story is very popular only in Canada and Japan, and Philippines does not allow divorce and New Delhi's temperature is 47 degree centigrade in this time of the y...

2024.08.26

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Strolling in the hotest Tokyo!: Tour report of the Meiji Shrine and Harajuku Tour on Aug. 18

Thank you so much for joining our tour at Meiji Shrine and Harajuku on Aug.18,2024. We welcomed 6 guests from Canada, UK and Italy. I hope all of you enjoyed and shared interesting conversations with us during the tour. Not only was the temperature high on this day, but the humidity was also very high, so I believe everyone was quite tired. However, we were able to enjoy the beauty of the Meiji Shrine forest and have exciting conversations about each other's cultures. For example, we discussed t...

2024.08.22

Meiji Shrine and HarajukuReport

Asakusa Tour on 21 August,2024; Lots of fun with cultural experiences

Thank you for choosing our tour at Asakusa on August 21st. We welcomed 7 guests from UK, Italy and USA. 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. (Group A) Goshuin; red ink stamp (Group B) Omikuji; fortune telling paper Purification fountain touching straw sandals for their safe trip It was still hot and humid day, but our guests were very active and enjoyed many c...

2024.08.22

Asakusa

Still Hot, but FUN! : Tour report of The East Garden of the Imperial Palace Tour on Aug. 17th, 2024

Hi, many thanks for joining us on our tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on Aug. 17th. We welcomed 8 guests from Bolivia, Ireland, China and Australia. It was a tremendous opportunity for us to meet wonderful people from all over the world and exchange the cultural information. We really appreciate all guest for sharing precious time and inspiring us with interesting conversations. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached so that you can remember the fun we had during the...

2024.08.18

East Gardens of the Imperial PalaceReport