Tokyo Free Walking Tour®

Tour Report of Meiji Shrine on April 6, 2025

Having welcomed 10 guests from US, Canada, Israel, Malaysia, we conducted the Meiji Shrine tour in 4 groups. As it gets warmer day by day, more visitors seem to pay a visit to the shrine. After the tour I walked around the area where we do not go on our tour. I have never walked farther into the north area of the shrine, which is the backside area from the main hall where there is the treasure house. The area and the path to the place is serene and different from the approach to the main hall. O...

2025.04.06

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

Tour Report of Asakusa on April 5, 2025

Many thanks for joining Tokyo Free Walking Tour at Asakusa on April 5, 2025. We welcomed 13 guests from US, China, UK, Hong Kong and Bulgaria. It was a tremendous opportunity for us to meet wonderful guests from many countries and share interesting conversations. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached so that you can remember the fun times we had during the tour. The weather was nice for our tour. We saw a tea ceremony at Asakusa Shrine. Usually, tea ceremonies are held in speciall...

2025.04.06

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Asakusa and Ueno Park tours on April 2

“There is no bad weather, but bad clothes.”Thank you for joining our walking tours at Asakusa and Ueno Park on April 2. We welcomed 32 guests in total from U.S.A, UK, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany, Serbia, Israel, the Philippines, and Czech Republic (in order of number of guests). I hope all of you enjoyed the tours even under the bad weather.Group photos and snapshots are attached here so that you can look back on the fun occasions you shared with us.There is one small favor we’d like to ask you. ...

2025.04.04

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Tour Report of Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 30, 2025

Many thanks for joining Tokyo Free Walking tour at Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 30, 2025. We welcomed 43 guests from US, Germany, UK, Australia, Tanzania, India, Malaysia, Israel, China, Morocco, Singapore and Canada. It was a tremendous opportunity for us to meet wonderful guests from many countries and share interesting conversations. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached so that you can remember the fun times we had during the tour. Asakusa AM Group A Asakusa AM Group B Asaku...

2025.03.30

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Tour Report on 29-Mar, East Garden of Imperial Palace

Thank you for choosing Tokyo Free Walking Tour at East Garden of Imperial Palace. On 29-Mar, we had two tours (AM/PM) and had totally 25 guests, from India, USA, Singapore, China, UK and Canada. We guides enjoyed the conversation with the guest today and hope they enjoyed our tour as well. AM tour AM tour AM tour AM tour This spring is quite unusual - we had a hot day like summer a few days ago, but today was very chilly like winter. To get warm from inside, I recommended my guests to eat Ramen ...

2025.03.30

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Cherry Blossoms are blooming! Tour report of lively Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 26th

Many thanks for joining us on our tours at Asakusa in the morning and Ueno Park in the afternoon on March 26th. We welcomed totally 38guests from 9 countries, UK, Germany, Australia, Spain, Netherland, USA, China, Singapore and Brazil. It was a tremendous opportunity for us to meet wonderful guests from many countries and to share interesting conversations. The cherry blossom viewing season has just started. Both Asakusa and Ueno were so lively with full of people. We hope every guest had a grea...

2025.03.27

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Tour Report of Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 23, 2025

Many thanks for joining Tokyo Free Walking tour at Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 23, 2025. We welcomed 26 guests from USA, UK, Brazil, Australia, Philippines, Canada, Italy and Mexico. It was a tremendous opportunity for us to meet wonderful guests from many countries and share interesting conversations. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached so that you can remember the fun times we had during the tour. Asakusa AM Group A Asakusa AM Group B Asakusa AM Group C Asakusa PM Group A A...

2025.03.23

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Spring has come and what a beautiful day it is!

Thank you for choosing our tour at the east garden of Imperial palace on 22nd March. We welcomed 19 guests from USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Ireland, Spain and Chill. I hope all of you enjoyed and shared interesting conversations with us during the tour in the beautiful spring day. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached to remember the fun times we had. <Group A> <Group B> <Group C> After the tour, we have instant Kimono time. You can put on it in 30 second and ...

2025.03.23

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

“A New Beginning in life” Tour report of the Eastern Garden of the Imperial Palace on March 20

Thank you for joining the Tokyo Free Walking Tour at the eastern garden of the Imperial Palace on March 20. We were delighted to welcome 29 guests from Mexico, Australia, Austria, Germany, Spain, Brazil, the UK, the US, Israel, and Argentina. Despite yesterday's unseasonal snowfall and severe cold in Tokyo, today we enjoyed a pleasant excursion in great weather. We hope you had a wonderful time exploring, engaging in interesting conversations with our guides and fellow participants. As promised,...

2025.03.21

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The newly re-opened Shitamachi Museum, the Asakusa and Ueno Park tours on March 19

Thank you for joining Tokyo Free Walking Tour in Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 19. We welcomed seven people from Philippines, Netherlands, Canada, America and Brazil. In fact, it snowed rapidly and was cold in the morning on that day. Nevertheless, we appreciate very much that you kindly participated in our tour in spite of the bad weather. Having said that, the long-awaited cherry blossom season is finally here. We could admire the early cherry blossoms bloom in Ueno Park. As mentioned, the ph...

2025.03.20

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