Thank you for choosing our tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on 12th July. We welcomed 23 guests from USA, Canada, Australia, India, Hong Kong, Italy and Philippines. 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. Nice shade under the green wisteria by pond. It was HOT and HUMID !! We tried to stay in shade as much as possible but we had to be kept hydrated. Notice the boy is holding an umbrella to use as a parasol. It’s one good option. Be sure to wear a hat or cap and bring something to drink during the tour. The official Imperial Walking Tour was cancelled due to this severe heat condition. We also are to cancel our tour during mid-summer. Please plan ahead. source: ～皇居の儀装馬車について～ : 皇居外苑 | 一般財団法人国民公園協会 (fng.or.jp) Ceremony of the Presentation of Credentials was held on that day at Imperial Palace. It is a ceremony that a newly appointed ambassador present his/her credential to Emperor in Palace.They ride either a state carriage or a car from Tokyo station. It is such […]
This is the lily in the East Graden. Thank you for joining our Tokyo Free Walking Tour for the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on 8th July. We welcomed 25 booked and drop-in guests from 🇺🇸🇪🇸🇦🇺🇲🇽🇩🇪🇸🇪🇯🇵, making 4 groups, and enjoyed the tour and the conversation. Some guests have run into our tour on the way, then joined. What a coincidence! We are happy to welcome drop-in guests as well. In GroupD, we welcomed a family, they are a mother and her three children. The number of children of guests is higher than adults. It would be our first experience. I heard guides in GroupD, they enjoyed the conversation with the family, children have lots of unique question, reaction and idea😀. Then the cinderella has grown to a guide from a guest at last. Hope every guests have a good memory with our tour too. As we explained, we post our group photos here.[Group A] [GroupB] [GroupC] [GroupD] Please give the comment on the TripAdvisor, Instagram, Facebook, or so. We hope you enjoy the rest of your stay in Japan and looking forward to seeing you again some day. Much appreciated reading until the end. (Posted by Yoshi)
Thank you for joining us on July 01. We welcomed 19 people from Australia, USA, Israel, Singapore, Germany, UK and India. It rained from time to time in the morning, but fortunately it hardly rained during the tour.At the end of the tour, one guest sang a Japanese song she learned on You Tube. We all were very surprised that she sang almost perfectly all the way through, despite not speaking a word of Japanese! As we informed, we post photos of everyone on the tour. A group B group C group D group Various festivals will be held in Tokyo in July, as well Mitama Matsuri. “Mitama Matsuri” or “Soul Festival” is held at Yasukuni Shrine located a 20-minute walk or one subway stop from the ending point of this tour. Over 30,000 lanterns will be strung from towers of scaffolding to create a spectacular approach leading to the main shrine. This festival is held to comfort the spirits of dead who sacrificed their precious lives for the country. The festival lasts for four days (13th-16th July) includes traditional Japanese cultural performances and parading a potable shrine. The Mitama Matsuri is the significant cultural event that reflects the importance […]
Thank you for joining our Tokyo Free Walking Tour for the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on 24th June. We welcomed 45 booked and drop-in guests from 🏴🇪🇸🇨🇭🇹🇼🇺🇸🇦🇺🇵🇭🇸🇬🇫🇷🇳🇱🇦🇷🇨🇴 making 4 groups, and enjoyed the tour and the conversation. It seems the students in USA start summer vacation, so students with their families joined too. During tour, I talked about Mt.Fuji 🗻. The hight is 3776m, the highest beautiful symmetry mountain in Japan. Some guests sometimes have concerns to climb Mt.Fuji. This time as well. So let me compensate more. Only summer season can climb, from July until begin of September. There are 4 routes for beginners, well experienced, it depends. We can go to 5th station by bus, then can head to the top. To round-trip to the top, it takes at least one day from sunrise to sunset, you need well power and stamina. So if you want to day trip, it’s better to round-trip to the 6th station not to the top to avoid any risks for internationals. If you try to the top, it’s good to book and stay in a mount hut on the way after well training and prepared for the climbing. Please don’t […]
Many thanks for joining the tour “The East Gardens of the Imperial Palace” on 14th of June. We welcomed 17 guests from USA, Switzerland and Italy. We were lucky that we didn’t have much rain during the tour even in this rainy season. We took a walk in the park without an umbrella. We hope all guests enjoyed the tour and the lunch (some had Ramen ( ^^) _U~~) after the tour. As we have announced, photos taken during the tour are attached to remember nice time we spent together. 【group A】 【ｇroup B】 【group C】 In the evening of that day I received gorgeous cherries named SATONISHIKI . It was a wonderful present from my former classmate Yoshi-kun. He grows cherries for long years in Sagae , Yamagata prefecture. He said “Every year I learn new things about growing cherries. Thanks to the cooperation of my family, I am able to grow cherries. “ The fruit is known for its delicacy and requires skilled tecknique to be brought up. I am sure that his family love cherries so much and they make continuous efforts to grow them. If you try cherries, you will be surrounded by big LOVE […]
Many thanks for joining us on our tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on June 10th. We welcomed 15 guests from Singapore, USA, India, Italy and Ecuador. 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 tour. I hope you enjoyed out tour as we did very much. (GroupA) (Group B) Before the tour, we were worried about raining since the rainy season (TSUYU) has just started in Tokyo, but, thank to our guest that the rain stopped before the tour. What’s more, the rain in the morning revitalized the irises in the garden, making us very happy. We always strive to give high-quality tours. Your feedback is very important and usefulto us. If you have a moment, please consider posting comments about the tour on ourTripAdvisor /Facebook etc. Your remarks will certainly help us improve and continuedeveloping our tours. Also, please tell your family and friends about us. Next timeyou’re […]
Thank you for choosing our tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on June 3rd, 2023. We welcomed 33 guests from US, Canada, Australia, Bulgaria, Singapore, Turkey, Ireland, Israel and Saudi Arabia. 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. NINJA!? We welcomed many drop-in guests. We are always open to anyone who wants to join. You can just ask us. We are happy to be your friends. The weather was horrible until that morning, but by the time we started our tour it was starting to clear up and ended up perfect weather with blue sky. It was perfect condition to see fresh Hydrangea and Iris after rain. Some of our guides explained about the history of Hydrangea and Iris. Gardening has developed since Samurai Edo period. Now we have famous Bonsai culture, Japanese garden and Cherry blossoms. Hydrangea is basically originated in Japan. (There are some in Asia.) It was small plain shrub until Dr. Siebold introduced the plant to Europe. It was bread into gorgeous flower in western countries and reintroduced to Japan. […]
Many thanks for joining the tour of the East Garden of the Imperial Palace. On that day we hosted 14 people from USA, Canada, Ireland, Indonesia, Mexico, Israel, and Germany. As promised, group photos and snapshots are posted to remember wonderful time we spent together. The weather was very fine but unexpectedly hot for this time of the year. But now the scenes of the East Garden turned very green. We are now in the beginning of summer season. Irises were blossoming in the garden. You might think a whole of Japan is now entering summer season but that is not correct because in the northernmost prefecture and island, Hokkaido, you can still ski up in the mountains even in May and in the southernmost prefecture and chain of islands, Okinawa, you can swim now in the sea because the prefecture is already in summer. Japan is a vertical geography and actually not as homogeneous population as many foreigners might think. Okinawa used to be an independent kingdom but in late 19th century it was annexed to the mainland of Japan, just like Hawaii in the US. Hokkaido was where indigenous people called Ainu mainly lived and enjoyed their hunter-gathering […]
Thank you for choosing our tour at The East Garden of the Imperial Palace Tour on 20th May 2023. We welcomed 17 guests from Canada, USA, UK, Israel, Singapore, and New Zealand. 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. In today’s report, I’d like to introduce Nihonbashi-Ningyocho Town to make your trip more enjoyable. Ningyocho is a town where townspeople culture such as puppet theater, kabuki flourished in the Edo period. Even today, the old town atmosphere remains. There are a lot of long-established shops where you can eat delicious food such as Sukiyaki, a bowl of rice with chicken and eggs and Japanese confectionary such as Taiyaki cakes and so on. The town is located at north-east from Tokyo station, it takes about 20 minutes by walk from the station. So you can enjoy both this town and out tour. Your feedback is important and helpful to us. If you enjoyed our tour, please consider posting a review on our TripAdvisor/Facebook etc. Your comments will help contribute to higher-quality tours. Once again, thank you for choosing […]
Thank you for choosing our weekday tour at the East garden of the Imperial Palace on 17th May. We welcomed 17 guests from [Australia, France, Germany, and Spain. 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. Japan hosts G7 Summit Conference this weekend in Hiroshima. Very strict regulations are in place in Hiroshima. If you will go to Hiroshima this weekend, please check website of Hiroshima city and tourist information, especially Itsukushima Shrine. The day of the tour was so nice but very hot. Then, we were going on our tour under the shade. We enjoyed beautiful flowers and new green leaves in the East Garden of the Imperial Palace. Unfortunately, rainy season will start soon in Japan. If you are coming to Japan in the next few weeks, please be sure to bring a folding umbrella and spare shoes. Of course you could buy them in Japan. Even if it rains, we can enjoy hydrangea and Japanese iris blossoms in the East Garden of the Imperial Palace. Don’t worry! Your feedback is important and helpful […]
