East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Thank you for joining Tokyo Free Working Tour on Nov.24th. We welcomed a total of 24 guests from: US(10), Canada(2), UK(1), Spain(2), Tunisia(1), Singapore(4), Manila(2) and　Australia(2). Last Saturday was a bit cloudy and cold but it was still an enjoyable tour course with beautiful autumn views. In some areas of the garden, we could enjoy cherry blossoms. Of course cherry blossom season is in spring but this cherry blooms two times per year. There are lots of special flora and fauna inside the...

Thank you for joining our tour visiting the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on November 17th. We welcomed as many as 29 people from U.S.A., Australia, Singapore, Italy, Canada, Switzerland, France, Spain, India, and Nether-land. Being a little bit late, leaves of Tokyo area begin to color to yellow and red, and it was very fine, comfortable day. Scenery of these colored trees matches modern buildings and remains of old Edo castle (stone wall and moat etc) very well. The circumference of Edo c...

We thank 12 guests who participated in the tour from USA, New Zealand, Germany, Spain, and U.K. on that day. We divided into 2 groups. It was a very lucky day for the tour to the imperial palace. Because it was a weekday morning to noon, we could view a very "Imperial Palace" events. One is Ambassador's inauguration ceremony at Tokyo Station, where a horse carriage welcomed newly appointed ambassador and took that person to the imperial palace so he could participate in the ceremony meeting with...

Thank you for joining our tour visiting the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace on November 10th. We welcomed 29 people from Hong Kong (7), U.S.A.(6), Australia (4), India (2), Malaysia (1), Russia (1), U.K.(1), Singapore (1), China (1), Pakistan (1) France (1), Romania (1) and Japan (1). We could enjoy clear blue autumn sky with comfortable temperature. This autumn is a bit warmer than usual, so it is a little bit earlier for us to enjoy autumn leaves. But some of them start to turn yellow and ...

A GOOD DAY IN THE EAST GARDEN OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE Thank you for joining our tour visiting the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on November 6th. We welcomed 9 people from Germany, Argentina, Italy and Singapore. In this season, leaves of Tokyo area begin to color to yellow and red. Scenery of these colored trees matches modern buildings and remains of old castle (stone wall and moat etc) very well. We could enjoy these harmonized scenery in spite of unexpected rain (in the latter half of thi...

Thank you for joining our tour visiting the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace on November 3rd. We welcomed 23 people from U.S.A., Canada, Philippines, UK, Italy and Australia. We could enjoy clear blue autumn sky with comfortable temperature. This autumn is a little bit warmer than usual and it should enable us to enjoy autumn yellow leaves longer. The day was a National Holiday named "Bunka-no-Hi", which translates as “Culture Day” today. Originally, the day was the birthday of Emperor “Meiji...

We conducted the tour to the East Gardens of Imperial Palace on October 27, 2018. The rain from the early morning brought humid air and high temperature, which made us a little sweaty, but the autumn sunshine after the rain reflected beautifully on the lawn and made the East Gardens more cheerful. On this occasion our guest came from Mexico, Greece, Italy, France, Germany, Finland, Australia, Canada and USA. All these countries have many attractive viewing spots. I can't help but thinking how Ja...

Thank you for joining our walking tour to the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace on October 20. We welcomed five people from Italy, Singapore, Switzerland, and the USA. The tree leaves began to be colored. Many flowers are blooming. It was a nice weather to take a rest on the lawn. We really enjoyed walking through the gardens. (posted by Tank)

Thank you for choosing our tour to the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace on October 13. We welcomed 21 people from U.S.A., Germany, Israel, Italy, China, Finland, Iceland, Turkey and Australia. The weather was cloudy but very comfortable. We felt like autumn more and more. I hope all the guests enjoyed walking with us and perhaps instant kimono as well. It is too early to see the autumn foliage in Tokyo but we have subtle sign of autumn at the Gardens. There is a small tea green field around t...

We thank the guests who paticipated in the tour of that day. We met 9 wonderful people from USA, Singapore, and Romania. We divided into 3 groups. The weather was still hot like summer but it is getting milder day by day recently as we are entering autumn season. In Japan, Autumn is said to be season of Appetite, Reading and Sports due to mild climate. As for autumn for sports, that day was the day 1964 Tokyo Olympics was held, 2 years later from this year is second Tokyo Olympics, construction ...