East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Thank you for all the guests who joined us last week on October 1st. Apologies for the late update due to technical issues. I went with a group of just over 20 guests. Early on in the tour we talked about how our new govenor, Yuriko Koike, once suggested introducing double-decker trains in order to improve the infamous Tokyo rush hours. Koike has been in office since August as the first female governor of Tokyo. Perhaps the most debated item on her agenda is the relocation of the Tsukiji Market....

We welcomed 8 guests from Switzerland, U.S.A, Belgium, and Italy. We divided the guests into 3 groups and started our tour  at 10:00 am from Tokyo Station. It was cloudy and so humid. By good smell of "Kinmokusei" or frangrant olives we could feel the beginning of autumn. In the garden  we also could see "Jugatsuzakura" or literally "October cherry blossoms". The pink flowers were so cute. Thanks to all the guests for joinning and having a good time with us. Please enjoy the rest of your stay in...

Thank you very much to all the guests for joining our tour despite heavy rain. We welcomed 25 guests from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan and UK. We feel sorry for those who stayed in Tokyo for past 1 week, because it had been raining for most of the day.  It is because Japan is now in Typhoon season. Typhoon (Taifu in Japanese) is violent tropical rainstorms happened in the Pacific Ocean.  They usually hit Japan during July to October.  And if a ty...

Since the crazily hot August went away, now we are supposed to be in cool autumn. But it was still hot and humid. Nevertheless we amazingly welcomed 55guests . We split into 6groups and began the tour from Marunouchi north gate of Tokyo station at 1:00pm.(Initially the starting point was Marunouchi central gate, but it was moved to north gate for a renovation temporally.) This is one of the guiding points, Japan Industry Club-building. Intriguing statues are on top of it. These are the group-pho...

Thank you for joining our Tokyo Free Walking Tour. We welcomed around sixty guests on Sep. 10th tour and split them into five groups. This is because we are mutually able to make a tour for two hours.            Our tour started at Tokyo station and via modern commercial district we went into the compound of old Edo castle, where it’s now called “East Gardens of the Imperial Place”.         At the start of the tour, the weather was not so perfect and occasionally the sky was exceedingly covered ...

Thank you very much for all the guests joining our tour. We welcomed 43guests from USA, Australia, Spain, Germany, New Zealand, Columbia, Poland, Israel, Japan, and Ecuador. Since our guests are from variety of countries, they also enjoy sharing the tips or memories about former trip each other.  Encounter and communicating with new people are also one of fun things for joining our tour. (for us, too!) There are four seasons in Japan: spring (March-May); summer (June-August); autumn (September-N...

We have welcomed 49 guests for today's tour and divided into 5 groups to show our guests around. Two Japanese high school students also joined us to get some guide-experience as their summer vacation activity. The young girl students seemed a bit nervous at the beginning of our tour, but their passion pushed themselves to plunge into the fulfilling diversity! Our guest were from the U.S.A., Canada, Brazil, Spain, Austria, U.K., Australia,Uzbekistan, Thailand this day. At the start of the tour, t...

We thank everyone who joined the tour of that day. Around 39 people from USA, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Germany, Korea, Belgium, Brazil, France, Nederland and U.K. participated came and joined us. Then we divided into 4 groups. The weather was very unstalbe on that day. In the morning, it was heavy raining. But luckily the rain stopped just before the tour started. It stopped raining until the tour ended. Looked like God sided with us. Speaking of God, we've received a question from a guest ...

Thank you to all the wonderful guests who joined our tour on August 13. Although it was a hot and humid day (which is an average summer day in Japan), we welcomed almost 50 guests, and divided into 4 groups. Because it was so hot, many guests were buying drinks and ice cream during the tour. (I actually drank two bottles of water during the tour.) Our group talked about the Emperor’s suggestion that he would like to abdicate, which was a big news in Japan. (I have heard that it was on news in ot...

Thank you very much for joining us from all over the world. In the morning on that day, the opening ceremony of Rio 2016 Olympics Games was televised in Japan. From that day on we can enjoy watching top athletes' performance of many sports. We are rooting for our own national teams,but recent doping scandal  reminds us that mutual respect is more important than the color of the medal. We wish all athletes best of luck!! We welcomed 18 guests from Austria,Israel, the U.S, Canada,Spain, Bulgaria, ...