Thank you for choosing our tour at East garden of imperial palace on April 22. We welcomed 17 guests from 7 countries. 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. The east garden of imperial palace is full of flowers.Next to cherry and Azealia, wisteria and rhododendron etc. are in full bloom now.Ume plum trees are already bearing fruit with flesh green color.We can enjoy seasonal nature view in such a Tokyo mid-town.How wonderful it is! For more information about our tour, please visit our web site athttps://tfwt.jp/top/east-gardens-of-the-imperial-palace/ ,https://www.facebook.com/TokyoFWTor Tokyo Free Walking Tour at https://www.tripadvisor.jp/ . Posted by Yoshi
Thank you for choosing our weekday tour at the East garden of the Imperial Palace on 19th April. We welcomed 28 guests from Argentine, Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel, Mauritius and U.S.A. 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. We were so happy to meet the New Ambassador’s coach parade for the Ceremony of credential letters to our Emperor at the Tokyo Station. The coach is so gorgeous and beautiful. You might meet it on next weekday tour. It was getting warmer and warmer on the day of our tour. This is unusual weather not only Tokyo but all over Japan. Above all cherry flowers bloomed earlier than that of past. If you missed cherry blossoms in Japan or would come to Japan enjoying cherry blossoms from now, you should go to Hokkaido northern area of Japan. Now Hakodate is in full bloom. Hidaka haven’t bloomed yet. So, you would be in time! In addition, according to the weather forecast, it is going to have snow in Hokkaido next week, because a cold front out of the season […]
Thank you for choosing our tour at East Garden of Imperial Palace on 8-Apr. We welcomed 38 guests from Italy, USA, Turkey, Switzerland, Israel, Australia, Brazil, Argentine and UK. I hope all of you enjoyed and our conversations during the tour. As promised, herewith the group photos and snapshots,to remember the fun times we shared. This year, we had warmer winter and March than usual, so I found many flowers bloomed earlier than usual, not only Sakura cherry blossoms but also others. One example is azalea (please see a thumbnail or above “Group C” photo). Usually it blooms late-April/early-May, but we can enjoy beautiful azalea flowers already. By the way, I had a chance to learn ChatGPT at a seminar in the workplace. Such artificial intelligence (AI) system has been rapidly spread among us. To hear the perfect guide, I personally think the AI tour guide might be better than the one by human, though there are some error or inappropriate quotation. However, I totally believe such AI tour guide never gives us any wonderful experience through a real communication with local people. That is one reason why we travel, don’t you think? Once again, thank you so much […]
Many thanks for joining us on our tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on Apr. 1st. We welcomed 49 guests (!!) from USA, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, Canada, Italy, Mexico and Chile with beautiful weather. 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. (Group A) (Group B) (Group C) (Group D) In Japan, many schools start the school year on April 1st. Cherry blossoms are in full bloom from the graduation ceremony in March to the entrance ceremony in April. The cherry blossoms bloom for about 10 days to 2 weeks, and the flowers soon begin to fall. We love cherry blossoms in full bloom, but at the same time, we are also sentimental about falling cherry blossoms. But this day, we enjoyed Full boom cherry blossom as well as various kinds of flowers in […]
Thank you for choosing our tour at East garden of imperial palace on March 25. We welcomed24 guests from 10 countries. 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. 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 contributeto higher-quality tours. Once again, thank you for choosing Tokyo Free Walking Tour during your precious time in Tokyo. In case you happen to be back in Tokyo, please joinanother one of our tours. For more information about our tour, please visit our web site athttps://tfwt.jp/top/east-gardens-of-the-imperial-palace/ ,https://www.facebook.com/TokyoFWTor Tokyo Free Walking Tour at https://www.tripadvisor.jp/ . See you next time ! (Posted by Y.A.)
Many thanks for joining us on our tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on Mar. 11th. We welcomed 5 guests from Bulgaria, Ireland and Germany. 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. The weather was moderate and perfect for walking tours! We talked about many topics. One of them was the story of a ninja. Everyone in this photo is holding a ninja shuriken. Of course, it’s not real. We enjoyed such conversation for two and a half hours. (Group A) (Goupe B) 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 in […]
Thank you for joining our tour of the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on March 8th. We were delighted to have six guests from the UK and the US on that day. We were fortunate enough to witness a very unusual parade on that day. It was a procession of traditional carriage carrying foreign ambassadors who were going to attend the imperial ceremony at the Palace. The first carriage procession dispatched by the Imperial Household Agency left Tokyo Station’s Imperial Entrance at 10:00 a.m. carrying the newly appointed ambassador of Fiji to the Imperial Palace. The use of carriages for transportation has been suspended since March 2020 to prevent people from gathering along the route due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The carriage procession we witnessed was the first in three years. It was a beautiful morning with clear skies and a pleasant breeze. With cherry blossom season just around the corner, we are eagerly anticipating its arrival. We hope that you have enjoyed our tour. Your feedback is important and helpful to us. If you enjoyed our tour, please considerposting a review on our TripAdvisor/Facebook etc. Your comments will help contributeto higher-quality tours. Once again, thank you for choosing […]
Thank you for choosing our tour at The East Garden of The Imperial Palace on March 4th. We welcomed 22 guests from Canada, Germany, Malaysia, UK, U.S.A and Viet Nam. It was nice weather to have walking tour outside. 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. The next day of our tour was Tokyo marathon’s day! We heard some of our guests would join the Tokyo Marathon. We hope our guests had a good performance at the Marathon. It is getting warmer and warmer after March starts. Thanks to this warm weather, we will be able to see cherry blossoms earlier than we expect. However, we have already enjoyed some kind of cherry and plum blossoms in the East Garden of The Imperial Palace. The weather forecast on TV predicts the first day of the cherry blossoms every day. The earliest day of that would be on March 14th at Fukuoka in Kyushu. The first day of Tokyo’s would be on March 19th. If you have a plan to visit Japan after this, you can enjoy cherry […]
On behalf of our guides, I just wanted to send a few words of gratitude. Thank you forjoining our tour at East gardens of the Imperial Palace on Feb,15th.2023. We welcomed 8guests from USA, Italy, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia and Singapore. The group was divided into 3. I hope all of you enjoyed our tour in spite of the icy cold wind. We’ve posted group photos and snapshots so that you can look back on the fun times we had. It was very cold morning with icy strong wind blowing. But with the enthusiasm of the guests, we were energized and had a wonderful tour together. It is our most pleasure to meet such amazing guests from all over the world. Even if the cold is severe, you can see spring is coming right behind us! 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 in Tokyo, please come to another one of our tours. […]
The East Garden of the Imperial Palace Tour on Feb. 4, 2023 Thank you for choosing our tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace Tour on February 4, 2023. We welcomed 10 guests from the USA, Italy, Greece, and the Czech Republic. 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. February 3rd was Setsubun which means the transition of Winter and Spring. Setsubun celebrates the arrival of spring, called Risshun. It is said that after Risshun the cold weather will get milder. Today we had a very pleasant tour with good weather and guests. We could enjoy viewing camellias and plums in the East Garden. The cherry blossom season that many people are waiting for is gradually approaching. We always strive to give high-quality tours. Your feedback is very important and useful to us. If you have a moment, please consider posting comments about tours on TripAdvisor / Facebook, etc. Also, please tell your family and friends about us. Next time you’re in Tokyo, please come to another one of our tours. Once again thank you […]
