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Report on the tours of Asakusa and Ueno Park, Tokyo’s traditional, spirited area on Japan’s historic general election day, 27 October 2024

Thank you very much for participating in our tours on Japan’s general election for House of Representative members. The guides finished voting and then came to Asakusa and Ueno Park. The outcome of the election was the current ruling party fell short of majority so Japan might face the change of government soon for the first time in 12 years. On such election day, at Asakusa tour we hosted 20 guests from Canada Israel, Argentine, Brazil, Germany, Vietnam, USA, and Philippines in the morning and ...

2024.10.28

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Asakusa Tour on Oct. 26th, 2024; Trial of Saturday morning tour

Thank you very much for participating in the Asakusa Morning Tour held on Oct 26th!! We welcomed the total number of 20 Guests fromSweden, Philippine, US, Israel, Netherlands, Canada, UK, and Australia. We posted group photos and snapshots as promised. We hope you will be able to remember our tours with these photos!! Asakusa AM Group A Asakusa AM Group B As you know, Japan is a country where earthquakes are frequent. You may be worried about experiencing an earthquake while you are in Japan, es...

2024.10.27

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Asakusa Tour Report on Oct.23

Thank you for choosing our tour at Asakusa on Oct.23,2024. We welcomed 9 guests from US, Swiss, Italy and Germany in the morning. 6 guests from Germany, Belgium and US in the afternoon. 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. On this day, Asakusa Shrine held a Sake Festival. Japanese Rice Wine Sake is deeply related to Japanese original religion Shinto. Sake is m...

2024.10.27

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Tour Report of Asakusa and Ueno Park on October 13, 2024; Sports Day

Many thanks for joining our tours at Asakusa and Ueno Park on October 13, 2024. We welcomed 34 guests from US, Canada, Poland, Korea, China, Australia, Ireland, Argentina and UK. 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 Asakusa ...

2024.10.14

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Tour Report of Asakusa on October 5, 2024; Moon viewing

Many thanks for joining our tours at Asakusa on October 5, 2024. We welcomed 12 guests from Macedonia, Australia, Germany, Costa Rica, US and Taiwan. 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. Group-A Group-B Group-C It rained during the tour, but we still enjoyed sharing our different cultures. Have you ...

2024.10.05

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Tour Report of Asakusa and Ueno Park on September 29, 2024

Many thanks for joining our tours at Asakusa and Ueno Park on September 29, 2024. We welcomed 50 guests from US, UK, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Israel, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Venezuela, Ireland, and Switzerland. 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...

2024.09.29

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The sacred trees, the Asakusa and Ueno Park tours on September 22

Thank you for taking the time to join our tours in Asakusa and Ueno Park on September 22. We welcomed 30 guests from America, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Germany, Romania, Australia, Taiwan and Bangladesh. There was a light rain, but it was mostly fine. We hope you enjoyed walking with us. Various photos were taken during the tours and are posted for your memory. Most of Shinto shrines have sacred trees called Goshinbokuご神木 and they are worshipped as the object of worship in which spirits o...

2024.09.23

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Tour Report of Asakusa on September 18,2024 “Ohigan”

Thank you for choosing our tour at Asakusa on Sept.18,2024. We welcomed 11 guests from Canada, Germany and USA. 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 week of before and after three days both the spring equinox and autumnal equinox is called “Higan”. This year autumn Higan will from Sept.19th to 25th and 23rd is public holyday. “Higan” is related to Japan...

2024.09.19

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The Grand Sumo Tournament is Currently being held in Tokyo! Tour Report of Asakusa and Ueno on September 8,2024

Thank you for choosing our tour at Asakusa and Ueno on September 8. We welcomed 14 people from U.S.A., Australia, Vietnam, Spain, Brazil and Switzerland. 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 September Grand Sumo Tournament began yesterday and will run until September 22, lasting 15 days in total. The venue for the Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo is Ry...

2024.09.09

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Asakusa and Ueno Park Tour on 25 August, 2024

Thank you for choosing our tour at Asakusa and Ueno Park on August 24. We welcomed 9 guests from Italy, Kenya, Spain, Vietnam, and USA. 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. Here’s an important announcement. Typhoon is coming this week. If you are staying in Japan, please check the weather forecast and each JR Company website every day and reschedule your tra...

2024.08.26

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