East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

We had seven guests joining our tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on Feb.9. They were from Australia, United Kingdom, U.S.A. and Vietnam. Feb.4 was the New Year's day in the lunar calendar and the beginning of spring as well. However, it had snowed in the tour's morning and was very cold. We enjoyed blossoms of camellia and plum trees covered with snow. Our guests also found Kanzakura-cherry blossoms (species of winter-blooming cherry trees) at the Honmaru area which reminded us tha...

Thank you for joining our tour visiting the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace on February 2nd. We welcomed 20 people from Australia, U.S.A., Canada, Brazil, Argentina and Ireland. The day was not so chilly and we could enjoy clear blue winter sky during strolling around the garden. Coming February 4th is “the First day of Spring” on the calendar in Japan. From that reason, we could enjoy cute plum tree blossoms, which is the first symbol of spring, starting to bloom here and there in the garde...

Thank you for joining our tour to the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on January 26. We welcomed 25 guests from Australia, Hungary, Israel, UK, Uruguay, and USA. The weather was fine with a little bit chilly. We enjoyed our walking tour and great conversation very much. Our tour starts from Tokyo station and Marunouchi area followed by Edo Castle premises. Entering the East Garden of the Imperial Palace. Thank you for joining our tour. We will also start our walking tour at Ueno Park on Febru...

We had five guests joining our weekday tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on Jan.22. They were from United Kingdom, Romania, France, Indonesia and Korea. The sky was clear but a little bit chilly. However some plum trees started to bloom and they have shown us the announcement of spring. During the tour , we heard sounds of wind instruments. It was the sound ofGagaku,the Japanese ancient court music. Gagaku consists of the ceremonial music and dance of the imperial court of Japan. It...

Many thanks to 29 guests who joined the tour from Singapore, Brazil, Australia, Argentina, Canada, Indonesia, India, Italy, USA, Russia, and Portugal on that day. The weather was fine and not too cold for 2 hour walking tour. We are actually very proud of welcoming such wonderful guests from all over the world. In this tour route we walk through Japan's heart area like Capitol Hill in Washington, Kremlin in Moscow or Buckingham Palace & Westminster in London. The tour route is not just special f...

Thank you for joining our tour visiting the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace on January 12th. We welcomed 19 people from Australia (16), U.S.A.(1), Canada (1), Japan (1). This time we have a lot of Australian guests, who I hope enjoy Japan’s winter particularly skiing. According to weather forecast it is bad weather, but we are not caught in the rain. Usually plum blossoms start to bloom in February and they are a symbol of coming the spring. Some of the plum trees in the Imperial Palace East...

Happy New Year to all of our friends in various places in the world. We appreciate your having keen interest in Japanese culture, history, customs, and people in 2018, and we hope you to have more in 2019. Year 2019 has just started, and our free walking tour also stared its regular operation. January 5th is the day of our first tour in 2019, and we welcomed 24 guests from Australia, Argentina, Singapore, Canada, UK, Taiwan, Denmark, and US. Thank you for sharing good time with us in such a wond...

We had two guests from Germany and Singapore joining our weekday tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on Dec.18 . It was a beautiful sunny day to enjoy the colorful leaves of ginkgo trees and maple trees that still remained in the beginning of winter . As it was a weekday morning tour , we found few visitors walking around . Therefore , we had enough time to appreciate not only peaceful surroundings but also the exhibition of the Imperial collections at the Sannomaru Shozokan Museum . ...

Thank you so much for coming our regular tour on Dec 15th. We 14 guides divided into 4 teams, and welcomed 22 guests from US, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, UK, Thailand, Israel and Germany. Today was a little bit chilly and nice sunny day, and good enough to enjoy about 2.5 hrs walking outside, even for the little kids! This autumn season is continuing longer than usual, we hope all of the tourists can enjoy these beautiful scenery as long as possible. Next Saturday and Sunday, we are going...