East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

We could welcome 59guests amazingly although cherry blossoms season was over. We were so grateful having such a so many guests! Here are our group photos. See below, The East Garden of the Imperial Palace has many kinds of cherry blossoms. Most of them were over. They are at their bests at the beginning of April in a typical year, but it came earlier this year. It was at the end of March. I anticipated that I couldn’t show the guests cherry blossoms that some of our guests expected to see. I fel...

Many thanks to the guests joining the tour. On that day we welcomed 38 people fromUSA, Israel, Australia, Nederland, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Vietnam, Russia, Spain and France. We divided into 5 groups.The weather was cloudy and windy. From last week of last month, the most prominent cherry blossom tree called “Someiyoshino” started to come out and this week the trees were ending the blossoming. But instead some other species of cherry trees came out along with other spring flowers such as ...

Thank you for joining our Tokyo Free Waling Tour on March 31st. We really enjoyed spending joyful time with more than 50 guests from all over the world. As the Inui Street in the Imperial Palace is open to the public from March 24 to April 1, the East Garden was also crowded with many people. Inui Street is open twice a year, the season of cherry blossoms and colored leaves. This time, we divided our guests into 5 groups. Nice weather, beautiful cherry blossoms and cheerful guests made us really...

Thank you for joining our weekday tour of East Garden of Imperial Palace on March 29th. We were so happy to have met all 18 guests from U.S.A., Philippines, Australia, France, Canada, Sweden and UK. It was the perfect day to watch cherry blossoms in full bloom. Many people came to East Garden of Imperial Palace. It was a bit hot like early summer. Not only the cherry blossoms but also the azalea came out earlier than we expected. As you know, now we can enjoy “Hanami” at many places in Tokyo. Ue...

We appreciate you joined the tour of Imperial Palace East Gardens on March 24th (afternoon tour). Guides were really happy more than 65 people joined our tour, what a day ! I've never been so happy in my life. A lot of visitors enjoyed taking photos with full-bloomed cherry blossoms and kimonos. We prepare simple kimono costumes to enjoy taking photo at the end of our tour. Weeping cherry called “Shidarezakura” and Yoshino cherry called “Someiyoshino” were fully bloomed on the day. Yoshino cherr...

We thank many guests joining the tour. On that day cherry blossoms were in full bloom, which was 9 days earlier than normal year. The weather was very fine and warm. We welcomed 19 guests from USA, UK, Mexico, Philippines, Nederland, Italy, Chile, Spain, Malaysia, New Zealand and Ireland. We divided into 3 groups. Inside the East Garden we spared time to enjoy cherry blossoms viewing. For almost next 2 weeks, you can enjoy pink-white petal trees everywhere in the city. We are completely in sprin...

Thank you very much for joining our tour to the Imperial Palace East Gardens on March 17th (afternoon tour). The tour welcomed 13 guests, including a cute little baby. The weather was nice for walking with a cool breeze. The excitement of early spring spread over the air. On the same day (March 17th), the Japan Meteorological Agency had just made an “official announcement” of cherry flowering in Tokyo. Spring is the good season to do activities outside. Being a horse lover, I acknowledge spring ...

We thank guests from all over the world who joined the tour on Saturday morning. We welcomed 12 people from Malaysia, U.K.,Philippines, China. We divided into 3 groups. I hope all of you enjoyed walking in lovely Spring weather. you are always welcomed to drop in this tour anywhere along the tour course. Find our flag and join us! The tour to the Imperial Palace East Gardens starts from TOKYO STATION MARUNOUCHI CENTRAL GATE. We are looking forward to seeing you!! ========== Tokyo Free Walking To...

The plum blooms are almost over, and now we are counting down the days for the cherry blossoms. March 11th was a fine day and I went with a family of four from Singapore. There were two schoolboys, always a challenge for me because its now very difficult to remember what I was interested in back when I was their age.My sincere hopes that they found not only our tour but also their stay in Japan as something pleasant to remember! It was also a special tour in that our team was joined by members o...

Thank you all our guests who joined “March 10, 13:00 tour. We had 14 guests from Germany, USA, Mexico, India, UK,Canada, Israel andArgentina. We had nice time walking around in the garden. Weatherforecast says that “Someiyoshino Sakura” major kind of cherry blossom may open next week in Tokyo . Oh I will be busy to make many appointments of "Sakura" viewing partieswith many friends. Let's enjoy Japanese spring! ( reported by Keiko N)