East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

The East Garden of the Imperial Palace, 19 August 2023

Many thanks for joining us on our tours at Imperial Palace in the afternoon on August 19th. We welcomed 11 guests from Philippines, Argentina, UK, Mexico, and USA. It was a tremendous opportunity for us to meet wonderful guests from many countries and to share interesting conversations. We’ve posted group photos and snapshots so that you can look back on the fun times we had. It is now Obon season in Japan. "Obon" is a significant summer event in Japan where families honor their ancestors' spiri...
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Tour Report on the East Garden of the Imperial Palace, 29 July 2023

Many thanks to the guests who joined the tour on the extremely hot day. The temperature reached the record high of that date. At Tokyo Station square, where we meet, water was sprinkled on the ground. We hosted 12 guests from USA, Belgium, Germany, Austria and U.K. We 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.  Although it was very hot, luckily wind blew constantly so...
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The East Garden of the Imperial Palace Tour on July 22, 2023; Summer Break

Thank you for choosing our tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on July 22, 2023. We welcomed 9 guests from USA, UK, and Belgium. 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. Most schools in Japan have summer vacation for about 40 days from the end of July to the end of August. We travel to the sea and mountains. When I was a student, I looked forward to sum...
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The East Garden of the Imperial Palace, 15 July 2023

Thank you for joining the tour of that day. We were honoured to host 9 guests from USA, UK, Ireland, Canada, and Sweden. As promised, group photos and snapshots are posted for the remembrance of the fun time we spent together. The weather was fine but extremely hot. The temperature rose to nearly 40 centigrade (100 Fahrenheit). The problem of Japan's hot summer is not only heat but humidity which makes a real-feel temperature higher than a recorded one, especially for those from dry climate regi...
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The East Garden of the Imperial Palace on 12th July. How to avoid the sun.

Thank you for choosing our tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on 12th July. We welcomed 23 guests from USA, Canada, Australia, India, Hong Kong, Italy and Philippines. 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. Nice shade under the green wisteria by pond. It was HOT and HUMID !! We tried to stay in shade as much as possible but we had to be kept hydrated...
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TOUR REPORT on 8th July, 2023, THE EAST GARDEN OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE

This is the lily in the East Graden. Thank you for joining our Tokyo Free Walking Tour for the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on 8th July. We welcomed 25 booked and drop-in guests from 🇺🇸🇪🇸🇦🇺🇲🇽🇩🇪🇸🇪🇯🇵, making 4 groups, and enjoyed the tour and the conversation. Some guests have run into our tour on the way, then joined. What a coincidence! We are happy to welcome drop-in guests as well. In GroupD, we welcomed a family, they are a mother and her three children. The number of children of guests...
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The East Garden of the Imperial Palace on 1st July

Thank you for joining us on July 01. We welcomed 19 people from Australia, USA, Israel, Singapore, Germany, UK and India. It rained from time to time in the morning, but fortunately it hardly rained during the tour.At the end of the tour, one guest sang a Japanese song she learned on You Tube. We all were very surprised that she sang almost perfectly all the way through, despite not speaking a word of Japanese! As we informed, we post photos of everyone on the tour. A group B group C group D gro...
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TOUR REPORT on 24th June, 2023, THE EAST GARDEN OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE

Thank you for joining our Tokyo Free Walking Tour for the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on 24th June. We welcomed 45 booked and drop-in guests from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸🇨🇭🇹🇼🇺🇸🇦🇺🇵🇭🇸🇬🇫🇷🇳🇱🇦🇷🇨🇴 making 4 groups, and enjoyed the tour and the conversation. It seems the students in USA start summer vacation, so students with their families joined too. During tour, I talked about Mt.Fuji 🗻. The hight is 3776m, the highest beautiful symmetry mountain in Japan. Some guests sometimes have concerns to climb Mt.Fuji...
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Tour Report on the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace, 14th June 2023. CHERRY field gem in the rainy season.

Many thanks for joining the tour “The East Gardens of the Imperial Palace” on 14th of June. We welcomed 17 guests from USA, Switzerland and Italy. We were lucky that we didn’t have much rain during the tour even in this rainy season. We took a walk in the park without an umbrella. We hope all guests enjoyed the tour and the lunch (some had Ramen ( ^^) _U~~) after the tour. As we have announced, photos taken during the tour are attached to remember nice time we spent together. 【group A】 【group B】...
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Iris in full bloom in the rainy season sky (TSUYU) : Tour report of The East Garden of the Imperial Palace Tour on June 10th, 2023

Many thanks for joining us on our tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on June 10th. We welcomed 15 guests from Singapore, USA, India, Italy and Ecuador. 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...