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Report of Meiji Shrine & Harajuku on January 19, 2025 —New Sake arrived!

Thank you to those who participated in Tokyo Free Walking Tour at Meiji Shrine and Harajuku. We welcomed six guests from New Zealand, India, Iran, and Singapore. Some guests have been living in Japan for many years and know very well about Japan. The other guests visited Ryogoku Arena to watch the Grand Sumo Tournament. They said that it was so hard to get the tickets. The topics with our guests are various, and the talks are so interesting that we often learn many new things about Japan from th...

2025.01.20

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Happy New Year! First tour report of Maiji Jingu Shrine on January 5, 2025

Many thanks to TFWT’s wonderful guests who participated in our all tours for 2024 and we TFWT are looking forward to meeting all of you in the future. I believe you had a nice new year. On Sunday, we were so delighted to welcome 6 guests from Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, and U.S.A. to our first tour of the year. It was fine but a bit cold. The area in front of the main shrine building was still decorated for the New Year’s and many people had come to pray.I hope all of you enjoyed and shared i...

2025.01.07

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Tour Report: Meiji Shrine & Harajuku on Dec. 15th, 2024

Thank you for joining our tour at Meiji Shrine & Harajuku on Dec 15th. We welcomed 10 guests from Australia, Philippine, Russia, US, and New Zealand. 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. Today marked the final Meiji Shrine and Harajuku tour of the year. Thank you to everyone who joined us! All of our guides look forward to welcoming many guests again next year...

2024.12.15

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Report of Meiji Shrine and Harajuku on December 1, 2024

Thank you to those who participated in Tokyo Free Walking Tour at Meiji Shrine and Harajuku. On such a crispy sunny Autumn day, we welcomed 15 guests from the USA, Canada, Australia, Spain, Portugal, and Singapore. The guests are visiting Japan with families, colleagues or friends, and some already have visited many other attractive places such as Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Kanazawa, Wakayama, Takayama, and Matsumoto. Another group is going to visit Nikko after Tokyo. We are glad to know that they ar...

2024.12.02

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The Chrysanthemum and the tour of Meiji Jingu Shrine and Harajuku, 17 November 2024

Thank you very much to the guests who participated in the tour of that day. On that day we hosted 26 guests from Singapore, Canada, Germany, Italy, USA, Australia, and Russia. It was a very warm day despite the middle of November. 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 time we shared on the day. During the tour, we could view chrysanthemum flowers exhibition and traditional ...

2024.11.18

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The honor of receiving the Imperial Messenger : Tour report of Meiji Shrine and Harajuku Tour on Nov 3rd, 2024

On behalf of our guides, I just wanted to send a few words of gratitude. Thank you forjoining our tour at Meiji Shrine and Harajuku on Nov 3rd. We welcomed 22 guestsfrom USA, Germany, Singapore, Canada, Denmark, Italy, UK And France. The group was divided into four teams.This day was a sharp contrast to the previous day, with clear skies and a slightly sweaty temperature, so we enjoyed walking through the forest filled with signs of autumn and through the lively town.We’ve posted group photos an...

2024.11.04

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Tour Report: Meiji Shrine & Harajuku on Oct. 20th, 2024

Thank you for choosing our tour at Meiji Shrine & Harajuku on Oct 20th. We welcomed 19 guests from Israel, Germany, Netherlands, US, Italy, UK and Canada. 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, there was a traditional event where the Shinto priests would make and recite ”tanka”, traditional short poems with 31 syllables to each other. By chance, we ...

2024.10.23

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Tour Report of Meiji Shrine and Harajuku on October 6, 2024; Doll Appreciation Ceremony

Thank you for choosing our Meiji Shrine and Harajuku tour on October 6, 2024. We welcomed 23 guests from US, Australia, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, Macedonia, Brazil, UK and Argentina. 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. Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E We came across the Doll Appreciation Ceremony. In Japan, there is a tradition of believing that ...

2024.10.06

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Tour Report of Meiji Shrine & Harajuku on September 15, 2024

Thank you to those who participated in the Tokyo Free Walking Tour (TFWT) at Meiji Shrine & Harajuku. We welcomed 18 guests from the USA, Israel, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Australia, and Brazil. Some of them joined the East Garden of Imperial Palace tour one day before. We are always welcome back to our tours. We hope you all enjoyed and shared interesting and informative conversations with each other during the tour. Here are the group photos and snapshots: Some guests had fun drawin...

2024.09.16

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Tour Report : Meiji Shrine & Harajuku on September 1, 2024

Thank you for choosing our tour at Meiji Shrine and Harajuku on September 1. We welcomed 14 guests from Italy, Germany, Poland, 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. Unfortunately, it was cloudy and humid day due to Typhoon No.10 Shanahan. However, we met a few Wedding ceremonies at main shrine building before it started raining. We were so lucky! Alth...

2024.09.02

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