Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

Tour Report: Meiji Shrine & Harajuku on June 4, 2023, Goshuin collection!

Thank you to those who participated in the TFWT tour at Meiji Shrine and Harajuku on June 4. We hope you all enjoyed and shared interesting and joyful conversations with each other during the tour. On this specific day, we welcomed 12 guests from Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel, and Spain. It was a surprisingly calm and beautiful Sunday morning after heavy rain had hit due to the typhoon. Have you ever heard of Goshuin stamps? Goshuin is a red ink stamp issued by a shrine or a temple, and peo...

2023.06.06

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Tour Report: Meiji Shrine & Harajuku on May 21, 2023

Many thanks for having participated in our tour at Meiji Shrine and Harajuku on May 21. We were so happy to welcome 29, such a many guests from the US, Singapore, UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Portugal. It was so nice sunny day which good for a walking tour, not like yesterday, when we had a heavy cold rain. We were devided into 4 groups with 3 or 4 guides each, and it took about 1.5 to 2 hours to take a look around "Meiji Jingu Shrine", which is one of the biggest shrine in Tokyo and "Haraj...

2023.05.27

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Meiji Jingu Shrine & Harajuku Tour on 7 of May 2023

Thank you for joining the tour. On that day, the weather was cloudy with light rain. We hosted 11 guests from Germany, Singapore, U.K. Switzerland, Italy and USA. Even though the weather was not welcoming us, it was a joyful moment for us to see and learn new things at the Shrine. As promised, group photos and snapshots are posted on this post for the remembrance of the tour. Meiji refers to the Meiji Emperor enshrined and worshipped at the shrine. Jingu refers to the privileged title given to t...

2023.05.08

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Meiji Shrine and Harajuku Tour on April 16

Thank you for choosing our Meiji Shrine and Harajuku tour on April 16th, 2023. We welcomed 30 guests from USA, Peru, Canada, Australia, UK, France, China, Turkey, Germany, 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. Group A It was a sunny day and really comfortable for the tour. We were lucky as it rained heavily after the tour. The cherry blossom se...

2023.04.16

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Meiji Shrine and Harajuku Tour on March 12th, 2023

Thank you for choosing our Meiji Shrine and Harajuku tour on March 12th, 2023. We welcomed 8 guests from Bulgaria, Canada, Australia, France, and Israel. 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. It was a sunny day and really comfortable for the tour. However, we could not see any wedding ceremony at the shrine because today was Butsumetsu, “Buddha’s death” which w...

2023.03.13

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Meiji Shrine and Harajuku Tour on Feb. 19, 2023

Thank you for choosing our tour at Meiji Shrine and Harajuku tour on Feb. 19, 2023. We welcomed 12 guests from the USA, UK, Philippines, Australia, Austria, 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, “Taian” was the most suitable day for weddings. We were so happy to meet a couple of wedding ceremonies. We could not help but take photos. The ...

2023.02.20

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Tour Report on Jan. 22nd (Meiji Shrine and Harajuku tour)

Thank you for choosing our tour at Meiji Shrine and Harajuku on Jan.22nd. We welcomed 7 guests from Singapore and US. 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. Takeshita St. group photos kawaii ♡ kimono It was lucky morning to see many Wedding Ceremonies. Meiji Shrine layout was arranged especially for New Years' first visit of shrine (hatsu-moude) and had a large ...

2023.01.23

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Tour Report on Nov. 6th (Meiji Shrine and Harajuku tour)

Do you know how to pray at the Japanese Shrine?? Many thanks to 5 guests participating in the tour to Meiji Jingu shrine and Harajuku on Nov. 6th. They came from the UKandSingapore. We split into 3 groups. We totally enjoyed a refreshing autumn day at this shrine, which is located in the middle of the city but surrounded by nature. For more than 300 years, chrysanthemum planting has been a part of the traditional culture of the Japanese people. There are also many of the family with little kids ...

2022.11.17

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NOW ON BOOKING! [Meiji Shrine & Harajuku Tour] Oct. 2nd, 2023, Starts from 10 am

Hello, everyone! It’s looooooong time no see since the COVID came here for a couple of years… Hope you’ve been wonderful now! Fortunately, we have opened our regular tour again finally! We will reopen our regular tour for Meiji Shrine and Harajuku city strolling on Sunday, Oct. 2nd. 1. Meiji Shrine Main Gate (Ichi-no-torii) Sake barrels / Wine barrels Oo-torii Main Pavilion (Honden) / Sacred Tree / Votive Tablet Hall of worship (Kaguraden) / Place of worship for cars 2. Harajuku city Strolling O...

2022.09.27

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“Ichi-go-ichi-e” (一期一会）Tour report of Feb.25 Meiji jingu Tour

We could not express how we were deeply impressed to welcome all of you at Meiji-jingu this day. Since it was our very first time to hold a weekday tour at this place, all of our guides were excited. On the other hand, the warning at a relatively high alert of Corona virus made us a bit worry if we could meet any of our guests this day. No matter , We would like to thank each of you from Malaysia, Spain, France, Italy, totally 20 wonderful guests indeed. There is a word called “Ichi-go-ichi-e(...

2020.03.01

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