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Asakusa & Ueno Tours on 23 July 2023

Thank you for joining the tours of that day. On that day, at Asakusa, we hosted 9 guests from Singapore, Czech Republic, USA, Brazil, and India in the morning, and 5 guest from Singapore and Spain in the afternoon, and at Ueno Park, we hosted 5 guests from Sweden and Belgium including a very adorable child. 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 very hot ...

2023.07.24

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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...

2023.07.23

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

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...

2023.07.17

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku Tour on July 16th, 2023; Heat Stroke Alert issued in Tokyo

Thank you for choosing our Meiji Shrine and Harajuku tour on July 16th, 2023. We welcomed 23 guests from USA, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Netherlands, Spain, 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. Group A Heat stroke warnings had been issued in Tokyo. Nonetheless, we are grateful to our guests for joining us on our tour. Although the end of the rainy ...

2023.07.17

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

The next Ueno Park tour on July 23. The Shinobazu Pond lotus flowers are in full bloom now.

The next Ueno Park tour on July 23. The Shinobazu Pond lotus flowers are in full bloom now. As we reported on July 2, the Ueno Park Shinobazu Pond lotus flowers are now in full bloom. The pink flower field is expected to bloom until mid-August. Since the Edo period (1603-1868), people have admired the lotus flowers in the pond. Fans and photographers can’t wait for summer when they bloom.As advised the most important thing in lotus flower viewing is timing. The lotus buds flower in the early mor...

2023.07.16

Ueno Park

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...

2023.07.13

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Asakusa and Ueno Park Tour on July 9th, 2023;Auspicious day in Asakusa

Thank you very much for participating in the Asakusa Morning/Afternoon Tour and Ueno Park Tour held on July 9th!! Good thing was it did not rain even in the Tsuyu season, but a hot and humid day made us feel that summer was just around the corner. We welcomed 25 Guests for Asakusa; USA, Spain, UK, Mexico, France and New Zealand.Thank you for choosing our tour. And we really appreciate that three guests from France and New Zealand joined both the Asakusa and Ueno Park tour! We really hope all of ...

2023.07.10

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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...

2023.07.09

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

A break in the rainy season (TSUYU) : Tour report of Meiji Shrine and Harajuku Tour on July 2nd, 2023

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 July 2nd. We welcomed 35 guests from USA, Canada, India, Israel, Australia, Spain, Turkey and Denmark. The group was divided into five teams.　I hope all of you enjoyed our tour in the wonderful weather, which is a break in the rainy season. We’ve posted group photos and snapshots so that you can look back on the fun times we had. (Team A) (Team B) (Team C) (Team ...

2023.07.03

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

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...

2023.07.03

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace