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East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

A WONDERFUL DAY IN THE EAST GARDEN OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE

Thank you for joining our tour visiting the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on November 17th. We welcomed as many as 29 people from U.S.A., Australia, Singapore, Italy, Canada, Switzerland, France, Spain, India, and Nether-land. Being a little bit late, leaves of Tokyo area begin to color to yellow and red, and it was very fine, comfortable day. Scenery of these colored trees matches modern buildings and remains of old Edo castle (stone wall and moat etc) very well. The circumference of Edo c...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

The very “Imperial Palace” day, 14 November 2018

We thank 12 guests who participated in the tour from USA, New Zealand, Germany, Spain, and U.K. on that day. We divided into 2 groups. It was a very lucky day for the tour to the imperial palace. Because it was a weekday morning to noon, we could view a very "Imperial Palace" events. One is Ambassador's inauguration ceremony at Tokyo Station, where a horse carriage welcomed newly appointed ambassador and took that person to the imperial palace so he could participate in the ceremony meeting with...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on November 10th

Thank you for joining our tour visiting the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace on November 10th. We welcomed 29 people from Hong Kong (7), U.S.A.(6), Australia (4), India (2), Malaysia (1), Russia (1), U.K.(1), Singapore (1), China (1), Pakistan (1) France (1), Romania (1) and Japan (1). We could enjoy clear blue autumn sky with comfortable temperature. This autumn is a bit warmer than usual, so it is a little bit earlier for us to enjoy autumn leaves. But some of them start to turn yellow and ...
Asakusa

Collecting goshuin in ASAKUSA(November 11)

Thank you for choosing our tour in Asakusa on November 11. We welcomed 12 people from U.S.A., Australia New Zealand and Switzerland. The weather was sunny and very comfortable. It has become more and more like autumn. I hope all the guests enjoyed walking with us. It may be part of fun of travel for you to collect stamps when you visit temples or shrines. The red ink seal is called ‘Goshuin’ which is given to the worshipers at a temple or shrine. Goshuin is obtainable at Yougoudo Hall located in...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on November 6th

A GOOD DAY IN THE EAST GARDEN OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE Thank you for joining our tour visiting the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on November 6th. We welcomed 9 people from Germany, Argentina, Italy and Singapore. In this season, leaves of Tokyo area begin to color to yellow and red. Scenery of these colored trees matches modern buildings and remains of old castle (stone wall and moat etc) very well. We could enjoy these harmonized scenery in spite of unexpected rain (in the latter half of thi...
Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

The Chrysanthemum and Meiji Jingu & Harajuku Tour, 4 November 2018

Many thanks to people who participated in the tour. On that day we welcomed 17 guests from US, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Belgium, and Venezuela. We divided into 3 groups. It was a very mild day although slightly rained later in the morning. There was a special event on the Meiji Jingu Shrine that pleased our guests. Exhibition of the chrysanthemum. Beautiful chrysanthemum flowers shown on the corridor and inside the main pavilion square attracted so many visitors there. Each one was wel...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

A MEMORABLE DAY IN THE EAST GARDEN OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE

Thank you for joining our tour visiting the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace on November 3rd. We welcomed 23 people from U.S.A., Canada, Philippines, UK, Italy and Australia. We could enjoy clear blue autumn sky with comfortable temperature. This autumn is a little bit warmer than usual and it should enable us to enjoy autumn yellow leaves longer. The day was a National Holiday named "Bunka-no-Hi", which translates as “Culture Day” today. Originally, the day was the birthday of Emperor “Meiji...
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TFWT experiences a 4 Days voluntary workforce at the Imperial Palace (Oct.23-26)

Dreams come true. Tokyo Free Walking Tour(TFWT) won a lottery to take part in the Imperial voluntary workforce from October 23 to 26. Finally, 18 guides of us could participate in this volunteer service. This workforce is run by the Imperial Household Agency and citizen aged from 15 to 75 years old are able to apply by groups. (only by groups, not by individuals) It has a high reputation for mostly two reasons and countless groups come from all over our Japan to take part in this workforce. (1) ...
Asakusa

Brand-new “O-waraji” at Senso-ji Temple (October 28, 2018)

Many thanks for joining our tour in Asakusa on October 28. We met 12 wonderful people from Australia, Finland, Philippine, Sweden and USA. In addition to the well-known a big red lantern of Kaminari-mon Gate, Senso-ji Temple has another massive ornament of the giant straw sandals hanging on Hozo-mon Gate on the way to the main hall. The enormous sandals are called "O-waraji". “O-waraji” is one of the largest in Japan, 4.5m in length, 1.5m wide and weighing almost 500kg, made of rice straw ropes....
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TO THE PAST- EAST GARDENS OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE (OCTOBER 27, 2018)

We conducted the tour to the East Gardens of Imperial Palace on October 27, 2018. The rain from the early morning brought humid air and high temperature, which made us a little sweaty, but the autumn sunshine after the rain reflected beautifully on the lawn and made the East Gardens more cheerful. On this occasion our guest came from Mexico, Greece, Italy, France, Germany, Finland, Australia, Canada and USA. All these countries have many attractive viewing spots. I can't help but thinking how Ja...