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The Finale of the Yearly Cherry Blossom Rhapsody: the April 13 Asakusa and Ueno tours

Thank you for having joined our free walking tour. This day, we welcomed 21 guests for the Asakusa AM and PM tours and 8 guests for the Ueno Park tour. It was occasionally rainy in the morning and drizzling in the afternoon, which accelerated the fall of cherry petals signaling the end of the season. Despite this weather, you were surely the luckiest visitors, being able to visit Tokyo at the peak season of cherry blossoms. Cherry flowers stay only for a week or two. Because of such vulnerabilit...
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Asakusa and Ueno Park tours on April 2

“There is no bad weather, but bad clothes.”Thank you for joining our walking tours at Asakusa and Ueno Park on April 2. We welcomed 32 guests in total from U.S.A, UK, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany, Serbia, Israel, the Philippines, and Czech Republic (in order of number of guests). I hope all of you enjoyed the tours even under the bad weather.Group photos and snapshots are attached here so that you can look back on the fun occasions you shared with us.There is one small favor we’d like to ask you. ...
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Tour Report of Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 30, 2025

Many thanks for joining Tokyo Free Walking tour at Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 30, 2025. We welcomed 43 guests from US, Germany, UK, Australia, Tanzania, India, Malaysia, Israel, China, Morocco, Singapore and Canada. It was a tremendous opportunity for us to meet wonderful guests from many countries and share interesting conversations. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached so that you can remember the fun times we had during the tour. Asakusa AM Group A Asakusa AM Group B Asaku...
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Cherry Blossoms are blooming! Tour report of lively Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 26th

Many thanks for joining us on our tours at Asakusa in the morning and Ueno Park in the afternoon on March 26th. We welcomed totally 38guests from 9 countries, UK, Germany, Australia, Spain, Netherland, USA, China, Singapore and Brazil. It was a tremendous opportunity for us to meet wonderful guests from many countries and to share interesting conversations. The cherry blossom viewing season has just started. Both Asakusa and Ueno were so lively with full of people. We hope every guest had a grea...
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Tour Report of Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 23, 2025

Many thanks for joining Tokyo Free Walking tour at Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 23, 2025. We welcomed 26 guests from USA, UK, Brazil, Australia, Philippines, Canada, Italy and Mexico. It was a tremendous opportunity for us to meet wonderful guests from many countries and share interesting conversations. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached so that you can remember the fun times we had during the tour. Asakusa AM Group A Asakusa AM Group B Asakusa AM Group C Asakusa PM Group A A...
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The newly re-opened Shitamachi Museum, the Asakusa and Ueno Park tours on March 19

Thank you for joining Tokyo Free Walking Tour in Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 19. We welcomed seven people from Philippines, Netherlands, Canada, America and Brazil. In fact, it snowed rapidly and was cold in the morning on that day. Nevertheless, we appreciate very much that you kindly participated in our tour in spite of the bad weather. Having said that, the long-awaited cherry blossom season is finally here. We could admire the early cherry blossoms bloom in Ueno Park. As mentioned, the ph...
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Nio Guardian! Tour Report of Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 9, 2025

Thank you for choosing our tour at Asakusa and Ueno Park on March 9. We welcomed 31 people from U.S.A., Germany, Canada, Netherland, Singapore, United Kingdom, Spain,India, New Zealand 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. At Hozomon Gate of Senso-ji Temple, there are two magnificent Nio statues standing as a pair. The Nio statues are guardian...
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Daikakuji Temple’s breathtaking treasures on display, the Ueno Park tour on February 26

Thank you for choosing Tokyo Free Walking Tour among many tours. We welcomed five people from Australia, America and Colombia. It was unusually warm and nice weather in winter. Early cherry-blossoms have begun to bloom and we hope you enjoyed the tour with us at Ueno Park. Photos which we took during the tour are posted. Daikakuji Temple is an old and distinguished temple in Kyoto. The temple is in the western district in the city of Kyoto and full of history, culture and nature. To commemorate ...
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Tour Report of Asakusa and Ueno Park on February 23, 2025

Many thanks for joining Tokyo Free Walking tour at Asakusa and Ueno Park on February 23, 2025. We welcomed 11 guests from Canada, Australia, Scotland, Malaysia, Hong Kong and India. It was a tremendous opportunity for us to meet wonderful guests from many countries and share interesting conversations. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached so that you can remember the fun times we had during the tour. <Asakusa> Group-A Group-B <Ueno> The Somei Yoshino, known as the iconic cherry bl...
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Asakusa & Ueno Park Tour on Feb. 9th, 2025; A little chilly but refreshing sunny day

Thank you very much for participating in the Asakusa and Ueno Park Tour held on February. 9th!! We welcomed the total number of 10 Guests from US, Iraq, Australia, Indonesia, Germany, and France.    The day was a bright sunny day, but a bit chilly.  It’s usual that Tokyo rarely have snow even if northeast and northwest area have much.   Some of the guests already enjoyed ski in Japan and some other Guests had a plan to visit snowing area.   We wish every guest enjoyed winter season of Japan. We ...