Tokyo Free Walking Tour®

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

The next Asakusa tours and the Hozuki Market on July 9. Shinobazu Pond lotus flowers started to bloom.

July 9 and 10 is a festival for the goddess of mercy of the Sensoji Temple. The Hozuki Market will be opened at the temple grounds on both days.There was a tradition to visit temples and shrines continuously for 1,000 days to fulfil wishes during the Heian period (794-1185). As time went by, however, visiting for 1,000 days became difficult. Then, people set a specific date to visit so that they could receive 1,000 days’ worth of good luck. This tradition was enhanced to an incredible 46,000 day...

2023.07.02

AsakusaUeno Park

Asakusa at night（June 25, 2023）

Many thanks for joining our tour in Asakusa on June 25. We welcomed 30 people from UK, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Portugal, America, Singapore, Australia and Japan. It was hot but sunny weather in the middle of the rainy season. I hope you enjoyed the tour with us and treasure these memories. As promised, the pictures we took are posted. Walking in the Sensoji grounds in the evening is great fun. The temple is always very crowded in the daytime, but at night, it’s much less crowde...

2023.06.26

Asakusa

TOUR REPORT on 24th June, 2023, THE EAST GARDEN OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE

Thank you for joining our Tokyo Free Walking Tour for the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on 24th June. We welcomed 45 booked and drop-in guests from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸🇨🇭🇹🇼🇺🇸🇦🇺🇵🇭🇸🇬🇫🇷🇳🇱🇦🇷🇨🇴 making 4 groups, and enjoyed the tour and the conversation. It seems the students in USA start summer vacation, so students with their families joined too. During tour, I talked about Mt.Fuji 🗻. The hight is 3776m, the highest beautiful symmetry mountain in Japan. Some guests sometimes have concerns to climb Mt.Fuji...

2023.06.25

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku Tour on June 18th, 2023; Father’s Day and Lucky Day for a Wedding Ceremony

Thank you for choosing our Meiji Shrine and Harajuku tour on June 18th, 2023. We welcomed 13 guests from Italy, Singapore, Germany, USA, and UK. 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 The rainy season has begun, but today was a beautiful sunny day. It was a little hot, but we had a good time with our cheerful guests. Today was the...

2023.06.19

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

Tour Report on the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace, 14th June 2023. CHERRY field gem in the rainy season.

Many thanks for joining the tour “The East Gardens of the Imperial Palace” on 14th of June. We welcomed 17 guests from USA, Switzerland and Italy. We were lucky that we didn’t have much rain during the tour even in this rainy season. We took a walk in the park without an umbrella. We hope all guests enjoyed the tour and the lunch (some had Ramen ( ^^) _U~~) after the tour. As we have announced, photos taken during the tour are attached to remember nice time we spent together. 【group A】【ｇroup B】...

2023.06.16

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Asakusa & Ueno Park tours June 11

Thank you for joying our tours at Asakusa and Ueno Park. Despite the rainy morning, we were able to host enthusiastic guests from the Netherlands, the United States, Spain, Czech, Brazil, Australia and the Philippines. Now the rainy season is on, but Sunday’s precipitation was tolerable betraying the weather forecast. Good for everybody. And the guides were pleased to be drenched instead with a rain of inspiring questions from the eager guests, none of which we hope had been drained in vain but ...

2023.06.13

AsakusaUeno Park

Iris in full bloom in the rainy season sky (TSUYU) : Tour report of The East Garden of the Imperial Palace Tour on June 10th, 2023

Many thanks for joining us on our tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on June 10th. We welcomed 15 guests from Singapore, USA, India, Italy and Ecuador. It was a tremendous opportunity for us to meet wonderful people from all over the world and exchange the cultural information. We really appreciate all guest for sharing precious time and inspiring us with interesting conversations. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached so that you can remember the fun we had during the...

2023.06.11

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

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

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

The East Garden of the Imperial Palace Tour on June 3rd,2023.

Thank you for choosing our tour at the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on June 3rd, 2023. We welcomed 33 guests from US, Canada, Australia, Bulgaria, Singapore, Turkey, Ireland, Israel and Saudi Arabia. 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. Please show me your funniest face in your whole life !! NINJA!? We started with 3 guests and we had 6 then. Finally 12 ...

2023.06.05

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace