Tokyo Free Walking Tour®

Tradition and Westernization, 7 October 2018, Meiji Jingu

We thank many guests joining this tour. On that day we welcomed 20 guests from UK, Australia , USA, Belgium, Spain, Nederland, and Indonesia and then we divided into 4 groups. It was really a hot day, unbelievable in this time of the year. So the groom and the bride we saw should have felt very hot. Their costumes are typical Japanese Shinto Shrine wedding style. However, a groom costume, black suite and gray stripe trousers is kind of, western. Black was never used as formal ceremony cloth colo...

2018.10.10

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

JAPAN EMBRACES DIVERSITY, 6 October 2018, The East Garden of the Imperial Palace

We are always delighted to welcome diverse people from all over the world. On that day we guided 43 guests from India, Spain, Belgium, USA, Australia, Canada, Argentine, New Zealand, Germany, Philippines and UK. We divided into 5 groups. The weather was hot like revival of mid-summer. It was unusual in this time of the year. But soon temperature will drop and it will turn Autumn. In Tokyo or other parts of Japan, we meet many foreigners every day. Many different colors of skin, hairs and differe...

2018.10.08

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

RAINY DAY WITH AN UMBRELLA at EAST GARDENS OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2018

Thank you for joining our walking tour on September 29th. We welcomed 10 guests from USA, UK, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Canada even though Typhoon Charmy was approaching to Japan. We tried to keep you dry during the tour but it was heavy rain occasionally. We really appreciated walking with us. Typhoon Charmy was 24th typhoon in 2018. From middle of July to August many typhoons were continuously exist around Japan for 38 days．Since then typhoon or low pressure occurs almost every week in September. ...

2018.10.03

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

WHAT IS THE THUNDER PAPA? –ASAKUSA, THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER

Thank you for joining our Tokyo Free Walking Tour in Asakusa. On the day of our two-guided tours, on the 23rd of September, we welcomed 20 guests on our walking tour. Guests were from different regions of the world, including Australia, Brazil, Czech France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, and U.S.A. After a humid and scorching weather, the summer season is finally over and the autumn season has now entered without noticing it. Speaking of the autumn season, it normally...

2018.09.25

Asakusa

Tour Report of Sep.22,2018 – East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Today we welcomed 24 guests from US, Germany, Argentina, Israel, Malaysia, Italy, France, Australia and Denmark. Sep.22 happens to be the first day of a long day holiday as well as the day before equinox day.It is said that neither the heat nor cold lasts beyond the equinox day, meaning that we will be released from the humid & heat anytime soon. In our tour, we guides try our best to provide you with information on history and cultures of Tokyo and Japan in general.It is also a great chance for...

2018.09.25

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

THE WEEKDAY TOUR FOR THE EAST GARDENS OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE (SEP.19,2018)

Thank you so much for joining our weekday tour to the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace on Sep. 19th. We are very happy to have 11 guests from Israel, USA, Spain, France and India. The weather was very nice. We hope all of you enjoyed the tour! We started the tour at 10 am from Tokyo Station. We unexpectedly saw the horse carriage parade there two times today. Newly appointed ambassadors (from Senegal and Qatar) were on a horse carriage on their way from the Gyoko-dori Avenue to the Imperial P...

2018.09.20

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report of Meiji shrine -Harajyuku on September 16th

Thank you for joining our tour today. Today we welcomed 13 guests from many countries. Now we are in the middle of September. Hot summer has gone by and the weather is gradually shifting to autumn. Soon Japan will enter the best season for travelling. Please come and join our tour. Now let me get back to today's tour topic ( Meiji shrine-Harajyuku ) . Today's topic is about a torii which has inseperable with a shrine. The first torii of Meiji shrine is the gathering place of our tour. When Japan...

2018.09.17

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

Kamakura Emaki masterpiece(September 15)

Thank you so much for joining our tour at the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace on September 15. I sincerely appreciate the participation of the 22 friendly guests from UK, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Israel, South Africa, Canada, America, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and Singapore. It was partly rainy and cloudy. Nevertheless, I hope all of you enjoyed walking with us and perhaps got the chance to wear the instant kimono afterwards as well. As some of you may be aware there is a small museu...

2018.09.16

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

TOUR REPORT ON September 9, 2018 IN ASAKUSA

Thank all the guests for joining our tours on September 9 in Asakusa. We welcomed 16 guests from Israel, Australia, Taiwan, Vietnam and U.S.A. It was nice weather, but very hot and humid despite September. Nevertheless, I hope all of you enjoyed walking with us. September 9 is Disaster Prevention Day.That day means 9 (kyu) for September and 9 (kyu) for 9th day. Indeed it’s a pun of ‘kyu-kyu’ representing emergency in Japanese. This is to deepen the correct understanding and awareness of emergenc...

2018.09.11

Asakusa

The Saturday Tour for the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace (Sep. 9, 2018)

Thank you so much for joining our regular tour on Sep. 9th. There were 15 guests from Germany, Canada, Philippines, Spain, Israel, and the US, and divided into three groups. It was a sunny and hot day like a summer coming back again. Everyone looked tired a little bit, so we tried to have a break sometimes in the shade, with a drink or an ice cream, ha ha! We also welcomed a one-day trainee student as a guide from a high school in Tokyo. She felt nervous because that was her first experience as ...

2018.09.10

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace