Tokyo Free Walking Tour®

Sensoji’s omikuji are popular despite high percentage of a bad luck (August 26)

Many thanks for joining our tour in Asakusa on August 26. We had seven friendly guests from France, Holland and Spain. Although it was very hot and humid, I hope you had a good time with us. Omikuji at Sensoji are randomly drawn predictions ranging from a bad fortune to a good one with seven categories. People say Sensoji’s omikuji have more bad fortunes than at other places. It is partly true. Nevertheless, omikuji here are very popular. How to draw omikuji? Drop 100 yen coin into the slot. Pic...

2018.08.27

Asakusa

Tour Report on Aug.25 The Imperial Palace East Garden

We would like to show our appreciation for those joined our tour on 25 August We welcomed 16 guests in total from all over the world such as Singpore,France,Russia,Germany,UK and Australia It was a really hot day again after a couple of stormy days, but we hope all guests enjoyed this free walking tour with us !

2018.08.27

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

The change of the season (August 18)

Thank you for coming our regular tour of the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on August 18. It was cool and fine day, just like the beginning of autumn. We had a good tour under the best weather condition. We welcomed 7 guests from Israel, Spain, Slovenia and USA. We were so happy to have met them.We divided the guests into three groups. In the East Garden of the Imperial Palace there were fewer people than usual because of summer vacation season in Japan. The East Garden of the Imperial Palac...

2018.08.23

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

A CALM AND PLEASANT WEATHER TRULY SIGNIFIES THE COMING AUTUMN SEASON IN JAPAN-the 19th of August

On the 19th of August, we welcomed around 10 guests on our walking tour. Guests came from different regions of the world, including Singapore, Turkey, Spain, and Canada. Finally, the scorching weather which prevailed all over Japan for the past month has come to an end. The heat index in Tokyo has fallen drastically, and the temperature is now recorded at around 28 degrees Celsius. At the start of the tour, the weather was so perfect but occasionally the sky was exceedingly covered with scattere...

2018.08.22

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

11 AUGUST 2018, EAST GARDEN OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE

7th of August is Risshu in Japanese calendar, which means beginning of autumn. In contrast to the implication of the name, we had another day over 33 degree on 11th of August. It is our big pleasure that we welcomed 18 guests from US, UK, Singapore, Spain, Portuguese, and China. We spent a good time together on such a hot day. As always, we started from Tokyo station, and we walked through tall buildings. It is fascinating to see mixture of modern and historical sight at one glance. We carefully...

2018.08.13

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Dating back to the Edo period(August 12)

A big thank you to all who participated in our tours in Asakusa on August 12. We welcomed eleven guests from UK, Spain, Germany, Taiwan and Australia. It was muggy weather but not too bad. Fortunately typhoon Shanshan had gone away by the time of our tours. I hope all of you enjoyed walking with us. The main approach to Sensoji Temple, Nakamise Street is famous, but crossing Denpoin Street has a different atmosphere and maintains the old-time ambience of Edo(currently Tokyo) with the variety of ...

2018.08.13

Asakusa

Tour Report on August 5 Meiji Jingu Shrine and Harajuku

It was another hot day in Tokyo which was over 30 degrees Celsius at 10 am in the morning! Despite the heat, we welcomed nine Tokyo lover tourists from Australia, Belgium, U.K., U.S., and Vietnam. We divided up into four groups so that the guides can communicate closely in small groups. Having got together in front of the first Torii Gate next to JR Harajuku station, we started the tour on time at 10 am, although some of the guest came pretty early. We were sorry to have them wait but the tour r...

2018.08.10

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

AUGUST 4, THE EAST GARDEN OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE

It has been an unusually hot summer. Despite the heat, tourists continue to visit Japan to enjoy holidays. On our tour to the East Garden of the Imperial Palace on August 4, 15 guests from 9 countries joined us. Thank you so much. It was another hot day with high temperature up to 35 degrees, so we chose to walk and stay in the shades of trees as much as possible, took longer rests at air conditioned rest houses to reduce the risk of heat stroke. We were healed by the gentle wind coming through ...

2018.08.06

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Unpredictable typhoon crosses from East to West – July 28, East Garden of the Imperial Palace

Luckily, scorching heat seemed to sooth down after lasting for 20 days. But what came next was an "unpredictable typoon". We fixed our eyes on the weatherforcast anxiously but were happy to draw a conclusion that we would be able to conduct our tour at the last minute since the storm would not hit us during the tour and the transportation was in usual operation. Despite such a weather condition, it was our huge pleasure meeting each of our guests. We had an AM tour and an PM tour this day and we...

2018.07.29

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

24 July 2018, Weekday Tour of The East Garden of The Imperial Palace

Many thanks to our weekday tour guests of 24th July at the East garden of the Imperial palace. We welcomed 8 people from Switzerland, Russia, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, and Israel. It was a terrible hot weather. Before starting the tour the temperature showed 34 degrees. At first we worried about heat shock in this bad condition, but our tour was much better than we had expected. During the tour we chose to do our guiding In the shades, like under the trees or inside a rest house. Fortunate...

2018.07.26

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace