East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report : November 18, 2017 (East Garden of the Imperial Palace)

We thank all guests joining our East garden of the Imperial Palace tour on Nov.18. We welcomed 34 guests from 15 countries all over the world. Unfortunately it was rain, a little bit cold and windy. In this condition, we always worried about the way of tour because our tour is all outside. Now Gingko trees along the Gyoko Street colored yellow. We enjoyed it. Speaking of Gingko trees, do you know Meiji Jingu Gaien? Meiji Jingu Gaien is one of the park in Tokyo and was made in 1923. It is known a...
Asakusa

Tour Report on November 12, 2017 in Asakusa areas

Thank you for joining Tokyo Free Walking Tour in Asakusa areas. On November 12, with the sunny and occasionally cloudy weather, we welcomed sixteen guests from the different corners of the world; South Korea, Israel, Indonesia, Australia, Japan, Canada, Argentine, Brazil, Singapore and U.K. It was a long-awaited weather on that day. On our previous tour in Asakusa, we had heavy rainfall and strong wind due to a powerful typhoon. On that lovely day, at the time we arrived at Nakamise street, it w...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on November 11, 2017(Sat)

This afternoon was a little bit windy, but rather warm during the daylight.  What a great day it was to stroll around in the last term of autumn. The ginko trees along the Gyoko Street was expecially colorful enough to let us know that winter is much close. Every people walking around seemed to be relaxing and feeling at ease  of the comfortable season before getting heavy coats, mufflers, mittons to put on.  We would like to appreciate all of our guests to find us from multiple choices of sight...
Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

Tour Report on November 5, 2017 at Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

Thank you, all of you, for accompanying us on our tour to Meiji Shrine and Harajuku district on November 5. It was absolutely wonderful weather in autumn. We welcomed 14 guests from Canada, Brazil, Italy, UK, Austria, Belgium and Russia. Four of the participants had kindly joined our tour to the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace the day before which we appreciate. We enjoyed watching a lot of children wearing cute clothing, wedding parades and the chrysanthemum display on the way to the main b...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on November 4, 2017 (Sat)

Thank you all the guests who joined Tokyo Free Walking Tour in the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace!!  We welcomed 51 guests from 17 countries all over the world. A comfortable sunny weekend finally came back - after four consecutive rainy saturdays.  Many people were enjoying the first nice saturday in a long while in the gardens.          Due to the scheduled visit of U.S. president Mr. Trump in the following day, the security around the Imperial Palace was tight and people were making up a...
Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

Tour Report on October 29, 2017, Meiji Jingu & Takeshita Street

Thank you for joining Tokyo Free Walking Tour for Meiji Shinto Shrine&Takeshita Street area. On that day, 29 October, we welcomed four guests; U.K., South Africa, Canada, Singapore and Brazil. We really appreciate your participation despite a terrible weather condition. Typhoon number 22, internationally called as typhoon Saola, was heading to the direction of the sea on the east side of Japan. Gradually decreasing in strength and intensity, Saola left torrential rain in Tokyo, since early morni...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on October 28,2017

Today we welcomed 26 guests from U.S.A., Canada, Israel, U.K., Mexico, Germany, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, China, Taiwan. It was a rainy day but our guests enjoyed beautiful scenery and taking pictures a lot !!  In Japan when it comes to autumn. We say autumn is the best season for arts and entertainment in Japan. This is probably because it’s the time of year when art galleries and exhibits are organized.  Have you ever heard of “Hasui Kawase” ?  From the Taisho period to the Showa period...
Asakusa

Tour Report on October 22, 2017, Asakusa

Thank you for joining Tokyo Free Walking Tour for Asakusa area. On that day,  22 October, we welcomed four guests; Spain, Argentina and Netherlands We really appreciate your participation despite a terrible weather condition because we had torrential rain since early morning. Predicted as a typhoon with an unprecedented size, strength, and scope of destruction, typhoon number 21 with the international name typhoon Lan was approaching the direction of the Kanto and Tokai regions, which include To...
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report: October 21, 2017

Thanks to all the guests for joining and having a good time with us! Though it’s rainy day, we welcomed 34 guests and divided into 2 groups. I talked our guest about Typhoon which is coming Japan islands and will land next Monday. This is reported as one of the biggest Typhoons ever seen. One of our guests asked me what should we do on the Typhoon day. I replied it’s better to stay in your hotel, though they want to go out. They are a little afraid of the Typhoon, but a couple from Vancouver see...
Asakusa

Tour Report in October 18th, in Asakusa

Today we welcomed 13 guests from many countries.                      In Tokyo these days it had continued to rain, but today it was fine, very lucky for us. So,we could pleasantly advance  the tour. We told them the history of the Sensoji temple  with seeing some buildings ,sign boards and rules, manners of Shintoism and Buddhism with experiencing those.                                     They were surprised to know the difference between Shintoism and Buddhism. Perhaps they could know a littl...