Tokyo Free Walking Tour®

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

SUMIDA RIVER FIREWORK SHOW IS COMING SOON-22th of July

Thank you for joining our Tokyo Free Walking Tour in Asakusa. On the day of our two-guided tours on July 22, we welcomed 31 guests. Guests came from different regions of the world, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Colombia, India, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland and U.S.A. The growing momentum of the scorching heat brought about by the summer season continues to prevail all over Japan. Some areas in the western side of Japan even experienced the temperature of around 40 degree Celsius....

2018.07.24

Asakusa

21 July 2018, The East Garden of the Imperial Palace

Thanks to all the guests for joining the tour and having a good time with us on 21st July! We welcomed 34 guests and divided into 3 groups. It was extremely hot, the temperature got over 35 C, so we walked in the shades as much as possible and recommended guests to drink water at every water tap facilities. This summer season reminds me of the Bird Man Rally Contest which is held at Lake Biwa of Hikone city in Shiga prefecture. Rule of this contest is to fly by only human power with a handmade p...

2018.07.22

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Huge Torii welcomed us with a giant branch , July 15, Meiji Jingu

Thank you very much for joining us even when it was a very hot day. We appreciate all of our guests whom were brave enough to overcome the heat!! (Actually we could have plenty of shade inside Meiji Jungu to walk around) We welcomed 17 guests from U.S.A, Canada, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Italy, U.K. "What is this?" We were asked by our guests when arriving at the 2nd Torii. It was also our first time to see a SAKAKI attached to the Oo-torii, and the branch itself looked like a giantornamen...

2018.07.17

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

FIRES AND QUARRELS WERE THE HIGHLIGHT OF EDO-JULY 14

Thank you for joining our Tokyo Free Walking Tour in the East Garden of the Imperial Palace. On the day of our two-guided tours, 14th of July, we welcomed 38 guests from, India, Canada, Germany, U.K., Australia, Hungary, Indonesia, U.S., Spain, Israel, Philippine and Iran The temperature rose up to around 35 degrees Celsius and stayed the same or rose even more in the afternoon. We started our two-hour tour from Tokyo Station in this harsh condition. Tokyo Station was overlooking us, and it also...

2018.07.16

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Night at Asakusa(July 8)

Many thanks for joining our tours in Asakusa on July 8. We welcomed 10 people from Brazil, Australia,Spain,Morocco and Japan. The weather was perfect but extremely hot. Nevertheless, I hope all of you enjoyed walking with us at Sensoji Temple. In the meantime unprecedented torrential rains have pounded the broad parts of western Japan triggering flooding and landslides. Regrettably, a large number of residents have passed away. The Tokyo's oldest Sensoji Temple has a different face in the evenin...

2018.07.09

Asakusa