Tokyo Free Walking Tour®

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...

2017.11.06

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

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...

2017.11.04

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

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...

2017.10.31

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

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...

2017.10.30

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

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...

2017.10.23

Asakusa

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...

2017.10.22

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

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...

2017.10.20

Asakusa

Tour Report on october 14, 2017

Thank you very much for your participation in our tour on October 14. We had 49 guests exceeding our expectation in spite of somewhat drizzling weather. The guests were from North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa which were divided into four groups. I hope you could enjoy the moment with us and the exciting instant kimono afterwards. One of the pleasures of travel is eating delicious food. In Japan there are approximately 32,000 ramen noodle restaurants. Ramen is very popular and con...

2017.10.15

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on October 12, 2017(Weekday Tour : East Gardens of the Imperial Palace )

Thank you very much for all our guests who joined “October 12, East Gardens of the Imperial Place Tour” We had 12 guests from Spain, Russia, USA, Australia, Italy and France. We divided them into 2 groups before our starting. It was a little hot day. We enjoyed the tour and we could feel the autumn. We imagined the autumn day of 300 years ago inside the East Gardens. In Japan, autumn is a nice season for traveling. Comfortable temperature, pleasant humidity,...

2017.10.13

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

Tour Report on 7-October, 2017, Saturday

Thank you the guests who kindly joined our tour on 7th of October. We had 22 guests from nine countries, divided by four groups. Autumn has come here in Tokyo. It was very chilly day on Friday. On Saturday, it rained in the morning, but turned lovely day with sunshine in the afternoon. It was a best day for walking tour! I give you one good knowledge for visiting Japan in autumn. Everybody knows the cherry blossom flower (Sakura) in Japan bloom in spring, but do you know we can see it in autumn ...

2017.10.09

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace