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Tour Report on 19 March 2018, Asakusa

Many thanks to the guests joining the tour. On that day at Sensoji Temple we welcomed 12 guests from Mexico, Phillipines, Argentina, Malaysia, and Norway. We divided into 4 groups. The weather was cloudy but spring has already come. Some of cherry blossoms started to bloom. During the tour, you see statues halfway to the main temple hall, on back side of the entrance gate, Kaminari-mon there placed a couple statues. They are humanized dragon couple. One is male and the other is female. As a proo...

2018.03.19

Asakusa

TOUR REPORT ON MARCH 18, 2018 AT MEIJI SHRINE AND HARAJUKU

Thank you for joining our tour at Meiji Shrine and Harajuku on March 18. We had 22 guests from America, Canada, Italy, Sweden, India and Malaysia. I hope all of you enjoyed our walking tour in lovely Spring weather. Meiji Shrine is known for the most popular shrine with over three million visitors during the new year days. The shrineis dedicated to the souls of Emperior Meiji and Empress Shoken. The Shrine has unique omikuji. Omikuji is ramdomly drawn fortune-telling papers. However, Meiji shrin...

2018.03.19

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

Tour report on March 17th (afternoon tour) Imperial Palace East Gardens

Thank you very much for joining our tour to the Imperial Palace East Gardens on March 17th (afternoon tour). The tour welcomed 13 guests, including a cute little baby. The weather was nice for walking with a cool breeze. The excitement of early spring spread over the air. On the same day (March 17th), the Japan Meteorological Agency had just made an “official announcement” of cherry flowering in Tokyo. Spring is the good season to do activities outside. Being a horse lover, I acknowledge spring ...

2018.03.18

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

TOUR REPORT ON MARCH 17 A.M. 2018, THE EAST GARDEN OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE

We thank guests from all over the world who joined the tour on Saturday morning. We welcomed 12 people from Malaysia, U.K.,Philippines, China. We divided into 3 groups. I hope all of you enjoyed walking in lovely Spring weather. you are always welcomed to drop in this tour anywhere along the tour course. Find our flag and join us! The tour to the Imperial Palace East Gardens starts from TOKYO STATION MARUNOUCHI CENTRAL GATE. We are looking forward to seeing you!! ========== Tokyo Free Walking To...

2018.03.17

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace ( Mar. 11th morning)

The plum blooms are almost over, and now we are counting down the days for the cherry blossoms. March 11th was a fine day and I went with a family of four from Singapore. There were two schoolboys, always a challenge for me because its now very difficult to remember what I was interested in back when I was their age.My sincere hopes that they found not only our tour but also their stay in Japan as something pleasant to remember! It was also a special tour in that our team was joined by members o...

2018.03.13

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

TOUR REPORT ON MARCH 11, 2018 IN ASAKUSA

Thank you for joining our tour in Asakusa on March 11. We had the seven friendly guests from UK, Australia, America, Brazil and Columbia. I hope all of you enjoyed walking with us in comfortable Spring weather. There are plenty of great events and festivals in Asakusa throughout the year. March 18 is Honzon Jigen-e to celebrate the appearance of the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy housed at Sensoji Temple. Three mikoshi (portable shrines) are carried out of Asakusa Shrine and various dances are perfor...

2018.03.12

Asakusa

TOUR REPORT ON MARCH 10, 1 P.M. 2018, THE EAST GARDENS OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE

Thank you all our guests who joined “March 10, 13:00 tour. We had 14 guests from Germany, USA, Mexico, India, UK,Canada, Israel andArgentina. We had nice time walking around in the garden. Weatherforecast says that “Someiyoshino Sakura” major kind of cherry blossom may open next week in Tokyo . Oh I will be busy to make many appointments of "Sakura" viewing partieswith many friends. Let's enjoy Japanese spring! ( reported by Keiko N)

2018.03.11

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

TOUR REPORT ON MARCH 10, 2018 (MORNING TOUR ) THE EAST GARDEN OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE

Thank you for the early birds hopping on our tour for this morning!! It was our first time to conduct a tour on Saturday morning and was such a great pleasure to meet around 10 guests as a nice weekend start. As the season is gradually changing, the weather during this week was unstable causing a lot of rain and wind. But the spring storm has finally gone away! No matter it was a little bit chilly outside, we were happy to take you to Marunouchi and the East Garden of the Imperial palace within ...

2018.03.10

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

TOUR REPORT ON MARCH 4, 2018, MEIJI JINGU & TAKESHITA STREET

Thank you for joining our Tokyo Free Walking Tour in Harajuku area. On that day, March 4, we were honored to welcome 14 guests to our walking tour. Those people came from different corners of the world, including Israel, Canada, U.S.A, Argentina, Spain and Sweden. We were greeted by an amazingly warmer temperature than the previous days. There was a breakthrough in the cool temperature and the weather seemed to have finally improved. Our tour started in front of a Tori or a Shinto Shrine gate. I...

2018.03.06

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku

TOUR REPORT ON MARCH 3, 2018 THE EAST GARDENS OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE

A big thank you to all who participated in our tour at the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace on March 3. The number of the guests were 22 from 13 countries of UK, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Ukraine, Netherlands, France, Austria, Israel, America, Canada, Australia and Taiwan. The group was divided into five. I hope all of you enjoyed walking in lovely Spring weather. Back in 1600 the Dutch ship named De Leifde stranded on the coast of Oita, kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island. The year of...

2018.03.05

East Gardens of the Imperial Palace