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Kicking Off Summer🍉: Ueno & Asakusa Tours (June 29, 2025)

June 30 marked the official start of summer at shrines across Japan, when people take part in Chinowa-Kuguri—the ancient ritual of passing through a giant wreath made of miscanthus grass to wash away the past six months’ impurities and pray for health and good fortune in the months ahead. On the Asakusa morning tour, our guests were fortunate to witness the ritual one day early, on June 29, alongside the opening of the summer festival at Asakusa Shrine.Together with the guests on our Ueno tour—w...

2025.06.30

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Crystal Clear Sky in the Rainy Season with “Wind God”😤 – Ueno Park/Asakusa on June 22nd

For those preparing for rain, a lucky break in this rainy season has delivered clear skies and relatively dry conditions, thanks to a strong breeze from the Wind God at Kaminari-mon (Thunder Gate).The unexpectedly powerful, mid-summer-like sunshine created cool shade beneath the trees. Our Ueno Park tour welcomed five guests from South Korea and the United States, while the Asakusa tour hosted nine guests from Italy, Saipan, Slovakia, and the United States. We appreciate our guests' interest in ...

2025.06.24

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Global Smiles😊 & Tokyo Charm: Tour Report on the Asakusa and Ueno Tours on May 25th

After an early-morning rain, Tokyo greeted us with a refreshing coolness for May.The Tokyo Free Walking Tour was thrilled to welcome 52 amazing guests from all over the world, including friends from Australia, Bulgaria, France, India, Italy, Türkiye, the U.K., and the U.S. During the tour, the kids had a "charm hunting," searching for the most iconic items. Charm Hunting in Asakusa Meanwhile, we, your guides, were more than happy to chat with our adult guests about the history, culture, and dive...

2025.05.26

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Asakusa tour on May 3rd under crystal clear skies🎏

The morning after a thunderous night brought clear skies and a light breeze.20 guests from Austria, Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, and the United States joined our Asakusa tour in 5 groups on May 3rd. Partly due to a holiday - Constitution Memorial Day - Asakusa was even more lively with huge crowds.However, some places were relatively quiet, such as the Asakusa Shrine, where portable shrines or Mikoshi, preparing for the "Sanja Matsuri - Sanja Festival" in two weeks, gave us a rare preview. ...

2025.05.04

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Perfect Day for Walking Tour : Tour report of Asakusa on Nov. 24th

Thank you so much for joining Tokyo Free Walking Tour in Asakusa on Nov 24th. We welcomed 22 guests in total from USA, Norway, Israel, Australia, Slovenia, Chlie and Brazil . The weather was perfect for walking tour. Rainy days have their own charm, but we are happy when we are blessed with clear skies like this today. Unique buildings were also shining. We hope all of you enjoyed and shared interesting conversations with us during the tour. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached t...

2024.11.24

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Signs of deepening autumn：Tour report of Asakusa and Ueno Park on Nov. 10th

Thank you so much for joining our tours at Asakusa and Ueno Park on Nov 10th. We welcomed 16 guests in total from Spain, France, Israel, Poland, Brazil, UK and USA. The weather was very comfortable for our walking tour today, and we felt the depth of autumn as we walked. We hope all of you enjoyed and shared interesting conversations with us during the tour. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached to remember the fun times we had. By the way, Asakusa and Ueno Park are two of the fir...

2024.11.11

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Perfect weather for walking tour in National Foundation Day: Tour report of Asakusa and Ueno Park on Feb. 11th

Thank you so much for joining our tours at Asakusa in the morning and Ueno Park in the afternoon on Feb 11h. We welcomed 15 guests in total from Australia, China, USA, Korea, Canada and UK. We hope all of you enjoyed and shared interesting conversations with us during the tour. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached to remember the fun times we had. (Asaksa AM) (Ueno Park) (Asakusa PM) It was a perfect day for a tour where we could feel a little bit of spring sunshine. There seemed...

2024.02.12

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December’s another name : Tour report of Asakusa and Ueno Park on Dec 10th

Thank you so much for joining our tours at Asakusa in the morning and Ueno Park in the afternoon on Dec 10th. We welcomed 31 guests from Australia, Singapore, the United States, China, Ireland, Argentina, Chile, Egypt and India. We hope all of you enjoyed and shared interesting conversations with us during the tour. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached to remember the fun times we had. (Asakusa AM Group A-1) (Asakusa AM Group A-2) (Asakusa AM Group B) (Ueno Park Group A) (Ueno Pa...

2023.12.11

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Tour report of Asakusa and Ueno Park on Oct. 22nd

Thank you so much for joining our tours at Asakusa in the morning and Ueno Park in the afternoon on Oct 22nd. We welcomed 29 guests in total from USA, Australia, UK, Ireland, Hungary, Spain, Germany and Poland. We hope all of you enjoyed and shared interesting conversations with us during the tour. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached to remember the fun times we had. (Asakusa Morning Group A) (Asakusa Morning Group B) (Asakusa Afternoon) Sensoji Temple is crowded with tourists f...

2023.10.23

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Let’s walk in the autumn of sports !! : Tour report of Asakusa and Ueno Park on Oct. 8th

Thank you so much for joining our tours at Asakusa in the morning and Ueno Park in the afternoon on Oct 8th. We welcomed 21 guests in total from USA, Canada, Philippines, Germany, Poland, Peru, Italy, Croatia and Brazil. We hope all of you enjoyed and shared interesting conversations with us during the tour. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached to remember the fun times we had. (Ueno Park) (Asakusa AM Group A) (Asakusa PM Group B) (Asakusa PM Group A) (Asakusa PM Group B) During ...

2023.10.09

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