TOUR REPORT ON 28-April, 2018, THE EAST GARDEN OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE

We explored the East Garden of the Imperial Palace with 48 guests from all over the world.  It’s a comfortable sunny day.

Our tour started from the Tokyo station, red brick beautiful building.

We walked to the Imperial Palace through the Marunouchi, which is the center of Japanese business.

The Imperial Palace is the former Edo Castle of the Samurai government of the Shogunate in the 17-19 century. We visited the old castle gate and castle towers.

It was the first day of the Golden Week in Japan.
What’s the Golden Week?
We have many national holidays at the end of April and the beginning of May.

April 28
Showa Day
The birthday of the Emperor Showa, who was reigning 1926-1989.

May 3
Constitution Memorial Day

May 4
Greenery Day

May 5
Children’s Day

So that, many people enjoy travel, leisure, activity and so on.
We are very happy!

Now, it’s the middle of the spring in Tokyo. In the Ninomaru Japanese Style garden, flowers and greenery were so beautiful.

Finally, we had a photo session of our quick kimono. Kimono is the traditional Japanese clothing. Our guests were in kimono. They look like a samurai and a samurai princess. It’s so cool.

Thank you very much for joining our tour.
Have a nice trip!

(Posted by Masa Ito)