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Active American couple enjoyed Ueno area.New!!
Active American couple enjoyed Ueno National museum, Ueno-Toushougu, Kiyomizu-kannondou, Shinobazu-Bentendou and Shinobazu-pond. After taking lunch at Ameyoko-street, we went to Ginza for shopping. It was short half day guide.
A tourist from the Canary Islands to Kashiwa experiences a Buddhist monk's prayer at a temple.New!!
I guided a gentleman from the Canary Islands through the Kashiwa shopping district. He was interested in the differences in food and prices. What interested him most was the prayer he asked a monk to perform for the safety of his family at the temple. He was grateful, saying it was a wonderful experience.
A Canadian gentleman shows interest in local life.
I showed a Canadian gentleman around my hometown, Kashiwa City. I gave him a tour of the shopping district in front of the station, and then answered his questions one by one over a meal. It would be a great pleasure for me if he was able to understand even a little.
Active Hawaiian 2 families enjoyed street shopping.
Active Hawaiian 2 families enjoyed shopping at Kitasuna-shopping street, Yanaka-ginza street and Kagurazaka street. They bought many items with rather moderate prices. We also visited Akihabara and they enjoyed shopping of anime and characters.
Brazilian Family experienced the natural disaster training.
In addition to popular touristic points like Asakusa, Shibuya, Shinjuku and etc, the family participated in the program of Prevention for Natural Disasters which was provided by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency here. Japan is a country of natural disasters and the agency recommend even tourists of short stay to learn how to cope with such disasters. The participants can experience strong wind and rain caused by typhoon, flooding, smoke caused by fire and earth quake. In earth quake program, we experienced the seismic intensity of 7 and it was surprisingly so strong tremor that we cannot stand. The family was reminded the necessity of the prevention training.
Australian families enjoy Tokyo tour for the second time.
Their past two tours in Japan are to enjoy skiing in northern area of Japan, and to visit various touristy spots. For Tokyo, they visited Shinjuku, Harajuku and Shibuya last year, and this time looked for quieter and non busy areas of Tokyo, eventually guide was provided in Asakusa, Ueno and Yanaka areas.
Exploring Eastern Tokyo with a Lovely Italian Couple.
We visited the Imperial Palace, Ueno Park—a mixed cultural area—and Yanaka-Ginza, a charming local shopping street. Beyond sightseeing, we also enjoyed hands-on activities such as wearing kimonos, practicing the soroban (Japanese abacus), and trying basic calligraphy.
Brazilian Family in Tokyo
The father came back to Japan together with his family and they are going to spend the end of this year and the new year in Japan. Because this is the first time visit, the guide took them to the popular touristic points in Tokyo, such as Asakusa, Meiji Shrine, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ueno Park, the Imperial palace and others. They admired cleanness in streets, good foods, gentle people and the contrast of old and new aspects existed in Tokyo.
Kind Italian family enjoyed Kamakura area.
3 kind Italian family enjoyed Hasedera, Koutokuin, Houkokuji, Tsurugaoka-Hachimangu, Komachi-street and Zeniarai-Benten. They said that Kamakura is beautiful places and quite different from Tokyo. They also enjoyed fresh Shirasu-rice bowl too.
7 American family enjoyed east side of Tokyo.
11 to 85 years old wide range American family enjoyed Tsukiji, Monzennakacho, Kiyosumishirakawa and Tokyo station area. They liked fishes, so they enjoyed grilled and fried machel dishes very much.