Brazilian couple in east side of Tokyo in a hot dayNew!!
It was really hot day but the couple enjoyed one full day in the Shitamati areas where common people used to live. They are Asakusa, Kiyosumi Shirakawa and Monzennakachoo districts where many temples and shrines are located on top of the beautiful Japanese garden. I hope that they could touch a part of Japanes cultures and traditions.
With the increase in the number of tourists visiting Japan, the number of guide requests to our Association has increased as well.New!!
The Japanese government announced on the 16th that the number of tourists visiting Japan from January to June this year was 21,518,000, a 21% increase from the same month last year. Incidentally, the number of guide requests to our association from January to June this year was 267, an 18% increase from the same month last year.
We received a thank you email from Mexico.
Dear members of the KGGA, We want to express our gratitude for the work you make, scheduling guided visits and providing assistance for tourists visiting your amazing country and in Tokyo! I wish for all the guides and administrative personal from your association, and specially for Mr. Massa and Mr. Tsune who joined our group earlier this week, a wonderful experience with the following visits. We would be greatly honored to visit Tokyo again and learn more together with your support, we will be more than happy to recommend your association. With our best regards!!
The following is a report on the results of guiding in June.
ーーNumber of guide requests (cases) :24、ーーNumber of guide requests (persons) :84、ーーNumber of days guided (days) :20、ーーNumber of guests guided (persons) :64、ーーNumber of guide participants (persons) :11
Mexican family in Tokyo Part 2
The next day, I took them to Asakusa Senso-ji Temple. For guests who love beer and sushi, I took them to the most famous sushi restaurant in Tokyo, “Sushi Zanmai”. Everyone was delighted with the delicious beer and fresh sushi.
Mexican family in Tokyo
For celebrating the anniversary of mother’s 80 years old, the daughters invited her to visit Japan. While using a wheel-chair to walk around, the mother was very active and enjoyed the trip though it was hot and humid. For lunch, they ate Sushi, highly appreciating Sushi of Uni (sea urchin) and OOTORO (fattiest tuna) which are very expensive. At the tourist information center, they experienced wearing Kimono for free and took a photo.
Brazilian family in Tsukiji
The family enjoyed eating the genuine Sushi at Tsukiji Outer Market. What they appreciated the most was three types of Tuna meat, those are, red tuna (Akami), fatty tuna (Chuutoro) and fattiest tuna (Ootoro). Sushi is very popular in their country but they said that they had never eaten such a tasty/fresh Sushi before.
Guided a nice family from Germany to Shibuya and Harajuku
I guided a lovely family of three from Germany to Shibuya and Harajuku. I explained things to them while we walked the whole time. I talked about a wide range of things about the current situation in Japan. They were very curious people and listened enthusiastically to my explanations. Thank you so much!
Katya, Fedya, and Vika・・・It was exactly one month ago that I met these three single Muscovites.
＊ As the young people were interested in design, architecture, and painting, I took them to the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo in Takebashi first thing in the morning. It was after the Meiji Restoration (1867) that Japanese people learned Western painting from traditional art such as Japanese painting and ukiyo-e. They liked the quiet and warm space where ink paintings and oil paintings were exhibited, and they carefully traced the genealogy of Japanese art from modern to contemporary times. The youngest, Vika, walked around enthusiastically, so in the third floor art room, she took a break on a stool and gazed at the magnificent masterpieces of Japanese painting. ＊ A few days […]
The frank Italian couple enjoyed east side of Tokyo.
The frank Italian couple explored Tsukiji fish market, Kiyosumi-park, Fukagawa-edo-shiryokan, Fukagawa-fudoudo, Tomioka-hachimangu, Imperial-Palace and observatories around Tokyo station. They were most impressed by the open view from KITTE observatory.