Italian and French guys enjoyed Tokyo
The two lovely Italian and French men walked a lot and visited many of the places in Tokyo in the heat and humidity. We visited the Imperial Palace, temple in Asakusa, park in Ueno, origami museum, and other shrines.
Brazilians spent hot and humid days in Tokyo
It was really hot (35 degrees C) and humid days however they enjoyed strolling in Tsukiji Outer Market, visiting Fukagawa Edo Museum, participating in the official tour in the Palacio Imperial and so on. They ate fatty Tuna Sushi (Ootoro) at the market and commented that they had never eaten such a delicious sushi before and cannot eat such a fatty tuna in Brazil. They learnt how ordinary people lived in the down town Edo (Tokyo) at the middle of 19th century at the Fukagawa Edo Museum and that Sushi and Tempura were fast-food at the time.
８ Americans enjoyed many places of Tokyo.
As it was hot day, so we stopped each water supply spot and got water. They wanted to visit to many places in Tokyo, Imperial palace, Tsukiji fish-market, Odaiba area, Asakusa area and Shinjuku area, so we traveled by subway here and there. 2 vegetarians also enjoyed Sushi of egg and California role at Tsukiji sushi shop.
We held the first guide training session of this fiscal year.
A guide training session was held in Asakusa and Ueno bythe veteran guide, with nine members participating. They were able to hear interesting and in-depth historical stories while seeing stone monuments and shops, as well as slightly different routes that they usually guide.They visited Asakusa Kannon Street, the Great Bell, the inner sanctuary of Sensoji Temple, the Shinmon Tatsugoro stone monument behind Asakusa Shrine, and the lovers' sanctuary on the Sumida River Walk, and heard stories that will be useful for future guides. Furthermore, in Ueno, they were able to learn in detail about the great changes that have taken place at Kanei-ji Temple and the changes to the mausoleum […]
A lady from Thailand discovered charm of Narita deeply
An elegant and curious lady from Thailand explored Deep-Narita in the lingering summer heat. She visited not only to Naritasan Shinsho-ji Temple but to vast Naritasan Park which spreading out behind the Temple. And she had various experiences like hearing clear sounds at “Water Harp Cave”, watching huge rubbing print from real mountain criff in the “Calligraphy Museum”, meeting with swimming around carps and small fall in the park. The end of the day, she and our guide had cool downed their body by shaved ice at a tea house with pretty garden.
The following is a report on the results of guiding in August.
ーーNumber of guide requests (cases) :46、ーーNumber of guide requests (persons) :152、ーーNumber of days guided (days) :32、ーーNumber of guests guided (persons) :126、ーーNumber of guide participants (persons) :16
A family of four from Italy enjoys a conversation with a Buddhist monk.
I guided an Italian family of four to a temple. After the prayer, they were able to speak directly with the monk. They asked many questions, and the monk patiently answered each one. This made them feel closer to the monk. The Italians left feeling very satisfied and grateful.
Italian nice guy a enjoyed a wonderful day in Kamakura.
Italian nice guy explored Kamakura, the ancient capital in Japan. He walked a lot in the heat and visited many temples and shrines. （the Great Buddha, the so-called flower temple, bamboo temple, etc., and at noon he enjoyed a meal at a Japanese restaurant with few tourists. He took a break in the garden attached to the temple for a while, forgot the heat and fatigue, and enjoyed the silence.
Maroc couple enjoyed their favorite destinations.
2 days ago, Maroc couple requested Tokyo guide, so I responded to them. It was first time to guide Maroc people, but they were very frank and friendly, so I could enjoy with them. They requested halal lunch, so we went halal ramen shop at Shibuya.
Mother and son from Italy eat their fill of sushi.
I took a mother and son, two visitors from Italy, to Sushizanmai (a conveyor belt sushi restaurant) in Tsukiji. The son in particular said it was delicious and ate about 15 plates. It looks like he's still growing big.