Tokyo Guided Tour from Local Volunteers in English around Asakusa
I took an official Tokyo volunteer guide tour of Asakusa in English ➡️ https://www.gotokyo.org/en/guide-services/asakusa-night/index.html here’s my experience! Tokyo offers volunteer guided tours, this one free for visiting Asakusa – one of 16 routes from GoTokyo site. Two English speaking guides can take up to 5 people. Some routes have a minimal charge like tea ceremony but I found this to be an incredible opportunity for all travelers to Tokyo, in multiple other languages – the volunteer guides are a fun & informational gateway to Japanese culture, history, local knowledge and sometimes your first friend in Japan! I learned a lot I didn’t know about my city even after 25 years of living here!
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All the love for volunteer tour guides! So wonderful this tour is free! 🫶
This is wonderful.
Merry Christmas
Thank you John for a short Asakusa tour.
Stayed in this area for several days in 2023, but just across the River (super quiet) Got to walk past this everyday..not a bad base of operation. Also is a bit quicker to Narita.
Yet to be released video John? Or an old one? Thanks
Merry Christmas 🌲
Great service and in fluent english 😎👍
A guide by locals would be so informative 👍
Very cool
Is there a website to contact them?
Cool! Merry Christmas 🎅
Always surprised to hear you say Asak*U*sa, even when Japanese will say Asaksa and you are fluent in Japanese….
Have had some volunteer guides elsewhere, and while I do very much appreciate their efforts, the information they provide is sometimes a bit of a mixed bag. Some tell just the basic facts you might as well get from a pamflet, but at Matsuyama Castle I had one that went way too far in depth about every little detail and historic event. While I loved her enthousiams, it was all a bit much. Data overload….
Merry Christmas John