Tokyo Imperial Palace walking Tour with expert longtime resident

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Tokyo Imperial Palace walking Tour with expert longtime resident

By Jim's Tokyo Tours

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Overview

Learn how the dynamics of Japanese culture have shaped its history over the past 600 years as an expert English-language guide reveals the historic and cultural mysteries of the Imperial Palace East Gardens, where the nation's last feudal dynasty ruled from 1603 to 1869 and laid the foundations for modern Japan.

Learn Japan's culture and group dynamics preserve a peaceful and respectful society that conceals its paradoxical inner turmoil and chaos.

Activity location

Wadakura Fountain Park
- 3-1 Kokyogaien,
- 100-0002, Chiyoda, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

大噴水建設記念碑
- 1 3
- 100-0002, Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan

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Tokyo Imperial Palace walking Tour with expert longtime resident

2h
English

Travellers

Language options: English

Starting time: 14:00

Price details

S$16.54 x 1 AdultS$16.54

Total

Until Tue, 10 Mar

What's included, what's not

Expert knowledge from longtime Japan resident
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Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transport options are available nearby
Transport options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Wadakura Fountain Park

10m
Admission ticket included

Learn what a park built to celebrate the marriage of an imperial crown prince tells us about Japanese culture.

Kokyo Otemon Gate

15m
Admission ticket included

Enter the ruins of ancient Edo Castle through the restored 17th-century Otemon gate, and learn about castle architecture, and the origins of Japan's last feudal government.

Hyakunin Bansho Guardhouse

15m
Admission ticket included

Learn how visitors to the shogun's massive fortress were greeted. See the miracle trees that survived the world's first atomic bombing and learn how feudal Japan forged the culture of craftsmanship that thrives to this.

The East Gardens of the Imperial Palace (Edo Castle Ruin)

40m
Admission ticket included

Stroll through the gardens on the site where Japan's last feudal rulers' palace once stood, and where the remains of Japan's largest castle tower still stand. Learn how Japanese culture contributed to sealing the country off from the rest of the world and how the Japan rallied behind an emperor in the 19th century only to be destroyed in the 20th.

Ninomaru Chashitsu

30m
Admission ticket included

Immerse yourself in the tranquil beauty of the Ninomaru Garden, originally built by the Tokugawa Shoguns and learn how Japan embraces a culture of respect and peace in an otherwise chaotic world.

Location

Activity location

Wadakura Fountain Park
- 3-1 Kokyogaien,
- 100-0002, Chiyoda, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

大噴水建設記念碑
- 1 3
- 100-0002, Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan

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