JAPAN · PALACE GARDENS AND GROUNDS IN JAPAN
Every trip has one free morning too few. These 12 palace gardens and grounds in Japan justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide quickly and get on with the rest of the day.
Explore Tokyo’s Imperial Palace East Gardens and Edo Castle ruins with a guide, scenic stops, samurai stories, and practical tips for this $25 walk.
“Definitely worth it! I recommend to all first time travelers to Tokyo. We enjoyed a lot and especially our guide KAZ was great”
Explore Tokyo’s Imperial Palace East Gardens, Edo Castle ruins, shogun history, and Ninomaru Garden on a friendly 2.5-hour walking tour.
“K was so knowledgeable and friendly. No better way to experience the Palace than with a tour with him. Last day for us and went out with a great experience!”
Review of Tokyo’s Imperial Palace, Edo Castle, Shogun and Garden walking tour, with costs, itinerary, guides, value, tips and booking advice.
“Good tour off the east side of the imperial palace grounds. For those not familiar with the palace the place is huge (so walking in the summer heat or cold are not recommened for the unprepared) and split into east and west sides AND the Read more”
Explore Tokyo’s Imperial Palace East Gardens, Edo Castle history, koi ponds, and shogun stories on a relaxed two-hour English tour.
“We really enjoyed our tour despite the fact that it was a rainy day! Hitoshi is very friendly and knowledgeable (and he speaks English really well, which obviously helps). We highly recommend this tour to anyone interested in visiting the Imperial Palace Gardens and learning a bit about its history along the way!”
Review of Tokyo’s private Imperial Palace East Gardens tour, with Edo Castle ruins, history, practical tips, price value, and honest drawbacks.
“This was the ideal way to see the Imperial Palace East Gardens and site. We learned way more on this tour than we ever would have by ourselves. Yoshiko, our guide, made the experience really enjoyable despite the heat and sun. She was fuRead more”
Review of Tokyo’s private East Gardens tour, with Edo Castle ruins, seasonal flowers, expert English guides, tips, value, and practical details.
“What a great tour! Naoko, our tour guide, was warm and extremely knowledgeable about the the buildings, the inhabitants past and present, the hybrid species of koi and the gardens. Perfectly paced, the time went by pleasurably while soaking in the surroundings and its history.”
Walk from Tokyo’s Imperial Palace East Gardens to Tokyo Station with history, gardens, samurai-era sites, and Marunouchi architecture.
“I really enjoyed the tour. Our guide Yuki-san told us many exiting facts about the castle in a way I can imagine what it was like 400 years ago.”
Explore Edo Castle ruins and the Imperial Palace East Garden with a guide, from Otemon Gate to Ninomaru Garden, for $37.
“Nic ciekawego. Zwykły spacer po parku w obecności przewodnika. Spodziewałam się więcej opowieści o historii pałacu i Japonii. Przewodnik prawie nic nie mówił.”
Review of Tokyo’s 2-hour Imperial Palace East Garden tour, with guide insights, practical tips, price value, meeting details, and honest drawbacks.
“Our guide was a wonderful person and was very kind. We are sure she did her best to show us the Imperial Palace. However, we believe either her English was not good enough to make this type of tour, or her knowledge of the Palace aRead more”
Explore Tokyo’s Imperial Palace East Gardens with a small-group guide, historic ruins, samurai stories, and flexible plans for palace closures.
“It was incredibly hot, but Taro made it interesting and educational. We learned a lot of history and context. Thank you!”
Review of Tokyo’s private cherry blossom tour, with Asakusa, Ueno, Tsukiji sushi, Imperial Palace gardens, transport tips, and value advice.
“The guide, Nobuko Akimoto, was very generous with her time and knowledge. She took no offense to my cultural questions and gave me insight so I can understand what I observe. She adjusted the tour to my curiosity instead of pro forma. Wish I had gone sooner and more often. Extremely grateful!!! She was amazing!!!!”
Review of the Imperial Palace East Gardens audio tour in Tokyo, with price, timing, route, history, practical tips, and who should book.
“This was an awesome (audio guide) tour! I booked it the same day and got an email within about 15 minutes—super quick and easy to start listening.”
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