The East Gardens of the Imperial Palace tours

Brendan was really great! I saw his tour yesterday, and I’m at the Edo-Tokyo Museum today and so much makes more sense after having done his tour of the Imperial Palace. The explanations in the museum are a bit dry and dense with facts, and I don’t have a lot of connection to annecdotes which help me remember what happened and why. Brendan’s tour really helped fill in some of that for me, and provided me a much better context. I’d recommend to anyone — do his tour first, before the museum, for greater understanding!

Our group had an great time and experience with this short tour! We had signed up the day prior, but had no issues at all. It was a small tour group of 6 people. Our tour guide, Nonoka provided fun knowledge and historical facts about Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace area throughout the time! Her English was very good and clear. In addition, we were given a digital QR code for a self English guide for the East Imperial Garden, which we were brought to the entrance of for the last tour location on the itinerary. Overall, I highly recommend!!!

What an Amazing and Fun day around the city with Zeeshan. The carseat was included!!! Yey. We traveled with 5 people, 2 little kids (5 and 2). What a smooth day with our driver. He was such an accommodating and kind driver. The itinerary changed a lot tailored to what we needed at the moment and where we wanted to go. At first, we had a set itinerary but because we stayed at one place too long it was okay with our driver. Zeeshan always had a smile on his face, even if it was such a long day.

The guide, Koyo, has done a very good job. He provided a lot of detailed explanations on th shogun & Edo period and comparisons between the Edo Castle during the Edo period and the current Imperial Palace. It is really worth the price. 👍🏻👍🏻

Soba was very friendly and accommodating. He answered all our questions. It would be helpful to have a bottle holder on the bike and a bottle of water but Soba managed to get us to vending machines. Might be good to add some great spots for stopping to take pics or to find out about although we enjoyed the cycling on its own. Easy to use bikes!

Miwakosan was so kind and knowledgeable!! we had a nice and calm time with her. We were half and hour late but she still waited and extended time for us after the 3 hour period. The grounds should be historically explored so miwakosan did a good job at explaining everything from that angle. Taking a private tour with grounds like this is a must bcs its so huge. You would tend to get lost in large groups, so this was much needed to explore such and area. She had lamintaed booklets too!! The dedication to our understanding was so moving. We really loved her effort and personality. Thank you so very much miwakosan, we miss you already!

Good experience, I had a private tour because I was the only one to book the slot. The guide was patient and very interesting.

I would recommend this tour. It was very informative through the beautiful grounds of the palace, doused in the history of this amazing country. There was plenty of time to take photos and explore. Our guide was amazing. Thank you so much for a wonderful tour.