Tokyo: William Adams Walking Tour with Guide

William Adams, the first Englishman in Japan, who worked for the Shogun, became the first and only foreign feudal samurai lord in Japanese history. This stroll retrace his novel like life in Edo.

Wiliam Adams’s outstanding insight contributed greatly to the fledgling Tokugawa shogunate amidst a difficult international situation.

Many biographies have been written, and in recent years, a television drama starring Wiliam Adams, “Shogun” (based on the 1975 novel “Shogun” by James Clavel), was produced in the United States and released in 2024, winning numerous awards and gaining popularity.

This walking tour traces the legacy he left to Japanese society and his outstanding character, focusing on places around Tokyo Station associated with Wiliam Adams.