This year’s first tour

We had this year’s first tour last Saturday.

A guest from Korea gave us nice souvenirs (=omiyage) -Korean liquor and laver.

Thanks!!

visit inside the Palace

Yukiko and I joined the walking tour inside the Imperial Palace (the former Edo Castle).
The Palace still occupies 115hr at the very center of Tokyo, and it surely is the main symbol of Tokyo.
Atmosphere there was so cool and silent that we might forget we are in the very center of Tokyo.

Although our cycling tour doesn’t include the visit inside the Palace, you can personally apply for the visit here.

Imperial Household Agency
http://sankan.kunaicho.go.jp/english/index.html

Tours are held on weekdays and English audio guide is also available.

The island in Tokyo

Hi! I’m Haruna, one of the guides of TGCT.

I love cycling and often take a trip with my bike. I went Hachijyojima last week before.

Hachijyojima is a small, semitropic island which locates 290km southward Tokyo, but actually it’s a part of Tokyo Metropolis.

It takes only 50 min. flight from Haneda airport. So, during holidays, the island is alive with lots of divers who live in Kanto area.

I enjoyed diving too. You may see not only rare fish but also seaturtles and dolphins there!

Not only diving, there are other fascinates such as fishing, hiking, Onsen(hot spring), fresh fish and so on.
Hachijyojima isn’t a famous resort,  but I think it’s worth visiting.

By the way, we’ll have 2 guests this weekend. I hope it’ll be a fine day!