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https://englishonlycafe.com/info/

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🏯🗡 Imperial Palace & Edo Castle Walk 🚶‍♂🚶‍♀ Samurai History Experience
👉 Discover Tokyo’s Samurai secrets on a stroll through the Imperial Palace and Edo Castle area, exploring hidden history, beautiful gardens, and Shogun stories!
👉 International Meetup at a Cafe & Walking

Enjoy English conversation and international exchange while experiencing Japanese history and nature as you stroll through the grounds of the Imperial Palace and the ruins of Edo Castle.

The tour will take you on a stroll through the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace, the former site of Edo Castle, located within the Imperial Palace. The East Gardens of the Imperial Palace are the gardens attached to the Imperial Palace, which were developed from the Honmaru, Ninomaru, and Sanomaru sections of the former Edo Castle in the eastern area of the Imperial Palace, and boast an area of approximately 210,000 ㎡.

In the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace, visitors can enjoy the changes of the seasons and flowers while experiencing the rich and historic nature and history of the Imperial Palace. The park is beautifully landscaped with diverse trees, plants, and flowers.

First, enjoy English conversation and international exchange at the café, and deepen your friendships in a relaxed atmosphere.

After leaving the cafe, enter the Imperial Palace grounds through Hirakawa Gate. Stroll through spots that evoke Edo Castle's history, such as the castle tower foundation, Fujimi Yagura tower, Hyakunin Banjo guardhouse, and Ninomaru Garden, before reaching Otemon Gate.

Why not experience this special space where Edo-period history and beautiful nature harmonize, leisurely walking through the expansive Imperial Palace grounds?

Discover another charm of Tokyo together amidst quiet scenery unimaginable for a city center.

🏯 Route

📍 ENGLISH ONLY CAFE (2:50–3:10 PM)
Relax in a cozy café atmosphere while enjoying English conversation and international exchange. Before departure, there will be a chance for participants to introduce themselves, so even first-time attendees can quickly feel comfortable!
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📍 Departure (3:10 PM)
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📍 Hirakawa Gate
This gate served as the rear entrance to Edo Castle. Historically known as the “Impure Gate” because it was also used for the entry and exit of criminals, it now stands as a quiet, serene structure.
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📍 Tenshudai
The base where Edo Castle's main keep once stood. While the keep no longer exists, the stone walls offer panoramic views of the Imperial Palace grounds and Tokyo's cityscape.
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📍 Fujimi Yagura
One of the few surviving turrets within Edo Castle. It was named because Mount Fuji could be seen from here during the Edo period. Its impressive white walls and roof are characteristic features.
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📍 Hyakunin Banjo
The site of the headquarters for the “Hyakunin-gumi,” the group responsible for guarding Edo Castle. The original buildings remain intact, making this a place where you can feel the presence of the samurai.
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📍 Ninomaru Garden
A Japanese garden recreating an Edo-period landscape. Featuring seasonal flowers, a pond, and a stone bridge, it offers tranquility and natural beauty.
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📍 Otemon Gate (4:50 PM)
The main gate to the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace, it was once the most prestigious entrance as the main gate of Edo Castle. Its imposing stone walls and gate structure convey the weight of history.
We will disband after exiting the gate, and participants are free to explore on their own.
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📍 ENGLISH ONLY CAFE (5:10 PM)
You can join the international meetups at the café.

🏯 Notes
- This event is not a guided tour.
- Please pay 500 JPY upfront. When you return to the cafe after the walk, order your drink. * If the drink costs more than 500 JPY, you will be asked to pay the difference.
- If you do not order a drink, an additional 500 JPY will be charged on top of the participation fee.
- Joining the event after departure is not possible.
- After the walk concludes, you are welcome to continue participating in meetups at the cafe until 11:00 PM.
- If there are fewer than three participants on the day or in case of severe weather, the event will be canceled. However, you are still welcome to visit the café and enjoy our various meetups.
- If you wish to leave the group early, please inform the organizer.

✔ Event Guide Link
https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/event/pdf/illustrationmap-j.pdf

☕ Information

💡 Fees
Participation Fee: *FREE* (Regardless of nationality or gender)
* One drink order is required (from 500 JPY)
* Upon arrival, please pay 500 JPY upfront. After completing the evening walk and returning to the café, please pay the difference for your selected drink
* Please note that if you leave without returning to the café, no refund will be issued
* One drink order is required (from 500 JPY)
* An additional drink is from 300 JPY
* You can also order alcohol
* Light meal is from 100 JPY
* A one-time “Member Passport” issuance fee of 100 JPY applies
* Cash only

💡 Participation
- This meetup group is for members only. To be a member, you have to read and understand the "Rule Book" and agree to its contents.
- Please check the "Information" and "Rule Book" from the links below, and then click the “Attend” button on this page.
- Please note that you will be asked to read the "Rule Book" again when you visit for the first time.

✔ Information
https://englishonlycafe.com/info/

✔ Rule Book
https://t.co/zPEKGIKho5

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🏯🗡 Imperial Palace & Edo Castle Walk 🚶‍♂🚶‍♀ Samurai History Experience
👉 皇居ず江戞城呚蟺を散歩しながら、東京の䟍の秘密や隠れた歎史、矎しい庭園、将軍の物語を発芋しよう
👉 カフェでの囜際亀流䌚ずりォヌキング

皇居や江戞城跡を散策しながら、日本の歎史ず自然を䜓隓し぀぀、囜際亀流を楜しみたせんか。

ツアヌでは、皇居の䞭にある江戞城跡の皇居東埡苑を散策したす。皇居東埡苑は、皇居東地区の旧江戞城本䞞、二の䞞および䞉の䞞の䞀郚を敎備した皇居附属庭園で、玄21䞇㎡の広さを誇りたす。

皇居東埡苑では、皇居の歎史ある豊かな自然や歎史を感じながら、四季折々の倉化や花々を楜しむこずができたす。園内には、倚様な暹朚や草花が配眮されおおり、矎しい景芳が広がっおいたす。

たずはカフェで英䌚話や囜際亀流を楜しみながら、和やかな雰囲気の䞭で芪睊を深めたしょう。

カフェを出発埌、平川門から皇居に入り、倩守台、富士芋櫓、癟人番所、二の䞞庭園など、江戞城の歎史を感じられるスポットを巡りながら散策し、倧手門ぞず至りたす。

広々ずした皇居の敷地をのんびり歩きながら、江戞時代の歎史ず矎しい自然が調和する特別な空間を䜓隓しおみたせんか。

郜䌚の䞭心ずは思えない静かな景色の䞭で、東京のもう䞀぀の魅力を䞀緒に発芋したしょう。 🌿

🏯ルヌト

📍 ENGLISH ONLY CAFE (2:50-3:10 PM)
カフェでリラックスした雰囲気の䞭、英䌚話や囜際亀流を楜しみたしょう。出発前には参加者同士で自己玹介の機䌚もあるため、初参加の方でもすぐに打ち解けられたす
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📍 出発 (3:10 PM)
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📍 平川門
江戞城の裏門にあたり、眪人の出入りにも䜿われたこずから「䞍浄門」ずも呌ばれた歎史がありたす。今は静かな䜇たいの門です。
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📍 倩守台
か぀お江戞城の倩守閣が建っおいた台座郚分。珟圚は倩守はありたせんが、石垣の䞊からは皇居内や東京の街䞊みを䞀望できたす。
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📍 富士芋櫓
江戞城内に珟存する数少ない櫓のひず぀で、江戞時代にはここから富士山が芋えたこずからその名が぀きたした。立掟な癜壁ず屋根が特城です。
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📍 癟人番所
江戞城内の譊備を担圓しおいた“癟人組”の詰所跡。圓時の建物がそのたた残っおおり、歊士の存圚を感じられる堎所です。
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📍 二の䞞庭園
江戞時代の庭園を再珟した日本庭園。四季折々の草花や池、石橋があり、自然の矎しさず静けさを楜しめたす。
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📍 倧手門 (4:50 PM)
皇居東埡苑の正門で、か぀お江戞城の正門ずしお最も栌匏の高い出入り口でした。重厚な石垣ず門構えが歎史の重みを感じさせたす。
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📍 ENGLISH ONLY CAFE (5:10 PM)
カフェでの亀流䌚に参加いただけたす。

🏯 ご泚意
- 本むベントはガむドツアヌではありたせん。
- ドリンクのラストオヌダヌは、出発の30分前ずなりたす。
- 最初に500円をお支払いいただき、りォヌキング終了埌にカフェぞ戻った際にドリンクをご泚文ください。
* ドリンク代が500円を超える堎合は、差額をお支払いいただきたす。
- ドリンクのご泚文がない堎合は、参加費に加えお500円を頂戎いたしたす。
- 出発埌の途䞭参加はできたせん。
- りォヌキング終了埌は、カフェにお午埌11時たで亀流䌚をお楜しみいただけたす。
- 圓日の参加者が3名未満の堎合や荒倩時は䞭止ずなりたすが、その際はカフェにお各皮亀流䌚をお楜しみいただけたすので、ぜひカフェたでお越しください。
- 途䞭退垭の際は、オヌガナむザヌぞお知らせください

✔ Event Guide Link
https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/event/pdf/illustrationmap-j.pdf

☕ ご案内

💡 料金
参加料: *無料* (囜籍、性別問わず、党おの方)
* ワンドリンク制 (500円から)
* ご来店時にたず500円をお支払いいただき、りォヌキング終了埌にカフェぞお戻りの際、ご垌望のドリンクずの差額を別途お支払いいただきたす
* なお、カフェに戻らずそのたたお垰りになる堎合は、返金いたしかねたす。
* 远加ドリンク 300円から
* お酒も泚文可
* 軜食 100円から
* 初回のみ䌚員蚌発行手数料ずしお、100円を頂戎いたしたす
* 珟金のみ

💡 参加方法
- 圓亀流䌚は䌚員制です。䌚員になるには、『Rule Book』をお読みいただき、内容をご理解のうえ、ご同意いただく必芁がありたす。
- 以䞋のリンクから『Information』ず『Rule Book』をご確認のうえ、このペヌゞの『参加する』ボタンを抌しおください。
- なお、『Rule Book』は初回ご来店の際にも改めおお読みいただきたす。

✔ Information
https://englishonlycafe.com/info/

✔ Rule Book
https://t.co/zPEKGIKho5

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