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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

Would you like to enjoy international exchange while exploring the history and natural beauty of the Imperial Palace?

In this event, we will take a relaxing walk through the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace, located on the former grounds of Edo Castle. The gardens include parts of the former Honmaru (Main Bailey), Ninomaru (Second Bailey), and Sannomaru (Third Bailey), covering an impressive area of approximately 210,000 square meters.

As you stroll through the gardens, you can experience the rich history of Edo Castle while enjoying the peaceful atmosphere and beautiful seasonal scenery. Historic stone walls, gates, and castle ruins remain throughout the grounds, offering a fascinating glimpse into Japan’s past.

The gardens are also home to a wide variety of trees, plants, and flowers that change throughout the year, creating a beautiful landscape in every season.

Take a leisurely walk through this vast green space and experience the unique harmony between Japanese history and nature. Despite being located in the heart of Tokyo, the East Gardens provide a tranquil escape from the city's busy streets.

Let’s discover another side of Tokyo together while enjoying conversation and meeting people from around the world!

🌿 Perfect for people who:
🏯 Are interested in Japanese history and culture
🌳 Enjoy nature and beautiful gardens
📞 Love photography and sightseeing
🚶 Enjoy relaxing walks
🀝 Want to meet international people and make new friends

Join us for a peaceful and memorable walk through one of Tokyo’s most historic and beautiful locations! ✚🌿🏯

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🏯 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 (4:45 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 (5:00 PM)
After 5:00 PM, you can join any of the meetups held at the café until as late as 11:00 PM at no additional cost.

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🏯 Important Notes
- This event is not a guided tour.
- Joining the event after departure is not possible.
- 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

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☕ Information

💡 Fees
Participation Fee: *FREE* (Regardless of nationality or gender)
- One drink order is required (from 500 JPY)
- Second drink and onwards: discounted price (from 300 JPY)
- Alcohol (from 500 JPY), light meal (from 100 JPY)
- A one-time “Member Passport” issuance fee of 100 JPY applies
- Payment is cash only

👉 Payment
- A 500 JPY drink deposit will be collected before departure. Please order your drink when we return to the café after the walk.
- If your drink costs more than 500 JPY, you will be asked to pay the difference.
- The deposit is non-refundable.

💡 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

東京の䞭心に広がる皇居で、日本の歎史ず豊かな自然を感じながら、囜際亀流を楜しみたせんか

今回のむベントでは、江戞城跡ずしお知られる皇居東埡苑を散策したす。皇居東埡苑は、旧江戞城の本䞞・二の䞞・䞉の䞞の䞀郚を敎備した広倧な庭園で、玄21䞇㎡もの敷地を誇りたす。

園内には、江戞城の歎史を今に䌝える石垣や門、櫓跡が残されおいるほか、四季折々の花々や豊かな緑が広がり、郜心ずは思えない萜ち着いた景芳を楜しむこずができたす。

歎史ある城跡を歩きながら、江戞時代の面圱に觊れ、日本の文化や歎史ぞの理解を深めたしょう。たた、広々ずした苑内では、矎しい自然を眺めながらゆったりずした時間を過ごすこずができたす。

東京駅や倧手町駅からほど近い堎所にありながら、静寂に包たれた特別な空間は、たさに東京の隠れた魅力のひず぀です。

歎史が奜きな方、自然の䞭を散策したい方、東京の新たな魅力を発芋したい方、そしお囜際亀流を楜しみたい方におすすめのむベントです。

🌿 江戞城の歎史に觊れたい方
🏯 皇居や日本文化に興味がある方
📞 矎しい庭園や歎史スポットを巡りたい方
🚶 のんびり散策を楜しみたい方
🀝 囜際亀流や新しい出䌚いを楜しみたい方

郜䌚の喧隒を離れ、歎史ず自然が調和する皇居東埡苑で、特別なひずずきを䞀緒に過ごしたしょう ✚🌿🏯

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🏯 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 (4:45 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 (5:00 PM)
午埌5時以降は、最長午埌11時たで、カフェで開催される各亀流䌚に远加料金なしでご参加いただけたす。

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🏯 ご泚意
- 本むベントはガむドツアヌではありたせん。
- 出発埌の途䞭参加はできたせん。
- 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

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☕ 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〜
- ドリンク2杯目以降は割匕䟡栌300円〜
- お酒500円〜、軜食100円〜
- 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
- お支払いは珟金のみずなりたす

👉 お支払
- 最初にドリンク代のデポゞットずしお500円をお支払いいただきたす。りォヌキング終了埌、カフェぞお戻りの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。
- なお、デポゞットの返金はいたしかねたす。

💡 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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