Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

For business customers from overseas, I would like to pursue "Chuo-ku where they can enjoy" Japanese-style "in a limited short time" for those who have difficulty securing a sufficient sightseeing schedule.

This time, on the homepage introducing Hamarikyu Garden, "We provide a garden guide in English (free) for foreigners. Saturday / Sunday: 11:00 am ", and on sunny May 14 (Saturday), we asked for a companion without prior permission. I will come to the site where the volunteer guide guides the customers and walks. The duty volunteer guide on this day is Mr. T. Mr. T, who speaks English with beautiful pronunciation fluently, is an active business person who has lived overseas and is an Audit & Supervisory Board Member at a logistics company. I saw him in his 50s, but I was jealous of not only his English conversation skills but also his gentleman-like appearance.

By the way, in the actual performance, Mr. T called out "Good morning" to a group of four foreign men who came shortly after I had obtained Mr. T's permission, and the leader said "No!" I passed. Mr. T explains to me, "That misunderstands me as a key money. Especially in developing countries, tourist destinations tend to guide them as kind, and some people demand chips later. Even if you make a mistake in that kind of thing, you should not be surprised."   I once thought, "Mr. T should lower the placard that he wrote" GUIDE FREE "to his chest," and thought, "But this good free appeal may be rather suspicious."

Mr. T started a one-on-one guide to the next arrival in the early 30s and the wake-up man. He wants to take a water bus bound for Asakusa departing at 11:45, so he will take a walk with a good tempo from "300 Years of Pine" to "Yon Liaokan Ruins" and "Shioiri no Ike" direction. However, the process explanation is omitted. My guest told me that I was visiting Japan for the second time last fall, and I was with my wife. This time, for business purposes, I arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday and flew to Hong Kong tomorrow Monday. Because I belong to a foreign financial company, it is a breathtaking sightseeing while traveling on a business trip.
At the arbor in the garden, while listening to the explanation of the restoration model of Masugata castle pointed to by Mr. T, I thought it would be effective to visualize past scenes like this restoration model and make it easier to contrast with the landscape here. A few years later, when CG videos such as falconry in the Edo period and duck hunting in Meiji period are skipped via wireless LAN, and guests stand at Kamoba while watching videos on the screens of smartphones and smart pads that they carry around. The guest was taking pictures in the wind that felt the high-rise building over the garden. The contrast between traditional Japanese-style scenery and modern times seemed interesting. It may not be seen in Kanazawa / Kenrokuen, Okayama / Korakuen or the gardens of the Adachi Museum of Art in Shimane Prefecture, and may be sold at Hamarikyu Gardens.


Press the "ENGLISH" button on the upper right at the beginning of the screen operation on the ticket vending machine bound for Asakusa at the water bus stop, and you can buy the ticket according to the English display thereafter. It would be natural for those who know, but I was impressed.