Walking tour company Context has expanded into Asia with the opening of tours in Tokyo and Kyoto. Working with local historians, Context has crafted five tours in each city.
Offerings in Kyoto include a thematic walk on Japanese garden and landscape design that visits the Golden Pavilion, as well as a tour on Shinto and Buddhism in the historic Gion neighborhood. Context also offers a woodblock printing workshop with a master of the craft as part of its ongoing "experiential tours" program in all cities where it operates.
Context's Tokyo program includes a tour of anima, manga and other forms of pop culture, focused on the Akihabara neighborhood. The organization is also offering a walk on Japanese aesthetics in the Omotesando and Harajuku areas, as well as a visit to the Tokyo National Museum, and a three-hour Welcome to Tokyo program in which a local expert meets travelers at their hotel and assists them with the logistics of the city.
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