Tokyo Private Tours & Local Tour Guides

“Fantastic Bar Tour”

We had a great time on the bar hopping tour with Shushaku. He showed us some fantastic places where we got to try many different types of foods/drinks, and he explained everything in detail answering every question we had. We had some specific requests about places we wanted to go and Shushaku was happy to help. Not only did he do a fantastic job as a tour guide but he also took loads of great pictures along the way for no extra charge. Genuinely a really nice guy, who made us laugh and the perfect drinking buddy.

Shusaku M.

(21 reviews)

Thank you so much for writing such a wonderful review! It was truly an honor to meet you both. Please feel free to reach out anytime! I’m looking forward to seeing you again. Thank you for choosing Japan!

“100 star rating for Kaori and her husband.”

My family of 3 visited Tokyo during peak cherry blossom season in early April, 2025 and spent 4 wonderful days with Kaori and her husband Ichiro. It's our first time vacationing in Tokyo so we spent a lot of time contacting tour guides for more information starting in October, 2024. After a few email exchanges with all of them, we decided to go with Kaori with complete confidence. She was most responsive, patient, flexible, and informative during our search for a tour guide in Tokyo and after we decided to go with her, we continued to email her with additional questions and changes and she always replied within 24 hours and in most cases, much less than 24 hours. After we met in Tokyo to start our tour, we were even more impressed with how personable she was, how attentive she was all day to take care of our needs, and how flexible she was to new requests and changes. Here are just some small examples to show her big heart: 1. She provided hand warmers and stick-on heat patches for us when it was cold and raining during the first 2 days of our trip. She even brought her own ski jacket for my wife to wear on the second day to keep her warm. 2. We told her about a special, hard to find, high end type of orange we tried during breakfast in our hotel and she bought them for us the same night to try the next day. 3. We asked for her opinion re. a specific type of Japanese cuisine (okonomiyaki) served at a specific restaurant that she was not familiar with so she and her husband went to that restaurant to eat to make sure and she then made hard to get counter seat reservation for us. She treated us like her own family and we felt completely at home and at ease with her the entire 4 days. In addition, we also totally enjoyed spending time with her husband Ichiro who drove us around in their spacious and comfortable family mini van and took many precious once-in-a-lifetime professional photographs for free! Book with her now before it's too late!

“Amazing Tour”

Keiko took us to several stops with beautiful views of Mt Fuji- it was a worthwhile trip out of Tokyo and very scenic area with many points of interest. Keiko is phenomenal and such a lovely person, and an organized and capable guide. She met us at the train station and shepherded us throughout the day- ensuring we had a great experience as a family. Everything was planned to the minute so we were able to catch the right trains and buses, but nothing felt rushed and we had time to spend at each area we visited. The garden and boat ride on the lake were especially nice stops. We were extremely lucky that Mt Fuji was so clear at each location, but most importantly that we had Keiko to guide us! We thoroughly enjoyed our day with her.

Keiko T.

(19 reviews)

Anne Marie, thank you very much for your kind review. I also truly enjoyed showing you around and sharing the beauty of Japan with you. The Lake Kawaguchi area, in particular, is one of my top recommendations for anyone visiting Japan. With the rainy season approaching, the weather was overcast yesterday. Nevertheless, we were incredibly lucky to have a clear view of Mt. Fuji all day from every spot we visited—it’s quite rare! I'm so glad to hear that you fully enjoyed the tour. If you have another opportunity to visit Japan, I would be more than happy to guide you again and help you explore even more of authentic Japan.