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Chiba Private Tour - Welcome to my house!
Welcome to my house!
Chiba Private Tour - You can see 360' view of suburban Tokyo if the air is clear.
You can see 360' view of suburban Tokyo if the air is clear.
Chiba Private Tour - Buying local food and cooking them are fun!
Buying local food and cooking them are fun!
Chiba Private Tour - Or just buy ready to eat food like yakitori chicken, sushi and pork cutlet.
Or just buy ready to eat food like yakitori chicken, sushi and pork cutlet.
Chiba Private Tour - And you can make traditional Chirasi-Sushi (vinegared rice topped with fish, vegetables and egg).
And you can make traditional Chirasi-Sushi (vinegared rice topped with fish, vegetables and egg).
Chiba Private Tour - If you buy raw seafood of your choice and Sushi mix, it costs around 2000 yen for 4 persons.
If you buy raw seafood of your choice and Sushi mix, it costs around 2000 yen for 4 persons.
Chiba Private Tour - Or you can make your favorite Ramen yourself, costs around 400 yen per person.
Or you can make your favorite Ramen yourself, costs around 400 yen per person.
Chiba Private Tour - Authentic Japanese kimonos and sashes
Authentic Japanese kimonos and sashes

Welcome to Japanese Home Tour

Unique Experience
Chiba Tour Guide - Chiaki K.

Joined 2019

Chiaki K.
4.93 / 5
(123 reviews)
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Chiba
English
4 hrs 30 mins
Private tour (only you and Chiaki K.)
Up to 4 people

Tired of popular tourist spots and like to see the real life of people in Japan? Visit my home! I live in the suburban area of Tokyo which takes about 50 min. from Tokyo station (20 min. train and 15 min bus ride). You can buy your favorite food at a grocery store near the station and cook lunch together in my kitchen.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

10:00 AM

Meeting Point

At your hotel in Tokyo

Buying Japanese food in a grocery store and cooking lunch together.

Visiting Japanese ordinary home and see detailed lifestyle.

Knowing about Japanese food or “washoku” and traditional kimono.

Ending Point

At your hotel or anyplace in Tokyo

Want to personalize this tour?

This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.

Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

Guide fee, Hotel pick-up and drop-off, Transportation fee (guide)

What‘s not included

Your transportation fee, The food you buy at grocery store

Tour Important Information

You will be able to experience ordinary life of the people in Japan, see many unique Japanese food, buy and cook your favorite ones.

Tour Details

1. Pick up at your hotel (if you stay in central area of Tokyo or Chiba).

2. Ride train to Ichikawa station.

3. Enjoy 360’ view from 45th floor of viewing deck next to the station (admission free).

4. Buy local food for lunch at grocery store next to the station.

5. Ride local bus to my apartment (15 min).

6. Cook lunch together and eat.

7. Try samples of Japanese dashi (soup stock of fish and seaweed) to know Japanese style dishes , kimono try-on, etc.

8. Back to the hotel or another place.

Example of the places I can take you at the end of the tour, approximate time and transportation fee are:

-Ginza (50 min. 700 yen)

-Ryogoku Kokugikan or Edo-Tokyo museum (40 min. 500 yen)

-Akihabara (45 min. 500 yen)

-Ueno (50 min. 550 yen)

-Shinjuku (one hour, 650 yen)

Please let me know if you have any food allergies or anything you prefer not to have at the time of booking.

Please take off your shoes when you enter my home. In Japan, we take off shoes at the entrance.

Important message from the supplier

If you stay in the central area of Tokyo or Chiba, I will pick you up and drop you off at your hotel or anyplace you like.

We will take public transportation and walk a lot so please wear comfortable shoes.

Cancellation Policy

  • Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
  • 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
  • No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Chiba Tour Guide - Chiaki K.

Joined 2019

Chiaki K.
4.93 / 5
(123 reviews)
Identity Verified
Interview-Based Quality Checks

About Tour Guide Chiaki K.

Welcome to Japan! My name is Chiaki. I’m a government licensed guide interpreter, a wife and mother of two grown-up children. I’ve been living in Tokyo for 30 years so I know the area well.

If you don’t want to miss popular “must see” places, wish to eat a variety of Japanese popular and delicious food, have particular interest in Japanese theatrical arts, architectures, gardens, tea ceremony and “kawaii” characters, or are tired of tourist spots and like to see the real life of people in Japan, I can help you.

My goal is to help you to make your stay in Japan as memorable and fulfilling as possible. If I can serve you to make your special trip more special, it will be my pleasure.


Reviews

Customized Tour of Tokyo

We had a wonderful tour experience of Tokyo with our tour guide, Chiaki. She created a customized itinerary for us based on sites we were interested in and she was fun and helpful and very knowledgeable. We highly recommend Chiaki for first time visitors to Japan.

Susan J.

Chiaki K.

Dear Susan, thank you so much for your recommendation! I’m so glad you enjoyed your Tokyo tour and that the itinerary matched your interests. It was such a fun day exploring together. I really appreciate you found me in the big ocean of websites! Hope you enjoy your trip in Japan! Thank you again!

Tokyo one-day tour

We had a great day in Tokyo with Chiaki. This was the first time we have used a private guided tour or GoWithGuide and we were very pleased with the experience. The booking was straightforward and everything on the day went smoothly thanks to Chiaki’s great planning. She was friendly, spoke great English and is clearly knowledgeable about the sites and also gave some interesting insights into Japan and Japanese life more generally, especially helpful for new visitors. We plan to use GoWithGuide again following this experience.

James H.

Chiaki K.

Dear James, thank you so much for your kind words! I’m really happy you enjoyed your first private tour experience and that we could spend such a fun day exploring Tokyo together. It was great having lunch at the rotating sushi restaurant with your girls and sharing a bit about everyday life in Japan. I hope you enjoy the trip to Kanazawa, Kyoto and Nagano. Please send my best wishes to Sandra and girls! Thank you again!

Wonderful tour!

Chiaki was a thoroughly knowledgeable and perfect guide, we moved across the city smoothly and Chiaki was great at making sure we were fully understanding what we were looking at at the shrines and temples but more than that she gave us insights into the Japanese customs and approach to life. We went to Mitsukoshi dept store food hall - think Harrods x 10 - it was dazzling in its variety of foods - we first went to the roof where Japanese people where barbecuing and having a wonderful time, we left our bags on the table to reserve our space and went to the basement to choose lunch - cannot imagine doing that in London! A wonderful day, so much knowledge, we glided through the day, very efficient planning, transferring between sites. Chiaki answered all our questions, helped us book tickets to Kanazawa, showed our grown up sons where to go for fun in the evening, took me to second hand kimono shops I would never have found! clearly loves her job, she moved along just at the right pace, well prepared with background information not just about the sites we were visiting but the history of Japan too. We thoroughly enjoyed the day! Chiaki can you message the addresses of those two kimono shops - I want to go again, they were so good - Many Thanks x x x

Robert S.

Chiaki K.

Dear Pauline and Robert, thank you so much for your beautiful and thoughtful review! I truly enjoyed spending the day with you and your family — it was such a pleasure to explore Tokyo together and share stories about Japanese culture and daily life. I’m so glad you enjoyed the mix of traditional sites and local experiences like Mitsukoshi’s food hall and the rooftop garden! It makes me very happy to know you felt relaxed and could experience the city at an easy pace. I really appreciated your curiosity and all your great questions — and I hope your sons had a fun evening out too! I sent you the kimono shop’s name and address on the GoWithGuide message site. Hope you find your favorite kimonos there. Wishing you all a wonderful time in the rest of your Japan journey. I’d be so happy to see you again someday! ARIGATO!

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