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Kamakura Private Tour - Hokokuji Temple in spring
Hokokuji Temple in spring
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Hase Kannon
Kamakura Private Tour - Engakuji Temple in autumn
Engakuji Temple in autumn
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Dance stage of Hachimangu Shrine
Kamakura Private Tour - Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in New Year day
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in New Year day
Kamakura Private Tour - Great Buddha in Hase
Great Buddha in Hase

Exploring temples and Shrine in Kamakura

Day Trip
Kamakura Tour Guide - Yuka S.

Joined 2022

Yuka S.
4.85 / 5
(74 reviews)
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Kamakura
English, Japanese (Native)
6 hours
Private tour (only you and Yuka S.)
Up to 6 people

Kamakura is adorable with a lot of old temples and shrines. You can enjoy seeing old structures, gardens, flowers every season and strolling around the town in the countryside. It is located west of Tokyo and accessible by train only for 40 minutes. You can learn Japanese cultural aspects a lot there.

Itinerary

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

10:00 AM

Meeting Point

Kamakura station

- In front of the tourist office at East Exit

10:00 AM

Kamakura station

From Shinagawa or Tokyo station, you take JR train for 40 minutes. If you have JR passes, you can use them.

10:20 AM

Hase Temple

This is one of famous temples in Kamakura, which enshrines a great wooden statue of eleven-headed Kannon. It's a huge 9m high, one wood golden statue. The structures of the temple and its gardens are beautiful in every season.

12:00 PM

Kotokuin Temple and Great Buddha

The Great Image of Buddha outdoor is a symbol of Kamakura and is wonderful statue with the merciful face and beautiful meditation posture. The combination of the Buddha and the mountains in the background is fabulous.

12:50 PM

Komachi-dori Street

After seeing souvenir shops, you have one-hour free time for lunch. There're many Japanese snack stands, restaurants and sweet shops along Komachi street.


You can join your guide for lunch, getting her assistance for booking a good Japanese restaurant and ordering food and drinks at the restaurant. If you like to have lunch with your guide, please let her know in advance about that and your food allergy.

02:10 PM

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

This is the most famous shrine in the area and accept a lot of visitors. It was the important guardian shrine for Kamakura Shogun family in Kamakura period between 1192 and 1333, when Kamakura was the administrative and military center. It's still popular among people because it's a historical power spot.

03:00 PM

Hokokuji Temple, Option: Jomyoji Temple

You visit important and historical Buddhist temples, where you would enjoy to see the bamboo garden, have an experience to enter into a Japanese room, have maccha green tea and small sweet.


You can choose Jomyoji temple or longer walking in Hachimangu Shrine.

04:00 PM

Kamakura station

We take JR train to go back to Tokyo.

Your guide assists you and provides information of trains.

Ending Point

Kamakura station

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

guide fee, train and buses (guide), entrances (guide)

What‘s not included

your JR train return ticket from Tokyo: 1500JPY/person

your transportation in Kamakura: 800JPY/ person (taking a taxi costs a little more)

your entrances : 1100JPY/ person

your food and drink

hotel pick-up and trip to Kamakura station: 3000JPY

Tour Important Information

*In this tour, we walk a lot. It's recommended to wear comfortable clothes and shoes.

*For additional sites for sightseeing, for example including Enoshima Island, changing the itinerary, you can discuss with your guide in advance.

*Due to a bad weather such as heavy rains, it's recommended to take taxies and walk less, and the itinerary might be changed.

Important message from the supplier

I can guide you in Kyoto, Nikko, Hakone if you pay my tranportation fee.

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
Kamakura Tour Guide - Yuka S.

Joined 2022

Yuka S.
4.85 / 5
(74 reviews)
Identity Verified
Interview-Based Quality Checks

About Tour Guide Yuka S.

Hi, I'm Yuka. Welcome to Japan. As a national-licensed guide for about 20 years, I have visited lots of sightseeing places. I'm interested in history, nature, art, music, architecture. I'd like to take you to wonderful places such as old temples and shrines, modern cities, and beautiful areas in Japan. Please feel free to contact me and consult me about your planning itinerary and food restriction. Your interest will give you incredible experiences.


Reviews

Mt. Fuji Day Tour

Our guide was punctual as we met her at the bus station and she was easy to find. She had the route well planned and made adjustments where we wanted. She walked us through a lovely small town where we had lunch and went paddle boating on the lake. When asked, she did a great job taking photos for us. Our biggest challenges were that her English was not that great so we misunderstood some things or were not able to ask questions. And we got to several locations on tour, she told us to meet back in an hour. If you already know the history of what you’re seeing, that works great. If your goal was to learn, then that was a missed opportunity. And she was in line ahead of us to load the bus coming back and she directed us to go to end of line. After about 15min looking at how far away we were, it was clear that we were going go be on two different buses so we just took ourselves up to where she was. If we had not done that, we would have been on 2 different buses with no clue where we were going. On the ride back, the traffic was horrible and it took the bus 5 hours to get back to Shinjuku Station. It should have been 2-2.5. That was not her fault. But had we knows traffic was that bad at that time, we would have been find leaving earlier. She said she recommended a driver. We understood a driver based on when we booked l. Again, this is probably where the language barrier was an issue.

Brian P.

Yuka S.

Yesterday you were lucky to see Mt. Fuji clearly. But the traffic on the way back was the worst in my career of 25 years. There was an accident on the express way that cause our involvement of evening traffic as a result. We wanted to leave Fuji area earlier. However, I was asked for this tour just two days before and there were no buses available leaving earlier. Things were what I should explain, but no one can expect a car accident.

Walking Tour

We were delighted to meet Yuka in Tokyo for our two day walking tour. She was a delightful prompt friendly and informative. We had given her an extensive list of sights and she covered all. Lunches with traditional Japanese restaurants were delightful. I would highly recommend Yuka.

Christine S.

Yuka S.

Thank you for your nice comment, Christine. I was happy to talk with you girls, and amazed to see you were good walkers. I hope you will keep wonderful memories in Japan.

Great guide to Fuji

Everything from the customized booking process to the trip itself was great with Yuka. I highly recommend booking with her. She's friendly and thoughtful, making the trip very enjoyable. And I had no trouble understanding her English. Would definitely book with her again.

Sunny W.

Yuka S.

Hello Sunny, thank you for your good comment. I appreciate your kindness. It was a nice day and so we could have wonderful views. I'll remember the day in Fuji area with you.

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