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Kamakura & Enoshima: It's Shownan Time!

Art, Culture, & Historical
Kamakura Tour Guide - Haruo T.

Joined 2019

Haruo T.
4.83 / 5
(12 reviews)
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This tour takes you to Kamakura, the first Samurai capital, and Enoshima, which is a sandbar island on Japanese Long Beach called Shownan. You visit Hachimangu Shrine and Great Buddha to learn about the history and culture of Kamakura Shogunate (Samurai Government). On the latter half of the tour, you enjoy exploring the picturesque and religious island, Enoshima, which is now a popular, and attractive tour site. After you leave Japan, you will never forget this wonderful moment.

Itinerary

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09:00 AM

Meeting Point

At your hotel

09:00 AM

Meeting

Hotel pick up

10:00 AM

Kamakura Hachimangu Shrine

Visit Kamakura Hachimangu Shrine, where Emperor Ojin, God of Archery and War, is enshrined. Learn about the religion and history of Kamakura Shogunate (the first samurai government).

11:30 AM

Komatchdori Street

Stroll the traditional and fashionable shopping mall, enjoying foods and drinks as well as shopping.

01:30 PM

Great Buddha in Kotokuin Temple

See the impressive and handsome image of Buddha sitting in the open air and learn about Buddhism in Kamakura Era.

02:30 PM

Enoshima Island

Visit Enoshima, which literally means the picturesque island, to enjoy the ocean view from the observatory on the top of the island.

03:00 PM

New Enoshima Aquarium

Visit one of the most popular and brand-new aquariums in Japan to see the dolphin show, fishes native to off the coast of Kamakura, various jellyfish and so one.

06:00 PM

End of the tour

Hotel drop off

Ending Point

At your hotel

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Inclusions & Exclusions

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guide transportation fee

guide admission fee

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What‘s not included

your transportation fee

lunch

your admission fee

Tour Important Information

*Please wear comfortable shoes, because you need to walk a little bit long around Kamakura. It's possible you take a taxi if necessary.

*You need admission fee for Great Buddha (300 yen), Enoshima Aquarium (2,500 yen) and so on.

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Kamakura Tour Guide - Haruo T.

Joined 2019

Haruo T.
4.83 / 5
(12 reviews)
Identity Verified
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About Tour Guide Haruo T.

I live in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture. I have a license to teach in high schools and was admitted to the degree of Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language in the University of Birmingham. Until 2015 I had been teaching English at public high schools in Kanagawa for 37 years. During that time, I had some experience of guiding students from overseas through sister-school relationship around Tokyo and Kanagawa. Therefore, I had good command of English with the TOEIC score of 935.

As for a tour guide experience I earned the certificate of National Government Licensed Guide-Interpreter in English and since then I have guided tourists to the popular sites around Tokyo, Yokohama, Kamakura and Yokosuka. My guiding focuses on introducing not only Japanese historical and cultural backgrounds but also giving tourists some tips to travel Japan only by themselves, such as how to use trains and subways, find good restaurants, reserve tickets, buy survenier, and speak basic Japanese. In addition, my tour includes opportunities to experience Japanese culture like Zen meditation, ninja performance, visiting anime's location sites based on tourists' request. Besides, by means of my hobbies of writing English Haiku and Waka (traditional Japanese poems) and performing Rakugo (traditional Japanese funny story telling) in English, I can surely entertain tourists during the tour.

My moto as a tour guide is let the tourists have a once-in-a-lifetime experience in Japan with my profound, intelligible and interestiog guiding.

Reviews

Tokyo Bay walking tour

Haruo was a great guide - took us to do and see what we asked for and more - explained points of interest on the way - would do another tour with him

Stacey H.

Thank you for the thoughtful and heartwarming review even though I made some mistakes during the tour. This encourages me a lot. Please enjoy the tour in Japan. I’m always wishing your safe and wonderful trip in Japan.

S

Sharon N.

4 / 5
Aug 18, 2024

Tokyo: First Day on Your Trip to Japan

Tokyo
9 hours

This truly was our first day on our trip to Japan

Although one member of our Family is able to speak a basic level of Japanese, he had never been to Tokyo before. So having a private guide was the top reason why we booked this tour. Haruo was very responsive, both before and during the tour. Before our arrival, contacting us and confirming the sites we wanted to see. The morning of, we confused our start time to an earlier time and Haruo left his home early to get to us. He picked us up at the train station by our accommodations, which we greatly appreciated. We chose Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Tokyo Tower, lunch in the Shopping Mall at Ginza, Asakusa Sensoji Temple and Sumida river cruise. Unfortunately, the Garden was closed the day of our tour, so we went to see the giant Shinjuku 3D cat billboard! Since we chose attractions that were not close to each other, Haruo had to navigate the trains and subways for us, which even for a local can be confusing. Our Family has food issues - and Haruo spoke with the staff at the restaurant we chose on our behalf to ensure we could eat there without issue. And we did and it was a lovely lunch! One recommendation would be to select attractions that are closer to each other than we did. Especially if you haven't recovered from jet lag! I would highly recommend Haruo and this tour!

Sharon N.

Dear Sharon Thank you for heartwarming review though I made some mistakes and confused you during the tour. This encourages me to improve my future tour. Take care of yourselves and enjoy the rest of summer. Haruo

Great locations, great guide

We really enjoyed traveling to Kamakura and Yokosuka with Horuo. It was generally overcast (with a bit of rain) so we were often alone at some of the most popular tourist destinations in the area, and we were able to generally avoid the crowds with Haruo. Travel was very easy for us, and we learned a lot about Japan's history while on our adventures with him. Haruo is very knowledgeable about about the locations he took us to, and was able to bring each bridge and path to life with background we would have otherwise been oblivious to - stories of royalty, faith, assassination plot, wars, peace, and daily life for residents throughout history. There is so much we would have otherwise missed without Haruo, and we are deeply appreciative that we were able to share our travels with him.

Travis V.

Dear Trevis Thank you very much for your heartwarming review. This encourages me to improve my guiding. I was also very happy to have a tour with you. Please take care of yourselves. Best Regards Haruo

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