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Kamakura Private Tour - Hasedera temple' entrance gate
Hasedera temple' entrance gate
Kamakura Private Tour - Hasedera temple
Hasedera temple
Kamakura Private Tour - Daibutsu,Great Buddha
Daibutsu,Great Buddha
Kamakura Private Tour - Sacred pond to wash your money in.
Sacred pond to wash your money in.
Kamakura Private Tour - The place you can wash your money .
The place you can wash your money .
Kamakura Private Tour - The money washed here would come back to you together with its friend money.
The money washed here would come back to you together with its friend money.
Kamakura Private Tour - Sasuke-inari shrine: Numerous red flags and tori-gates
Sasuke-inari shrine: Numerous red flags and tori-gates
Kamakura Private Tour - Sasuke-inari shrine:Lots of fox dolls invite you.
Sasuke-inari shrine:Lots of fox dolls invite you.
Kamakura Private Tour - Komachi-dori shopping street
Komachi-dori shopping street
Kamakura Private Tour - Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu:Main shrine built by Minamoto Yoritomo in 1180.
Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu:Main shrine built by Minamoto Yoritomo in 1180.

Small hiking in Kamakura to feel its ancient atomosphere

Off the Beaten Path
Kamakura Tour Guide - Kaneo U.

Joined 2017

Kaneo U.
4.99 / 5
(96 reviews)
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Kamakura
Japanese (Native), English
6 hours
Private tour (only you and Kaneo U.)
Up to 6 people

You can enjoy a small hiking in a north mountain area, where you will feel ancient atmosphere by visiting a mystic cave shrine called Zeniarai-Benten and Sasuke-Inari shrine. You can also enjoy other faomous spots, Tsurugaoka-Hachiman-gu shrine and Great Buddha.

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 or Kamakura station in Kanagawa pref.

10:30 AM

Hasedera Shrine

Famous for its 11-headed Kannon statue. Its beautiful garden is also famous.


11:10 AM

Great Buddha

11 meters in height and weighing over 100 ton huge statue is the most symbolic spot in Kamakura.

Near here, we can enjoy many types of Japanese lunch, such as Soba noodle, Ramen noodle or authentic traditional Japanese dishes

12:40 PM

Zeniarai-Benten shrine and Sasuke-Inari shrine:

A little far from the central Kamakura, you can feel the nature of Kamakura by walking.

02:00 PM

Tsurugaoka-Hachimangu shrine

Main shrine built by Minamoto Yoritomo in 1180, who was the founder of Kamakura Samurai government.

03:00 PM

Komachi-Dori street:

Shopping street. You can eat many kinds of Japanese food and buy good souvenirs.

Ending Point

At your hotel or Kamakura station in Kanagawa pref.

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

guide fee

hotel pick-up fee (Kamakura area)

transportation fee of guide

What‘s not included

hotel pick-up fee (Tokyo area)

transportation fee of tourists ( about 2000 yen from Tokyo)

entrance fee of tourist and guide ( about 500 yen per person)

lunch ( you and guide )

extra person fee per person: adult 3000 yen, kid 1500 yen

Tour Important Information

In this tour, you will walk about one hour intermittently. I advise you to wear walking shoes and to bring a water bottle.

Depending on the conditions of you or the weather, we can take a bus or a taxi instead.

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 - Kaneo U.

Joined 2017

Kaneo U.
4.99 / 5
(96 reviews)
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About Tour Guide Kaneo U.

I’m so excited to have a chance to show you around my favorite spots in Kanagawa prefecture. I was born in Kanagawa. I spent my whole school life, including university, here in Kanagawa. I worked as a high school English teacher here for more than 40 years. I love Kanagawa so much. We have many interesting tourist spots, like Hakone, Kamakura, Enoshima and Yokohama.

I got my tour guide license in English in 2009. I am still an English teacher. To give an interesting and impressive lesson to young high school students, I’ve learnt and gathered many kinds of information. I also have a license to teach social studies, so I have a wide range of knowledge about Japanese culture and history. I’m sure to provide you an interesting tour.

Reviews

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Yasmin B.

5 / 5
Jun 8, 2026

The "K" in Kaneo stands for "Kind"

Kaneo was such a thoughtful and kind guide. He messaged me before our flight from the U.S. to check on us because there was a typhoon expected in Tokyo as we would be flying. Our flight was delayed and that impacted our dinner reservation we had planned for our first evening. Because I couldn't contact the restaurant while we were flying, Kaneo was willing to call and adjust the reservation for us. Kaneo was very intentional about making sure we went to stores of interest to the kids when we walked around the Ginza area. He found a great stationary story for my daughter and golf store for my son. I was worried about navigating our first train ride in Japan the following day and Kaneo took us to the train station to show us around so we were ready the next morning. We are looking forward to another day with Kaneo when we return to Tokyo before heading home to the U.S.

Yasmin B.

Kaneo U.

Thank you for your kind and good review. I am glad the typhoon didn’t harm your trip too much. I am looking forward to seeing you again in Tokyo soon.

Kamakura with Kind Kaneo was a great day!

We very much enjoyed our time with Kaneo and had a wonderful tour of Kamakura and Enoshima with him. Kaneo planned a day that was smoothly paced and we got to see many highlights of places that he knew well. We learned more about the history and culture and had a fun lunch with him. And we got him to sing our family's theme song in the bamboo forest! We had to change the date of our tour just a week before and he was gracious and flexible and went out of his way to make it work for us. We highly recommend him if you are looking for a tour guide near Kamakura/Tokyo.

Amy H.

Kaneo U.

Thank you for your good and kind review. It was a good memory that I sang “Country Road” with your husband in a bamboo forest.

Kaneo's excellent

We worked with Kaneo to pick us up at our Tokyo hotel and help us navigate the 3 trains necessary to get to Hakone. It was a little more money, but much less stress. He had been very flexible in working with us to tailor his standard tour option to our circumstances, and his knowledge about the time and effort to do what we wanted was very helpful. We also had a chance to visit a woodworking craftsman's workshop at the end of the tour, and ended up buying a wonderful woodcut of Mt Fuji which now hangs on our wall. Highly recommended!

Bryan P.

Kaneo U.

Thank you for a good review. It was my first experience to use a bullet train to Hakone. It was amazingly fast! When we left Hakone, you made me know we could see Mt. Fuji. It was a rare occasion to see it in the afternoon. I think the woodcraft you bought brought Mt. Fuji to us. Thank you again for giving me a wonderful time with you.

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