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Kamakura -Japan SAMURAI government city 800 years ago-
Joined 2018
KAMAKURA is located at the west 20 kilometer from Tokyo, Kamakura has a lot of temples, shrines where have fostered the Japanese spiritual roots. Let's visit the Japanese spiritual world (Samurai mind), Great Buddha, the tallest wooden Kannon statue (Goddess mercy), bamboo garden, tea-ceremony etc.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
At your hotel in Tokyo or Yokohama cruise port
Kamakura Daibutsu(Great Buddha) known for its Handsome Face
The Kamakura Daibutsu , the Great Buddha of Kamakura, is a National Treasure. It is said that casting began in bronze around 1252. The Daibutsu used to be housed in a great hall, which was destroyed by typhoon and a giant tsunami after Kamakura shogunate fell (in 1333). Ever since, the Daibutsu has continued to meditate in the open air.
Hasedera Buddhist Temple with Great Kannon Statue, superb panoramic view
The principal Buddha statue at Hasedera is an eleven-faced Kannon Bodhisattva, which is believed to have been carved from the same camphor tree as the statue at Hasedera Temple in Nara. The statue is over 9 meters tall , making it one of the tallest Buddhist statues in Japan.
Lunch
Let's enjoy vegetarian lunch at Hasedera temple or sushi bar at Kamakura station.
HOKOKUJI temple (bammboo temple) with tea-ceremony
We get on bus bound for so-called "Bamboo temple", where was founded for next Ashikaga Shogunate clan with 1000 bamboo trees. Let's enjoy calm and silent atmosphere with taking memorable photos. Simple Match tea ceremony is also available there.
Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine-in a straight line to Yuigahama Beach-
Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine, with eye-catching red torii gate, was built by an ancestor of the Minamoto clan to enshrine the family deity Hachiman, who later became the guardian deity of the Kamakura Shogunate and its warriors. Climbing the steep stairs to the main hall and looking back, you can see the broad approach road, Wakamiya Oji, stretching straight from the red torii to Yuigahama beach.
Komachi-Dori shopping street
Let's enjoy stroll the street from Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu shrine to Kamakura station.
back to hotel
Ending Point
At your hotel in Tokyo(Yokohama crusie port) or Kamakura station
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
guiding fee only
transportation, lunch, entrance fee (you and guide),
Tour Important Information
What to Expect
I especially recommend the guests (who had already visited Tokyo in the past), to visit this Kamakura city where keeps the atmosphere of traditional Japan in 12th century. When you visit there, I'll show you the typical Japanese way of thinking in our daily life, like a peaceful mind, the meaning of monthly various kind of Japan indigenous events, etc. If you want to make trip shorter like 6 or 7 hours, please let me know it for adjustment. If you are interested in ZEN Meditation, I can recommend you participate it from 14:30～16:00 of every Saturday and the 1st/3rd of Sunday (JY1,000 per person).
Important Tips
Basically, we use mainly "public transportation (bus or train etc.)", please have your comfortable cloth, shoes etc.
Please bring "cash of Japanese Yen" for our entrance fee (including tea-ceremony fee) and lunch for you and guide (about 5000 JPY per person)
In case of participating ZEN Meditation practice in the temple (JY1000 separately from entrance fee:JY500), please note that it will be performed at 14:30-16:00pm of only every Saturday & the 1st and 3rd of Sunday. Please let me know it when you contact me so that I can make the customized tour separately.
Important message from the supplier
Transportation fee and lunch of you and a guide will be paid by the customer.
-I am working at Haneda airport from Monday to Thursday, but you can ask me your preferable guiding date as you like.I try my best adjusting it.
-I will reply to you within 24h.
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
Joined 2018
About Tour Guide Munetaka H.
Hellow everyone!
I was born at a small beautiful greenery town in NAGANO prefecture(in the middle of Japan),growing up in OSAKA, now I am living at YOKOHAMA city(harbor city just 20kilimeter from TOKYO) with partly-working at HENEDA airport. Since I was young, I like very much to make my own planned trip all over Japan with chatting with local people, and I had more than nine years experiences stationed at foreign countories,BEIJING, TAIBEI,SINGAPORE and MOSCOW.
Currently I have been starting to do guiding for foreign tourists in English & Chinese language mainly for the Kanto area like TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, HAKONE, KAMAKURA, KAWAGOE,KAWASAKI etc. Whatever you have any desires(cuisine,shopping,valiable experience etc) for your attractive Japan trip, I have confidence to try my best to offer my ceative trip proposal within your budget.
I really happy to be with you to show the NEW&OLD unique to Japan at each spot.
Please let me show you some examples of itinerary as below(you can choose some of them as you like):
1.TOKYO) TSUKIJI FISH MARKET, SENSOJI-temple, MEIJI-shrine,fashion town-OMOTESANDO/HARAJUKU,IMPERIAL-PALACE, NIHONBASHI-with many long established shops more than 100 years,ODAIBA with most advanced echnology& enjpyable play town site.
2.YOKOHAMA) a beautiful havbor view site, SANKEIEN-garden, Ramen noodle museum, China town etc. If you are interested in the famous Japanese painter's open-air-second-house, I show you it only at 1st Saturday of every month.
3.KAMAKURA)Great Budda statue,HOKOKUJI-temple with green tea ceremony experience, to enjoy octopus-rice-cracker getting on ENODEN-local locomotive train/
4.KAWAGOE) you can time slip to this small EDO town of existed 300 years before.
5.HAKONE)Let's experience the active volcano with eating hot spring made boiled-egg, enjoy lake-cruising, sculpture museum& traditional Shinto-shrine of Edo era and view Mt. Fuji, if we are lucky.
6.Special trip)this is my special arragement three months before offered by Japan big companies's SCR activity,like beer factory, auto mobile factory,dumpling factory etc ,pleae contact me three months before.
7.NIKKO) TOSHOUGU-shrine
8.KAWASAKI) If you disembark at DAIKOKU PIRE from cruising, I can show you the Japanese open-air fork houses with experience of dying clothes etc.
您们好！出生在長野县成長在大阪, 住在横滨，工作在東京羽田机场的日本人。
我，從小就很喜欢(❤ ω ❤)旅行跟各种各样的人说活。還有欣賞” 能乐”演出追求日本傳統文化的深奥，因此也深入研究做出”能乐”用的面具。在大学主修中文之后，進入社會已累績了三十多年的工作经验。 曾被派駐過中国北京，台灣，新加坡，俄国等國家受到各個國家朋友們的大力幫助。
现在，我，趁着2020年將舉辦東京夏季奧運會的機會，為各個国家的朋友們用中文和英文介绍一东京，横濱，镰仓，箱根，川越，川崎为主的关东地方。
例如，1，東京筑地市场，东京最古老的神社/浅草寺，东京最大的明治神宫，时装圣地的原宿/表参道，日本象征的天皇起居的皇居/原来的江户城堡，有很多老字号店铺的日本橋，有科学方面尖端技术的台场等地。2，明治维新后发达的离东京半个小时到达的横滨未来港口城市包括三溪园日本传统的庭园，在日本唯一独二的新横滨的拉面博物馆。 3，高为12米大佛的鎌倉，可享受在竹林里喝抹茶的报国寺，同时一起乘坐“江之电车”欣赏海边风景而吃到“章鱼仙贝”吧！ 4.被叫做“小江户”的川越。 5，用一天的时间来去看富士山，箱根神社，泸之湖，大涌谷，6，最近我开始安排日本大企业所做的社会贡献活动‘参观工厂’，相信参观工厂也是对各位很有意思的体验，请在3个月以前跟我联络。
非常期待能取得与您的進一步联系，共同探索日本深奧的文化,精緻的藝術及分明的四季之美。
Reviews
Viktoria S.
Let's Enjoy Japan's No.1 City, Tokyo with feeling NEW & OLD both aspects.
Customized
“The best guide for my clients!”
My clients enjoyed the tour so muca and I am glad to share their feedback: "Munetaka was the most knowledgeable and experienced guide we had throughout our trip to Japan and very good-humored and conscientious. He took such good care of us, and even got us some special treatment at the Tokyo Sky Tree, which was very crowded, so that my husband, who walks with a cane, would not have to wait in long lines for admission or the elevator. He brought us wonderful snacks and small gifts, including origami figures made for us by his wife. He also knew all of the restaurants in the areas we visited, and when his first choice was too full he quickly found another that we thoroughly enjoyed. He is extremely well-informed about Japanese culture and history." We cannot recommend him more highly!
Munetaka H.
(10 reviews)Dear Viktoria, Pattie and Harlan, Thank you so much for posting such a fabulous review. I am very pleased to know that Pattie and Harlan had a very beautiful time with me. Talking to them was really intriguing and fun. I’m very impressed with their story. I’m grateful for you and their kindness and thoughtfulness, I hope I could meet them again someday. Thank you so much again for having me. Have a wonderful journey continuously and take care. Munetaka
Viktoria S.
Hakone Open-Air Museum Tour --Harmony between Sculpture and Nature--
Customized
“Open-Air Museum Tour with Munetaka ”
Such a lovely museum tour with Munetaka! Full of smiles and joy. It happened to have been a very rainy day in Hakone but nothing stopped him. We were willing to walk with umbrellas (he had none), walk up a very steep path (and many stairs) to the trolley to the museum (all with a lot of laughter) and made it to the museum, where he told us about his childhood memories there. He was kind and warm and just lovely! Thank you for these valuable memories!
Munetaka H.
(10 reviews)Thank you so much for posting such a heartfelt, warm review. Annabel and Jason, I also had a very beautiful time with you even if in a heavy rain. Talking to you really reminded me to my childhood memories with so much fun. I’m grateful for your kindness and thoughtfulness, I hope I could meet you again. Thank you so much again for having me. Have a wonderful journey continuously! Munetaka
“Nice introduction to japan”
Very kind and generous man. He took us to all the places we wanted and taught us how to use the subway. Thank you!
Munetaka H.
(10 reviews)Thank you very much for your great appreciation which encourages me a lot ! I wish you continue to go on trips all over the world successfully. I will be ready for your future coming to Japan again. Good Luck ! Munetaka
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