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Early Risers' Nikko Up-to-You Tour by Tobu Limited Express

Day Trip

Nikko

Japanese (Native), English

11 hours

Private tour (only you and your group)

Up to 4 people

Nikko, which has been acknowledged as World Heritage in 1999, has temples and shrines with awesome sculptures.We will ride a Tobu Limited Express train for approximately two hours from the west side of Tokyo area/Saitama to visit there and take time to appreciate them.You can enjoy Yuba (tofu skin), which is one of the local specialities, buckwheat noodles or curry and rice etc. as lunch.

Yoko T.

4.85 / 5

(113 reviews)

Meeting Point

At JR Nippori Station/Kita Senju Station/Asakusa Station (unless you choose the hotel meetup option)

Kegon Falls (Elevators: Adult ￥550, Elementary School Student ￥330) In November, I recommend Kirifuri Falls (Bus fare ￥600)

Shinkyo Bridge ( You can cross the bridge, if you pay ￥300, Sr. High School Student ￥200, Jr. High & Elementary School Student ￥100)

Rinnoji Temple (Sanbutsudo&Daiyuin Set Ticket: Adult ￥900, Elementary School &Jr. High School Student ￥400)

Toushogu Shrine (Adult/Sr. High School Student ￥1300, Elementary&Jr. High School Student￥450)

Futarayama Shrine

Rinnoji Jougyodo

Taiyuin (Rinnoji Temple Set Ticket)

Option: Kanaya Samurai House:1st Cottage for Westerners (Adult ￥550, Children under 12 years old ￥200)

Option: Kanmangafuchi Abyss

Ending Point

At your hotel or the places you prefer to during the tour

What to Expect

We will visit the temples and shrines in Nikko. The sculptures are awesome.

If you would like to visit Kegon Fall, we will visit except the Autumn Foliage Season (October and November).

Please take your time as you can take pictures as much as you can at the places allowed.

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

Guiding fee, The guide's Admission fee

What‘s not included

Transportation fare

You and guide: From Tokyo to Tobu Nikko, round trip from Shinjuku/Ikebukuro is￥6680 each person/If you have JR passes it will cost 4000 yen for the Tobu part)

Using Shinkansen+Local Nikko Line Option is possible, but please cover my transportation fare 10300 yen in addition to the bus fare.

World Heritage Bus Pass ￥500 or if you'd like to include the Kegon Falls, Lake Chuzenji Bus Pass ￥2100

meals, snacks, beverages,

Admission Fee (please check the highlights for the fee)

Important Information

It will be first booked, first served basis, but could you make inquiries before booking?

If you're interested in TOKYO, MOUNT FUJI, or NIKKO, please CHECK the TOURS before you make inquiries.

(Some transportation for Mount Fuji or Nikko might be fully booked if you do last minute booking.)

I could also guide KYOTO, HIMEJI etc. if you will cover my transportation fare round trip from Tokyo.

If you'd like a car chartered, please check the PRIVATE CARS TOUR by yourself.

It's concerned with your budget, so I'm afraid I cannot make arrangements for that, but I will be happy to guide you with the car you chartered.

It's impossible to make quotes without knowing the spots you would like to visit.

Nikko and Mount Fuji are approximately two hours on Limited Express from Shinjuku or Asakusa.

Tokyo is not a compact city, but a huge one.

If you have difficulties with stairs, please tell me in your message. Thank you.

From mid March, 7:30 Limited Express will be abolished, so we will use Tobu Limited Express instead.

Please be punctual.

Please choose the places of your interest looking at the pictures.

Sometimes it is difficult to get seats on the bus to Lake Chuzenji (Kegon Falls), so smaller group is preferable.

We will walk a lot, so please wear walking shoes like sneakers. You will need to take off your shoes several times.

There is no way of avoiding stairs. The Accessibility of the World Heritage is extremely low.

Nikko is coldler than Tokyo.

The temples and shrines close at 16:00 from November 1.

If you don't walk so much and you don't want to visit all the spots in the highlights, please feel free to send a message.

I will arrange the itinerary based on your requests.

During November, there is a terrible traffic jam, which might take hours sometimes, even on weekdays.

Switch your other tours to weekends and try to make the Nikko tour on WEEKDAYS by all means.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How much will the total cost of the tour be?

Please look at the highlights and add them up yourself to get a ball-park figure, because it varies on the places you'd choose to visit and the number of people.

I'm just a tour guide, not a travel agent.

Nikko Tour Reviews

Ha V.

5 / 5

Nov 11, 2023

“ A great day in Tokyo ”

We had a great first day with Yoko in Tokyo. She was very friendly, on time, very helpfull. We learned how to use the metro system and Yoko showed us so many places in one day. She answered all of our questions , we learned a lot. She is the best !!!

Yoko T.

I appreciate your great review, Mr. Vo. We enjoyed the highlights of Tokyo together. Meiji JIngu Shrine was much nicer with the Shigosan season and Chrysanthemums. It was really nice talking to both you and your amazing wife. I hope you could enjoy your cruise around Japan, too. I wish you will come to Japan soon again. Thank you again!!

Silvia S.

5 / 5

Oct 26, 2023

“ knowledgeable, very good english ”

highly recommendable perfect guide, reliable, picked us up at our hotel which she checked out before our arrival, very energetic two days program, took us to great places, good mixture of shrines/temples, parks and gardens, excellent restaurants for lunch, local shopping streets with few tourists, we used trains and subway, we had a great time with here

Yoko T.

I appreciate your great review, Silvia san. I enjoy the two days with you and Bruno san. We enjoyed great sushi lunch at an extremely popular restaurant the first day and eel and yakitori lunch on the second day. We covered a lot during the two days because both of you were so fit and didn't complain about walking a lot. I hope your dogsitter liked the souvenirs we found together. Please come again to see the Cherry blossoms soon. Please enjoy the Kinmokusei aroma till then. Thank you again, Yoko

Jacqueline H.

5 / 5

Oct 21, 2023

“ Efficiently scheduled tour ”

Yoko is a great tour guide. She was flexible, listen to what we wanted to see and did the tour efficiently, Her English is excellent because she spent many years in USA. We did Kamakura and Yokohama in one day from Tokyo. Started at 9 am and we were home by 5. She went out of her way to reserve a Chinese restaurant for us. And gave us advice about shopping in Ginza. Can’t go wrong with Yoko.

Yoko T.

I appreciate your review so much, Jacqueline san. We got back to your hotel a little pass 5 but we could cover a lot in a day because both of you could walk and do stairs without troubles. We visited the Great Buddha, Hasedera Temple, soba lunch, Cup Noodle Museum, Park overlooking Yokohama Harbor and Chinatown. It was nice seeing you having different ice creams. Actually the booking was done by the Concierge but there are many Chinese restaurants in Tokyo too so please check them the next time you come in the future. It was nice talking and meeting both of you. Thank you again, Yoko

Christopher T.

5 / 5

Oct 2, 2023

“ Amazing Tour with Yoko ”

I went on a tour with my wife and our 8 year old daughter. Yoko was great and showed us more than we could have seen on our own. It was a very full 8 hours and we were happy and exhausted by the end. Thanks Yoko!!

Yoko T.

Thank you so much for a nice review, Christopher san. It was a pleasant day to enjoy the tea ceremony, Okonomiyaki lunch, view from Marunouchi Building, East Gardens of Imperial Palace and Asakusa. I hope you, your wife and Chloe will enjoy Kyoto too. Maybe the gates that you asked about is the Torii Gates of Fushimi Inari Shrine. You can enjoy some street foods near Kiyomizu Temple. Please have fun!!