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Sculpture Wonderland in Nikko: Shinkyo Bridge, Rinnoji Temple, Toshogu Shrine, & Taiyuin
Joined 2017
Nikko, which has been acknowledged as World Heritage in 1999, has temples and shrines with awesome sculptures.
We will ride a Tobu express train for approximately two hours from the east side of Tokyo area 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.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
At JR Nippori Station/ Asakusa Station/ Kitasenjyu Station (unless you choose the hotel meetup option)
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 for early riser: Kanaya Samurai House (Adult￥550, Children under 12 years old ￥280)
Ending Point
At your hotel or the places you prefer to during the tour
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, The guide's Admission fee
Transportation fare (You and guide: From Asakusa to Tobu Nikko, round trip is approximately￥4320 for each adult/1760 yen for each child younger than 12 years old, if we can get there 15 minutes before our Limited Express and buy tickets at Asakusa)
meals, snacks, beverages,
Admission Fee (please check the highlights for the fee)
Tour Important Information
We will walk a lot, so please wear walking shoes like sneakers.
There is no way of avoiding stairs. The accessibility of the World Heritage is very low.
Nikko is much colder than Tokyo, and we will be outdoors for quite a long time, so please prepare things to keep you warm.
The temples and shrines close at 17:00 from April 1, 16:00 from November 1.
Basically, there is only one Tobu Express for Nikko every hour, so I hope you will be punctual with the meeting time.
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.
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 2017
About Tour Guide Yoko T.
Hi, I'm Yoko, a National License Tour Guide＆International Kikisake-shi.
I speak with an American accent, 'cause I lived in Seattle, Washington for six years in my childhood(3-9 years old). My tours might be better with people who LOVE TO WALK, have STAMINA and keen to learn about the culture.
Now I live within a walking distance from Ueno Park, Tokyo, so I see a lot of International tourists walking around in my neighborhood every day.
(PLEASE CHECK EACH TOUR. The expenses are spelled out, too.)
"Tokyo is larger than we thought and the transportations are so complicated," Swedish guys told me. I'm here to help you. I know well about Tokyo, Yokohama, Yamanashi etc. and I travel most of the parts of Japan.
I would appreciate if you could see more sightseeing spots with me as your guide and enjoy your stay.
I love to answer your questions, even though I became nearly breathless when I was with American guests, a family of three, curiously asking me questions after questions:-)
I appreciated their interest in Japan very much.
I also go mountain trekking for nearly thirty years. I've been to the summit of Mt. Fuji and Mt. Kitadake three times. Talking about Mt. Takao, maybe more than fifty times.
I hope we can enjoy the beautiful view together.
I'm looking forward to seeing you soon and having a good time together.
Hope to hearing from you soon.
Reviews
Fanny B.
Early Risers' Nikko Up-to-You Tour by Tobu Limited Express
“Beautiful day in Nikko”
The day could not have been more beautiful. Yoko is a fountain of information. She was also very patient with us and that might not of been the easiest thing to do and I appreciate that very much. Thank you Yoko for your tips and all the info you gave us to make our trip better.
Yoko T.
I appreciate your wonderful review, Fanny san. It was really nice meeting you and Alex. It was a beautiful day just like your name bringing the amazing weather. I was akso quite surprised with Alex knowing Amaterasu and so many other things about Japan. I hope you enjoyed the Izakaya dinner. It is a good way to experience a lot of different kind of Japanese cuisine. I hope you enjoy the rest of your stay so if l have any questions feel free to send them. Thank you again for the review and the wonderful day. Have fun, please!!
“Do not use this guide, bad experience ”
This guide was searching personal information about my friends and told me, I see your friend is an attorney in the USA, so he should be able to pay admission fees. I was asking how much yen we needed to bring on the tour and she said you need to bring cash to tip me and if your friends are adults and not minors they should have cash in their wallets, she knew that he was an attorney so it was a sarcastic statement. Her communication with me was combative at times. She refused to give me even a rough itinerary or agree to one that I sent her and told me I was an amateur and when I said that I wasn’t sure if she was trying to be rude but saying that is rude she just said I was rude for asking questions about a tea ceremony., Yoko kun doesn’t have a good grasp of English or manners and is not ethical. She can say words in English but she doesn’t understand the meanings and how rude the things that she says are. I tried to get her replaced but they said everyone was fully booked and they would not refund the money for the tour I was getting for my friends. My friends said she was very strange and they would never go on a tour with her again. It was like a fatal attraction thing and she stalked us online… very strange. The company is aware of this and apologized multiple times and said they were going to train her and take disciplinary actions. I will post the conversations I have screenshots of on a google review.
Yoko T.
Sir, why are you writing a nutty review? You're friends are much matured than you think they are.
“Exciting guided tour with Yoko”
exciting guided tour through TOKYO, 8 hours flew by, yoko can tell so much that one day is not enough. We could have booked her for three days and she would still know so many interesting things about the City. With Yoko you should be fit, you will Walk some distances, that was also a reason why we booked her. In summary: an perfekt day!
Yoko T.
Thank you so much for a wonderful review, Sylvia san and Wilhelm san. It was so much fun to hear interesting stories about the hometown of Siebolt and Germany etc. We visited Meiji Jingu Shrine, East Gardens, Ueno Park and Asakusa. Luckily we could see some Autumn Cherry trees too. I hope you enjoy the rest of your trip. Thank you again for a perfect day, Yoko
$260/ per group
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