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Osaka Private Tour - Food vendors hopping at Shin Sekai
Food vendors hopping at Shin Sekai
Osaka Private Tour - Osaka Castle
Osaka Castle
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Osaka Private Tour - Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine
Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine
Osaka Private Tour - Shitennoji Temple
Shitennoji Temple
Osaka Private Tour - Umeda Sky Buiding
Umeda Sky Buiding
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Osaka Private Tour - Photogenic Dotombori in the evening
Photogenic Dotombori in the evening
Osaka Private Tour - Local Hankai Tram Ride to Sumiyoshi Shrine
Local Hankai Tram Ride to Sumiyoshi Shrine
Osaka Private Tour - Nippon-bashi (sub culture center)
Nippon-bashi (sub culture center)
Osaka Private Tour - Historic town of Tondabayashi
Historic town of Tondabayashi
Osaka Private Tour - Kitano, Kobe
Kitano, Kobe
Osaka Private Tour - Kitano, Kobe
Kitano, Kobe
Osaka Private Tour - Minoo Waterfall
Minoo Waterfall
Osaka Private Tour - Katsuo-ji, Darma dolls temple
Katsuo-ji, Darma dolls temple
Osaka Private Tour - Darma dolls
Darma dolls
Osaka Private Tour - TeamLab Botanical Garden
TeamLab Botanical Garden

Osaka Highlights, Best for the first timer

Highlights
Osaka Tour Guide - Hiroyuki T.

Joined 2019

Hiroyuki T.
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GoWithGuideFind your perfect tour guide at GoWithGuide. Relax and cherish unforgettable tours with loved ones. Create personalized tours for a truly memorable trip!7 hours
GoWithGuideFind your perfect tour guide at GoWithGuide. Relax and cherish unforgettable tours with loved ones. Create personalized tours for a truly memorable trip!Private tour (only you and Hiroyuki T.)
GoWithGuideFind your perfect tour guide at GoWithGuide. Relax and cherish unforgettable tours with loved ones. Create personalized tours for a truly memorable trip!Up to 7 people

There are a lot of places to visit, a lot of things to do in Osaka. From historical sites to food venders hopping. CHOOSE 3-4 places you want to visit from the list below and let me know. I will customize a tour for you.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

09:00 AM

Meeting Point

At your hotel in Osaka

Osaka Castle

The main castle building was reconstructed in 1931. There still remains 13 buildings of the Edo Era (16th-19th century). 60-90 minutes

Admission to the mail castle building; JPY1200

Kuromon Market Food Venders Hopping

Local market with a long history. Visited by 18000 people daily. Fish, fruits, drinks, there are 170 stores here and “order to go hopping” available.

Dotombori Streets

This is the busiest area in Osaka. There are a lot of restaurants, shops and entertainment facilities here.

Shin Sekai and Tsutenkaku Tower

Pictures taken in this area sometimes represent the image of Osaka. Tsutenkaku Tower, Blow fish signboard, Billy Ken Deity and more.

Spend time as much as you want.

Nippon-bashi (sub culture center)

Otaku(geek) Road

“Sacred” place for pop culture like amine, manga and figures . Want to visit some of the stores? Spend as much as you want.

Maid Café

Want to visit a maid café? Need some courage? Do not worry. Have a lot of fun at a maid café. Spend time as much as you want. Cost; JPY1000-3500 per person

Shitenoji Temple

This temple was established in 593 and is the first temple established by the Law.

Admission; JPY500

Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine and Local Hankai Tramways

Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine was established in the 7th century to enshrine the deity of the sea.

Four of the shrine buildings are designated as national treasures. Admission free.

Local Tram ride available to and from Tennoji Terminal.

Abeno Harukas

This 300m high building is the tallest building in Japan. You will have a 360degree view of Osaka from the observation deck on the 60th floor. Admission to the observation deck;1500 per person. Free observation deck on the 19th floor is opened for tourists.


Umeda Sky Building

Admission to the observation deck; JPY2000per person.

Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan

Admission; JPY2300 per person.

Ukiyoe Museum

Tea Ceremony Experince

From JPY3,900

Ask for details

Historic town of Tondabayashi

Tomitabayashi is a town that developed centered by a temple since the 17th century.

The good old Japan of from the late 19th century to the early 20th century still remains here. Among them, the former Sugiyama residence is a merchant house built more than 300 years ago, we will visit the inside of it along with the Tanaka family residence, which was a former landlord.

It takes 30 minutes one way to Tondabayashi from city center Tennoji.

JPY500 for former Shigiyama residence

Hiking to Minoo Waterfall

There is a hiking trail in Osaka. Minoh is a 30-minute train ride from city center Umeda. We will hike for 40-minute from the station to Minoo Waterfall in the green with stops at canyons, shrines, and temples.

It takes four hours for a round trip from city center Umeda.

Katsuo-ji, Darma dolls temple

Founded in the 8th century, this temple is famous for its many Dharma dolls dedicated to praying for victory. It is an hour away from Umeda, the center of Osaka, by subway and bus one way. A seven-hour tour is also possible in combination with Minoo Otaki.

TeamLab Botanical Garden

TeamLab Botanical Garden opens at 7:00pm

JPY1,600

Ending Point

TBD

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Inclusions & Exclusions

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What‘s included

guide fee,

hotel pick up (in Down Town Osaka)

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What‘s not included

Insurance

Transportation fare for guests and guide

Entrance fees for guestsand guide

Lunch

Drinks

Tour Important Information

As this is a SUBWAY and WALKING tour, comfortable shoes are recommended.

Choose 3-4 places from the list that you want to visit, then I will customize a tour for you.


Tours are NOT covered by insurance.


Transportation fare(subway rides), entrance fees, lunch and drinks for GUESTS and GUIDE are NOT included in the guide fee.


Direct payment for these cost will be occurred in CASH on the spot on the day of the tour.

Cancellation Policy

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Osaka Tour Guide - Hiroyuki T.

Joined 2019

Hiroyuki T.
4.97 / 5
(170 reviews)
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About Tour Guide Hiroyuki T.

Hi!

I had been working for Wakayama Prefectural Government for 38 years, mainly in the field of cultural heritage management and international relations. I am a national certificated English guide and I have a lot of knowledge and experience in the field of cultural heritage management and international relations.

I am very good at cultural heritages.

And Koyasan and Kumano in Wakayama Prefecture are inscribed in the World Heritage List as parts of “Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range". I was a project manager of "the Koyasan and Kumano World Heritage Inscription Project” at Wakayama Prefectural Government. I know inside and out of Koyasan, Kumano, Wakayama and other places in the Kansai area.

I have a lot of experience of guiding as I was also in charge of international relations for a long time at the government.


I will be able to provide interpretive guiding service for you around Koyasan, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka and other places as I was a cultural heritage management and international relations professional.

I am sure you will be able to get deeper understandings on Japanese culture and that your trip with me will be memorable one.

If you need a good guide in the Tokyo area, I have a friend on GoWithGuide I can recommend you!

Reviews

An excellent excursion with Hiroyuki san

Many thanks to Hiroyuki San for a very informative excursion with a delicious Zen vegetarian meals for lunch. My family was raving about the tour and I was so glad of my decision to book this Kyoto tour with Hiroyuki San .

Tien N.

Hiroyuki T.

Tien san, It was really nice to meet you and the group in Kyoto. I am glad to know you liked the tour. It was also nice that you liked the Zen Tofu Lunch. It was delicious, wasn't it? Thank you Tien san and the group.

Hiroyuki is the Zen master of tours

We had so much fun with Hiroyuki. He was flexible and made sure we didn't see anything we already saw. But more importantly, he made the temples and shrines so much more than what we would have experienced if we toured them by ourselves. He taught us the complex history, politics, and social practices involved with everything we saw. I'm very curious and had many specific questions. He knows so much that he was able to answer and explain everything in detail and in such a way that we were able to understand the development of Japan and how it relates to the temples and shrines we saw. Thanks Hiroyuki! You made our visit so meaningful, educational, and fun!

Melinda A.

Hiroyuki T.

Thank you very much for your kind message. I am glad to know that you liked the Zen tour. Our sense of beauty in Japan is based on Zen, now you all understand it. If you have a chance to come back to Japan, I will show you more.

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