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Academic Tour in Tokyo
Joined 2020
We will visit Universities in Tokyo. Education since the Meiji Era was one of the secrets of success of Japan's modernization. We will visit characteristic universities in Tokyo and search and feel the academic atmosphere there. 1. Tokyo University of Marine science & Technology in Shinagawa. 2. Tokyo University in Hongo (Akamon -gate, Sanchiro-pond, Yasuda Auditorium, Statue of Hachi ) 3. Tokyo University of Arts (Kuroda Memorial Museum) 4. Meiji University (museum)
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 central Tokyo
9:00 Shinagawa (Tokyo University of Marine science & Technology)
10:40 Hongo (Tokyo University)
14:00 Ueno (Tokyo University of Arts)
16:00 Ochanomizu (Meiji University)
18:00 Jimbocho End of tour
Ending Point
At your Hotel
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
guide fee, hotel pick-up in central Tokyo, transportation fee (for guide),
hotel pick up fee, hotel drop off fee, transportation fee ( about 1700 JPY per person, for you and guide), lunch (about 1000 JPY for you and guide)
notice : Tokyo Metro 24-hour Ticket will be 600 yen each.
Tour Important Information
Be sure to be with light clothing for a walk.
Depending on your request or time schedule, it is possible to delete one university. (or to shorten this itinerary)
Checkpoints information
1. Tokyo University of Marine Science & Technology in Shinagawa.
We can see the skeletal specimen of the whole, and can be on board of the old training ship "Unyou-maru" ( now on the ground.)
2. Tokyo University in Hongo.
(Akamon -gate, Sanchiro-pond, Yasuda Auditorium, Statue of Hachi etc.)
The best university in Japan. This site used to be Daimyou's mansion. We can buy T-shirts with logo at the communication center.
Lunch at "students cafeteria."
3. Tokyo University of Arts (Kuroda Memorial Museum)
We can see the masterpieces of Mr. Kuroda, who was one of the first western style painters in Japan.
4. Meiji University (Museum)
5. Jimbocho
We can stroll the Jimboucho district famous for its old bookshops.
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 2020
About Tour Guide Naoya U.
My Name is Naoya.
I was born in Tokyo in 1952.
After my graduation from Keio University, I joined a Japanese bank.
Mainly I was assigned international business and stayed in London for three years.
At the age of 52, I moved to a Japanese manufacturer company and had worked for 11 years.
As a personnel manager, I engaged in hiring Indian graduates.
Then for two years, I went to Tashkent in Uzbekistan as a JICA senior volunteer.
I taught "corporate finance" at Tashkent Financial Institute in English.
I got the guide license in 2017, After I came back to Tokyo, I am working as a volunteer guide,
especially in Shinjuku.
I hope to create special and deep tours in which tourists are interested but by now they were not
able to gain access to.
For example; Visit to various Universities, Visit to narrow streets in Tokyo, Visit to feel Edo (Now and Then)
My hobby is playing the guitar. I hope we are in peace through music.
I am also interested in Art, History and cooking.
My major subject is economics and finance.
Reviews
Rowena S.
Tokyo 7-hour tour, we visit 4 must-visit places.
Customized
“Excellent Guide in Tokyo”
Thank you, Naoya san for the smooth planning with you about this tour and for taking good care of our guests.
Naoya U.
I'm so glad you all enjoyed it. Please come to Japan again. Naoya Usuda
“Best Guide”
We came to Japan for 21days and 5 cities. We had arranged multiple guides arranged in each and Nao was the best of them! He arranged the route and what we were going to see. Told us how we would get there AND had detailed maps in English of the area! Very good English skills and very knowledgeable of Japanese history and relevance of the sites to that history and showed by diagram where fit in Japanese history timeline. Very much enjoyed the tour and Nao as a guide! Highly recommend him!
Naoya U.
Hi, Barbara Thank you very much for today. It was a fun tour. I am very grateful for the kind words you gave about my guide. Japan has a lot to offer. Culture, art, and food are also indispensable. I hope you will come back to Japan anytime and have various experiences. Naoya
“Tokyo trip”
Naoya is a great tour guide. We saw some amazing places in Tokyo with him. He is very knowledgeable and loved sharing all this information with us. I want to thank him for the great tour and would recommend him to anyone coming to Tokyo.
Naoya U.
Thank you, Daniel. I'm very happy you enjoyed Tokyo by departing from the hotel on a city bus and taking the subway, water bus, and the new Yurikamome transportation system. Only in Tokyo can you experience the diversity of history and culture. Japan still has many unique cultures, and I hope you will revisit Japan. See you soon. Naoya Usuda
$195/ per group
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