Tokyo Tour of Traditional Town, Buildings and Garden
This tour includes several essential sights such as Tsukiji outer market, Rikugien-garden, Zojoji temple, Ameyoko town,Toshogu shrine & Daibutsu in Ueno park and Yanaka district where you can feel and enjoy active fish market atmosphere, historically important temple and shrine building, traditional town atmosphere, food enjoyment and beautiful garden.
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
Tsukiji outer market
Tsukiji Fish Market used to consist of two main areas as the inner market and the outer market. Tokyo government already relocated the inner market of Tsukiji to Toyosu new market on Oct,2018. Tsukiji outer market sells various kinds of food fish related, cooking tools, restaurants and so-on. You can walk around the outer markets to see those.
Rikugien garden
Rikugien garden is a stroll garden with a central pond, large garden and making a mountain with enjoying by walking around it.
This was founded by a top worrier in Edo era with spending 7 years period.
Zojoji temple
Zojoji temple is one of the representative temples in Tokyo and lots of people come here to pray.
This temple is the family temple of Tokugawa shogunate who established and had ruling power in Edo era.
Ueno Ameyoko
This food town is located near JR Ueno station and around 400 shops are lined up in the street such as perishable foods, fashion and brand goods, miscellaneous goods, street stalls and restaurants. You can feel as if you are in festival.
Ueno Toshogu shrine in Ueno park
This shrine defies Ieyasu Tokugawa who established Edo era and was the top worriers in Japan.
Ueno Daibutsu in Ueno park
The face of this Buddha statue was fallen down by the big earth quake in 1923 and the body was thrown away.
Therefore, only a face statue has been remained up to now. You can mainly receive blessing of success in examination.
Yanaka
In Yanaka, you can enjoy the atmosphere of old temple town including old shopping street. You can eat traditional Japanese food such as minced meat cutlet, cream croquette and paste food. Also, you can see old Japanese-style wall during 17th -18th century.
This area of Yanaka remains the street of friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods
because this area could be escaped from the fire war by air raid during World War 2. From Ed period (1603 ~ 1867), a lot of temples were gathered and flourished as a temple town. Therefore, Yanaka was registered as on of 100 selected Japanese traditional beautiful area in 2007.
Ending Point
At your hotel in Tokyo
Want to personalize this tour?
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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,
Pick-up-fee at your staying hotel in Tokyo,
Guide's transportation fee,
Entrance fee of Rikugien-garden for you: JPY300 per person,
Transportation fee of you about JPY1,000 - 1,500 / person,
Lunch fee,
Tour Important Information
1) For fairly long walking of sight -seeing, please put on the shoes to walk with ease.
2) Please prepare the cash to spend any train riding, lunch and souvenir.
3) I prepared the blog of Tokyo which shows various tour spots with detail photos and detail explanation each shown as below.
Blog title of Tokyo: Various Tokyo Tour Spots for Each Category
Important message from the supplier
I am now focusing tour guide area for East Japan area such as Tokyo, Yokohama, Hakone, Kamakura, Mt.Fuji, Nikko, Gunma, Saitama and Kanazawa.
However, I can support you for one day trip of Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Nara and Himeji from Tokyo.
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
About Tour Guide Kashima H.
I am Kashima. I have gained the Government Licensed Tour Guide authorization in 2017/2.
I passed a licensing examination of Kyoto Tourism Culture Certification Test 3rd grade in 2023.
I passed a licensing examination of Tokyo city guide in 2023.
I had worked for one of biggest Electric Company in the world which manufacture various type of Electrical products. I had a task roll of design development of Semiconductor for Video movie appliance in Japan and semiconductor marketing for 5 years in USA. Secondly, I had worked for one of big grovel Electric part Company which manufacture connectors for Electrical appliance usage. I had a task roll of quality assurance cooperating with the grovel college including USA, Europe (Ireland, Germany, France), China and Eastern Asia. As a result, I have communicated with people from different countries and I have become interested in introducing Japan to them. That is why I made decision to become an English tour guide.
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By introducing Japan to non-Japanese tourists, I would like to do my best to serve the best customized private tours in Japan that you and your family are looking forward to enjoying the fantastic experience as below.
1) Sightseeing of natural scenic spots, historical landmark (Temples, Shrines, Palace, Gardens) and cultural assets (Paintings, sculptures, swords and so-on)
2) Strolling of the bustling streets & towns
3) Traditional town atmosphere experience
4) Japanese Modern Architecture in both Tokyo,
5) Experience of Traditional performing arts & events enjoyment such as Kabuki, Sumo-training, tea ceremony and Ninjya training
6) Famous relaxation spots enjoyment such as Onsen and Japanese bar
7) Crafts art of Japan experience such as Sake brewery and Bonsai museums
8) Enjoyment for kids such as Amusement facility (Anime, Games, Comics), shopping of latest trendy goods, entertainment café and so-on.
9) Night-time foods and drinking enjoyment in Food market & Drinking streets
Reviews
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Mari I.
“Nice day with Kashima-san!”
Thank you for the great day! ありがとうございました!
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Kashima H.
Mari san, Thank you very much for your upmost review to me. Peter san, Andrea san and me visited Kamakura city including Great Buddha in Kotokuin-temple, Hasedera temple, Houkokuji temple and Tsuruoka-Hachiman shrine. Thanks to their strong curiosity about Japan, we could talk and exchange various information about every tour spots. I am very much pleased that they could enjoy the tour. Thanks, Kashima,
Andrew P.
“OK but a lot of travelling ”
The guide started with a visit to the observation tower at the Government Metropolitan Building which was excellent. However we spent a lot of the time on tubes and railways and taxis going to different shrines and temples, although we did make an impromptu visit to Akihabara to pick up a present for our granddaughter, which was much appreciated. The second day at Hakone was fun going on a variety of different transport modes, Cable Car, Ropeway, Mountain Train and boat which was wonderful although in reality you don’t need a guide to do any of this. Both days we ate lunch in very basic settings, once in Tokyo Railway Station and the other in a self service cafe both a little disappointing, unfortunately on the way back to our hotel our guide fell asleep on the bus (I think he was more tired than we were). All in all OK but unfortunately not exceptional, we’re sorry to say
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Kashima H.
Andrew san, Thank you very much for your honest and important review for me. I understood your pointed out matter that felt short of expectations for you such as lots of transfer movement with your fatigue, unsatisfying lunch and my attitude that showed my fatigue to you. I will take your review comments seriously and use them to improve as my guide skill in the future. I am looking forward to guiding you again with my improved skill in near future. Thanks, Kashima
Fernand M.
“daytrip around mount Fuji”
Thank you, Kashima. You showed us your favorite mountain Fuji and guided us around it with great enthusiasm. We loved hearing your stories. You took us to a typical Japanese village restaurant, which we really enjoyed. Thank you Kashima for this wonderful day. kind regards from Luxembourg
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Kashima H.
Fernand san, Thank you very much for your upmost review for me. We enjoyed Mt.Fuji viewing and surrounding beautiful nature spots such as Ohishi park, Fugaku-Fuketsu/caves, Arakurayama Sengen Park, and Oshino Hakkai. Thanks to your group happy and strong curiosity for Japan, we could exchange lots of conversation with your group by continuous funny talking, including various topics for your country and Japan. I hope that you visit Japan again in near future so that I can introduce other nice tour spots in Japan for you. Thanks, Kashima
$231/ per group
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