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Tokyo Private Tour - Ueno shopping street
Ueno shopping street
Tokyo Private Tour - Ueno Park
Ueno Park
Tokyo Private Tour - Yanaka shopping street
Yanaka shopping street

Half day traditional Tokyo tour, Yanaka and Ueno!

Highlights
Tokyo Tour Guide - Tomoko K.

Joined 2022

Tomoko K.
5.00 / 5
(30 reviews)
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Tokyo
English, Japanese (Native)
3 hours
Private tour (only you and Tomoko K.)
Up to 4 people

Yanaka is an old temple town which survived WWII air raids, having nostalgic atmosphere. Walking around the back streets, you can see usual Japanese lives. The shopping street has a variety of shops. It also has a sculpture museum Asakura Sculpture Museum. Enjoying the old town, we can reach Ueno. It has a lot of museums, including National Museum, a shrine with a lot of red torii gates, a nice park which has 800 cherry trees, Ueno Zoo and also the bustling Ameyoko shopping town.

Itinerary

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

10:30 AM

Meeting Point

At Nippori station

- JR NIpporistation North Exit

10:30 AM

At Nippori station

Meet up with your guide

10:30 AM

Yanaka

An old temple town where you can feel the good old days in Tokyo. It is a beautiful calm town that preserves its tradition and has been featured in many Japanese dramas. It has a lot of narrow streets and a lot of curbs, which makes you easily lost. But your guide helps you walk around the area. It also has a sculpture museum, Asakura Sculpture Museum.

12:30 AM

Ueno Park

It has some museums including National Museum, temples, shrines, a lot of cherry trees, the oldest zoo in Japan. Walking through the park you can see many interesting things. Out of the park there is a bustling shopping town,Ameyoko. You can hear selling everythig from clothes to fish. It's a good idea to have some Yakitori, skewed chicken with beer at the stall.

01:30 PM

Ueno station

I will take you to the nearest Ueno station, JR, Keisei, or subway.

Ending Point

Ueno

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

guide fee,

What‘s not included

Entrance fee to Asakura Museum 500 yen per person, Shitamachi museum 300 yen per person (you and your guide).

Tour Important Information

This is a walking tour, so wear comfortable shoes.

If the weather forecast predicts rain the day of the tour, you can either have the tour with a different itinerary or you can cancel the tour and get your money back.

Asakkura Museum is closed on Mondays and Thursdays The admission is 500yen per person.

Some shops don't accept credit cards, bring Japanese Yen.

Some Mondays are available

Important message from the supplier

Depending on my availability I could also guide you on Mondays, so please send me a message. Thanks!

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
Tokyo Tour Guide - Tomoko K.

Joined 2022

Tomoko K.
5.00 / 5
(30 reviews)
Identity Verified
Interview-Based Quality Checks

About Tour Guide Tomoko K.

Hello, my name is Tomoko Koizumi, call me Moko. I was a cabin attendant before and now I am teaching English to adults. I have been a national licensed tour guide for 11years. I have guided in Tokyo, Kamakura, Hakone, Takayama, Kanazawa, Nikko, Mt. Fuji and so on. I also hold Sushi making and eating lessons at my house. My house is located in Chiba between Narita airport and Tokyo. I will pick you up at Narita airport and take you to my house and you will make sushi and taste them at a usual Japanese house. I'm sure it will be a fantastic experience in Japan. If you prefer the sushi lesson in Tokyo. You can do it in the center of Tokyo. I am looking forwared to hearing from you! Moko

Reviews

Excellent guide, focused to meet your interests-Accented, but very understandable English

We had a lovely, very long day with Tomoko. She set up a private itinerary for us that she worked very hard to create to assure meeting our needs & interests. Specifically, we visited Mt Fuji by express train in the morning and followed by a few night-time Tokyo activities. In addition to getting all the tickets (some required more than 2-weeks advance purchase) and making other arrangements, Tomoko did all the translations throughout the day at train stations, restaurants, etc. and got us where we wanted to go. I have mobility (walking) constraints, so that made things more challenging for her, especially at Mt Fuji, but she persevered and provided an excellent result despite heavy crowds. On Mt Fuji, it is pretty unusual to have an excellent viewing day. Mt Fuji is “shy” and often obscured my clouds. I think if it was rainy, foggy, or freezing, this would be a location to avoid and go to “plan B” instead. (Tomoko had one ready if it had been needed.) Weather conditions, of course, are not within any guide’s control but they could absolutely ruin a Mt Fiji visit. For our evening, we had a wonderful visit to a night-time, lantern-lit cherry blossom festival on Meguro canal. It was gorgeous! Then we experienced Shibuya crossing (not to be missed) and a nighttime overview of the city from Shibuya Sky observatory. It was a VERY long but wonderful day -so much variety! - thanks to Tomoko. I recommend her as a guide!

Mary B.

Tomoko K.

Thank you so much for your incredibly kind and thoughtful review. I truly appreciate the time you took to share your experience. It was such a pleasure spending the day with you. In this season seeing Mt Fuji is very difficult. Although the top was hidden by clouds, we could see Mt. Fuji. Lucky! I also loved our evening walk along the Meguro River and seeing the cherry blossoms lit up at night. The view from the Shibuya Sky was excellent. I will keep the photo you took forever. Thank you as well for your patience and positivity throughout the long day. It meant a lot to me, and I was glad I could support you in making the trip comfortable and enjoyable. I will always remember our day together. I hope you had a wonderful time in Japan, and I would love to see you again someday! Tomoko

Awesome Tour Guide in Tokyo

We had the best time with Tomoko as our guide in Tokyo. She was very friendly, knowledgeable about Japan’s history and very easy to understand. We thoroughly enjoyed our time with her and felt like she put together a great tour to the Imperial Palace, Uyeno Park to see the cherry blossoms and Shibuya Crossing. “Moko” was very attentive to our needs and made sure we all stayed together and that she addressed our questions. Thank you Moko!!

Liana S.

Tomoko K.

Liana-san, Thank you so much for your kind review! I truly enjoyed spending time with all of you as well. It was a pleasure showing you around the Imperial Palace, Ueno Park, Asakusa and Shibuya Crossing. I’m very happy to hear that you had a great time. I hope you will visit Japan again!

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