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Highland Nikko Hiking and Cruising One-day Tour (May to Oct.)
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Joined 2018
Hiking along the coast line of Lake Chuzenji or in Senjogahara wetland which is registered under the Ramsar Convention as “Oku-Nikko-shitsugen” (the wetland in Highland Nikko) and cruising in the lake.
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 or Tobu Nikko Station
1.Hiking in Highland Nikko (Oku-Nikko)
2.Lake Chuzenji Cruising
3.Kegon Waterfall
4.Ryuzu Waterfall
5.Senjogahara Wetland
Ending Point
At your hotel in Tokyo or Tobu Nikko Station
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
The following transportation fees (you and guide), Train from Asakusa to Nikko (round ticket): 5600 yen/person, Bus fare in Nikko: 2000～2650 yen/person, Cruizing fare: 600 yen/person, lunch 1500～2000 yen/person
Tour Important Information
In October (autumn leaves season), tours only on weekdays are available. Because extremely heavy traffic jam occurs on weekends (Sat. Sun.) in this season.
The hiking course is not fixed but flexible, depending on the conditions. Let us discuss the course beforehand, taking the season, your request, your physical condition, etc. into account.
In case of bad weather, we will visit Italian Embassy Villa Memorial Park, Nikko Nature Museum, Fish and Forest Bio-Park, etc. instead of hiking.
You can choose our meeting place, at your hotel or Tobu Nikko station. In case of meeting at your hotel, we will meet at 7:00 am and head for Nikko together by train. If you choose Tobu Nikko station for our meeting place, you need to come to the station by yourself by 10:00 am.
This tour is available only from May to October. In October (autumn leaves season), tours only on weekdays are available. Because extremely heavy traffic jam occurs on weekends (Sat. Sun.) in this season.
Important message from the supplier
I can guide you in Hiroshima if you pay my transportation fee.
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 2018
About Tour Guide Shoji K.
Hi! Welcome to Japan. My name is Shoji Kitamura, a licensed English-speaking tour guide. Please call me Shoji that is the same sound as a sliding screen made of wood and paper you may have seen in a traditional Japanese room.
I was born and raised in Yokohama next to Tokyo but lived for work in several beautiful and historical cities such as Nikko, Hiroshima, and Ise which have world heritage sites and/or national park. I fully enjoyed the nature, culture and lives in each city where I lived.
I retired after 36 years with a national research institute of fisheries in 2016.
During my career, I visited 5 continents except Antarctica, more than 20 nations for attending international scientific conferences, conducting collaborative research or teaching some technologies, etc. In Japan, I often took foreign scientists and government officers sightseeing. I had great times in these opportunities.
Such experiences made me decide to become a licensed English-speaking guide interpreter after retirement to introduce Japanese nature, culture, foods, etc. properly to many tourists coming to Japan from all over the world.
For more than 20 years I’ve been living in Nikko, which is located about 150km north of Tokyo, and designated as a World Heritage site and a National Park. If you consider a day trip from Tokyo, I strongly recommend coming to Nikko by 2-hour train ride from Tokyo. I am looking forward to showing you around in this historical and beautiful town.
Besides Nikko, I can also guide you in Yokohama, my home town, and in neighboring city such as Tokyo and Kamakura.
Reviews
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Rowena S.
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Thank you Shoji san
Rowena S.
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Ceci G.
“Lackluster tour with almost no information given”
I have taken several tours around the world, and this one by far was my least favorite. I booked this tour for our first full day of Tokyo to learn about 5 of the major sites. Not only did Shoji barely share information about the sites, he was so soft spoken that when we would ask questions, we could barely hear him. Half way through our tour, he put on a mask and we couldn’t hear anything when he did talk. I kept leaning in and asking what he said. We took the tour on a Wednesday and several of the places in the fish market were closed. He didn’t tell us until we arrived at the fish market. The website said 2,000-3,000¥ ($13-$20) per person for lunch, and you pay for his meal. He took us to a sushi restaurant and that was our most expensive meal ($98/14,700 ¥) in Tokyo ($32/per person). It kept getting worse as the day progressed. Shoji would not talk to us. We kept constantly asking for more information of the area, site, or just about Tokyo. He said a couple sentences then was silent again as he power walked ahead. The River Cruise was complete silence. There was a tour guide with guests sitting behind us, and we learned so much by listening to her. The Imperial Palace, Asakusa-Sensoji Temple, and Meiji Temple were all the same. He barely said a word to us. I had to ask him to tell us the procedures on entering the temples/shrines because I had read there’s a process. I have never had a tour guide that barely talked. We went on other tours in Tokyo with phenomenal tour guides so it’s not that the Japanese are quiet and shy. To end the tour, Shoji told us we still owed him 3,000¥ (1,000¥ per person) for the River Cruise. You have to pay for his ticket. His tour info said 750¥ was the entry fee for the cruise, so I don’t know if we overpaid. He didn’t show us the receipt, he just told us we owed him that. Shoji has no enthusiasm and for a tour guide - that is key for me. Writing an honest review so that others do not have the same experience.
$314/ per group
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Must-see in Nikko One-day Tour
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Must-see in Hakone One-day Tour
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Must-sees in Kamakura One-day Tour
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Mt. Takao: temples, monkeys & waterfall
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Mt. Takao: temples, monkeys & waterfall
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Mount Mitake, Mount Otake and Mt. Nokogiriyama One Day Hike
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One-day trip to Hakone
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One-day trip to Hakone
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Tokyo Cherry Blossoms viewing at various spots (1)
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