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Tokyo Private Tour - Shibamata is located in the northeastern part of Tokyo near the Edogawa River, which is the border of prefectures between Tokyo and Chiba.
Shibamata is located in the northeastern part of Tokyo near the Edogawa River, which is the border of prefectures between Tokyo and Chiba.
Tokyo Private Tour - Inside Yamamototei, you can enjoy drinking Japanese tea with sweets while seeing the cozy Japanese-style garden.
Inside Yamamototei, you can enjoy drinking Japanese tea with sweets while seeing the cozy Japanese-style garden.
Tokyo Private Tour - The statue of the main character in the movie, of which setting was in Shibamata. The photo's background is Shibamata station. The story is to be continued in my tour.
The statue of the main character in the movie, of which setting was in Shibamata. The photo's background is Shibamata station. The story is to be continued in my tour.

Japanese hometown in movie setting, Shibamata

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Tokyo Tour Guide - Hiroyuki I.

Joined 2017

Hiroyuki I.
4.50 / 5
(20 reviews)
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Tokyo
English
5 hours
Private tour (only you and Hiroyuki I.)
Up to 5 people

Shibamata was a setting of a famous national movie. After the visit to a Buddhist temple called Taishakuten, we are to make a tour to a neighboring former private old house called Yamamototei, where you can enjoy green tea and sweets while seeing a cozy Japanese-style garden. An approach to Taishakuten is lined with casual restaurants, souvenir shops and sweets shops.

Itinerary

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

08:30 AM

Meeting Point

At your hotel in the middle of Tokyo

Taishakuten(Buddhist temple)

Shopping, eating and mingling with local people

Yamamototei(cultural property with Japanese-style garden and powdered green tea drinking)

Ending Point

Ueno station

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

guide fee, hotel pick-up, guide transportation fee

What‘s not included

- Your transportation fee(about 1500 yen per person)

- Lunch, snack and tea(about 2000 to 3000 yen per person)

- Entrance fee(only Yamamototei: 100 yen per person, plus about 1000 yen for other facilities such as memorial museums)

Tour Important Information

The guide takes you to Taishakuten and Yamamototei as basic destinations but the tour will be carried out in a flexible manner, based on discussion with you on the way.

Yamamototei is closed on every third Tuesday.

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 - Hiroyuki I.

Joined 2017

Hiroyuki I.
4.50 / 5
(20 reviews)
Identity Verified
Interview-Based Quality Checks

About Tour Guide Hiroyuki I.

As I am a 61 year old man, born in Tokyo, graduated from a university in Tokyo and worked for a leading paper wholesale company at its headquarters for 35 years, I am an Edokko or a native Tokyoite. I am familiar with various interesting places in Tokyo and the Kanto area such as historic spots, scenic beauty, entertainment, restaurants and so on. Although I basically provide several regular walking tours for visitors from abroad, I am willing to arrange your tour plan in a customized way according to your interest. If I receive your inquiry, I am ready to hear your interest and what you want to experience, and discuss your plan with you in advance.

Let's walk about in or around Tokyo!

Reviews

Difficult Day In Nikko

Hiroyuki is an amicable, pleasant guide whose English is good but not fluent. We had some questions that he clearly did not understand. Our trip to Nikko was not a success because Hiro was not prepared with a “Plan B’” in mind for the difficulties that we experienced. The difficulties were not his fault: a national holiday that created horrific problems and delays on public transportation and fog that prevented us from seeing 2 out of 3 sites in Nikko. We are 4 very active senior citizens but standing on trains and especially crammed busses for hours was not pleasurable. We could not even see the landscape. Adding the fact that it was foggy was a recipe for disaster. We finally made it to the ropeway and Hiro seemed surprised that we didn’t want to go up. There would be nothing to see in total fog! The situation was similar with the waterfall area. We did have a nice lunch but by the time we waited yet again for a packed bus, we decided to skip the shrine as it was already 3:30pm. Basically we traveled to Nikko and saw nothing but the train and bus stations! Much of this was not Hiro’s fault BUT much could have been mitigated by him doing the following: 1. Offer an option for private transportation in Nikko via taxi or van for a fee. 2. Check the weather conditions and have a plan for alternative activities. In our case he should have reversed his schedule so that we could have at least seen the shrine in town! He didn’t know about the fog…we don’t know the area but knew there were foggy conditions because we checked the weather prior to departure! We are experienced travelers and don’t stop because of weather! However, fog that obliterated 2 out of 3 sites plus transportation chaos meant an unfavorable experience.

Debra R.

Hiroyuki I.

Dear Debra Thank you very much for joining the tour to Nikko. I am very sorry that your precious day was spoiled by bad weather, traffic jams and my bad conduct. Hiroyuki

Very beautifull waterfalls

Hiroyuki was very friendly but sometimes a little hard to understand and we felt that if his grasp of english had been better he would have had a lot of knoledge to impart. The tour was wonderful and we took a lot of photos to remind us of the beauty of this area.

Frans K.

Hiroyuki I.

Dear Frans Thank you for joining the tour in the countryside to see waterfalls. I am very surprised to hear that you are very knowledgeable about Japan. I enjoyed accompanying you as a guide. Hiroyuki

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