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Lost in Shinjuku Sanchome and Kabukicho! Tour
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Joined 2019
Shinjuku is always the exciting city and have many faces. We visit the beautiful Shinjuku Gyoen garden, a sophisticated department store, a historical shrine, narrow back streets of bars and pubs and famous nightclub streets.
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
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
It has a large and beautiful Japanese garden, two Western-style gardens and a green house. You can enjoy the changing scenery of the four seasons in the middle of the busy big city. Admission ¥500.
Isetan Department Store
The food floor of the department store is a unique place where you can find a variety of delicious Japanese and international food.
Hanazono-Jinja Shrine
The magnificent Shrine is dedicated to the god of entertainment and has mysterious Golden-Gai streets just behind it.
Golden-Gai
It is a small area composed of a network of six narrow alleys, connected by even narrower passageways. Over 200 tiny shanty-style bars and clubs are squeezed into this old looking streets.
Kabukicho
The area is famous as one of the busiest entertainment district in Japan.
Omoide Yokocho (Corner of Memory)
The area used to be a black market after the Second World War and now you will find many small and old stalls of yakitori, ramen and casual Japanese food along a narrow street.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Observatory
The observatory is located on the 45th floor of the Government Building. you can enjoy a wonderful bird’s view of Tokyo skyscrapers for free. When the weather is nice and the air is clear, you may be able to see beautiful Mt. Fuji.
Ending Point
Any place you’d like
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, Guide’s transportation fee
Your transportation fee, Lunch for you and guide, Admission fee (Shinjuku Gyoen, 500 yen per person)
Tour Important Information
You will see many aspects of Japanese people's real life. Shinjuku Gyoten Garden gives you an idea of beautiful traditional Japanese garden. The food floor of the department store is a unique place where you can find a variety of delicious Japanese and international food. The magnificent Hanazono Shrine has mysterious Golden-Gai streets just behind it, and Kabukicho is famous as one of the busiest entertainment district in Japan.
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden is a large park. If you don't like to walk long, please let me know.
The garden is usually (but not always) closed on Mondays.
Important message from the supplier
If you stay in the central area of Tokyo or Chiba, I will pick you up and drop you off at your hotel or anyplace you like.
We will take public transportation and walk a lot so please wear comfortable shoes.
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 2019
About Tour Guide Chiaki K.
Welcome to Japan! My name is Chiaki. I’m a government licensed guide interpreter, a wife and mother of two grown-up children. I’ve been living in Tokyo for 30 years so I know the area well.
If you don’t want to miss popular “must see” places, wish to eat a variety of Japanese popular and delicious food, have particular interest in Japanese theatrical arts, architectures, gardens, tea ceremony and “kawaii” characters, or are tired of tourist spots and like to see the real life of people in Japan, I can help you.
My goal is to help you to make your stay in Japan as memorable and fulfilling as possible. If I can serve you to make your special trip more special, it will be my pleasure.
Reviews
Meena M.
“The most organized, responsive guide”
We cannot say enough good things about Chiaki and feel very fortunate to have found her. From the numerous messages we exchanged, Chiaki felt like the best fit for a guide. It ended up being the perfect first day in Japan and Tokyo. It was a full day, with Chiaki explaining everything from the subway to the places we visited. The Fudodo Twmple was incredible and without Chiaki’s suggestion, we would have missed it. We saw the fire ritual, drumming, chanting. Chiaki also took us to an outstanding vegan restaurant that did Buddhist temple cooking. Tucked away on the third floor of a building in Roppongi, it would have been hard to find it on our own. Chiaki also helped us buy our Shinkansen tickets and was extremely thorough in organizing them with detailed instructions. We truly had the perfect guide We covered more ground than we could have on our own, it was a good orientation on the subway, and it did not feel rushed. And throughout the day, Chiaki was and considerate. She was always eager to help and had suggestions for the days we are going to explore on our own. Thank you, Chiaki!
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Chiaki K.
Dear Meena, thank you so much for posting your lovely review! I’m so glad you enjoyed the tour and that I could make things like navigating the metro easier for you. It was a real pleasure spending the day together. You find fun everywhere, like when I explained about A-Un statues at the gate of Sensoji Temple and when we crossed the Shibuya Crossing. When we were at the gate of Meiji Jingu Shrine, you found beauty in its simplicity. It’s the philosophy of Wabi-Sabi. Now I’m very happy that you have found me! I hope the rest of your travels are full of wonderful experiences! Please say hello to your charming sons. Thank you!
Lynsey M.
“Perfect way to spend the first day in Tokyo”
Chiaki was an excellent guide from the first contact. We messaged in advance to agree an itinerary for the day and Chiaki made sure the day was well paced. Having help to understand and navigate the metro was really helpful and Chiaki even helped us retrieve our tickets for our ongoing travels at the JR station. (This saved us a bit of stress I’m sure!). Chiaki is a very considerate and friendly guide and I couldn’t recommend her enough.
Chiaki K.
Thank you Lynsey, for your wonderful review! And thank you for the photo you uploaded. I wanted to ask Nigel to share it but couldn’t. I’m very happy to hear that you enjoyed the day and felt comfortable. It was such a pleasure spending the day together, and I truly appreciate your recommendation. I hope you enjoyed the bike tour today and will have a lot of fun in Tokyo, Takayama and Kyoto. Thank you again!
Bronwyn M.
“Wonderful ”
We spent a wonderful day learning, exploring & getting to know Tokyo on a personal level. Lots of walking, train travel (learning the system), sake tasting, food tasting & laughs throughout the day. Thank you to our terrific guide, who ensured we had a very special day, then went out of her way to sort out our incorrect travel card to the correct visitors card.
Chiaki K.
Dear Bronwyn, thank you so much for your kind words! I’m so glad you enjoyed my tour. I’m especially happy to hear that you visited the ticket office again and could sort out the SUICA card issue smoothly. Wishing you many more wonderful adventures ahead, and I hope our paths cross again someday. Please give my best wishes to Tony. Thank you!
$112/ per group
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