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.
At your hotel in Tokyo
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 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 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.
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.
This shrine defies Ieyasu Tokugawa who established Edo era and was the top worriers in Japan.
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.
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.
At your hotel in Tokyo
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,
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
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.
Alev O.
Nikko as enormous theme park of both nature and Edo culture
“Wet day in Nikko with a good guide ”
Kashima sun was very attentive and knowledgeable. Although it was a rainy day, he took us all the places as he planned. We enjoyed our day trip to Nikko with him
Kashima H.
(70 reviews)Alev san, thank you very much for your upmost review for me. I am very much pleased that you could enjoy the Nikko tour with me. We enjoyed Nikko nature viewing such as Lake-Chuzenji, Kegon waterfall,Ryuzo-waterfall and so-on. Also, we visited Nikko Toshogu by which you could feel Tokugawa shogun personality. Thanks to your strong interest for Japanese culture and history, we could exchange lots of information with funny conversation. Thanks again, Kashima
Olman M.
One day Hakone tour for your great experience
Customized
“Hakone happyness! ”
Thank you Kashima for a wonderful day in Hakone. We appreciated your kindness and attention; making sure we received the most out of your amazing tour.
Kashima H.
(70 reviews)Olman san, thank you very much for your upmost review for me. We enjoyed Hakone nature viewing such as Owakudani valley with various riding as Cruise on Lake Ashi, Ropeway & Cable car and the traditional shrine & modern culture such as Hakone shrine and Open air museum. Thanks to your deep interest for Japanese nature, history and culture, we could exchange various information with funny conversation. I hope that you visit Japan again in near future so that I can introduce other nice tour spots for you. Thanks, Kashima
Ee lin K.
One day Mt.Fuji tour for your greatexperience
Customized
“Well informed tour”
Kashima is knowledgeable and have good sense humour. I appreciate very the useful Japanese phrases and vocabulary & information sheet. I find it concise ad very functional.
Kashima H.
(70 reviews)Ee lin san, Thank you very much for your upmost review for me. We enjoyed Mt.Fuji viewing and surrounding beautiful nature spots such as Arakurayama Sengen Park, Ohishi park and Oshino Hakkai. Thanks to your young group happy and energic atmosphere with continuous funny talking, I could join to exchange lots of conversation with your group 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