Personalized Tokyo Journey
Joined 2015
This is a customized tour that is designed based on your interests.
Before you book me, let me know about you, your age, things you like, your interests etc..
If there is somewhere you want to visit in the city, or something you want to do, please let me know.
Let's make your journey memorable one together.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
At your hotel
Ending Point
At your hotel
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
¥47250 (¥6750×7h) for guide fee
¥3000 for transportations for guide (including round-trip fare from guide's to your hotel)
Costs for foods & drinks, entrance fee, for you and guide.
Transportations for participants.
Please note that above costs are needed on the day of the tour.
Tour Important Information
1) This is not a bus tour or private-car tour. Please note that main means of transportation in this tour is your foot(!) and public transportations.
2) Sometime it takes time to design itinerary, so I am appreciated if you book this tour at least by a week in advance of the date of the tour.
3) I only make contact with future participants of my tour, not with middle men (such as tour company personnel), to avoid confusion and misunderstanding.
Important message from the supplier
Available only for more than 7 hour tour.
Not available for middle people including travel agents, travel advisors.
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 2015
About Tour Guide Akira N.
Hello,
My name is Akira.
I am certified national guide interpreter.
I have been living in Tokyo for more than 30 years.
I love walking in the city with no particular plan finding trasures in the streets such as nice ramen noodle restaurants, cafes, funny billboards, and most of all, narrow alleys that remind me of good old days.
I will help you enjoying the days in the city fully and making your vist memorable one.
I am looking forward to seeing you soon.
Reviews
Ovidia L.
“Best Tokyo Guide!”
I booked a day’s tour with Akira of key sites in Tokyo because I wanted a local perspective and to appreciate the local customs. Akira took me to hidden local neighbourhoods, the best cafe that sold the best cream bun ever and perhaps best drip coffee in Tokyo! We also had a great lunch in a local restaurant (and satisfied my craving for sashimi). I deeply appreciated learning how to behave respectfully at the Meiji Shrine and the insights he shared. Akira had brought my 18-year-old son around Tokyo for two days in 2019. I never forgot how much my son enjoyed having Akira bring him around Tokyo. Truly glad I managed to get Akira on my free day in Tokyo. Book Akira for your Tokyo tours - you can’t get anyone better! Thanks again, Akira!
Akira N.
Dear Ovida, Thank you so much for the great review. When I got a contact from you for your second Tokyo visit asking me if I could show you around the city, I knew it would be a great day with fun. I knew it because you have a wonderful son and I could easily imagined that such a great kid's mother must be a beautiful human being. I am so happy that you enjoyed favorites of local like me. I am so happy that you are a type of person who see, enjoy, and appreciate things as they are with no preconceptions. I would like to thank you for your showing respect to local people and culture, and also I would like to thank you for enjoyable and informative conversations on your unique country and culture. Thank you so much for having me again. I am looking forward to explore my loving city together. Sincerely, Akira
Cherie H.
“Terrific guided, small group walking tour of Tokyo”
Our family group of four, made up of our son and daughter in law, my wife and I had less than a day in Tokyo before boarding our ship for a cruise around Japan. My wife found Akira through her searches on the internet and we couldn’t have been more fortunate. We wanted a walking tour in the city that would give us a flavour for the culture, some history, and some of the highlights of the city. Akira met us at our hotel and led us through various places in the city on foot and using the metro to get around. His English is more than adequate and he knows the city well. What made it especially enjoyable for us was his thoughtfulness, his experience, his carefully crafted itinerary including his choices for food and sites, and his genuineness. I expect we will be visiting Tokyo again with other members of our family in the future. For sure I will try and get Akira to show us around again. All of our group would absolutely recommend him as a guide.
Akira N.
Dear Cherie, Thank you so much for the great review. I am so fortunate that you found me. Guiding you and your wonderful family was fun. I always feel that whether my tour will be enjoyable or not is all up to how much we can be connected to each other and build good relationship through our exchange. Reading your review, remembering our exchange, reviewing some photos (in so many happy smiles) we took that day , I can certainly say that we all had a great time. This is my tenth year as a guide. It is my sheer pleasure to guide wonderful people like you, Richard, Chris and Amanda. I would like to thank you for giving me another reason why I cannot quit this fun job. I am looking forward to another chance to explore my loving city together. See you next time! Akira
J.j. F.
“Perfect Day in Tokyo”
If you get an opportunity a day with Akira DO NOT hesitate. Akira is thoughtful, kind and substantive human who spent every minute of our time together working to make our experience fantastic. He was absolutely successful in making each member of our family have an incredible day in Tokyo. While the itinerary, logistics and conversation were phenomenal, Akira's real value what his thoughtfulness and desire to help us beyond. From helping us secure a child Suica card to providing incredible restaurant recommendations to taking beautiful pictures, he did it all. I can't recommend him enough.
Akira N.
Dear J.J. Thank you so much for the great review. I’m so glad that you had a great time like I did. I would like to thank you for your comment on my “substantive being”. I always try to be myself, a real Tokyo local, without acting like a guide as much as I can, and I am happy to know it worked for you this time. I will always remember you and your wonderful family as good American and great human beings with beautiful spirits. I am looking forward to another chance to explore my loving city together. Sincerely, Akira
$335/ per group
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