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Shibamata: Beautiful Gardens and Good-Old-Days Downtown
Shibamata is a small and old downtown with a temple and beautiful Japanese gardens, located in the east end of Tokyo. You will find the nostalgic lifestyle of ordinary people in 1960’s. The town is not stylish nor modern, but full of atmosphere of Japanese traditional neighborhood life.
Meeting Point
At your hotel in Tokyo
Meeting Point
Pick up at your hotel or anyplace you’d like.
Shibamata
Walk along the street to Shibamata Taishaku-ten temple from the nearest station and see the local sweets and food shops. You can reach the temple in 10 min. The whole area shows the atmosphere of traditional busy downtown in 1960’s.
Taishaku-ten Temple
Taishaku-ten is a temple known for its beautiful Japanese garden and engraved Buddha stories on the outer walls of Taishaku-do inner shrine. The admission is 400 yen per person. You can go-around the garden by walking through the outside corridor with roof.
Yamamoto-tei
Yamamoto-tei, a traditional Japanese-style architecture built in 1920s. It was once used as the residence of the wealthy president of a company. You can see the inside of the house and the beautiful garden through “engawa” (a narrow wooden deck along the edge of a house facing the garden). Admission 100 yen. You can also have tea and sweets in the Japanese style tatami tea room.
Lunch
We can have lunch at a restaurant nearby as you like. There are noodle, tempura rice-bowl restaurants, etc.
End tour at your hotel or anyplace you’d like
You can visit Tokyo Skytree or Asakusa in less than 30 min. I will take you there if you’d like.
Ending Point
At your hotel or anyplace
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Inclusions & Exclusions
Guide fee, hotel pick-up, guide’s transportation fee
Your transportation fee (about 1,500 yen per person), lunch (about 1,500 yen per person) and admission fee for you and guide
Tour Important Information
This is a flexible tour you can change places to visit upon your wish. I will make an itinerary customized for you, so you can fully enjoy the city with your limited time.
This is a private tour, you can change the route according to your interest, condition or the weather during the tour.
In this tour, we will take public transportation and walk a lot so please wear comfortable shoes. If your group has someone who prefers not to walk a lot, please let me know.
And if you have someone with allergies or dietary restrictions, please let me know in advance.
Important message from the guide
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
Tokyo Tour Reviews
“Amazing day out with Beautiful Chiaki ”
Our family of 5 (including 3 teenage boys) were met at our apartment by Chiaki. She was very welcoming warm and friendly. We spoke about our plan for the day and saw some wonderful sights. Being a busy Saturday we all had a wonderful time and Chiaki was sure that we stuck together. After finishing off our afternoon eating delicious street food under the cherry blossoms, we made our way back to our station and said goodbye. Thank you Chiaki for a thoughtful and fun introduction to the sights of Tokyo. 10 out of 10 :)
Chiaki K.
(75 reviews)Dear Katrina, thank you for your terrific review! I really enjoyed myself guiding you and your beautiful family around. You reminded me about the days I was traveling with my children. I hope you are having wonderful and relaxing time in Japan. Cherry blossoms are starting to scatter now. I’m glad that you could get the last minutes view! Please say hello to Scott, Harvey, Campbell and Douggl! Arigato Gozaimasu!
“Delightful first class travel experience.”
From our pre planning messages, to our meetings and escorting through crowded streets and subways, Chiaki was interesting, informative and very attuned to our needs. There is no way we could have seen so much or be able to enjoy so many unique and authentic Japanese experiences without Chiaki's guidance. Her recommendations were spot on. We leave with some amazing memories. Thank you.
Chiaki K.
(75 reviews)Dear Alan and Sharryn, thank you for your terrific review! I really enjoyed guiding you around, talking about a variety of topics with you from which I learned a lot. You must be on board by now. I hope you will enjoy the cruise and safely go back home to your beautiful house by the sea. Thank you for the once in a lifetime occasion and I’m looking forward to your next visit (don’t forget to take the coins with you)!
Karin D.
Shinjuku Kabukicho and Omoide Yokocho Evening Tour
“Great start in Tokyo with Chiaki,”
On our first day in Tokio we booked the evening walking tour of Shinjuku downtown and spent a great evening with Chiaki. Chiaki is a very friendly and attentive tour guide who responded to our wishes one hundred percent. Even short-term changes were no problem for her. It was a pleasure to talk to Chiaki. Thank you very much Chiaki for the wonderful evening, we will come back to Japan.
Chiaki K.
(75 reviews)Dear Karin, thank you for your fantastic review! I’m glad to know that you enjoyed my tour and your stay in Tokyo. It was a pleasure for me to talk to you and Lennart, too. He is charming with strong thirst for knowledge. Yes, please come to visit Japan again. I always welcome you and your family in the future. Thank you again and take care!
