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Shibamata: Beautiful Gardens and Good-Old-Days Downtown
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Joined 2019
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.
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
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
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 (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 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
Rebeca H.
“Chiaki is awesome!”
Me and my husband had an amazing time with Chiaki! Without her we would have been lost in the Tokyo subway, but she made it all very easy and took the time to explain everything. She is kind, funny and very smart. Please don’t hesitate booking with her! Thank you for everything Chiaki!! You made me laugh so much! Kawaiiii!
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Chiaki K.
Dear Rebeca, Thank you so much for your lovely review and photo! I’m so happy to hear that you both had a great time in Tokyo. It truly makes me smile to know we shared laughs and knowledge about kawaii! Thank you for your sweet recommendation. It was a real pleasure spending the day with you, and I hope your time in Tokyo was full of wonderful memories. Thank you again and take care!
Melissa L.
“A lovely tour with Chiaki”
We had two excellent tours with Chiaki! We had a 4 hour tour the afternoon/evening of our first day in Tokyo, then a 6 hour tour the day after that. She was early to meet us in our hotel, and very well organized and professional. I asked for help to learn to use the metro system, and she carefully explained how to navigate as we went to different places our first day. We saw the Meiji Jingu Shrine, Palace outer garden, Shinjuku Hanazono Shrine, a shopping district (forgot which one), a very fancy department store, briefly walked through the golden gai district (it was still daylight), and a few other shrines and areas. We saw so much! Chiaki was very well organized and completely customized the tour to us. When we went to the Metropolitan Government Observatory to finish our tour at the observation deck and found a very long line, she quickly found an alternative and we went there instead. No line, and still an incredible view. In fact, it was near the harbor area, and after looking at other pictures, I think it was better. We had two wonderful tours with Chiaki, and I highly recommend her as a guide. She is very knowledgeable, and if she didn't have the facts, she quickly found them. She also is very prepared and helpful. Thank you for a lovely experience, Chiaki!
Chiaki K.
Thank you so much Melissa, for your wonderful and detailed review! I’m truly happy to hear that you enjoyed both tours and that your first days in Tokyo were such a positive experience. It was a pleasure meeting you and explore the different parts of the city together for me, too. Your pictures and Will’s movies of underwater life was so beautiful and fascinating. They will stay in my memory with our two day tours together forever. I hope that you will continue to take many beautiful pictures and movies around the world. Thank you for spending two lovely days exploring Tokyo with me. I sincerely appreciate your recommendation and hope to welcome you back again on your next visit to Japan! Arigato! P.S Thank you for the Trader Joe’s bag and nuts. I love them!
Melissa L.
“Wonderful tour guide!”
We had two excellent tours with Chiaki! We had a 4 hour tour the afternoon/evening of our first day in Tokyo, then a 6 hour tour the day after that. She was early to meet us in our hotel, and very well organized and professional. I asked for help to learn to use the metro system, and she carefully explained how to navigate as we went to different places our first day. We saw the Senso-ji temple and area, Nakamise shopping street, Asakura museum (an interesting, hidden gem of a traditional house and art museum), Tennoji Temple and graveyard, and the Fukagawa Fudodo fire ceremony. (To me the fire ceremony was interesting for about 10 minutes, but went on for about 30, but I was also cold!) Chiaki was very good at telling us about the sights as we went and answering our questions. She is knowledgeable, thoughtful, and has a lovely laugh and sense of humor. I highly recommend Chiaki as a tour guide!
Chiaki K.
Dear Melissa, thank you for your lovely messages! Your comments really encourage me. Please see my reply to the other review you posted! Arigato!
$114/ per group
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