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Tokyo Private Tour - The corridor around the garden of Taishaku-ten temple
The corridor around the garden of Taishaku-ten temple
Tokyo Private Tour - The street to the temple
The street to the temple
Tokyo Private Tour - The main gate of Taishaku-ten temple
The main gate of Taishaku-ten temple
Tokyo Private Tour - Souvenir shop along to the temple
Souvenir shop along to the temple
Tokyo Private Tour - Japanese pickles shop
Japanese pickles shop
Tokyo Private Tour - Rice cracker shop
Rice cracker shop
Tokyo Private Tour - Beautiful Japanese Garden
Beautiful Japanese Garden
Tokyo Private Tour - Guest rooms of the temple behind the garden
Guest rooms of the temple behind the garden
Tokyo Private Tour - Yamamoto-tei and the garden
Yamamoto-tei and the garden
Tokyo Private Tour - You can have a cup of Japanese green tea in the Yamamoto-tei tea room if you’d like.
You can have a cup of Japanese green tea in the Yamamoto-tei tea room if you’d like.

Shibamata: Beautiful Gardens and Good-Old-Days Downtown

Off the Beaten Path
Tokyo Tour Guide - Chiaki K.

Joined 2019

Chiaki K.
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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!

09:00 AM

Meeting Point

At your hotel in Tokyo

09:00 AM

Meeting Point

Pick up at your hotel or anyplace you’d like.

10:00 AM

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.

10:20 AM

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.

11:30 AM

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.

12:00 PM

Lunch

We can have lunch at a restaurant nearby as you like. There are noodle, tempura rice-bowl restaurants, etc.

01:00 PM

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

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What‘s included

Guide fee, hotel pick-up, guide’s transportation fee

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What‘s not included

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

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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

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Tokyo Tour Guide - Chiaki K.

Joined 2019

Chiaki K.
4.93 / 5
(112 reviews)
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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

Great guide who showed us an excellent, customized experience

Chiaki was a great guide, dedicated to creating a customized experience tailored to what we wanted to see. We did a 6 hour tour of the sites we were interested in. As we were creating the day’s agenda , Chiaki offered great suggestions and options to fill out the rest of the day and on how to best group the sites to minimize time spent in transit. She share a lot of helpful, informative insights the day of the tour to help us better understand Japan, Tokyo, the sites we Saige and the Japanese culture. Highly recommend!!!

Amy R.

Chiaki K.

Dear Amy, thank you so much for your kind review! I’m so happy to hear that you enjoyed the tour. It was a pleasure working together to create a day and sharing the culture and history of Japan, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to guide you. I think you are back to your usual busy days now. Don’t work too hard and please send my best wishes to David! Thank you again for the recommendation! I hope your business trip to Japan will be successful!.

Knowledgable and caring Tokyo Guide

I booked Chiaki for 4 days to guide my Mother, who was visiting Tokyo on her own. Between Chiaki and myself, we planned a bespoke itinerary, based on my Mother’s interest in the arts, craft, culture and food. Chiaki was always responsive, flexible, organised, and went above and beyond. At every step, I felt confident that my Mum would be well cared for. Chiaki is a reliable and competent guide and my Mum had a very memorable time in Tokyo. I would not hesitate to use her services again.

Joanna L.

Chiaki K.

Thank you Joanna, for your wonderful review! Please see my reply on iMessage!

Chiaki is a national treasure

This was our second tour with Chiaki. She is always respectful, attentive, informative, and kind. She met us at our hotel in Ginza which I believe is hugely helpful especially for those who don’t know their way around the city yet. Her tours involve walking and subway train rides so be sure to have your subway train pass ready. We use the Suica app in our Apple wallet - very easy to use! This tour we went to Tsukiji market which our family enjoyed immensely! We sampled lots of food and viewed many types of food we hadn’t seen before. After, she took us to the fire ritual at the Buddhist temple Fukagawa Fudou-do temple. It was amazing to watch the event! We then traveled to the Imperial Palace to view the grounds and get some history from Chiaki. Next we travelled to Harajuku and walked to the Meiji Temple where we saw a wedding party in traditional attire. Lastly we stopped for lunch near Shibuya where we enjoyed talking to her over a meal about Japan and its culture. I have already booked another tour with Chiaki when we return in October! I highly recommend her for your next tour.

Cheryl F.

Chiaki K.

Cheryl さん、Thank you so much for your kind and generous review! It was such a pleasure to see you again and meet your lovely family for another day of exploring Tokyo together. I’m so glad you enjoyed the experiences—from the lively Tsukiji Market and the powerful fire ritual, to the peaceful Meiji Shrine and the buzz of Shibuya. I was happy to share these experiences with your family and enjoyed together. You have beautiful boys! They are not only very handsome but also have warm and fun personalities. You must be proud of them! I’m looking forward to seeing you and Bob again in October! Until then, take care and thank you again for your trust and support. すばらしいレビューをありがとう。つぎに あう日を たのしみにしています!

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