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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
Steven S.
“Fantastic tour w a real professional ”
Chiaki arrived on-time (actually, a little early, which is my preference) and was very much prepared w our train schedules, which were really important because the tour was in our way back to the airport. We toured Shibamata w her - a beautiful and charming little town with an AMAZING temple (possibly our favorite of the many we saw on our trip). That was actually a suggestion she’d made a couple months earlier when I was looking to book a completely different tour w her: she knew we had only so many hours to tour before getting to the airport so she suggested Shibamata. She was right. It worked out perfectly. She even stayed with us until we boarded the train to Narita. Highly recommend!
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Chiaki K.
Thank you so much Steven, for your wonderful review! I’m truly happy to hear that the tour fit smoothly into your travel schedule and that everything worked well on your way to the airport. You must be at the airport right now, waiting for your flight. I’m especially glad you enjoyed Shibamata. It’s such a charming area, and I’m delighted it became one of your favorite places during your trip. Thank you for trusting my suggestion! It was a pleasure spending that time with you, and I’m glad I could assist you to have a half day trip before you fly from Narita. Hope you spend wonderful time in Thailand! Thank you again!
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Ian G.
“Excelente servicio y atención, experiencia completa para conocer lo básico de Tokio”
Me encantó el servicio. Felicito a Chiaki, por su atención nos ayudó en todo muy atenta, nos esperaba y nos dio conocer puntos muy relevantes de Tokio. Agradezco mucho sus atenciones y la recomienda ampliamente para que puedan seguir conociendo esta hermosa ciudad.
Chiaki K.
Dear Ian, thank you so much for your kind words! I’m very happy to hear that you enjoyed the tour. It was a beautiful day and we were lucky to get the cruise boat at the last minute. I truly appreciate your recommendation and your thoughtful message. Wishing you many wonderful memories in Japan and I hope to welcome you again in the future!
Jolanda S.
“Three days in Toyo. wheelchair.”
Two elderly women. One person in a wheelchair. Those were three incredibly interesting days. We thank Chiaki from the bottom of our hearts for the valuable time, her warmthness and her customer-oriented manner. We highly recommend her.
Chiaki K.
Thank you so much Jolanda, for your touching review. I truly appreciate your words. It was a great pleasure spending those three days with you! The days were full of new experiences for me, too. Wishing you and Ulrika can travel smoothly and see the very best of Japan. Arigato gozaimasita!!
$113/ per group
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