Shibamata: Beautiful Gardens and Good-Old-Days Downtown
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
Stephanie S.
“A lovely morning ”
Chiaki was very flexible with my schedule and helped me meet up with my host family after our morning tour. She was very knowledgeable as we explored Asakusa. We had a nice chat at "Afternoon Tea" at Haute Couture. She is very personable and easy to talk with. I highly recommend her. Would book her again for sure.
Chiaki K.
Thank you Stephanie, for your lovely review! I also appreciate the picture of Haute Couture Cafe. It was a memorable day and I’m glad to hear that you had a wonderful time with your host family. Your stories were impressive, especially that you take care of your ladies with sense of mission and joy! これからも、おしごとがんばってね！ありがとう!
Stephanie K.
“Customized Tokyo”
I can’t begin to describe the amazing tour we had with Chiaki. She helped us prioritize what we wanted to see/do for our day in Tokyo in advance of our visit and revised it accordingly .We were there for a cruise stop and only had one day. Chiaki kept us on schedule, speaks excellent English, incredibly organized and knowledgeable. We would never have been able to fit everything in had we not hired Chiaki. We felt like shows a family member by the end of the day.
Chiaki K.
Thank you Stephanie, for your wonderful review! It truly means a lot to me. I’m so glad I could help you to fit everything in your short stay smoothly. It was a pleasure getting to know you, and I’m honored that you felt like family by the end of the day, that’s the warmest word I could receive. I wish you and Lance have many more memorable travels. Visit Japan again so that we can visit Autobacks and Pigment Tokyo! Thank you again!
Felicia M.
“Chiaki is wonderful!”
We took this tour on the same day we arrived from a long flight. Chiaki was very understanding of our situation and payed attention to every detail of our feelings. She helped guide us with public transportation and even called the hotel to get us in early. Every place we went she gave a little history and background. I would highly recommend her. She even reached out after to make sure we made it to our destination. Because of her we felt at ease with touring Japan
Chiaki K.
Thank you Felicia, for your warm and thoughtful review! I truly appreciate your kind words. I know how tiring a long flight can be, so I’m really glad I could help make your first day in Japan more comfortable and enjoyable. It was a pleasure guiding you and sharing a bit of Tokyo with you along the way. You must be in Kyoto now. Wishing you have a fantastic trip, and thank you again for the recommendation! Please send my best wishes to Renee!
$115/ per group
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