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The Best of Chofu: Jindaiji Temple & Soba Lunch Walking Tour
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Joined 2014
Located 15 minutes west of Shinjuku Station, the city of Chofu is full of outdoor fun. In this walking tour, we will visit Fudaten Shrine and Nogawa River, famous for the beautiful natural landscape during any season. We will then see the famous Jindaiji Temple, and the Jindai Botanical Garden - well known to be Tokyo’s biggest rose garden and cherry trees. This is an excellent opportunity to escape the intensity of the central city and enjoy this truly off the beaten path private tour!
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Chofu Station
Fudaten Shrine: Visit the shrine considered a spiritual spot for locals
Jindaiji Temple: Explore the second oldest temple in the Tokyo metropolis and feel the Edo-charm in the traditional Japanese architecture.
Soba Lunch near Sanmon gate, where traditional soba restaurants line the lanes and paths leading up to the temple.
Jindai Botanical Garden - Home to the biggest rose garden in Tokyo and a variety of seasonal plants that transform during the seasons.
If we have time and you're interested in, shall we stroll the garden? or I'll take you to a cozy cafe in my neighborhood.
Chofu Station
We'll finish our tour at Chofu station.
Ending Point
Chofu Station
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
Lunch, transportation fares (you and guide) - if you take a bus: 210 yen for adult, 110 yen for a child. If you will go to Jindai Botanical Garden, the entrance fee is 500 yen for adult, 200 yen for junior high school students.
Tour Important Information
Please let me know if you have food allergies.
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 2014
About Tour Guide Yoko I.
Hello, I'm Yoko. I was born and brought up in Ashikaga, Tochigi prefecture (80 km north from Tokyo) and I've lived in Tokyo for more than 20 years.
I love traveling, both overseas and inside Japan. After I visited other countries and saw many local cultures there, I realized that Japan has a variety of unique cultures with a lot of tourist attractions.
I hope you enjoy your stay in Japan. I'm looking forward to seeing you soon!
Reviews
Betty G.
“Excellent tour with Yoko”
Yoko gave us a good feel of Japan touring a shrine and temple. She was very knowledgeable. She also set up a lunch for us with our Japanese friend at the Kuru restaurant. We had a several course meal giving us a good flavor of Japenese food We also got to experience a train and subway ride in the very busy Tokyo Would highly recommend Yoko as a tour guide
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Yoko I.
Thank you so much for taking your time to post such a fabulous review, Betty! I’m glad to hear that you enjoyed our tour in Tokyo. I’m so glad that you had a lovely time with your Japanese friend at the restaurant in Asakusa. It was one of the busiest days (because of consecutive holidays in autumn), so I think you were surprised to see so many people there (I also, actually). Touring with you at a beautiful day was fun and interesting to me. Thank you so much for having me as your guide. Please take care.
Alice B.
“Organized and educational ”
This review is for the first of full days we spent with Yoko. We were happy we did everything on our customized pre-planned itinerary. We were comfortable with the pace and the whole experience. She was always eager and accommodating with us stopping and taking pictures or her offering to take pictures of us.
Yoko I.
Thank you so much for posting another wonderful review, Alice! I really appreciate it. I’m glad to hear that you were comfortable with the whole experience. We had a slight rain on the first day, but I was glad that I could take you to the place you’d like to go and you got a beautiful souvenir. It was really nice meeting both of you. Thank you so much for having me as your guide.
Mary H.
“Great day with Yoko”
It was very nice to have someone with you that spoke the language. We were able to do things that we never would've done ourselves, including the bus and the subway system. Very nice tour! Yoko was extremely helpful and did everything we asked!
Yoko I.
Thank you so much for posting such a wonderful review, Mary! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed our tour in Tokyo. I had a wonderful time with all of you – Strolling around Shibuya, Asakusa, and helping you buy gifts for your grandchildren were interesting and fun for me. All of you were nice, so I felt as if I were your little sister. Thank you so much for having me as your guide. Please take care and have a lovely journey!
$127/ per group
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