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Tokyo City Walk(2) - Highlight of Western Tokyo (7 hours)
Joined 2016
This tour covers main and major highlights in Western Tokyo, which is rather modern and urban places, including high rise commercial buildings, contemporary art places, subculture sites and entertainments.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Anywhere in Tokyo
1.Meiji Shrine
Meiji Shrine, one of the most major and popular sightseeing places in Tokyo, is the highlight of this tour.
Enjoy serene atmosphere of Meiji shrine covered with beautiful forests.
2. Harajuku Takeshita Street
Birthplace of Japanese subculture, originally popular among teenagers, but now among all the adults, especially foreign tourists of all ages. The sanctuary to experience "Kawaii (Cute) culture"
3.Omotesando Avenue
Japanese version of "Champs Elysee's ". Enjoy walking along the fashionable avenue with architecture brand-name-shop buildings and cafes.
4. Shibuya
Urban cities with famous Shibuya crossing and Hachiko Dog. Enjoy exploring interesting places popular among your generations.
5. Roppongi
Urban city characterized with art works. There are some museums and art objects, where we could enjoy the town created by "contemporary arts".
6. Hamarikyu Garden
Typical Japanese landscape garden with a beautiful view. Experience Maccha and Japanese sweets in the Japanese-Style tearoom.
7. Shinjuku
Urban city characterized by Kabukicho Neon districts and metropolitan high buildings along with Hanazono shrine where gods of entertainments are enshrined.
Option 1) Shibuya Sky
The top of the high-rise building overlooking the whole area in Tokyo where you could feel yourself like floating in the sky.
Option 2) Kagurazaka
Enjoy traditional Japanese small town different from urban cities. It was a "Geisha" town in the ancient period, but now a unique street characterized by traditional cobblestone.
Option 3 ) Omoide Yokocho
Traditional drinking place popular among foreign tourists as well as among local people.
Ending Point
Anywhere in Tokyo
Ending Point
Anywhere in Tokyo
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
1. Guide fee
2. Hotel pickup in Tokyo
1.Entrance fee (if you'd like to enter any facilities)
1) Shibuya Sky ( 2200 yen / person, depending on booking style)
2) Other facilities, if you request
2.Transportation Fee
1) Public transportation fee. (JR line / Subway / bus)
2) Taxi fee
3.Lunch, cafe
Tour Important Information
• This tour involves a lot of walking, so make sure to wear comfortable shoes.
• Several places we will visit do not accept credit cards, so please bring cash.
• In case of rain, it would be difficult to walk for a long time. I will show you other experiences such as museums or activities indoors.
You could go around all the major spots in Western Tokyo just for one day! (Could be changed in part to options or other areas.)
The tour schedule will be customized according to your tastes, which would be the only Western Tokyo tour specially arranged for you !
(Skip some places or Focus on specific attractions / Rush to visit many places or go around slowly focused on limited destinations)
Western Tokyo is the modern area in Tokyo, starting its modernization from Meiji era in 1886 and drastically developed after that up to now.
I will show you what's special with Western Tokyo, while walking together!
If you are interested in special spots, following options are recommended, instead of some basic ones.
1. Option 1) Shibuya Sky is the new spots. Need to book beforehand online (Cannot be cancelled).
2. Option 2) Kagurazaka is a small ancient city, which we call "Small Kyoto". There are some small restaurants unique to Japan.
3. Option 3) Omoide Yokocho is a major traditional evening drinking place, popular among tourists as well as local people in Tokyo.
If you are interested in Western Tokyo, please contact me.
Important message from the supplier
Please refer to my calendar.
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 2016
About Tour Guide Yuko O.
Hello, potential tourists!
I'm Yuko, Yokohama local tour guide with English government license.
I have been living in Yokohama for 40 years, and have been working in Tokyo for 35 years; 20 years as a business person,10 years as a teacher, then I became a tour guide in 2015.
Yokohama is a major port city, and the 2nd largest city in Japan.
It is one of the most popular sightseeing spots for Japanese tourists as well.
However, for non-Japanese guests who are to experience things unique to Japan,
without a tour guide, it could not be so stimulating, - a beautiful harbor, traditional garden, fashionable shopping mall, which could be likely to appear not so different from Tokyo, or other Western or Asian port cities.
Actually, Yokohama is very special for Japan !
Without Yokohama, Japan would not have been developed into what it is now!
Would you find real attraction of Yokohama with me ?
Also I'm familiar with Tokyo, an urban city and Kamakura, an ancient city.
See you in Yokohama, Japan!
Reviews
Jonathan C.
Tokyo City Walk(1) - Highlight of Eastern Tokyo (7 hours)
“Wonderful day”
Yuko is a fabulous guide and I highly recommend her to anyone visiting Tokyo.
Yuko O.
(7 reviews)Dear Jodi Thank you very much for your good review! You are really wonderful family, and I appreciate the chance of meeting you this time ! If you have another chance to visit our districts again, please count Yokohama, Kamakura, and Hakone as candidates. I'm looking forward to seeing you and your great family in the future again ! Have a nice trip in Japan !, and Good luck for all of you ! Yuko
Jeff S.
Kamakura City Walk - Highlight of Kamakura (7 hours)
“Love Yuko!!”
Four of us spent the day with Yuko and every moment was enlightening and fun. She goes above and beyond to look after her guests. She delivered a personal note to us the day before to our hotel room. She came a long distance out of her way (from Yokohama) to get us in the morning, was here and ready vary early, and had tremendous energy and enthusiasm about the places we visited. She took pictures of us everywhere and promised to send us the link to access them. She gave us a souvenir of the day with her. She had wonderful visual aids prepared to explain this legacy and history of the many spots we visited. We insisted on her return home and return to Tokyo which was way out of her way and she didn’t wanted to leave us alone. We highly recommend Yuko to anyone interested in visiting KAMAKURA. Great guide. Great location selection. Great advance communication ahead of the day so she could be prepared and provide us options. Great person. …and in a side alley we could have never found on our own, she got us to the best Ramen restaurant in the region, which was fantastic. Thanks Yuko!!
Yuko O.
(7 reviews)Dear Jeff, Thank you very much for joining me on my tour today. And I really appreciate the great review! I also enjoyed meeting you and your travel partners, your wonderful guests, and spending the day together in Kamakura. I will never forget the time I spent with you. You are all nice, intelligent, kind, handsome or beautiful, the most wonderful 2 couples in the world ! I am glad that all you liked Kamakura as well as Japan. Please continue to enjoy your trip throughout Japan. Next time you have the chance to come to Japan, please include my hometown, Yokohama, as one of the places you will visit! I look forward to seeing you again. I will send you some pictures by e-mail soon! I appreciate the opportunity to meet you all. Thank you so much. Yuko
Arlene U.
Yokohama City Walk - Highlight of Yokohama (7 hours)
“Yokohama Fambam”
This is our 10th visit to Japan and our 1st time to see Yokohama. We are fortunate to have discovered Yuko-san as tour guide for our family trip to Yokohama. Yuko-san made our family trip a truly memorable experience. We loved how knowledgeable and well organized she is. She sent us email messages with useful information weeks prior to the trip. She dropped by our hotel one day before our scheduled tour and left with the hotel concierge a handwritten welcome note with a detailed itinerary. On the day of our tour, Yuko-san and a colleague, Tatsuo-san arrived 30 mins early to welcome the group. The entire tour lasted for almost 8 hours and we enjoyed every minute of it. What endeared Yuko-san and Tatsuo-san to the group was their patience and attentiveness to the needs of the group. They are the most caring tour guides we have encountered in all of our trips to Japan. We highly recommend Yuko-san and Tatsuo-San as tour guides for Yokohama.
Yuko O.
(7 reviews)Dear Arlene, Thank you so much for giving me such an excellent rating and a lovely thoughtful review! I'd like to say thank you for being given this chance to show you around in Yokohama. Nothing would make us happier than to see you love Yokohama. Tatsuo and I also enjoyed touring and had a wonderful time with you, wondeful family ! Thanks for coming to Yokohama and choosing me as your guide! I'm looking forward to your 2nd coming to Yokohama ! Sincerely, Yuko
