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Tokyo Tour of Traditional Town, Buildings and Garden

You can taste these foods in front of the opening shops

Kitchen knives are sold in Thukiji outer market

Rikugien garden as stroll style garden founded by a top worrier in Edo era

Ueno Toshogu shrine defies Ieyasu Tokugawa who established Edo era

Inside area of Ueno Toshogu shrine

The face of this Buddha statue was fallen down by the big earth quake in 1923

Old Japanese-style wall during 17th -18th century in Yanaka area .

In Yanaka, you can enjoy the atmosphere of old temple town including old shopping street.

Lots of Jizo statue that confort unborn babies in Zojoji temple

Zojoji temple near Tokyo tower as one of the representative temples in Tokyo

Tokyo Tour of Traditional Town, Buildings and Garden

Highlights

Joined 2017

Kashima H.

4.70 / 5

(89 reviews)

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Tokyo

Japanese (Native), English

8 hours

Private tour (only you and Kashima H.)

Up to 8 people

This tour includes several essential sights such as Tsukiji outer market, Rikugien-garden, Zojoji temple, Ameyoko town,Toshogu shrine & Daibutsu in Ueno park and Yanaka district where you can feel and enjoy active fish market atmosphere, historically important temple and shrine building, traditional town atmosphere, food enjoyment and beautiful garden.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

08:30 AM

Meeting Point

At your hotel in Tokyo

09:30 AM

Tsukiji outer market

Tsukiji Fish Market used to consist of two main areas as the inner market and the outer market. Tokyo government already relocated the inner market of Tsukiji to Toyosu new market on Oct,2018. Tsukiji outer market sells various kinds of food fish related, cooking tools, restaurants and so-on. You can walk around the outer markets to see those.

11:00 AM

Rikugien garden

Rikugien garden is a stroll garden with a central pond, large garden and making a mountain with enjoying by walking around it.

This was founded by a top worrier in Edo era with spending 7 years period.

01:00 PM

Zojoji temple

Zojoji temple is one of the representative temples in Tokyo and lots of people come here to pray.

This temple is the family temple of Tokugawa shogunate who established and had ruling power in Edo era.

02:00 PM

Ueno Ameyoko

This food town is located near JR Ueno station and around 400 shops are lined up in the street such as perishable foods, fashion and brand goods, miscellaneous goods, street stalls and restaurants. You can feel as if you are in festival.

02:30 PM

Ueno Toshogu shrine in Ueno park

This shrine defies Ieyasu Tokugawa who established Edo era and was the top worriers in Japan.

03:00 PM

Ueno Daibutsu in Ueno park

The face of this Buddha statue was fallen down by the big earth quake in 1923 and the body was thrown away.

Therefore, only a face statue has been remained up to now. You can mainly receive blessing of success in examination.

04:00 PM

Yanaka

In Yanaka, you can enjoy the atmosphere of old temple town including old shopping street. You can eat traditional Japanese food such as minced meat cutlet, cream croquette and paste food. Also, you can see old Japanese-style wall during 17th -18th century.

This area of Yanaka remains the street of friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods

because this area could be escaped from the fire war by air raid during World War 2. From Ed period (1603 ~ 1867), a lot of temples were gathered and flourished as a temple town. Therefore, Yanaka was registered as on of 100 selected Japanese traditional beautiful area in 2007.

Ending Point

At your hotel 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

What‘s included

Guide fee,

Pick-up-fee at your staying hotel in Tokyo,

Guide's transportation fee,

What‘s not included

Entrance fee of Rikugien-garden for you: JPY300 per person,

Transportation fee of you about JPY1,000 - 1,500 / person,

Lunch fee,

Tour Important Information

1) For fairly long walking of sight -seeing, please put on the shoes to walk with ease.

2) Please prepare the cash to spend any train riding, lunch and souvenir.

3) I prepared the blog of Tokyo which shows various tour spots with detail photos and detail explanation each shown as below.

Blog title of Tokyo: Various Tokyo Tour Spots for Each Category

Important message from the supplier

I am now focusing tour guide area for East Japan area such as Tokyo, Yokohama, Hakone, Kamakura, Mt.Fuji, Nikko, Gunma, Saitama and Kanazawa.

However, I can support you for one day trip of Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Nara and Himeji from Tokyo.

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 2017

Kashima H.

4.70 / 5

(89 reviews)

Identity Verified

Interview-Based Quality Checks

About Tour Guide Kashima H.

I am Kashima. I have gained the Government Licensed Tour Guide authorization in 2017/2.

I passed a licensing examination of Kyoto Tourism Culture Certification Test 3rd grade in 2023.

I passed a licensing examination of Tokyo city guide in 2023.

I had worked for one of biggest Electric Company in the world which manufacture various type of Electrical products. I had a task roll of design development of Semiconductor for Video movie appliance in Japan and semiconductor marketing for 5 years in USA. Secondly, I had worked for one of big grovel Electric part Company which manufacture connectors for Electrical appliance usage. I had a task roll of quality assurance cooperating with the grovel college including USA, Europe (Ireland, Germany, France), China and Eastern Asia. As a result, I have communicated with people from different countries and I have become interested in introducing Japan to them. That is why I made decision to become an English tour guide.

By introducing Japan to non-Japanese tourists, I would like to do my best to serve the best customized private tours in Japan that you and your family are looking forward to enjoying the fantastic experience as below.

1) Sightseeing of natural scenic spots, historical landmark (Temples, Shrines, Palace, Gardens) and cultural assets (Paintings, sculptures, swords and so-on)

2) Strolling of the bustling streets & towns

3) Traditional town atmosphere experience

4) Japanese Modern Architecture in both Tokyo,

5) Experience of Traditional performing arts & events enjoyment such as Kabuki, Sumo-training, tea ceremony and Ninjya training

6) Famous relaxation spots enjoyment such as Onsen and Japanese bar

7) Crafts art of Japan experience such as Sake brewery and Bonsai museums

8) Enjoyment for kids such as Amusement facility (Anime, Games, Comics), shopping of latest trendy goods, entertainment café and so-on.

9) Night-time foods and drinking enjoyment in Food market & Drinking streets

Reviews

Christina P.

5 / 5

Apr 18, 2026

One day Mt.Fuji tour for your great experience

Apr 18, 2026

Mount Fuji

10 hours

Customized

“Fun day at Mt.Fuji!”

Kashima was a great guide! Although we had rain, Kashima was very accommodating to adjusting our itinerary and he had a lot of knowledgeable facts and insights to share. He even had fun materials, like a brief Japanese language guide. We recommend him!

Kashima H.

Christina san, Thank you very much for your upmost review for me. We enjoyed Mt.Fuji viewing and surrounding beautiful nature spots such as Fugaku-Fuketsu/caves , Ohishi park and Oshino Hakkai. Even a rainy day in the afternoon, we could see the perfect Mt.Fuji in the morning during our tour. We were very much pleased of the miracle. Thanks to your family strong curiosity for Japan, we could talk and exchange various information about every tour spots. I hope that you visit Japan again in near future so that I can introduce other nice tour spots for you. Thanks, Kashima

Edward O.

5 / 5

Apr 17, 2026

One day Gunma tour for your great experience

Apr 17, 2026

Gunma

6 hours

Customized

“Gunma Tour ”

Knowledgeable guide with lots of experience. He made a change for viewing Sakura which was a good decision which increased the cost of our van. Says that transportation company increased the cost due to the change but I can’t recall being notified of this change. Was also charged with 2900yen of tolls which I paid but was never told about this prior. I paid all of this but don’t think I was told ahead of time

Kashima H.

Edward san, Thank you very much for your excellent review for me. We visited Tomioka Silk Mill, Takasaki Daimonya, Daruma, Shiraijuku Yaezakura street and I am pleased that you could enjoy there. Also, we tasted the specialty food of Gunma as Mizusawa Udon noodle that was good for you, I think. We could talk and exchange various information about every tour spots. I am sorry to bother you about the Van taxi fee payment. I hope that you could continue to enjoy your tour in Japan. Thanks, Kashima

Ignacio F.

5 / 5

Apr 16, 2026

One day Kamakura tour for your great experience

Apr 16, 2026

Kamakura

9 hours

Customized

“A Wonderful Day Exploring Kamakura”

We had a lovely day visiting Kamakura with Kashima as our guide. He kindly picked us up from our hotel in Tokyo and accompanied us all the way to Kamakura, which made the experience very comfortable and easy from beginning to end. During the day, Kashima guided us through several of the most important and beautiful places in Kamakura, including Kōtoku-in and the Great Buddha, Hase-dera, Tsurugaoka Hachimangū, and the charming streets and atmosphere that make Kamakura so special. At every stop, Kashima shared a great deal of historical information and context, and it was clear how much knowledge and passion he has for the history of the area. At times, it was a little challenging for us to fully understand everything in English, but we very much appreciated the effort and the amount of information he wanted to share with us. One detail we especially appreciated was that Kashima prepared a document for us in advance with information about the different places we would be visiting during the tour. It was very helpful and showed the care and preparation he put into making the day special. At the end of the tour, he also took the time to explain to us clearly how to continue our journey to Hakone, which was extremely helpful and made the next part of our trip much easier. Overall, we are very grateful for the experience and for the opportunity to discover Kamakura with him.

Kashima H.

Ignacio san, Thank you very much for your upmost review to me. We visited Kamakura city including Great Buddha in Kotokuin-temple, Hasedera temple, Houkokuji temple and Tsuruoka-Hachiman shrine. Kamakura used to be a Samurai town where Shogun lived and dominated Japan. Therefore, there are still Samurai related atmosphere remained at present and I am pleased that you could feel that. Also, during through Komachi-food & souvenir street with tasting sweets, we could feel the nice atmosphere Thanks to your strong curiosity about Japan, we could talk and exchange various information about every tour spots. I am very much pleased that you could enjoy the tour. Thanks, Kashima,