Traditional Tokyo - Shrine and Japanese garden
On this tour, you can enjoy "Traditional Tokyo". We'll visit the most popular Shinto shrine in Tokyo (Meiji shrine), and one of the most beautiful Japanese gardens in Tokyo (Rikugien Gardens or Hamarikyu Gardens). We'll finish our tour at wherever you like.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
At Harajuku station
Meiji Shrine
We'll visit the most popular and the biggest Shinto shrine in Tokyo.
Rikugien Garden or Hamarikyu Gardens
The garden is regarded as one of the most beautiful Japanese gardens in Tokyo.
Ending Point
wherever you like
Want to personalize this tour?
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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, transportation fares for guide
transportation fares for you, entrance fee for Rikugien Garden or Hamarikyu Gardens (300 yen for adult, 150 yen for child)
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
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.
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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!
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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!
$209/ per group
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