Half Day Yokohama Sightseeing Tour
Joined 2025
This 4-hour walking tour will let you be able to see Yokohama's best scenic spots! This tour includes walking around Sakuragicho/Minato Mirai, the Red Brick Building, Yamashita Park, the Western Houses, Chinatown, and more if time allows!
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Sakuragicho Station / Hotel (in Yokohama)
- Starting at Sakuragicho station, we will be able to see all of Minato Mirai from here. If meeting at the hotel in Yokohama first, we will adjust the itinerary accordingly.
Red Brick Building (Akarenga)
If we start the tour early, we will walk around the Red Brick Building and admire its beautiful architecture. A building used previously as a customs or inspection warehouse, then headquarters for the U.S., and now a commercial area. If we arrive after 11AM, then we can take a look inside through the stores for some quick shopping and see more of its history.
Yamashita Park
Walk through Yamashita Park, a reclaimed area using the rubble from destroyed houses of the Big Kanto Earthquake in 1923, and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Yamate Seiyoukan (Western Houses)
Walk through Yamate Seiyoukan, a secluded area for foreign settlers in Yokohama. Home to a beautiful rose garden, the French House, the British House, and more, you can get a taste of what it used to be like living in the 1920s as a foreigner in Japan.
Food trip at Japan's largest Chinatown
Have a snack or lunch at Yokohama's Chinatown, the biggest Chinatown in Japan. Shop for some local souvenirs or try getting your fortune told with palm reading.
Ending Point
Head back to Sakuragicho Station/Hotel
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
Inclusions: Guide fee, Hotel pick-up
- public transportation fees (only if needed: 300-500 yen per person)
- optional Osaragi Jiro Museum (200 yen for adults, junior high school students and younger: free)
- food/drinks, and shopping (2000-3000 yen per person)
Tour Important Information
-This tour involves a lot of walking, so make sure to wear comfortable shoes.
-This tour is not recommended for those with severe back/knee problems.
-This tour does not include food/drinks. Shopping must be at the customer's expense.
-Please let me know in advance if you have any food allergies or other dietary restrictions.
Important message from the supplier
I can guide you in farther places such as Hakone, Nikko, Mt. Fuji, Kyoto and others if you pay for my transportation fee (and hotel if needed).
If we will use public transportation a lot on the tour, I may request for you to pay for my transportation as well. Entrance fees to the attractions will also be shouldered by the customer for the guide.
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 2025
About Tour Guide Mika Y.
Hi, I’m Mika! I’m half Japanese and half Filipino. I have been living in Yokohama for three years now and love showing family and friends around Japan! I also lived in Kyoto before for 6 months. I used to be an English teacher and a preschool teacher, but now work in tourism and hospitality. I have done tours in Tokyo, Yokohama, Enoshima, Kamakura, Hakone and Mt. Fuji! My style of touring is like showing a friend of mine the best spots to visit and explore. I look forward to meeting you in Japan!
$96/ per group
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