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Cruiser at the port

Water Goddess at Yamashita Park

MMR in spring

Landmark Tower:Seen from Sakuragicho station

Old tree seeing Yokohama's progress: It is over 150 years old. It welcomed Commodore Perry in 1854.

Tower of Jack:Old Landmark Tower.

Chinese shrine in China town

The gate to Chinatown:One of the main four gates of Chinatown, named Choyomon.

Sankei-en Garden: Silk trader, Sakei, built this park in 19th century.

Sankei-en in spring

Red Warehouse

Hammer Head

Yokohama, Now & Then

Highlights

Joined 2017

Kaneo U.

4.99 / 5

(96 reviews)

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Yokohama

Japanese (Native), English

6 hours

Private tour (only you and Kaneo U.)

Up to 6 people

Only a 30-minute train ride from Tokyo, you can reach the unique cosmopolitan city of Yokohama. Yokohama has two faces: modern and classical. In this tour you can enjoy a modern life at Minato Mirai 21 and a classical one at Yamate Heights and China town. MM21 is a national project, starting in 1984, to create a new city at its waterfront, suitable for the 21st century. Yamate Heights, an old European settlement on a hill, preserves beautiful European style houses.

Itinerary

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10:00 AM

Meeting Point

At your hotel or Sakuragicho station

10:30 AM

Red Brick Warehouse:

Old warehouses at Yokohama port are reformed to be about 30 shops and 10 restaurants .

11:20 AM

Yokohama Archive Museum

In the yard of this museum there is an old tree, which is the same tree that grew when American admiral Perry came to Japan to ask them to open their port in 1854.

11:40 AM

Three Old Landmark Towers:

Built in the early 20 century, they showed good old days of Yokohama. They are given the names, Tower of Kind, Queen and Jack.

12:00 PM

Yamashita Park

A beautiful park by the port. The place is a landfill made of rubles which were gathered after a big earthquake called Kanto-Dai-Shinsai occurred in 1923.

12:30 PM

Chinatown:

One of the largest Chinatown in Japan. You can enjoy tasting authentic Chinese food and shopping here.

01:30 PM

Yamate Heights:

A little hill near Chinatown. Many European style classical houses you can find here. You can also enjoy harbor view.

02:30 PM

Sankei-en Garden

A very beautiful Japanese style garden has a pond, a hill, old Japanese houses and a lot of flowers. We can enjoy cherry blossoms in spring and red and yellow leaves in autumn.

03:30 PM

Landmark Tower

One of the skyscrapers in Minato Mirai 21. You can enjoy shopping and eating here. At the Sky Garden on the 69th floor you can see Yokohama port.

Cup Noodle Museum: Momohuku Ando, who is a founder of Nisshin Flour co., invented instant noodles and cup noodles all by himself. This museum will tell you how ingenious and unique he was. You can make your own cup noodle here.

Ramen Musium: It is located at Shin-Yokohama station area, which is 15 minutes train ride.

Ending Point

At your hotel or Yokohama station

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

guide fee

transportation fee of guide

hotel pick-up(Yokohama area)

What‘s not included

hotel pick-up fee(Tokyo area)

transportation fee of tourists ( about 1000 yen from Tokyo)

entrance fee of tourist and guide(about 1000 yen)

lunch ( you and guide )

extra person fee per person: adult 3000 yen, kid 1500 yen

Tour Important Information

This tour is a walking tour. I recommend you to wear walking shoes.

We can use public transportation when it is too hard to walk through.

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

Kaneo U.

4.99 / 5

(96 reviews)

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About Tour Guide Kaneo U.

I’m so excited to have a chance to show you around my favorite spots in Kanagawa prefecture. I was born in Kanagawa. I spent my whole school life, including university, here in Kanagawa. I worked as a high school English teacher here for more than 40 years. I love Kanagawa so much. We have many interesting tourist spots, like Hakone, Kamakura, Enoshima and Yokohama.

I got my tour guide license in English in 2009. I am still an English teacher. To give an interesting and impressive lesson to young high school students, I’ve learnt and gathered many kinds of information. I also have a license to teach social studies, so I have a wide range of knowledge about Japanese culture and history. I’m sure to provide you an interesting tour.

Reviews

Yasmin B.

5 / 5

Jun 8, 2026

Tokyo,Now &Then

Jun 8, 2026

Tokyo

9 hours

“The "K" in Kaneo stands for "Kind"”

Kaneo was such a thoughtful and kind guide. He messaged me before our flight from the U.S. to check on us because there was a typhoon expected in Tokyo as we would be flying. Our flight was delayed and that impacted our dinner reservation we had planned for our first evening. Because I couldn't contact the restaurant while we were flying, Kaneo was willing to call and adjust the reservation for us. Kaneo was very intentional about making sure we went to stores of interest to the kids when we walked around the Ginza area. He found a great stationary story for my daughter and golf store for my son. I was worried about navigating our first train ride in Japan the following day and Kaneo took us to the train station to show us around so we were ready the next morning. We are looking forward to another day with Kaneo when we return to Tokyo before heading home to the U.S.

Kaneo U.

Thank you for your kind and good review. I am glad the typhoon didn’t harm your trip too much. I am looking forward to seeing you again in Tokyo soon.

Amy H.

5 / 5

Jun 6, 2026

Kamakura by the sea

Jun 6, 2026

Kamakura

7 hours

“Kamakura with Kind Kaneo was a great day!”

We very much enjoyed our time with Kaneo and had a wonderful tour of Kamakura and Enoshima with him. Kaneo planned a day that was smoothly paced and we got to see many highlights of places that he knew well. We learned more about the history and culture and had a fun lunch with him. And we got him to sing our family's theme song in the bamboo forest! We had to change the date of our tour just a week before and he was gracious and flexible and went out of his way to make it work for us. We highly recommend him if you are looking for a tour guide near Kamakura/Tokyo.

Kaneo U.

Thank you for your good and kind review. It was a good memory that I sang “Country Road” with your husband in a bamboo forest.

Bryan P.

5 / 5

May 13, 2026

Bryan Hakone Tour

May 13, 2026

Hakone

8 hours

Customized

“Kaneo's excellent”

We worked with Kaneo to pick us up at our Tokyo hotel and help us navigate the 3 trains necessary to get to Hakone. It was a little more money, but much less stress. He had been very flexible in working with us to tailor his standard tour option to our circumstances, and his knowledge about the time and effort to do what we wanted was very helpful. We also had a chance to visit a woodworking craftsman's workshop at the end of the tour, and ended up buying a wonderful woodcut of Mt Fuji which now hangs on our wall. Highly recommended!

Kaneo U.

Thank you for a good review. It was my first experience to use a bullet train to Hakone. It was amazingly fast! When we left Hakone, you made me know we could see Mt. Fuji. It was a rare occasion to see it in the afternoon. I think the woodcraft you bought brought Mt. Fuji to us. Thank you again for giving me a wonderful time with you.