Yokohama, Now & Then
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
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
At your hotel or Sakuragicho station
Red Brick Warehouse:
Old warehouses at Yokohama port are reformed to be about 30 shops and 10 restaurants .
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.
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.
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.
Chinatown:
One of the largest Chinatown in Japan. You can enjoy tasting authentic Chinese food and shopping here.
Yamate Heights:
A little hill near Chinatown. Many European style classical houses you can find here. You can also enjoy harbor view.
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.
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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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 fee of guide
hotel pick-up(Yokohama area)
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
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
Susan B.
“Kaneo is THE BEST! ”
Our party of four had a delightful day with Kaneo on his Tokyo Then and Now tour. He was personable, knowledgeable, attentive, with a great sense of humor! How fortunate we were to be blessed to spend the day with him.
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Kaneo U.
Thank you for your warm and good review. I myself enjoyed the tour with you. I really appreciate this splendid good weather brought by you.
James V.
“A leisurely day in Tokyo ”
Kaneo was an excellent guide. He contacted us several times leading up to the trip, mainly regarding the cherry blossom situation. He was professional and punctual but also friendly and helpful. We visited the Senso-ji shrine, the Hamarikyu Garden where we had a matcha tea, we had a nice walk along the moat near the Imperial palace where there were lots of lovely cherry blossom trees, and we ended up in the Sumida Hokusai museum. We also had a wander around Tsukiji fish market where we had a very good sushi lunch. He took some photographs for us. Overall, a fantastic day.
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Kaneo U.
I am happy to know you are satisfied with my guide. Cherry blossoms season is so complicated. I am glad you could enjoy the last cherry blossoms in Tokyo.
Christina D.
“Amazing first day in Tokyo”
Kaneo was a great choice for our first full day in Japan. We exchanged several messages before our trip and he understood and planned exactly what we needed. His level of detail was just right for our jet lagged brains and whilst we covered a lot of ground during our day together we were happy with the pace. Kaneo had adapted the tour to suit our need, excluding certain key sites as we were returning and staying closer to these at the end of our trip and adding a requested trip to the tiny Origami museum which we had particularly wanted to see. By the end of the day we felt well happy using the public transport and understood the etiquette of this amazing city. We would definitely recommend Kaneo.
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Kaneo U.
Thank you for your warm and good review. Visiting Origami museum was splendid. Because of your request, I could find a good museum to be included to my tour.
$208/ per group
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