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Yokohama, Now & Then
Joined 2017
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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Inclusions & Exclusions
guide fee
transportation fee of guide
hotel pick-up
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
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 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
“Great day in Tokyo ”
Kaneo was great. He took us around to different parts of Tokyo and imparted some good history on the various places. And it helped to take the subways with him to get an understanding of it all. It was a lot of walking and a full daux
Kaneo U.
(58 reviews)Thank you for a very quick and good review. I am glad to hear I could give you some help to understand Japan.
“Hakone Tour”
Kaneo arrived early, which I respect greatly in a tour guide. He is extremely knowledgable on all aspects of the tour in addition to questions we had about Tokyo outside of the tour. His English is very good and we could understand him with ease. Would 100% book again.
Kaneo U.
(58 reviews)Thank your good and kind review. I enjoyed talking with you about miscellaneous things about Japanese culture, too. Oh, I found Musashi's tomb. It is in Kumamoto prefecture in Kyushu island. I hope I can see you again someday.
“Hakone Highlights”
Though the weather was rainy and hazy for most of our tour, my family and I still had a wonderful time touring Hakone. Kaneo was an excellent guide to help us navigate the best places to go given the weather and was kind and considerate to cater our plans as we went. We had a nice lunch at a local restaurant to keep us warm with soba and ramen noodles, which included good conversation with Kaneo as we ate. With Mt. Fuji hidden behind the clouds, the greenery of the forest was quite apparent as we walked the Old Cedar Path. Making our way to Hakone Shrine, the mist created a feeling of the movie 'Spirited Away' that was quite enchanting. Kaneo captured great photo shots of us and was very helpful in sharing his knowledge of other areas we explored, such as the volcanic vents and Open Air Museum. It was a great day and I would happily choose Kaneo as our guide again.
Kaneo U.
(58 reviews)Thank you for your warm and long review. I am glad to know you enjoyed the tour in spite of rather bad weather. I also enjoyed talking with you about a part of Japanese culture. I wish I have another chance to guide you someday.
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