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
Ray C.
“Family Vacation Yokohama ”
Our 2nd tour with Kaneo as the guide for our family of 6 adults and he continues to provide interesting information at historical sites, introducing good restaurants and beautiful gardens. He is very patient during shopping sprees despite delaying his schedule. He took the additional step of guiding to Tokyo Station and assisting in the purchase of bullet train tickets and locating train departure points. Kaneo is an excellent guide and provides exceptional service. I highly recommend Kaneo as a guide to experience an smooth, enjoyable vacation,
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Kaneo U.
Thanks again for your good review. I am happy I could show you Yokohama, a kind of my home town and take you to Osanbashi pier, your memorial spot. I hope you have good days on the rest days in Japan.
Ray C.
“Family vacation”
Our family tour was with 6 adult, one of whom required a wheelchair. Kaneo was very helpful, attempting to locate train stop with elevators to facilitate the transfers. He was very informative, describing the history of each area visited, how tharea evolved to present status. He is very patient and made special efforts to address interest of each person. Kaneo is an excellent guide highly regarded by our group.
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Kaneo U.
Thank you for good and really quick reply. I am happy to know you are satisfied with my guide. You have amazingly good daughters who love you. I enjoy talking with them about you and your wife. I hope I can meet you someday again.
Anca D.
“Great day in Tokyo!”
We had a great day in Tokyo with Kaneo! This was our second time in Tokyo so we had already seen most.og the major attractions. After I listed the places we already visited and put preferences, Kaneo made a program that was perfect for us (a family with a teenager), we all enjoyed it. As requested, we visited some wonderful.places that are a bit off the beaten tracks and it was awesome and not crowded. I highly recommend booking a tour with Kaneo!
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Kaneo U.
Thank you for your good review. I am happy to know you are satisfied with my guide. The chocolate you brought from your country is very delicious. Thank you again.
$212/ per group
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