This is a one-day shore excursion for those who visit Yokohama port during your cruise overseas. During the limited time see the must-see sites and experience some attractions of your interest. Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan with a population of about 3.8 million. It is the first port which opened to the world after a long seclusion policy by the last Samurai government (Tokugawa Shogunate). Enjoy both historical sites and newly developed seafront center.
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
At Osanbashi Yokohama International Passenger Terminal or your designated place
Meeting Point is either Osanbashi Pier or Shinko Pier depending on which pier your cruiser will dock. Both piers are the sea entrances of Japan opened 130 years ago. Or any place you designate.
The third tallest building standing 296m high. Enjoy birds' eyed view from Sky Garden Observatory.
Walk on the boardwalk along the bay from Yokohama Landmark Tower to Yamashita Park. See the memorial remains of the historical port as well as visiting a museum of your interests.
Visit the oldest and largest Chinatown in Japan and have lunch. There are approximately 250 restaurants of Chinese cuisines. Strolling along the busy streets for shopping and experiencing Chinese culture.
Visit Sankeien Garden (named after a successful businessman named Hara Sankei), a traditional Japanese-style garden with important cultural properties. Enjoy tranquil natural beauty and traditional Japanese architectures collected by Sankei from all over Japan.
At Osanbashi Yokohama International Passenger Terminal or your designated place
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
guide fee
guide transportation fee
guide entrance fee
your transportation fee
your entrance fee
your lunch
*Meeting place is either Osanbashi pier or Shinko pier depending on your cruiser.
*Nippon Maru, an old sailboat, Memorial Museum / Hikawamaru, a historical ocean liner / Yokohama Archives of History are closed on Mondays.
*Cup Noodles Museum is closed on Tuesdays.
*Sky Garden Observatory of Landmark is closed on Saturdays
*If you would like to visit other places instead of Yokohama, it is possible to go to Kamakura or Tokyo. Please see my other tours.
I have changed the day when I am available.
I live in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture. I have a license to teach in high schools and was admitted to the degree of Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language in the University of Birmingham. Until 2015 I had been teaching English at public high schools in Kanagawa for 37 years. During that time, I had some experience of guiding students from overseas through sister-school relationship around Tokyo and Kanagawa. Therefore, I had good command of English with the TOEIC score of 935.
As for a tour guide experience I earned the certificate of National Government Licensed Guide-Interpreter in English and since then I have guided tourists to the popular sites around Tokyo, Yokohama, Kamakura and Yokosuka. My guiding focuses on introducing not only Japanese historical and cultural backgrounds but also giving tourists some tips to travel Japan only by themselves, such as how to use trains and subways, find good restaurants, reserve tickets, buy survenier, and speak basic Japanese. In addition, my tour includes opportunities to experience Japanese culture like Zen meditation, ninja performance, visiting anime's location sites based on tourists' request. Besides, by means of my hobbies of writing English Haiku and Waka (traditional Japanese poems) and performing Rakugo (traditional Japanese funny story telling) in English, I can surely entertain tourists during the tour.
My moto as a tour guide is let the tourists have a once-in-a-lifetime experience in Japan with my profound, intelligible and interestiog guiding.
“Awesome Tour of Tokyo!!”
1st time user of this service and traveller to Japan and I would recommend it 100% to all Foreigners visiting Japan for the 1st time. Haruro was great in the lead up prior to arriving to Japan in answering my questions and was transparent on the itinerary and flexible. His English was great and he explained the history of tradition and modern era of Japan. We loved every minute of our tour. I would recommend in booking him anytime. The only helpful hint I would advise is that you better bring your walking skills when you do any Tokyo tour!! Thank you very much Haruyo.
Haruo T.
(13 reviews)Hi, Ibrahim. Thank you so much for the kind and generous review as well as your recommendation. I’m sure you will have a great tour in Tokyo and Osaka. Good luck for the horse race! Best regards to your amazing son.
Stacey H.
Tokyo: First Day on Your Trip to Japan Kasai and Odaiba for Stacey
Customized
“Tokyo Bay walking tour ”
Haruo was a great guide - took us to do and see what we asked for and more - explained points of interest on the way - would do another tour with him
Haruo T.
(13 reviews)Thank you for the thoughtful and heartwarming review even though I made some mistakes during the tour. This encourages me a lot. Please enjoy the tour in Japan. I’m always wishing your safe and wonderful trip in Japan.
“This truly was our first day on our trip to Japan”
Although one member of our Family is able to speak a basic level of Japanese, he had never been to Tokyo before. So having a private guide was the top reason why we booked this tour. Haruo was very responsive, both before and during the tour. Before our arrival, contacting us and confirming the sites we wanted to see. The morning of, we confused our start time to an earlier time and Haruo left his home early to get to us. He picked us up at the train station by our accommodations, which we greatly appreciated. We chose Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Tokyo Tower, lunch in the Shopping Mall at Ginza, Asakusa Sensoji Temple and Sumida river cruise. Unfortunately, the Garden was closed the day of our tour, so we went to see the giant Shinjuku 3D cat billboard! Since we chose attractions that were not close to each other, Haruo had to navigate the trains and subways for us, which even for a local can be confusing. Our Family has food issues - and Haruo spoke with the staff at the restaurant we chose on our behalf to ensure we could eat there without issue. And we did and it was a lovely lunch! One recommendation would be to select attractions that are closer to each other than we did. Especially if you haven't recovered from jet lag! I would highly recommend Haruo and this tour!
Haruo T.
(13 reviews)Dear Sharon Thank you for heartwarming review though I made some mistakes and confused you during the tour. This encourages me to improve my future tour. Take care of yourselves and enjoy the rest of summer. Haruo
$168/ per group
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