This tour covers main and major highlights in Western Tokyo, which is rather modern and urban places, including high rise commercial buildings, contemporary art places, subculture sites and entertainments.
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Meiji Shrine, one of the most major and popular sightseeing places in Tokyo, is the highlight of this tour.
Enjoy serene atmosphere of Meiji shrine covered with beautiful forests.
Birthplace of Japanese subculture, originally popular among teenagers, but now among all the adults, especially foreign tourists of all ages. The sanctuary to experience "Kawaii (Cute) culture"
Japanese version of "Champs Elysee's ". Enjoy walking along the fashionable avenue with architecture brand-name-shop buildings and cafes.
Urban cities with famous Shibuya crossing and Hachiko Dog. Enjoy exploring interesting places popular among your generations.
Urban city characterized with art works. There are some museums and art objects, where we could enjoy the town created by "contemporary arts".
Typical Japanese landscape garden with a beautiful view. Experience Maccha and Japanese sweets in the Japanese-Style tearoom.
Urban city characterized by Kabukicho Neon districts and metropolitan high buildings along with Hanazono shrine where gods of entertainments are enshrined.
The top of the high-rise building overlooking the whole area in Tokyo where you could feel yourself like floating in the sky.
Enjoy traditional Japanese small town different from urban cities. It was a "Geisha" town in the ancient period, but now a unique street characterized by traditional cobblestone.
Traditional drinking place popular among foreign tourists as well as among local people.
Anywhere in Tokyo
Anywhere in Tokyo
1. Guide fee
2. Hotel pickup in Tokyo
1.Entrance fee (if you'd like to enter any facilities)
1) Shibuya Sky ( 2200 yen / person, depending on booking style)
2) Other facilities, if you request
2.Transportation Fee
1) Public transportation fee. (JR line / Subway / bus)
2) Taxi fee
3.Lunch, cafe
Please refer to my calendar.
If you are interested in Western Tokyo, please contact me.
• This tour involves a lot of walking, so make sure to wear comfortable shoes.
• Several places we will visit do not accept credit cards, so please bring cash.
• In case of rain, it would be difficult to walk for a long time. I will show you other experiences such as museums or activities indoors.
You could go around all the major spots in Western Tokyo just for one day! (Could be changed in part to options or other areas.)
The tour schedule will be customized according to your tastes, which would be the only Western Tokyo tour specially arranged for you !
(Skip some places or Focus on specific attractions / Rush to visit many places or go around slowly focused on limited destinations)
Western Tokyo is the modern area in Tokyo, starting its modernization from Meiji era in 1886 and drastically developed after that up to now.
I will show you what's special with Western Tokyo, while walking together!
If you are interested in special spots, following options are recommended, instead of some basic ones.
1. Option 1) Shibuya Sky is the new spots. Need to book beforehand online (Cannot be cancelled).
2. Option 2) Kagurazaka is a small ancient city, which we call "Small Kyoto". There are some small restaurants unique to Japan.
3. Option 3) Omoide Yokocho is a major traditional evening drinking place, popular among tourists as well as local people in Tokyo.
Yuko is a fabulous guide and I highly recommend her to anyone visiting Tokyo.
Dear Jodi Thank you very much for your good review! You are really wonderful family, and I appreciate the chance of meeting you this time ! If you have another chance to visit our districts again, please count Yokohama, Kamakura, and Hakone as candidates. I'm looking forward to seeing you and your great family in the future again ! Have a nice trip in Japan !, and Good luck for all of you ! Yuko
Four of us spent the day with Yuko and every moment was enlightening and fun. She goes above and beyond to look after her guests. She delivered a personal note to us the day before to our hotel room. She came a long distance out of her way (from Yokohama) to get us in the morning, was here and ready vary early, and had tremendous energy and enthusiasm about the places we visited. She took pictures of us everywhere and promised to send us the link to access them. She gave us a souvenir of the day with her. She had wonderful visual aids prepared to explain this legacy and history of the many spots we visited. We insisted on her return home and return to Tokyo which was way out of her way and she didn’t wanted to leave us alone. We highly recommend Yuko to anyone interested in visiting KAMAKURA. Great guide. Great location selection. Great advance communication ahead of the day so she could be prepared and provide us options. Great person. …and in a side alley we could have never found on our own, she got us to the best Ramen restaurant in the region, which was fantastic. Thanks Yuko!!
Dear Jeff, Thank you very much for joining me on my tour today. And I really appreciate the great review! I also enjoyed meeting you and your travel partners, your wonderful guests, and spending the day together in Kamakura. I will never forget the time I spent with you. You are all nice, intelligent, kind, handsome or beautiful, the most wonderful 2 couples in the world ! I am glad that all you liked Kamakura as well as Japan. Please continue to enjoy your trip throughout Japan. Next time you have the chance to come to Japan, please include my hometown, Yokohama, as one of the places you will visit! I look forward to seeing you again. I will send you some pictures by e-mail soon! I appreciate the opportunity to meet you all. Thank you so much. Yuko
This is our 10th visit to Japan and our 1st time to see Yokohama. We are fortunate to have discovered Yuko-san as tour guide for our family trip to Yokohama. Yuko-san made our family trip a truly memorable experience. We loved how knowledgeable and well organized she is. She sent us email messages with useful information weeks prior to the trip. She dropped by our hotel one day before our scheduled tour and left with the hotel concierge a handwritten welcome note with a detailed itinerary. On the day of our tour, Yuko-san and a colleague, Tatsuo-san arrived 30 mins early to welcome the group. The entire tour lasted for almost 8 hours and we enjoyed every minute of it. What endeared Yuko-san and Tatsuo-san to the group was their patience and attentiveness to the needs of the group. They are the most caring tour guides we have encountered in all of our trips to Japan. We highly recommend Yuko-san and Tatsuo-San as tour guides for Yokohama.
Dear Arlene, Thank you so much for giving me such an excellent rating and a lovely thoughtful review! I'd like to say thank you for being given this chance to show you around in Yokohama. Nothing would make us happier than to see you love Yokohama. Tatsuo and I also enjoyed touring and had a wonderful time with you, wondeful family ! Thanks for coming to Yokohama and choosing me as your guide! I'm looking forward to your 2nd coming to Yokohama ! Sincerely, Yuko
Yuko is an exceptional guide. Her planning and care are meticulous. She came to our hotel a day early to drop off information and instructions for meeting her in our hotel lobby the next day. The sights seen and the tastes enjoyed with Yuko will become long-time memories. They included: the skilled preparation of a giant tuna for sushi; the many delicious seafood stalls with giant oysters, crabs and prawns; the most delicious chilled green tea and matcha green tea ice cream, made by a family who have been in business for more than 100 years, that is without doubt the Royal Royce of ice creams. We also enjoyed exquisitely designed Shogun gardens, a boat ride to view Tokyo’s Rainbow Bridge and then Tokyo’s largest Buddhist temple and pagoda built in 600AD. Yuko also kindly took me to Tokyo Station to set up my JR rail pass. What a great day! I highly recommend Yuko as a guide. Thank you, Yuko! I’ll be back with my husband to see you next year. Sarah Craig Sydney, Australia
Dear Sarah, I appreciate your wonderful message. I am pleased you enjoyed the tour. The day I spent with you was really wonderful, Sarah. You are very beautiful, smart, and family-tought lady ; a good wife, a kind daguther, and a nice mother! You are the greatest lady in the world! I will never forget the day with you. There are many other places in Tokyo, so it would be appreciated if you could come back to Tokyo. I am looking forward to seeing you again with your family ! Yuko Ohmori