Private tour - All "Must-Sees"! Enjoy your First-Time Visit Tokyo

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Enjoy your first trip to Tokyo All the must sees full tour

7 hours
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

First-time visitors to Tokyo who want a comprehensive overview of the city will love this handy private tour. Experience both modern and ancient Tokyo at attractions like the Tokyo Tower, Meiji Shrine, and more. Foodies will be kept satisfied with lunch at the Tsukiji Fish Market, and shopaholics will love Asakusa

Learn about the culture and history of Tokyo from your English-speaking guide
An easy way to see many places in one day of sightseeing
This tour includes architecture, food, landscapes, shopping, and more
Receive personalized attention on a private tour

What's Included

Tour Guide
Private Tour
The necessary expenses for the guide during the tour

Estimated Costs of the Tour: 2,780 JPY per Person
Breakdown: Transportation: 580 JPY, Admission Fees: 1,200 JPY, Meal costs: 1,000 JPY per Person
Optional Experience Costs: 0 JPY per Person

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Harajuku Station
1 Chome-18 Jingumae, Shibuya City, Tokyo 150-0001, Japan
At the foot of the stairs at JR Harajuku Station East exit (Omotesando ticket gate side). If you are using Meiji-Jingumae Station, please exit from Exit 2.

End point

Asakusa Sta.
1-chōme-1-3 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo 111-0032, Japan

What To Expect

Meiji Jingu Shrine

50 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Takeshita Street

50 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Tsukiji Fish Market

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Tokyo Tower

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Senso-ji Temple

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
All transportation costs, entrance fees, food and drink costs, etc. incurred at the visited spots, will be borne by the customer.

If the weather is bad on the day, there is a possibility that the means of transportation, destinations, and routes may be changed.
Please understand that tour spots might be changed to alternative spots in case of temporary closure.
Some spots only accept cash as a payment method, so please have cash ready.
There will be a lot of walking during the tour, so please wear comfortable shoes.
Many stores around Tsukiji Market are closed on Wednesdays, Sundays, and public holidays, so for lunch, we will guide you to stores that are open or to Ginza or Tsukishima, which are close to Tsukiji.
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

Traveler Photos

Featured review

Duane_K

We were only in Tokyo for a week and wanted to see as much as we could so we booked this tour the first day to give us a overview of what Tokyo had to offer. Our tour guide, Haruo Takagi “Harry”, was magnificent, and we feel he went above and beyond in showing us the “Must See’s” of Tokyo! It was especially nice that it was just my wife and I in the tour with him. I highly recommend this tour for any first time visitors!

Reviews

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One around tokyo

Benjamin_M, Apr 2024

Great and awesome tour guide of the local area. Not only he speak great English for tourist to follow but he also could suggest other location to visit for even more experience.

Great adventure and ecoerienfe

Jose_J, Apr 2024

Charica was knowledgeable about Japan history. She took me to a lots of shrines and temples. She explained the significance of each.

Got to see the highlights

ivi_s, Apr 2024

Cherry blossoms at the imperial palace and beautiful Senso-ji even though it was crowded. Our guide was a wonderful young man.

fantastic

Judy_S, Mar 2024

Mark was exceptional and well informed, we experienced all of Tokyo that we wanted and more. it was a great idea to just have one tour guide with us for the day as opposed to joining a big group, well worth the money due to his knowledge and helpfulness we really did get to see Tokyo

First Day in Tokyo, great day with Guide Keiko

Julie_W, Mar 2024

I thoroughly enjoyed my day spent seeing Tokyo with fantastic guide Keiko. She is a fun lady who has led a fascinating life as an academic, living on several different continents. Very high energy, we logged 22,929 steps that day (9.3 miles) and 1/2 the day was in pouring rain but this did not deter Keiko! Thanks for a great day.

Great way to discover Tokyo

Vishnu_G, Mar 2024

We had a great guide and he single handed made all the difference between a good and a great outing. Our guide’ name was Tetsu and he was so good in looking after us. We have had some very good guides in the past in different countries. But going out of the way for each and every small aspect to make sure that you are well looked after is certainly a great trait and our guide was fully accomplished in that. Five stars definitely.

Amazing overall tour of Tokyo!

lucyhur, Mar 2024

Our private tour with Yutaka Sumita was exceptional! We saw more of Tokyo than we expected by taking subways and walking. Yutaka was so knowledgable, engaging and flexible. We highly recommend this tour, especially for the start of the trip so then you are more informed of the areas you want to visit on your own.

Tokyo with Keiko

faber31, Mar 2024

Keiko was very kind and professional, instead of the rainy weather we enjoyed every minute’s of the tour.

Wonderful view of Tokyo

Carmel_C, Mar 2024

Munetaka was very knowledgable guide with a great sense of humour. We enjoyed our time with him. Nothing was too much trouble. We highly recommend him.

Yoshi is the best tour guide in Tokyo!

Craig_C, Mar 2024

We loved this tour of Tokyo! Yoshi was the best tour guide. He was kind, thoughtful and friendly. Yoshi customized our tour specifically to accommodate our needs and interests. We enjoyed every minute!

great tour!

Kris_C, Nov 2023

great tour... i did this solo and it ended up just me and guide.... it was fun , we bonded and had a good day overall... he was very knowledgeable and taught me alot of things... would def reco.

Highlights of Tokyo from an expert!

Catherine_W, Jul 2023

A perfect way to get the highlights of Tokyo and to learn how to navigate their fantastic subway system so we could then get around on our own - by the end of the day, we felt like locals! Yoichi was knowledgeable, friendly, and his humor was infectious. Our tour coincided with the Emperor's birthday, the only day of the year the palace grounds are open to the public. Yoichi had never been inside and was so happy (we were thrilled for him and his pride rubbed off on us - we were like giddy schoolkids exploring the grounds and signing the Emperor's book for birthday greetings!). It's a long day with lots of walking (23,000+ steps!)so wear comfortable shoes. I'm 65+ and was doing this with a bad hip (since replaced, so I'm now bionic - watch out world!) and I managed fine since we had lots of stops and could rest on the trains in between locations. A perfect day and a lovely memory.

Amazing introduction to Tokyo

Katrina_C, Jun 2023

As a first time solo traveler to Tokyo, I wanted to see many of the popular sites and get my bearings early in the trip. The tour involved a lot of walking (7-8 miles) and navigating the labyrinth of the Tokyo subway system. This tour was a great way to see so much of the city without feeling rushed! My tour guide Fumi-san was wonderful and provided so much cultural and historical context at each site. I enjoyed our conversations and appreciated the pics he snapped of me along the way. He guided me through the etiquette of shrines and temples, answered a million of my questions, and shared some of his favorite places to grab authentic Tokyo sweets and snacks. I highly recommend this tour if you want a more individualized introduction to Tokyo!

Tokyo in the perfect amount of time

Keely_W, Jun 2023

I was extremely happy I chose this particular Tokyo tour. First things first, the tour guide was waiting in the designated spot when I exited the cab. From there, my cousin and I introduced ourselves… and our tour began. I would highly recommend this tour. There were no communication issues and my guide Kasyua was knowledgeable and professional.

Lots of attractions seen....

Michelle_M, Jun 2023

Lots of attractions seen. Great to have a guide through the train system. Sam was very knowledgeable about the history and monuments. Only wish there was a little more time to spend at Tsukiji and Akasuka to wander around.

Good overview

Bernice_Y, Jun 2023

Hina was an excellent guide and explained the history of various places such as the Meiji Shrine and Imperial Palace to us. Would advise tourists to check on the opening hours of various places of interest. For example, Tsukiji Market is closed on Sundays and Wednesdays. If you would like to include it as part of the tour, book it on the other days.

Tokyo partial English tour

Mary_A, Jun 2023

I booked this tour because of the amazing reviews. I think our tour could have been better with a different guide. Harada was a very nice man, but his English was terrible and was very difficult to understand. His time management was not great, hind sight being 20/20, we could have skipped the walk up Takeshita Dori talking about the architecture of the buildings, we also could have done Shibuya crossing on our own. It was after 5PM by the time we got to Sensoji Temple, so the temple and all the shops were closed. Harada said we couldn’t go inside which wasn’t true. We went back the next day to shop and go inside the temple. This tour extended to 8 hours, we were exhausted. Shorter tour with less stops would have been better. We didn’t feel any personal connection like I’ve experienced on other tours.

Great trips and Excellent Guide!!

claudia_m, Jun 2023

Our host was amazing!!! All the explanations help us to understand the Japan culture and the places we went where great.

An immersive tour

Srinath_N, Jun 2023

We were a family of four and first time visiting Tokyo. Our guide Tetsu gave us a highly immersive tour of must see places in Tokyo. We were glad we could experience best of Tokyo during the tour.

EXCELLENT

Chrystal_C, Jun 2023

Meiji Jungo Shine, was an experience of nature that surpasses all that came before. That was just the first sight was visited....

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