Tokyo

REAL, All-Inclusive Tokyo Food and Drink Adventure (leave the tourists behind)

Tokyo, Japan

REAL Tokyo Food and Drink Adventure leave the tourists behind

3 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Leave the tourist trail to discover the off-the-grid enclaves and eateries that are loved by Tokyo locals. With a guide, you’ll visit the tachinomi (standing bars) of Oimachi and Kamata neighborhoods, enjoying cold drinks and Japanese or Western-style snacks as you go. It’s a great way to experience the local culture, and meet other food-loving travelers as you explore in a small group that’s limited to five people.

Find offbeat sights and shopping streets away from Tokyo’s tourist districts
Visit several carefully chosen tachinomi, and enjoy enough food for a dinner
Hear tips for Tokyo nightlife around the streets of Oimachi and Kamata
Enjoy a relaxed night out with a small group of just five people and a guide

What's Included

Dinner
Beverages (a total of 3 alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages)
On-tour transportation
Alcoholic Beverages

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Ōimachi Station
1 Chome-1 Ōi, Shinagawa City, Tokyo 140-0014, Japan
Please meet your guide outside the faregates of JR Oimachi Station. Please be careful to ensure that you are at JR Oimachi (not the Rinkai line) and that you are at the East Exit (not Central East Exit or any other exit).

Start time

06:30 PM

End point

Kamata Station
Japan, 144-0051 東京都大田区西蒲田７丁目２３
Your guide will be happy to assist you with getting on the right train.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Stroller accessible
Minimum drinking age is 20 years

Near public transportation
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
All participants must be 18+ to participate in this experience
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 6 days in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 6 full days before the experience’s start time.
Any changes made less than 6 full days before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
For a 50% refund, you must cancel 2–6 full days before the experience’s start time.

If you cancel less than 2 full days before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 2 full days before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Featured review

Vaughn_R

Our guide andrew was brilliant, added many great parts to the tour as well as immense local knowledge. We highly recommend this tour to anyone!

Reviews

5.0

21 reviews

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Perfect start to what is proving to be a fabulous trip

Benjamin_F, Apr 2024

First night in Tokyo and what a welcome to the city. Great insight from our guide Andrew from the history of Japan, personal stories and of course sampling some of the local food as well as saki! For someone new to Japan and with a hunger to get away from the tourist traps and understand the local culture I can not recommend higher! Great intro, great food, great experience

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thank you for sharing your experience with Andrew! It sounds like you had an incredible introduction to Tokyo. We're delighted that you enjoyed the insights into Japan's history and culture, as well as the local food and sake. We appreciate your recommendation and hope you have many more great experiences exploring Japan with us!

Must do!

Celeste_G, Feb 2024

Andrew was fantastic and gave us an insight into the Japanese culture. He took us to small restaurants that were yummy and plenty of traditional bars. He even showed us how to purchase a train ticket home! I highly recommend this tour!

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thanks a bunch for the awesome review! We're stoked that Andrew was fantastic and gave you a real taste of Japanese culture. Sounds like you had a blast checking out those small restaurants and traditional bars together. And big props to him for showing you the ropes with buying a train ticket home! Your recommendation means a lot. Can't wait to hang out with you again for more adventures!

Great tour!

Paul_C, Dec 2023

If you get the chance, ask for Mini as your guide. She was great! Very friendly, accommodating, and knowledgeable about the culture. We went to some off the beaten path spots and tried some very good food that I would have normally never tried. She even took time to help me set up a Suica card to my phone (no easy task as there were a lot of hoops to go through) and took me to a store afterwards to get flavored Kit Kats for souvenirs. Highly recommend!

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Thanks for the awesome tip! We're thrilled to hear Mini was a fantastic guide—friendly, accommodating, and knowledgeable. Exploring off the beaten path spots and trying unique food sounds like a blast. It's great she went the extra mile to help with your Suica card and even took you to get flavored Kit Kats for souvenirs. Your high recommendation is much appreciated! Thank you for choosing Pinpoint Traveler and we look forward to seeing you again!

Excellent experience with Ryuhki our guide

Dean_M, Dec 2023

Ryuhki was an excellent your guide, was like renting a friend. He knew the areas well, had great history to teach us and was fun to bop around with. Book him you won't be disappointed

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Thank you for your wonderful review! We're delighted to hear that Ryuhki was an excellent tour guide, providing not just information but also a friendly and enjoyable experience. It's fantastic to know he made your tour feel like renting a friend, and we appreciate your recommendation to book him. We look forward to the opportunity to welcome you again for another enjoyable adventure!

Great experience!

Constantine_D, Oct 2023

Great tour with Andrew, Kristi, and Maya. Food and drinks were great and we learned a lot. Andrew gave us great recommendations for the other days we are here. I really enjoyed how the tour was customized to our taste - we are adventurous eaters and got to try some very unusual items. Definitely “left the tourists behind”!

Response from Host, Nov 2023

Great to hear you had a wonderful time and loved leaving the tourists behind!

One of our favourite tours in Tokyo, thoroughly recommend

Guy_G, Sep 2023

An excellent tour our guide was Japanese he was young but so knowledgeable fun & witty spoke exceptional English we enjoyed all his history knowledge, back street tour & food amazing! such a hot night though and unfortunately we had to cut it short

Perfect

Jeremy_P, Sep 2023

This is the tour I was hoping for! We got to visit places that normal, everyday people visit. This tour was simply fantastic.

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thank you for the fantastic review, Jeremy! We love showing people the local side of Tokyo.

Good tour, few things to think about

Michael_M, Jun 2023

We had a great guide and enjoyed ourselves. There were two caveats to this, though. The first is that we had our 16 year old daughter with us, and there was nothing on the website about having an age restriction. Seems that most of the places we were going to visit were not about food as much as 'bar food,' served in bars, where you have to be 20 to get in to the bar to actually have the food. This caused a lot of running aorund by our guide trying to find places for us to get into, which was a little awkward. For the two places we did get into, the first one was good but nothing unusual. The second was a bar with some exotic food that was defintely fun. Our guide made it work. The second thing to consider was simply that the location of the tour was not very convenient to anything. I don't know if that was our fault for not recognizing where it was or if the meeting place just didn't make any sense to us when we booked it. The guide did take us on the subway to another area as well, and luckily we had JR Rail passes, but otherwise, that would have been an added expense that was not included in the advertisement. Overall a good experience, great guide, but would probably try and find something more specifically about food.

Wonderful evening.

Allison_E, Jun 2023

This was a great tour with our family (adult children). We weee taken into establishments that we would have never considered trying before. We ate like locals and not tourists. Culture was explained well. Exactly what we were looking for and more. Lukas was great! Bring comfortable walking shoes. Be open to trying new foods.

Response from Host, Jun 2023

We're thrilled you had such a great family experience with us in Tokyo. Tokyo is such a vast city with so much to see, and we're so happy we could show you a little sliver of it!

Great way to see the lesser known side of tokyo!

Vaughn_R, May 2023

Our guide andrew was brilliant, added many great parts to the tour as well as immense local knowledge. We highly recommend this tour to anyone!

Response from Host, Jun 2023

It's so easy to get lost in the tourist area of Tokyo and miss out on the true gems that exist on some of the back streets. We're glad you could join on a tour of them!

Special walking tour in special places

David_L, Apr 2023

Andrew was a perfect young guide for discovering special places far from usual tourists ones. Funny moments with testing different kind of food and drinks… you definitely have to try this tour…

Response from Host, Apr 2023

It really is a joy to find tucked away places in Japan, and we're so happy you were able to enjoy it as well! Thanks for the review!

Local Tokyo

HenrikKamp_D, Apr 2023

Amazing guide and an amazing way to see Tokyo with the locals - and cozy area you would never find yourself. Highly recommend

Response from Host, Apr 2023

At Pinpoint Traveler we strive to create tours that show you things that you may not find otherwise. We're so glad we were able to deliver that experience to you and that you enjoyed it!

Great night out in Tokyo

Paul_M, Feb 2023

A great way to see Tokyo away from the tourist areas. Very interesting with some Japanese history and culture. Andrew was very friendly and knowledgeable. We both really enjoyed the whole experience and would definitely recommend for anyone who is interested in going off the beaten track with delicious sake and food!

Response from Host, Feb 2023

Thanks for such a great review, Paul! We love taking people away from the Shinjuku circuit and showing them good times in local parts of Japan. Glad it was a hit for you! We here at Pinpoint Traveler hope to see you again sometime in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, or Hiroshima.