Tokyo

Half-day Tokyo Morning Tour by Hato Bus

Tokyo, Japan

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4 hours
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Enjoy the best attractions the Japanese capital has to offer in just half a day as you sample the city’s shopping and culture on this Tokyo city tour. Explore famous Tokyo landmarks such as the iconic Tokyo Tower and the serene Senso-ji Temple, and make a brief stop for photos outside the Imperial Palace. Along the way, get insights and Tokyo travel tips from your guide.

Cover more sights in less time on a Tokyo morning tour
See the city from a different perspective from the top of Tokyo Tower
Explore like a local and skip the hassle of public transport
Gain deeper insights into Japanese history and culture

Why Travelers Choose This Tour

Ideal for time-strapped travelers, this fast-paced tour covers Senso-ji Temple, Tokyo Tower, and Imperial Palace in just half a day.

What's Included

Professional English guide
Tokyo Tower Main Observatory admission (150 m)

Food and drinks
Gratuities
Hotel pick-up and drop-off
Tower special observatory admission (250 m)

Meeting and Pickup

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End point

Tokyo Station
1 Chome-9 Marunouchi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
Ends near Marunouchi South Exit around 1:00PM.

What To Expect

Begin your excursion at the tour meeting point in central Tokyo. Continue by bus to the Tokyo Tower, to enjoy stunning panoramic vistas of this massive city and its environs on the main deck (tickets included).

Then, head back down to earth to the Imperial Palace, where you have time for a quick photo opportunity in front of this famous home of the Japanese Emperor.

Continue with a stop at the ancient Asakusa Kannon Temple, (also called Senso-ji) a famous religious landmark that is the city’s oldest Buddhist sanctuary.

Stop by Nakamise street, another celebrated shopping area lined with vendors selling traditional Japanese souvenirs and snacks.

Conclude your whirlwind Tokyo adventure with drop-off at Tokyo Station, where you can catch a train or continue exploring the city on your own.

Imperial Palace

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

National Diet Building (Pass By)

Tokyo Tower

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Senso-ji Temple

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Kabukiza Theater (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
At Tokyo Tower, only the main deck (150 m) will be visited. An additional admission fee is required to access the Special Observatory (250 m). Those who wish to enter must pay the required charges at the location.

The order of the tour itinerary is subject to change due to road conditions or other reasons.
Depending on the season and day of the week, traffic conditions may vary, and arrival time at each location may be considerably delayed. Thank you for your understanding.
Children up to 5 years old may join free of charge, but will not be provided with bus seats. If a seat on the bus is required for the child, please make a booking at the Child rate.
As part of the initiatives for SDGs, an environment-friendly hybrid bus will be used for transportation. (May be changed due to maintenance or other unavoidable circumstances.)
In an effort to prevent global warming, the bus will have its engine and cooling/heating turned off while waiting. Thank you for your understanding.
In general, groups with an odd number of members will share seats with other customers.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travelers

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.

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In just four short hours,...

Kwok_L, Mar 2024

In just four short hours, we got to see the Imperial Palace, The Tokyo Tower, the Asakusa n the Tokyo central district

Fast paced , subway confusion

nsmith8907, Oct 2019

Senior (grand mother-morher), two adults (father, daughter)- ad did not say subway-tour director walked at fastpace without explanation .

Mini did a Max job

Ernest_N, Oct 2019

Mini was a great tour guide. Pleasant and knowledgeable. She also kept bus driver safe while manuevering around tight corners!

Half Day Tokyo

Paul_R, Sep 2019

Half day Tokyo Good way to see main sights in Tokyo if limited for time Good explanations though confusionly tour did not return to starting point

Three big sites (and lots of small ones) in just a few hours!

cstivale, Jun 2019

On our second day in Tokyo, we decided that some kind of “big” tour would be advisable, just to get oriented to a broader area of the city. So this one was perfect not only because it was over by 12:30 pm and left us by the Tokyo Station, but also because the bus took us to two central locations (the Tokyo Tower and the Imperial Palace site, to walk outside), and then to one major site farther out from the center, the Asakusa Kannon Temple, not just the holy site but also the extremely busy market streets all around. An added bonus was that the bus tour allowed us to see, from the bus as we moved back inward, a broad range of neighborhoods, from the Ueno Station (where we would later return several times to visit the museums and the zoo), the Akihabara shopping area and inward to Nakamise. Our guide, Junko, was truly superb, with a very colloquial English and very clear instructions about meeting, times, etc. She also provided an enormous amount of historical and social information about Tokyo as we moved about the city. One extraordinary treat for us, at the Tokyo Tower, was to be able to see off in the distance VERY clearly Mount Fuji, and to get some very nice picture of it. Junko was over the moon about this since the visibility is rarely as clear as this. The Imperial Palace portion was mainly a nice walk, since there are only a very few locations on the Palace grounds that one can enter, and that was not part of the tour, thankfully. The Asakusa Temple visit was really an eyeful, not just at the very crowded temple site itself, but the throngs of people in the streets all around. We got off the main streets to explore a bit, and even found a gelato store, but were almost late for the bus! In any case, we found ourselves on Sunday noon at the main train station, but near the open Post Office, and near several shopping centers where we found a food court and lots of activity as well. All in all, this tour was exactly what we wanted.

Glimpse of Tokyo

Leilani_P, May 2019

If you have limited time to go around Tokyo, this is one tour worth going... had a glimpse of some wonderful places Tokyo can offer - from amazing city views in Tokyo tower to the serenity of Imperial palace and the rich culture of their temple and shine... Enjoyed every minute of it...

Boring

Jesper_O, Apr 2019

Too expensive. The guide performed really well. Tokyo tower went ok but I would recommend going there on your own. Imperial palace were ok but really short. The temple were really bad and boring. Don’t go there at all.

Tokyo Morning Tour

Warren_A, Dec 2018

I would have appreciated a more in depth tour of the Imperial Palace. That was the only disappointing part of this tour. Our guide was awesome as well as our bus driver. The Tokyo Sky Tree was amazing as well. More time to shop would've been appreciated.

Eh, what can one expect for $50....

Tasha_H, Jul 2018

Mediocre intro tour. You’re basically paying for the bus ride, as Our guide talked a lot about himself (Japan is about credentials, I suppose). It was a bummer because I did not learn much at all; we were at the imperial palace and I learned that my guide has 3 daughters, a wife who spends his money, and is very healthy. While nice, a short tour really should not be (gloating) about ones life. Spend your money on another tour. Points for hotel pick up and friendliness.

Great tour! Went to Tokyo Towers...

Antoinette_M, Apr 2018

Great tour! Went to Tokyo Towers, the Imperial Palace, and Senso-ji Temple Asakusa. While on this tour, you receive a sightseeing bag, which was great. You have the option of returning back to starting point or staying at Asakusa. I opted to stay because it was one subway ride away from the Skytree. I definitely would recommend this tour as an introductory tour to Tokyo.

Good tour that hit many highlights...

Glenn P, Mar 2018

Good tour that hit many highlights in Tokyo. Our guide was informative and the schedule was just fine.

Amazing tour. Done by noonish, so you...

Jose B, Dec 2017

Amazing tour. Done by noonish, so you can still do another activity in the afternoon.

For a half day tour, we were able to...

Carmen D, Nov 2017

For a half day tour, we were able to see and visit Tokyo's top tourist spots. Commendable.

A good trip if youre short of...

Anil_N, Sep 2017

A good trip if youre short of time With not much time to spare this was an excellent introduction to some of Tokyos highlights. The guide was good so sorry, but I cant recall your name and we had time to explore by ourselves. The highlight for me was the visit to the Asakusa Kannon temple notwithstanding there being so many sightseers.

Tour was good but our credit card...

charlie_y, Sep 2017

Tour was good but our credit card was charged an extra usd 80 for no reason and now both viator and paypal Are washing their hands. Viator says they cannot find the record even if i forwarded the paypal bill to you, If this doest get resolved, never again viator !!

Great overview of Tokyo for first...

Kelly M, Jul 2017

Great overview of Tokyo for first time visitors or people with limited time in the city. We opted to leave the tour at the end and explore on our own, rather than taking the bus back to the starting point.

Great tour of Tokyo highlights...

Pavel A, Jul 2017

Great tour of Tokyo highlights, includes tickets to Tokyo tower.

Pleased with the tour. We had a...

krswimming, May 2017

Pleased with the tour. We had a 4:55pm flight out of Narita and we had enough time and did not feel rushed after doing this tour in the morning. The tour can leave you at Tokyo station and you can catch a train to the airport. The guide spoke English very well and was well informed. There is not much time at each stop and the last stop is very busy with the amount of people and the lines at the shops. major attraction The second stop is about a 10 min walk AROUND the imperial palace, not in it. We were informed that they only open the grounds two times a year, new years day and late December. All in all, well worth it. Happy I did it. Perfect way to spend the morning on the day I left while learning about the city!

The guide was very good. We had to...

Leslie_B, Apr 2017

The guide was very good. We had to do a morning tour. Wish we hide more time and were able to do a full day tour. There is so much to see and do. We will have to go back to Tokyo. I was disappointed the we had to find our own way back to our hotel.

Not a bad tour, and we saw a few of...

david m, Mar 2017

Not a bad tour, and we saw a few of the highlights of Tokyo, so maybe it is being a bit unkind, but our guide was maybe not the best, and there is only so much that can be achieved in 3-3.5hrs. Probably 50 of the time is spent in the coach, and there is a schedule to be kept up to, so bear this in mind when booking. We do a fair bit of Tours by Locals walking tours, be it in the UK or abroad, so you can never beat the one to one personalised experience that this will bring, albeit at a much higher cost, so this should always be factored into your choice. Dave and Janice UK

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