Tokyo

Tokyo Off the Beaten Path 6hr Private Tour with Licensed Guide

Name: Tokyo Off the Beaten Path 6hr Private Tour with Licensed Guide
Brand: Japan Guide Agency
SKU: 92136P142
Price: 138.03 USD
Rating: 5.0 (42 reviews)

Badge of ExcellenceTokyo, Japan

Tokyo Off the Beaten Path Full Day Private Tour with Nationally Licensed Guide

6 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

If you want to get off the beaten path and explore the non-touristy parts of Tokyo, this is the tour for you. Your licensed guide will take you through some local neighborhoods and down different streets giving you a taste of local life. You can also choose from a list of sites and customize your trip if you like.

Travel by taxi or public transport, organized by your guide (extra expense)
Customize your itinerary and choose three or four sites
Your guide will meet you at your hotel for ease
Spend the day exploring non-touristy sites of Tokyo

What's Included

Licensed Local English Speaking Guide
Customizable Tour of your choice of 3-4 sites from 'What to expect' list
Meet up with guide on foot within designated area of Tokyo

Transportation fees, Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
Private Vehicle
You cannot combine multiple tour groups.
Guide Entry fees are only covered for sights listed under What to Expect.

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

This private tour is a walking day tour. A private vehicle is not included. Public transportation or local taxis maybe used to transfer between sites. Exact transportation costs can be discussed with the guide after a reservation is finalized. Please have Japanese Yen on hand for your transportation costs. If you wish to arrange for a private vehicle, please contact us directly. All Private vehicles must be booked 5 days in advance. Maximum number of passengers: 7.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Stroller accessible
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This is a walking tour. Pick up is on foot.
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.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Reviews

5.0

42 reviews

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ira_s, May 2024

Our guide Yoshi was great. Very knowledgeable and personable. We enjoyed seeing sights that were not on our main tour. I highly recommend this tour.

Response from Host, May 2024

Thank you very much for your kind message. I remember we really enjoyed the tour to Fukagawa Fudoson Temple, where we encountered very unique and powerful ritual for prayer, “Goma”, and Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine and Ekoin Buddhist Temple, both closely relating to Sumo Wrestling in Japan, and Kiyosumi Garden. Fukagawa and Ryogoku areas still maintain the atmosphere of downtown. I believe this tour met your requirement for the tour. I highly appreciated your wonderful interest in Japanese historical culture! Looking forward to having next opportunity to enjoy such a unique tour with you. See you soon! Yoshi

Great walking tour of Tokyo

Christopher_D, Mar 2024

The tour started promptly on time in the lobby of our Tokyo hotel. Our guide Tatsu impressed us with perfect English (he had spent some time in New York) and good advanced logistics based on our preferences discussed earlier by e-mail. For our walking tour we chose two charming areas away from center: Shibamata and Yanaka. Both required a subway ride with several train changes, but everything went smoothly since we did not travel in rush hours. The schedule was relaxed and flexible as we made stops to sample local desserts and take photographs. In Shibamata we visited an interesting Buddhist temple, walked along the river and importantly had a wonderful lunch in one of the local restaurants on main pedestrian street. After lunch we transferred to Yanaka where we strolled leisurely through quiet winding streets, observed local life, took pictures at the very photogenic Nezu Temple and had snacks on touristy Yanaka Ginza street. Along the way Tatsu provided interesting stories, quoted historical facts and showered us with lots of humor. His good company made the day go by fast and we appreciated the fact that he didn’t mind staying with us well past the officially allotted time until we finally said goodbye at our original subway station. Overall, thanks to our guide and good, sunny weather the tour turned out to be wonderful and I would highly recommend it to anyone.

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thank you very much for your prompt and wonderful review. I also thank you for the good weather that you brought. I think both Shibamata and Yanaka are places where you can get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and enjoy places where old Japan remains. I am glad to know that you could enjoy both places. Please enjoy the rest of your trip and I hope you will visit other Japanese cities and experience Japan even more. I pray for your safe trip. Thank you. Tatsu

Tokyo, off the beaten path.

Jack_G, Mar 2024

If you want to see some sights, not on your normal tour, this is the tour for you. Traveling the train system with a local guide is quite an experience.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thank you very much for your very valuable and favorable comments on my guiding. It was a great honor for me to have the opportunity to guide you in Tokyo. I myself enjoyed visiting the beautiful Kiyosumi Garden and other spots in Tokyo and having a nice lunch with you. I wish you and your wife the very best for the future. Best Regards Seizo Kamiuto

Rushed

Janet_O, Mar 2024

Our guide Koba wrote me before recommending we jump lunch to be able to sight see more, I said ok after 4 hours he said it was over we would held back to the hotel he said it would take 50mins to get back and he was cutting one hour earlier, it took us 35mins getting back and we were played off 1hr 25mins and we paid Viator for a 6hr tour.

Response from Host, Apr 2024

We thank you for choosing our experience and taking your time to leave us the honest feedback. We are so sorry to hear that you could not enjoy the tour with our guide. We are constantly striving to further improve our service and apologize for not being able to provide you with the experience you expected this time. Please let us know if there is anything further we can do for you. Japan Guide Agency

Kyoto walking tour

Homer_H, Dec 2023

Wonderful tour of Kyoto. Our guide Tohru was fantastic. Great communication to set up our meeting point, led us through Kyoto by train and bus to visit three beautiful sites. Yakasa Shrine, Kinkaku-ji Temple and Bamboo forest. Guide was knowledgeable and took beautiful photos for us to share. Thank you!!!

Great first tour in Tokyo!

Jason_S, Sep 2023

Great first tour after arriving in Tokyo! Our guide Taka was knowledgeable and fun, we truly enjoyed it.

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Tanks for your great review! Taka

Wonderful trip in Tokyo

Tieny_H, Aug 2023

Mr. Masa is a very responsible tour guide to led us to the places what we wanted, even some special places that we didn't expected to go but he made it. Thank you again, we had a wonderful time in Nezu Shrine and areas.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

I had a good and relaxed time with you from Toronto Ontario, ｍｙ old nostalgic town. I am honored to hear you spent a pleasant time especially in Nezu, old down town down Tokyo. I do hope you will come again to explore some other traditional spots in Tokyo as well in other cities and have a good time with me again. Have a safe fly back to your home. sincerely, Masa

A nice introduction into Tokyo.

MEEFUNG_A, Jul 2023

Our tour guide was super nice and knowledgeable. He met us at our hotel and tailored our interests to set the itinerary for the day. We got the cliff notes on how to take the subway and get around Tokyo which was pretty cool!! He was very patient with me and my kids.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

I myself as well had a good and relaxed time with all of you in Tokyo. I am honored to hear you spent a pleasant time. I do hope you will come to Japan again to explore some other spots in Tokyo as well other cities in Japan. (There are a lot more interesting spots all over Japan) and have good time with me again. Have a safe fly back to your home. sincerely, Masa

We found the 'less beaten track'

teresamaynard99, Jul 2023

We had an enjoyable day with our tour guide Hiro wandering around Tokyo. He was keen to show us the places we wanted to see and when some of them weren't open, for various reasons, we found a Plan B. Finding the 'less beaten track' was tricky at times but we got there and had a great day out.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Thank you for your nice review you have posted. I hope you had experienced several aspects of Japanese history and culture. I feel sorry that you couldn’t go to the imperial palace, but we could see the moat, the traditional double-arched bridge and many pine trees around the imperial palace, that’s a relief, I think. On the way to Meiji Jingu shrine, we could visit Meiji Jingu Inner Garden, where we could stroll around a wonderful pond and watching the water lily. That’s an another aspect of Japanese history and culture, I think. If you have a chance to visit Japan again, you should go to Kamakura, where you may find wonderful things of old temples and shrines and the sea. I wish two of you have a wonderful future. 2023, Jul 30 Sincerely yours, Hiromasa Nishiyama A tour guide

Tokyo Off The Beaten Path

lydhanus, May 2023

Way too fast paced. Guide took us to the spots we wanted to see. Not too much information shared about the locations, just the basics. Which we could have read in the tour overview. Could have visited these places our our at a more relaxed and appreciative pace.

Response from Host, May 2023

Thank you very much for leaving a review of your guide and tour. We would like to apologize that this tour was not up to the standards that we set and are speaking with your guide to help to improve future experiences for others. Your valuable feedback helps us to continue to provide a high level of quality. We hope that you were able to enjoy the rest of your time in Japan and that you have safe travels. JGA Customer Support

Chasing Cherry blossom

gary_p, Apr 2023

Guide Kei met us at Asakusa then trained into Tokyo. It was raining which made things difficult VisitedUeno Lake chasing Cherry blossom. A day or so early but a beautiful area. Visited a number of local cemetery sites where where there were lovely blooms. Including a visit to the old fish markets which was very interesting. Took in lunch along with warm Sake which was also an experience. We did find kei to be a bit lacking in detail and also tended to walk ahead which was off-putting. I have had better guides whilst in japan.

Awesome off the beaten track tour with Kris

maysmenagerie, Mar 2023

We had a wonderful day with Kris. He shared many stories about his life and his family and was fun to be around. Kris sent us a long list of potential activities and based on our particular interests, planned all of the transportation in advance so that we were able to see as much as possible. He helped us learn the subway system and pointed out cultural norms that were very important to know. We made a last minute change to where we wanted to wrap up our tour and Kris accompanied us to the new destination. We had a lovely sushi lunch and made a stop at a little pub where Kris was a regular. I highly recommend booking a tour with Kris!

Response from Host, Apr 2023

Thank you very much for your heart warmer review. I am sure you enjoyed Team Lab Pranet and the baseball game at Tokyo Dome. I hope your will visit Japan near future. If we have an opportunity, I would like to watch a baseball at Koshien Stadium with you.

Enjoyable 6 hour day trip in Tokyo

Abhijit_D, Nov 2022

Amazing day trip which started with the beautiful autumn trees at Gingko Avenue , went on to the Tsukiji fish market (including great lunch - fresh sea food) plus other great spots and ended with the magnificent sensoji temple. All this was possible and made enjoyable because of our very friendly and helpful guide Taka san who took us thru the Tokyo subways - (lots of walking !!). Highly recommended if you have just a few hours to coverTokyo !

Response from Host, Jan 2023

It was a wonderful day - Abhijit. I understand your wife as we as you are quite fish lovers. Next time, I will accompany you to eel / conger restaurant which is No.1 in Toyosu. See you next time, Taka

Historic and I love history

Kenneth_L, Nov 2022

The guide was very knowledgeable, courteous, patient, thoughtful, I was very uncomfortable having to travel so far not knowing where I was going but the guide made my trip a memorable one, he was superb

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Hi, Thanks for joining my tour. That was a tough quest for the first timer to meet up at the huge labyrinth, Tokyo station haha! I'm glad to hear that you've enjoyed the trip and hope to see you next time. Yuichi