Tokyo

Explore Tokyo Your Way: 5 Hours Private Customizable Walking Tour

Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo personalized tour with a local guide exclusively for you

5 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

With so much to see and do in Tokyo, it can be hard for first-time visitors to know where to begin. On a customizable private walking tour, your guide will take you to places that are most interesting to you. Visit cultural, historic, culinary, and natural attractions to suit your needs. Learn more about Tokyo from your guide than you would wandering around alone.

Meet your guide at a handy central location
Receive personalized attention on a private tour
Your guide will be happy to take photos of you
Get an intimate view of Tokyo by touring on foot and by public transport

What's Included

Taking Photos

Dinner
All Fees and Taxes

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup.

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Kindly ensure that you provide your complete address. Please install WhatsApp for easier and timely communication. Please prepare some cash for transportations fees (no cards). Languages other than English may not be available for last time booking.

What To Expect

Tokyo

5 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation

Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
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.

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Zorica_P

Gulnoz was a great tour guide and very knowledgable! I learned some interesting fact about Japanese history and culture. I enjoyed my tour and would highly recommend her!

Reviews

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Gulnoz was very kind and...

Matthew_T, Apr 2024

Gulnoz was very kind and knowledgeable while showing us around Tokyo. She was also patient while we kept getting sidetracked going into arcades and small souvenir shops. Highly recommend!

Excellent day in Tokyo

Dennis_K, Apr 2024

We enjoyed the markets, castles, and Temples. Was great to have someone to guide you thru the train and bus systems, and to add information and background on the different attractions.

Awesome, highly recommend using a guide if it is your first time to Tokyo

Coral_P, Apr 2024

Our guide Sonam was amazing, she adapted the itinerary to suit our interests, provided a variety of information on the locations we went to and places in between. She patiently explained the rail system to us first timers to Japan. Highlights for us was everything including Meiji shrine, Shibuya scramble, hedgehog cafe, yummy ramen place Sonam found for us at our last minute request.

Excellent tour

Balesh_J, Mar 2024

Kwan was our guide for this tour and he was really pleasant and helpful. His English is awesome. He had made an itinerary but changed it as I wanted to visit more places. He showed us most of the places I had marked in my list. Pointed out popular bars and restaurants. He even helped us to recharge our Suica cards. This is an awesome tour and I recommend that anyone coming to Tokyo for the first time should take this tour. We couldn’t have seen so much on our own in five hours.

Great, knowledgeable, fun guide

Shyla_M, Mar 2024

John is a wonderful guide! He took me to all the places I wanted to go. He is very knowledgeable and friendly. I had a lot of fun on the tour!

Great tour

Zorica_P, Mar 2024

Gulnoz was a great tour guide and very knowledgable! I learned some interesting fact about Japanese history and culture. I enjoyed my tour and would highly recommend her!

Private walking tour

Tonee_B, Feb 2024

We had a great day with Kwan our tour guide. Just the three of us. Saw many of the top shrines and tourist spots. Rode the daunting Tokyo subway. Went to parks . This is not for the faint of heart. Five hours most on foot but we 70+ year olds kept up. Thank you for a great day in Tokyo Kean.🥰

John is the best

Alex_P, Feb 2024

John was quite knowledgeable and was an excellent solo guide. He was able to explain a lot of small things that I took interest in during our tour and was very adaptable with the itinerary.

Tour to acclimate to Toky

vinelegrana, Dec 2023

This was a nice intro tour to Tokyo. We had just arrived that am and got a bit of the lay of the land. Noah was kind and took us around, but showed up an hour early and then expected to end an hour early. He showed different parts of the city, but didn’t give much history or background to where we were. We walked a ton (30k+!) which was great after a long flight from California but would have liked to learn more about the area, culture, history, etc.

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Dear Vinelegrana, Thank you for sharing your feedback on your Tokyo tour experience. We appreciate your kind words about Noah and are delighted to hear that you found the introductory tour helpful. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by the early arrival and departure times. Your insights about the desire for more historical and cultural context are valuable, and we regret that this aspect fell short of your expectations. We'll address these concerns with our team to ensure a more enriching experience for future travelers. We hope you enjoyed your time in Tokyo and would love another opportunity to provide you with an even better exploration in the future. Best regards,

Great tour!!

Andrew_K, Dec 2023

Very nice tour around the city with customizable component. The tour guide drew from his own experience transplanting into Tokyo. Book for a great day.

This is a great trip

Janet_P, Dec 2023

Best tour ever. We hit all of the highlights of Tokyo. Having one tour guide and the 2 of us made it so easy to get through the subway system. Worth every penny

Great introduction to Tokyo

Dorothy_M, Nov 2023

With limited time in Tokyo we want to cover as much ground as possible without getting lost. This was a great tour, we covered a lot of ground and learned a lot about the local culture. We were able to tailor it to include places we wanted to see and Kwan was flexible and adaptable on the day. Thanks Kwan we enjoyed our time with you learning about Tokyo and Japanese culture.

Perfect introduction to Tokyo

Tushar_P, Nov 2023

June was an excellent tour guide! She sent me her recommendations for our itinerary in advance and adjusted it as we went based on my interests. After meeting at the hotel I was staying at, we walked to the subway station and June showed me how to navigate the Tokyo subway. From there we went to the Meiji Jingu, Takeshita Street, Shibuya, Tokyo SkyTree, and Sensoji Temple. We topped it off with lunch and some ice cream and she dropped me off in Akihabara to shop after the tour. Overall June was a fun and knowledge tour guide to hang out with for the day! She also left me with many recommendations for places to return to during my stay. I would recommend this tour on your first day in Tokyo to get a good overview of the city and help plan the rest of your trip.

From Godzilla Minus 1 to Hachiko and Kura sushi....

deegle_h, Nov 2023

I enjoyed myself on this walking tour with Maika san. Her English was very good and she answered so many of my questions with ease. I learned many things about the history and lifestyle in Kabukicho/Shibuya/Harajuku during our time together. Even our conveyor belt sushi lunch at Kura was so delicious and fun (*For every 5 plates, we got a lottery chance to win a tiny toy)...All thanks to Maika San for showing me a taste of Tokyo!

Great way to see the city!

kristen_e, Nov 2023

Highly recommend. Booked last minute and Samir was awesome. Feel like I saw all of the highlights of city in a few hours

Great overview of key sites in Tokyo

Rachel_D, Oct 2023

Kwan was an excellent tour guide. I just asked him to take me to popular sites and he certainly did. We visited Shibuya (the Time Square of Tokyo), Meiji Jingu and the inner garden, the barrels of Sake, Yoyogi park, Takeshita Street, Harajuku; then I got to try the pork loin and Macha Latte! It was a great day!

Best Waliking Tour!

Lori_J, Oct 2023

Kwan was fantastic. He was on time, took care of our requests. He spoke excellent English, and understood all if our requests. We covered all of the sights plus more. We learned how to ride the train and subway. We truly experienced Tokyo with a local. 5 plus ***** 🌟 !

Enjoyed my 5 hour layover...

Elena_M, Sep 2023

Enjoyed my 5 hour layover tour with my tour guide Bruna. Got to see Tokyo for a short period of time. Bruna was wonderful, knowledgeable and she was able to customized my trip based on my needs. Will highly recommend her and this tour.

Solo in Tokyo

Lena_C, Sep 2023

Having the company of a lovely local like Takanari, who knew his way around the places I had read about in Tokyo & wanted to walk around in not only saved me time (& the stress of maybe getting lost in the subway system) but made my experience all the more enjoyable simply by having someone to share it with. Thank you Takanari