The itinerary of this tour will be tailored to visit the famous spots based on requests from guests and will be modified at last moment between guests and guide.
At your hotel or the lobby of a hotel close to your accommodation
I will meet you at your hotel or at the spot designated by the guests.
Overall itinerary will be explain for the final confirmation.
The guests will be escorted to one to two places based on final agreement.
The guests will be able to choose a restaurant based on their preference.
The guests will be escorted to one to two places based on final agreement.
I will send you to the hotel where you stay or to the spot where you designaged.
At your hotel or a designated spot
As one of the most exciting cities in the world, Tokyo has unrivaled variety of amazing and exciting places for visitors from abroad. For example, you will be able to enjoy not only viewing a historical castle or shrines of more than 400 years, but also enjoying to be a parts of crowds on the most busy and trendy streets.. This means, every visitor has more options to enjoy their stay based on their interests, if well scheduled and arranged.
The following shows recommended typical and popular districts based on interests.
1) Modern and busy commercial districts
- Shibuya : an exciting and attractive fashionable district among young females, from teenagers to 30s.
- Harajuku : one of the most fashionable sacred places that are worshiped by teenagers around Japan
- Shinjuku : a convenient popular shopping district for most common people of all generation
- Ginza : a luxurious shopping district for celebrities
- Odaiba : a relatively new sightseeing spot by the Tokyo bay area where you can see the small Statue of Liberty, Rainbow bridge and Tokyo tower
2) Historical places
- Imperial palace : an old castle image resident and park where emperor and empress live
- Meiji Jingu shrine : one of the most renowned shrines in Japan because more than 3 million people visit there on the first 3 days of new year.
- Sensoji temple in Asakusa : the oldest and popular temple in Tokyo with more than 300 years history shops in its shopping arcade
3) Art museums and architectures
- Roppongi : a district where you can visit three famous museums, Mori Art Museum, Suntory Art Museum, and New National Art Museum, in 15 minute walk
- Ueno park : a district where three museums are located; National Museum of Western Art, National Science Museum, Shitamachi (downtown) Museum
- Tokyo station : the most renowned and beautiful terminal station in Japan from which most bullet trains bound for east and west Japan
- Tokyo tower : a symbol of Tokyo with 333m height where you can overlook the Tokyo city and observe Mt. Fuji on a clear day
- Tokyo sky tree tower : the highest tower in Japan with 634m height where you can enjoy view from the observatory as well as stoll the vicinity
- Tokyo metropolitan government building : a modern twin-tower shape building designed by a renowned Japanese architect, Kenzo Tange where you can see most part of Tokyo from its free observatory
4) Japanese sub-culture sacred places
- Akihabara : the coolest district for Japanese modern sub-culture, such as maid cafe, figure dolls, and animated cartoon
- Nakano : a hidden sacred place for figure and animation fans where you will find new collections
- Takadanobaba : a hidden famous game center for online fighting game worldwide tournament
5) Amusement facility
- The Small World Tokyo : The number miniature theme park in Asia that was newly open in 2020
- The Samurai Theater : A facility where a realistic samurai show is performed. Guests can enjoy the graceful, profound and tense world of the samurai that you cannot see anywhere else.
A day tour (approx. 8 hours) will select 3 to 4 places to visit, based on visitor's requests and interests. Sample courses will be as follows.
Course- a) Enjoy the most modern Japanese cultural area (Shibuya, Harajuku, Akihabara)
- Morning :
* Walk through Shibuya and Harajuku districts in the morning, including a visit to the Meiji Jingu shrine
- Afternoon :
* Visit Akihabara to experience atmosphere of sub-culture town, including maid cafe
* Stroll Tokyo Sky tree vicinity town
Course- b) Enjoy Japanese art and architecture
- Morning :
* Visit Roppongi museums and Roppongi hills vicinity
- Afternoon :
* Climb to Tokyo tower to overlook Tokyo metropolitan
* Walk around Tokyo station
Price includes following items.
- guide fee for 8 hours (incl. 1 hour lunch time)
- pick-up inside the Tokyo 23 wards area
Price does not include following items.
- transportation fare of guests
- meal and shopping of guests
- admission to the facilities for both guests and guide
- public transportation fare of guide inside the Tokyo 23 wards area (est. 1500~2000 JPY)
In this tour, we will only use public transportation system. So, I will recommend guests to purchase a one-day ticket of subway or Pasmo/Suica from economical and convenient viewpoints. A subway one day ticket will be around 900 JPY to cover two systems in Tokyo.
In order to avoid traffic peak time, this tour will start after 9:30 a.m. on weekdays.
Both guests and the guide need to finalize the meeting place and agree spots to visit, 12 hours before the tour starts.
1 day tour was great
Thank you for your comments. I am glad that your family enjoyed my tour.
Uemitsu did a wonderful job creating an itinerary that fit our daughter’s interests. He explained well the different areas as we walked the streets of Tokyo in Harajuku, Shibuya, and Odaiba. He allowed time for shopping and exploring. He even called a location we had left due to long lines and found they had opening, so we headed back. We truly appreciated the time and effort put in to making this a great experience for our daughter’s learning more about Japan modern culture.
Dear Ian, Thank you for your review. I am glad that your family had a good time. Hope you will come back to Japan in the near future. Best regards,
We requested to go Tsukiji Outer Market and Asakusa. It was a rainy day during the tour. Totally felt that the guide fees was not worth at all. The whole tour was awkward and unclear as there is little to no explanation on the places we went to and there is not much of conversation among us. We were the one who asked question but sometimes he just answered with a smile. We were being asked to get a 900yen one day metro & subway pass without being told why.
Dear Mei, I apologize that I coild not serve you well bacause it had been raining and the we had encountered jam in the trains. But, I remebered that I explained the one day subway pass is the most economical and convenient way to cover the route that you requested, so your.family agrred to puchased the tickets from the vending machines by youselves. Actually, I had a problem for this tour because your reservation request an English guide, but asked me to guide your family in Chinese just before we start the tour on the day. So, probably I could not get the meaning of your some questions. Hope that you will find a better Chinese guide next time. Best regards, Uemitsu Kageyama
Our group of 6 engaged Uemitsu to for a 1-1/2 day tour of Tokyo. His English is articulate and his knowledge of Tokyo and the subway system was invaluable to our group. He also modified our itinerary based on the weather to ensure we had the best viewing experience of the sights we wanted to see. Uemitsu was punctual, personable and knowledgeable. He also has a wonderful sense of humor and made our sightseeing exciting and fun. We would highly recommend Uemitsu to anyone looking for a guide and, given the opportunity, would engage his services again.
Dear Ellen, Thank you for your heartful comments. I am glad that you enjoyed your stay with me. Looking forward to seeing you in the near future. Best regards, Uemitsu Kageyama