Yanaka Flavors and Nippori Streets Eat Like a Local in Old Tokyo

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4 hours (approximately)
Offered in: Japanese and 1 more

Eat your way through Tokyo’s Ueno neighborhood with this guided culinary tour. Your English-speaking guide will take you through the charming area where you'll get to sample all sorts of local specialties, from sushi and tempura to yakiniku and takoyaki, along with a local dessert and a drink. And feel free to bring your kids along; the tour is free for those younger than six.

What's Included

Desserts & snacks
4 to 5 Food Stops
4 Hours Cultural food Tour with a professional Guide
2 soft drink & water.
Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Gratuities (optional)

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Outside of Tokyo Metro Nezu Station Exit 1 - Your guide will be holding a Flag of the name of our company - When arriving at Tokyo Metro Nezu Station, go to Exit 1 and up stairs to ground. - Your guide will be waiting just right in front of upstairs

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 4 hours (approximately)
  • 1

    You'll see the continuous Torii gates, which reminds you of the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto. Feel the Shinto vibe as you cross a vibrant red arch in Nezu Shrine, a portal into another world After meeting at Nezu station, we'll head for Nezu shrine, one of the oldest shrines in Tokyo. You may recognize it, as it's a place famous for its tunnel of vermilion torii gates, also seen at Kyoto's Fushimi Inari shrine. While your guide shares cultural and historical tidbits about Japan, we'll take great photos in and around the tunnel. You can learn how one can pray at shrines and how to behave at them.

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 2

    See around Yanaka area and have a traditional Japanese lunch. We'll stroll through a residential area where you can get a sense of real, local lifestyles. Sample a variety of local foods as you stroll around Yanaka Ginza and find yourself in a cozy house that serves Soba lunch, a food engrained in Japanese culture

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 3

    A shopping street which has a nostalgic atmosphere. We will sample some street foods. We'll stroll through a residential area where you can get a sense of real, local lifestyles. You can pop into small places such as antique stores and sweets shops that line the streets.

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 4

    Experience painting Japanese cat doll while having dessert and drink in a good Japanese old house cafe. Craft a lucky cat for your travel memory in a cafe of an old folk house After a nice long walk, we will rest in a cafe with a drink and sweets. This is the first cafe in Japan that provides workshops to craft lucky cat statues that bring luck and happiness. Paint a cat statue with your favorite color and patterns, and make your cat keep your memories from Japan for good.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 5

    Walk around the fabric town, including some very best shops(specialty & general shop, woven & knitted fabric, buttons, leathers, etc.) -Some tips to enjoy shopping in a wholesale district -Get my original glossary, “English-Japanese Sewing Word Lists”, which helps your fabric shopping in Japan

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by The Washoku Club Culture and Food Tours

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