Experience Japan in a 3-day culture tour with a local guide

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Tokyo
11 stops
1
The Tsukiji Market is the largest fish market in the world, and as time has gone on it's become one of the most authentic and special tourist attractions in Tokyo.
45 minutes • Admission ticket free
2
Sensoji temple, also known as Asakusa Kannon and located in Tokyo's Asakusa district, is the city's oldest religious building and one of its most colorful and popular. With roughly 20 million annual visitors, it's also the most visited-temple in Japan and the most-frequented spiritual site in the world. 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
1 hour • Admission ticket free
3
The observation decks are located on the 45th floor of their respective towers and offer views from 202 meters above the ground. From the Tocho it is possible to see Meiji Jingu, Tokyo Tower, the Tokyo Skytree and Mount Fuji. With a whopping height of 634 meters, Tokyo Skytree was recognized as the world's tallest tower by Guinness World Records on November 11, 2011.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
4
It is the residence of Japan's Imperial Family. Edo Castle used to be the seat of the Tokugawa shogun who ruled Japan from 1603 until 1867. Enjoy the visit to The East Garden of the Imperial Palace. Prior booking is required if you are interested to see inside the palace.
45 minutes • Admission ticket free
5
Akihabara is a buzzing shopping hub famed for its electronics retailers, ranging from tiny stalls to vast department stores like Yodobashi Multimedia Akiba. Venues specializing in manga, anime, and video games include Tokyo Anime Center, for exhibits and souvenirs, and Radio Kaikan with 10 floors of toys, trading cards, and collectibles. Staff dressed as maids or butlers serve tea and desserts at nearby maid cafes.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
6
This popular street in Harajuku is known for wacky, youth-driven shops selling colorful and crazy clothes and accessories. It's also a paradise for sweets-lovers - don't miss the fluffy, sugary crepes.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
7
This popular street in Harajuku is known for wacky, youth-driven shops selling colorful and crazy clothes and accessories. It's also a paradise for sweets-lovers - don't miss the fluffy, sugary crepes.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
8
Shibuya Crossing is the world's busiest pedestrian crossing, with as many as 3,000 people crossing at a time. The sprawling scramble intersection just outside Shibuya Station is an embodiment of Tokyo itself: action in all directions.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
9
The Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower. It's the world's tallest tower at 634 meters. Based on the Eiffel Tower in design, Tokyo Tower was completed in 1958.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
10
Here you walk through water, and a garden where you become one with the flowers. There are four massive exhibition spaces and two gardens. Note: This attraction is possible to visit if have a time.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
11
A very popular photo-op, with the Rainbow Bridge in the background, is this 11m-tall replica of Lady Liberty, a fixture on Odaiba's waterfront since 1998. Note: This attraction is possible to visit if have a time.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Kamakura and Yokohama
8 stops
12
Hōkoku-ji is an old temple in the Kenchō-ji school of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism located in Kamakura, Japan. Famous for its bamboo garden, it is also known as "Bamboo Temple". A statue of Gautama Buddha, called Shaka Nyorai in Japanese, in a sacred hall is the temple's principal image.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
13
Hase-dera, commonly called the Hase-kannon is one of the Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wooden statue of Kannon. The temple originally belonged to the Tendai sect of Buddhism, but eventually became an independent temple of the Jōdo-shū.
45 minutes • Admission ticket free
14
Kōtoku-in is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect, in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name is Taiizan, and its common temple name is Shōjōsen-ji.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
15
The shrine is a cultural center of the city of Kamakura and serves as the venue of many of its most important festivals with two museums. Two beautiful ponds represent the Taira and Minamoto clans.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
16
Busy pedestrian walkway lined with apparel, gift & souvenir stores, plus eateries & sweet shops.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
17
It is about 160 years old, with a population of about 3,000 to 4,000. Today, only a few Chinese people still live there, most being from Guangzhou.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
18
Sankei-en is a traditional Japanese-style garden in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan, which opened in 1906. Sankei-en was designed and built by Tomitaro Hara, known by the pseudonym Sankei Hara, who was a silk trader.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
19
Sankei-en is a traditional Japanese-style garden in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan, which opened in 1906. Sankei-en was designed and built by Tomitaro Hara, known by the pseudonym Sankei Hara, who was a silk trader.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Mount. Fuji
9 stops
20
Oshino Hakkai are the eight springs found in Oshino, Yamanashi, Japan. The aquifer water from Mount Fuji comes out to the ground to form these springs. They are a Natural monument of Japan, part of the Mount Fuji World Heritage Site, and one of Yamanashi Prefecture's important tourist attractions.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
21
The five-storied Chureito Pagoda in Yamanashi Prefecture is a key part of Japan’s most recognizable landscape—the area around Mount Fuji. It honors those lost from the First Sino-Japanese War in 1868 all the way to WWII. Today, the pagoda stands proudly as the centerpiece for Arakura Sengen Shrine.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
22
Lake Kawaguchiko is the most easily accessible of the Fuji Five Lakes with train and direct bus connections to Tokyo. A hot spring resort town with various tourist attractions and views of Mount Fuji is located around the lake's eastern end, while the northern and western shores are mostly undeveloped.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
23
The Mount Fuji Panoramic Ropeway ascends 400 meters from the eastern shore of Lake Kawaguchiko to an observation deck near the peak of Mount Tenjo. From the observation deck, which sits more than 1000 meters above sea level, there are panoramic views of the lake below and of Mount Fuji.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
24
Oishi Park is one of the best spots to view Mt Fuji. The view from Oishi Park consists of Mt Fuji in the background, Kawaguchiko (Lake) in the mid ground and the lavender of Oishi Park in the foreground. The lavender blooms from the middle of June to the middle of July, which it means it is unlikely that Mt Fuji will have a snow cap.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
25
Wander around this charming village and go back in time, exploring a replica of an old Japanese village. This is definitely one of the top attractions in the Fujikawaguchiko region. Lovely thatched roofed buildings stand facing Mount Fuji, these have been rebuilt with great attention to details after the village was destroyed by a landslide during a typhoon in the late sixties.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
26
This scenic park located on the mountainside of Mt. Arakura and in front of Mt .Fuji, offers a panoramic view of the city. A lot of people enjoy cherry blossoms in the park in spring, and also enjoy hiking.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
27
Mt. Fuji attracts hikers and climbers from the world over, and most of them start their ascents at the 5th station, halfway up the mountain. You can have an amazing experience the atmosphere of this symbol of Japan, you can climb or drive to Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station for spectacular views. Note: If you would like to visit this attraction then Gotemba Premium Outlets will be excluded from the itinerary due to time constraint.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
28
Gotemba is regarded as Japan's premium green tea growing area, with leaves grown at the foot of Mt. Fuji. Shizuoka prefecture is known to be the horseradish capital of Japan and Gotemba itself has several wasabi farms. Note: If you would like to visit this attraction then Mt. Fuji 5th Station will be excluded from the itinerary due to time constraint.
2 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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