2 Hours Yanaka Retro Backstreets Walking tour

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2 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

Step away from Tokyo's busy streets and discover the timeless charm of Yanaka, one of the city's best-preserved old neighborhoods. On this 2-hour evening walking tour, you'll explore quiet backstreets, historic temples, nostalgic shopping streets, and hidden alleys with an English-speaking guide as the neighborhood glows in the evening light.

Starting at JR Nippori Station and ending near Nezu Station, this leisurely walk offers an authentic glimpse of Tokyo’s old-town atmosphere. After the tour, your guide can recommend local izakaya, soba, and yakitori spots for dinner.

・This tour requires a minimum of 3 participants to operate. If the minimum number is not met, the tour may be canceled. In that case, you will be notified in advance and receive a full refund.

・This 2-hour walking tour includes stairs, slopes, and narrow alleyways. Wheelchair and stroller users must be accompanied by someone who can provide assistance.

What's Included

Dedicated English-speaking guide
2 hours walking itinerary
Tipping
Anything not mentioned in the itinerary
Transportation expenses to the meeting point and from the tour end point

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
Nippori Station

Meet your guide at JR Nippori Sta., North Gate (Kita-kaisatsu). Your guide will be holding a tour sign.

End point

Tour ends at Nezu Sta. (Chiyoda Line)

Itinerary

Duration: 2 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Yanaka District

    Gotenzaka Slope & Kyoo-ji Temple ~up the “Palace Slope” to the 1836 gate scarred by bullets from the 1868 Battle of Ueno, when the temple hid the shogun’s last loyalists. Viewed from the lane after evening closing~

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Yanaka District

    Hatsune Koji ~a wooden post-war arcade two people wide: red lanterns lit, izakaya counters filling up, rice-cracker shop still open. This alley only truly comes alive at this hour~

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Yanaka District

    Yanaka wooden townscape at dusk ~lantern-lit lanes of pre-war timber houses that survived the 1923 earthquake and the 1945 air raids, with the smell of dinner from open kitchens~

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Yanaka District

    Yuyake Dandan ~the “Sunset Steps” at their namesake hour: the shopping street glowing below, the neighbourhood cats out on the stone, and the best photograph of the walk~

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 5
    Yanaka District

    Yanaka Ginza ~170 m of family-run shops at closing time: paper lanterns lit, grills still going, shutters painted with cats. Walked through with the guide~

    20 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Yanaka District

    Yomise-dori ~literally “Night-Stall Street”, the local shopping road that once was exactly that, laid over the covered Aizome River~

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 7
    Yanaka District

    Hebi-michi “Snake Road” ~a lane that bends exactly along the buried Aizome River and still marks the Taito–Bunkyo ward border; hidden bars and galleries on both sides~

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 8
    Nezu Shrine

    Nezu Shrine ~founded some 1,900 years ago, the 1706 complex of the 5th shogun surviving intact as Important Cultural Properties. The tunnel of vermilion torii after dark, with the city gone quiet~

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by ENJYU JAPAN

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Private and Luxury
Photography Tours
Cultural Tours
Walking Tours
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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