If you have only a half day available, this is a good tour. Tsukiji food market is one of the most popular visiting places. There is a lot of shops which sell fish, dried food, wagyu- beef and of course 'tuna'. You can eat some sushi, seafood barbecue, Japanese omelet, Japanese sweets and so on. After Tsukiji we walk to Hamarikyuu Japanese garden .( about 10-minute walk). It has a beautiful Japanese garden surrounded by the skyscrapers.
In front of Tsukiji Honngannji temple (near Tsukiji station)
Meet with your guide
It sells many kinds of Japanese food, including tuna and some vegetables and fruits. Your guide explains you how they are eaten or cooked.
It was built about 400 years ago as a Shogun's (chief of samurai) detached house. It has a 400-year-old pine tree and a lot of trees, and seasonal flowers. There is a tea house that serves guests matcha-green tea. Seeing the Japanese garden, you can experience Japanese culture. It's located in the center of Tokyo, the contrast of high scrapers and the beautiful garden is wonderful!
At Shiodome (if you want a sending service to your hotel additional 1000yen and the transportation fee)
If you have only a half-day available in Tokyo or you want to learn how to take a Japanese public transportation ( very complicted!). It's the best tour.
Hamarikyuu Japanese garden is a strolling garden. It was made 400 years ago as a shogun detached house. You can learn Japanese history. You can have some matcha-green tea with Japanese sweets seeing the breathtaking view.
Only 10-minute walk takes us to Tsukiji food market. In Tsukiji you can learn Japanese food culture and of course you can eat nice Japanese food, sushi, rah-men noodles, seafood barbecue, Japanese omlette, fresh fruit and so on for your lunch and if you are interested in cooking you can see various unique kitchen goods and buy a knife (Japanese knives are the best in the world) with your name on.
We can chage the tour schedule, first Tsukiji market, second Hamarikyu, depending on the weather and your hotel location.
guide fee,
an entrance fee (Hararikyuu garden), your shopping at Tsukiji Market
Depending on my availability I could also guide you on Mondays, so please send me a message. Thanks!
Sundays and Wednesdays some shops inTsukiji food market is not open
Some shops in Tsukiji market is not opened Sundays and Wednesdays.
If it's raining, we might change the itinerary.
You need an entrance fee for Hamarikyuu garden, 300 yen.
In Tsukiji, some shops don't accept credit cards, so will you bring Japanese yen?
If the weather is very bad, you cancel this tour. We will refund you.
My teen son and I took a tour of the Tsukiji Market and Sensou-ji Temple in Asakusa with Tomoko. Tomoko met us in our hotel lobby, and balanced historical information with traditions and local knowledge along the way. We had a very enjoyable and comfortable time with Tomoko!
Thank you for your wonderful review. It was a wonderful weather and I also enjoyed guiding you. I was happy you were able to eat fatty tuna in Tsukiji market without making a line for a long time. I have only daughters. I envy you because you have a good son. Have a nice trip in Japan. Thank you.
Tomoko was an excellent guide. She was very obliging and happily added to our itinerary so we could see as much as possible. Her English was very good and she made our day in Tokyo special. Rena and John
Thank you for the nice review, Rena-san, and John-san. You are a nice couple. Rena-san is interested in Japan. I enjoyed talking to you. John-san is always kind and a gentleman. It was my pleasure to guide you. Thank you and see you again in Tokyo!
My husband and I were lucky to be guided by Tomoko during our recent trip to Tokyo. On two half-day-tours she showed us a whole lot of fascinating landmarks such as Shibuya, Meiji Shrine, Omotesando, Ueno, Senso-ji Temple and Asakusa. She knows everything about history, culture, food etc. and with her help we discovered so many things we would never have noticed on our own. Her timing and navigation were perfect, and though we walked a lot it was never exhausting as she took care to include some relaxing strolls through Tokio's beautiful parks. She also went out of her way to help us with some unusual shopping (musical instruments). Thank you, Tomoko, for a delightful and memorable experience!
Siv-san, thank you for the wonderful review. You are a nice couple, and I enjoy guiding you in Tokyo. You have a lot of knowledge about Japan and are interested in Japanese history and culture. It was my pleasure to talk about Japan to you. I hope you enjoy the sound of, the musical instruments, hyoushigi and orin! I'm looking forward to seeing you in Tokyo again someday. Thank you, Tomoko
Tomoko was a pleasure to tour with... early on we exchanged messages about how we wanted to spend our time, she was very receptive to our ideas to tour the back-streets of Asakusa and even helped us getting tickets ahead of time for the Sumida River Cruise, a huge WOW, we had time after the cruise to tour the Hama-Rykuen gardens and Tomoko recommended we have tea at the tea house there - so enjoyable thank you so much for your insights and knowledge and help!!
Terri-san, thank you for the wonderful review. You are a nice group. I enjoyed guiding you. The tea at Hamarikyuu Garden was refreshing. I hope you enjoyed the tour in Japan with your friends. Hopefully, you will revisit Japan. Thank you. Tomoko