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TripleLights is a tour marketplace that connects tourists and tour guide professionals.
Why book with us?
Request a tailor-made tour, from our community of guides. Guides will create the best plan for you, according to your preferences. Request a Tour.
Customer support service
The most important for us is to give the best experience to our customer, we can help you with anything you want to know about your trip, TripleLights Staff or Our Guides can help you with your questions.
please don’t hesitate to Contact Us.
Licensed Guide
Licensed guides are professionals approved by the Japan Tourism Agency. They have passed tough examinations and are highly knowledgeable about the history and places that feature in their tours.
Professional guides are unlicensed local experts who have passed Triplelights examinations and screening to ensure guiding quality. They are also knowledgeable about the history and places where they live and will make your trip memorable.
The TripleLights Difference
Its more affordable than it seems. Our pricing is often per-tour (not per-person), so if your group is 2 or more people, you'll most probably pay less than if you took a bus tour.
Video presentation from the guides. Easily select the guide you like the most by watching their exclusive profile videos!
Every tour is customizable. Every tour can be customised to your time, needs and preferences! Simply confirm your booking and contact the guide to make the changes. There is no risk and you have free cancellation with a 100% refund guarantee!
Go at your own pace. Take your time for pictures or slow down to see as much as you want. With your private guide your tour is flexible.
Enjoy Japan with a local guide. With intimate access to places off the beaten paths you can have a more in-depth experience not seen on bus tours.
All tours are private. Enjoy a deeper learning experience as your guide will be 100% focused on you and the people traveling with you.
Questions? Talk to a REAL person. We have a superior customer support team who are ready to help you with any questions you may have!
How does it work?
1. Choose the city you are traveling to
Search for hundreds of tours in cities all over Japan
2. Contact a guide to get your itinerary
100% satisfaction guaranteed, Accept the proposed itinerary and enjoy your trip!
3. Communicate to set all details and book
Let them work out the details, they will create the best plan for you, according to your preferences.
Meet our CEO Naoaki Hashimoto
Customer Reviews
“ Moe is wonderful- we instantly felt comfortable with her. She guided us confidently through the subways, took us to the beat spots in Kyoto and showed us some surprises in Osaka. Our 10 year old son loved the day spent with her and still misses her. ”
“ Our tour with Eriko was a lot of fun and very memorable! Eriko was so kind and knowlegeable. She showed us some awsome places we would never find ourselfs! I will recomend Eriko to all my friends when they visit magical Tokyo ”
“ Hiroko was an awesome guide. We were travelling with a 4 month old and we forgot his formula. She brought us to a drugstore so we can get formula so we can continue our trip. It was a bit challenging travelling with a 4 month old but she made it easy... ”
“ Hiro is an excellent tour guide and we had a fabulous day taking in the history and culture of Japan. Hiro was very informative and he has a great sense of humour. His English is excellent. Hiro collected us from our hotel and navigated the complex s... ”
“ Very responsibe, reliable and affordable transportation. Highly recommended. ”
“ We had a 12 hour layover in Japan (HND) and didn't want to spend it sitting in the airport, so we researched available tours and found Triplelight to have excellent reviews. We picked T-chan as a potential guide based on excellent reviews and a humo... ”