This tour is featuring the visits to historical spots in Kamakura by walking around popular Zen Buddhist temples, shrines as well as pretty traditional shops and beautiful beach.
-You can get a taste of the nostalgic history of Kamakura, the first samurai capital city, by viewing a variety of historic remains.
-You can learn the essence of Zen Buddhism culture which highly flourished in the Kamakura period.
-You can enjoy fantastic and exciting view by walking along steep excavation, exciting mountain footpath and widely spread picturesque beach.
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-It takes about one hour from the center of Tokyo such as Shinjuku station to Kamakura station.
-I advise that you wear walking shoes as Kamakura Tour is basically walking tour.
-In case of bad weather like heavy rain, snow, wild wind or scorching summer heat, I reorganize the alternative route which may be easier to walk than mountain path.
-Whenever you get too tired to walk, I can easily arrange a taxi to bring us to the nearest points of the spots.
-It costs just over 1000 yen by taxi to Zeniarai Benzaiten Shrine/Sasuke Inari Shrine from Kamakura station just in case of facing difficulty.
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1.Transportation fee from Shinjuku station to Hase station for round trip is about 2,300 JPY per person.
2.Lunch fee costs about 1,500 - 2,000 JPY for typical Japanese cuisine per person.
Ramen, Curry and Rice costs about 1,000 - 1,500 JPY per person.
3.Entrance fee for three temples featured in this tour are as follows;
Hasedera Temple: 300 JPY per person
Kotokuin Temple: 200 JPY per person
Yes! If you need to make changes such as removing or adding someone to your booking or changing the date or time of your tour, contact us by phone or email
After you secure your booking, the starting and ending points of your tour can be customized to your convenience (ex.: your hotel, nearby stations, etc.). Don't worry, we will take care of you! Some tours may have an extra fee for this service, make sure to check the tour page.
After booking a tour, the guide will accept (or decline) your booking within 24 hours. Then you will be noticed by email from Triplelights.
The price is charged per group. Which means that you make a one-time payment for your entire group and the price will not change if it is less or more people.
Some guides accept extra people (more than the specified number) for an extra charge. Please check for the extras on the tour or booking page, or contact your guide directly to clarify.
No. Your tour is private, only for you and your family or friends, there will be no other group of tourists together in your tour.
Yes, but there will be additional charge for that and it is not by car. The guide will go pick you up using public transportations. For further details, please contact your guide directly.
Yes, you can and you may be able to get a discount if you are traveling alone. Price depends on which guide you choose.
It was our third visit of Tokyo, having seen most of the tourist attractions that were recommenced by friends, TripAdvisor and various Japan travel guides during our past two stays. So we retained the service of a private guide this time, to take us off the beaten path a bit, and were glad that we did. We visited Asakusa and did the usual tourists’ sighting and shopping in this popular venue, then visited Ryogoku (the sumo stadium) and even had the traditional sumo wrestler meal for lunch. Next, we headed to the Edo Museum (where Masa gave us a far better explanation of what we saw than any robotic recorded guide that we could have rented would). To really step off the beaten path, we visted the Yanaka Village last, where we learned even more new things about the Japanese culture from Ma... read more
Dear Donald-san, Thank you for your nice review and very encouraging message. It was my great pleasure sharing your valuable time together in touring around characteristic spots in Tokyo. I am just grateful if you enjoyed learning various aspects of authentic history and traditional culture in off the beaten path places, as well as main tourists venues. I also enjoyed myself learning a lot from you through our conversation about many things in USA. Looking forward to seeing you again in the near future. Thank you very much again and wishing you all the best! Masaharu
I booked a one day tour with Masaharu to Nikko. Masaharu was very responsive from the first moment, gave me a full description of what we can and can't do, and even bought tickets for the train in advance (to save us waiting time in the morning). During our trip I leaned a lot about the History of the place and about the events associated with the place. We walked around a lot and Masaharu was always so knowledgeable and patient. I enjoyed my day very much and can't wait to book another trip with Masaharu.
Dear Dafna, Thank you very much for your nice and encouraging review. It was my great pleasure sharing your valuable time together around Nikko, covering World Heritage area and Kanmangafuchi Abyss. Looking forward to seeing your again in the near future. Thank you again and wishing you all the best! Masaharu
Masa did a great job. We chose the walking/public transportation tour of the Imperial Palace and the Asakusa Buddhist Temple and neighboring Shinto temple. Masa met us at rour hotel and brought us back. No question went unanswered. We gained great insight into Japanese culture, the Tokyo subway system (an intricate, spotless, efficient people mover) and Japanese history which we learned while riding the subway or walking to the sites. A great use of time. Masas' English is excellent. He is also a world wide traveler and former executive with Nippon Express who spent his career on the road. So, he can relate and compare worldwide cultures with the Japanese culture. We learned so much! Thank you Masaharu. We will not forget you nor our new found appreciation of the Japan... read more
Dear Jim and Paulette, Thank you very much for your wonderful review and encouraging words. I am grateful that you and Jim really enjoyed our tour. I had much pleasure sharing your valuable time together and also learning a lot from you about various matters in USA. I am looking forward to seeing you again in the near future. Wishing you and Jim all the best! Masaharu
We spent two days with Masaharu. The first day was the Tokyo Highlight tour. We went to Tsukiji fish market, Asakusa, the Edo museum and Shibuya. We had seven in our group, including our 3 children (ages 5, 8, 10) and my parents. Masa did a great job navigating us around using public transportation, and was flexible with us as we altered our plans slightly based on everyone's interests. We had a delicious lunch near Asakusa and also grazed on some of the offerings from the fish market. We had arrived the evening before from Detroit, so we were all a bit jet lagged. The tour was a good introduction to Tokyo and getting around on public transportation. There was a lot of walking involved and changing trains to get to all the sights. The second day we took a day trip to Hakone. Ma... read more
Dear Andrea, Thank you very much for your nice and encouraging review! I am pleased to know that you and your family really enjoyed two day tour around Tokyo and Hakone. It was my great pleasure joining your family and sharing your valuable time together. I am looking forward to seeing you again in the near future. Thank you and Arigato! Masaharu
Masaharu San, is an excellent guide!!! He was always on time, In our situation it was much more time consuming and difficulty, in that my husband could not walk and always in pain. He made sure that he was comfortable in the van with the driver while we went out and did the walking tours. He is patient and always asked our opinion on what he had plan for the day and if it was OK with us. Masa made all the train and transfer reservations without me having to go through the trouble. He knew through my e-mails that riding the shinkansen was important and he made our dreams come through, what an experience!!! All tours were arranged perfect! We could not have been more satisfied with the tours we did, Masa made the right decisions on all the tours. He is educated on the culture the food... read more
Dear Yvonne-san, Thank you very much for your warm and heart felt message to me. It was my great pleasure sharing your valuable time together around Tokyo, Hakone and Nikko. I am very happy to know that you really enjoyed each visit and various, seasonal Japanese cuisine. I also enjoyed learning a lot from you about wonderful life in Hawaii. I would like to visit your country some day. Now, I strongly hope that Ed will get better soon and able to walk around again. Looking forward to seeing you in the near future. Thanking you again and wishing you all the best! Masaharu
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