If you have more than 4 hours before your flight at Narita airport, you should visit Naritasan Shinshoji temple, and experience Japanese culture. It's a time-honored temple with a history of over 1000 years.
In my opinion, it's the best temple in Tokyo region with great traditional buildings, beautiful Japanese gardens and Japanese food. Here, I can tell almost everything about Japanese couture and traditions to you.
I can make your layover time in Japan more enjoyable and fruitful !!
Narita Airport or JR Narita station or Keisei Narita station
Meeting time can be earlier, but most of shops near the temple open at 10:00am.
Omotesando street lasts approximately 800m from Narita station to the temple.
There are more than 150 restaurants and souvenir shops along this street. Let's fully enjoy traditional Japanese food, drink and souvenirs. Especially, grilled eel dish is a must-eat.
The time-honored temple has a history of over 1000 years. There are five buildings designated as important cultural properties. A Goma Fire Ritual is a must-see.
More than one million people visit this temple on new year’s day for praying.
Behind the temple, there is a beautiful Japanese garden.
You can enjoy plum flower in Feburary, cherry blossom in March and autumn leaves in November.
Every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, you can try beautiful Japanese Kimono with 800Yen.(Close in Summer Time)
Every Thursday, you can enjoy Tea Ceremony free of charge.
Narita Airport or JR Narita station or Keisei Narita station
In my opinion, it's the best temple in Tokyo region with great traditional buildings, beautiful Japanese gardens and Japanese food. Here, I can tell almost everything about Japanese couture and traditions to you.
I can make your layover time in Japan more enjoyable and fruitful !!
Guide fee
Guide’s transportation cost
Guide’s lunch cost
No extra charge for extra hours.
Your transportation cost
Your lunch cost
Free pick-up service to your hotel is only in Tokyo metropolitan area, in 23 wards. For other places, the extra charge will be added depending on the distance and the time necessary.
We will use public transportation during this tour.
Credit card is not acceptable at some shops and restaurants
The tour started with a 90 minute highway bus to get to the Mt. Fuji area. Hideaki had reserved the bus and the seats in advance. We first went to Arakurayama Sengen Park. This is a wonderful Mt. Fuji viewing spot. We were able to take family pictures of Mt. Fuji with a five-story pagoda. To get to this point we had to walk up 398 stairs. One of the members of our family got a bit tired/overheated along the way to the top and Hideaki stayed with him until he got to the top. The delay caused us to miss our scheduled train time to get to Lake Kawaguchi, where we were supposed to have lunch. This is where Hideaki really shined. We have severe food allergies/issues in our family and where we were, there were only two "restaurants". He spoke to the chef/owner of one of the restaurants about what the allergies were and they created a meal that was free of any of his allergens. It was one of the best meals we had all trip! We then took a train and went on a cruise on Lake Kawaguchi. After that we visited Oshino Hakkai where we had some more treats and purchased souvenirs, Of note, we purchased two HUGE Fuji Apples. Because, how could you not buy Fuji apples AT Mt. Fuji?!?! We also bought two peaches - which were probably the best peaches we've ever had! The highway bus took us back to the Bus Station, where our trip began. Hideaki was absolutely wonderful. Thoughtful, Knowledgeable and Flexible. Would highly recommend Hideaki and any tour he leads - especially this Mt. Fuji Tour!
Sharon-san, Thank you very much for your review. I am very glad to know that you enjoyed the tour even though we weren’t able to see Mt. Fuji very well. I also enjoyed chatting with you and your family. Best Regards, Hideaki Murayama
Hideaki did an amazing job not only showing us Hakone but also did an amazing job going above and beyond in helping us understand and buy our shinkansen tickets for the following day from Hakone to Kyoto. Getting to Hakone and then on to Kyoto via shinkansen was the part of our trip I was most worried about, but Hideaki made the trip to Hakone seamless and fun. We were lucky to be able to see Mt Fuji and the open-air museum was enchanting. Would highly recommend him to anyone seeking a tour guide in Tokyo for a day trip!
Walter-san, Thank you very much for your review. We were so lucky that we could see the full view of Mt. Fuji, even though it was cloudy. Because clouds were higher than the mountain. It's very rare. Best Regards, Hideaki Murayama
Hideaki did an amazing job showing us Nikko. He was professional, timely and extremely knowledgeable about the history of area. We would highly recommend him to anyone looking to experience the charm of Nikko and the wonderful history and beauty of the area.
Walter-san, Thank you very much for your review. I'm very glad to know you enjoyed the tour, even though it started raining suddenly. Best Regards, Hideaki Murayama
Mr Hideaki , was very knowledgeable and what a tour ! from the moment we got pick up at our hotel we new we were in good hands , we saw a lot of tokyo in 8 hours , lunch was great sites visited we’re awesome .very pleased and i highly recommend MR Hideaki
Dear Pedro-san, Thank you very much for your review. I hope you enjoyed the tour even though it was a little bit hot. Have a good trip in Japan. Best Regards, Hideaki Murayama