Experience Old and Nostalgic Tokyo: Yanaka Walking Tour | 3 hours 30 minutes

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Experience Old and Nostalgic Tokyo: Yanaka Walking Tour
2 Adults x $142.80
$285.60
Approx Total
$285.60

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: Japanese, English, Italian, French
  • Professional guide
  • Food and drinks（100-500 yen depending on what you want to try）
  • Transportation expenses
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Overview

Leave Tokyo's skyscrapers behind for a taste of daily life in historic Japan on this 3.5-hour walking tour through the Yanaka district. Developed as a temple town during the Edo period, people have long visited Yanaka for worship and sightseeing. Together with a small group of no more than 10 people, follow in their footsteps and admire the area's charming temples and cherry blossom trees.

Meeting points

Nippori Station
2 Chome-19 Nishinippori, Arakawa City, Tokyo 116-0013, Japan

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The meeting point is Nippori station, north ticket gate located on the 2nd floor of the station building. You can access the meeting point by JR Line and Keisei Line. Please be ready 10 minutes prior to the meeting time. Your guide will be waiting for you there with a sign board.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

  • Yanaka District

    Discover the different side of the sprawling Japanese capital that dates back to its Edo period of the 17th through 19th centuries, admiring the area’s charming mix of temples, springtime cherry blossoms and timeless ‘reien’ (cemetery). A included guide will accompany you on your visit, providing additional details about Japanese history and local culture.

    10 minutes

  • Tennoji Temple

    This Buddhist Temple sits on the edge of the Yanaka Cemetery and dates back to 1274. It is located in a pleasant garden behind an old wooden gate. In its grounds, there is a bronze Buddhist statue that dates back to 1690 and was beloved by locals as "Tennoji no Daibutsu". Well worth to stop by.

    20 minutes

  • Yanaka Cemetery

    This is an impressive cemetery and worth a look even though that is not a common route for the tour for tourists. It covers 100,000 square meters and has over 7,000 graves. It also has history more than 100 years after the Meji Restoration, the era that the government wanted to separate Buddhism and Shinto graves. However, most of the graves in this cemetery were owned by Buddhist so they established a public burial ground in Yanaka in 1871.

    40 minutes

  • Gallery Okubo

    【Optional】 There's a place to experience Japanese Tea ceremony on Tatami mats! It's on 2nd floor of the building of Gallery Okubo. The price of the tea (￥1,000) is not included into our tour cost, but you can actually try the authentic Japanese tea with the help of professional.

    30 minutes

  • SCAI The Bathhouse

    【Afternoon tour only】 SCAI The Bathhouse is a contemporary art gallery located in Yanaka, with a town ambiance reminiscent of Old Tokyo.The gallery is housed in a venerable public bath imbued with a 200-year history.

    15 minutes

  • Shitamachi Customs Museum & Exhibit Hall

    【Optional】 Shitamachi museum was established to teach future generations about the culture of the Shitamachi or "Down Town". Most of the objects on display are things that were actually used at one time, and you can see the houses with furniture and goods which are placed in the location where they would have been used and you can even touch some of the displays. Display items are changed in accordance with the season, so that repeat visitors also get to enjoy how life in the Shitamachi varied over the year.

    20 minutes

  • Edokoro Alan West

    【Afternoon tour only】 In the middle of traditional old town Tokyo surrounded by Buddhist temples, you can find this studio of Alan West which was once an auto body garage and is now the only operating traditional Japanese painting studio open to the public. He was born in US but ever since he graduated from Carnegie-Melon University, he moved to Tokyo and continued his study and got a bachelor degree in department of Japanese painting at Tokyo University of the Arts, and even took master degree there.

    10 minutes

  • Nezu Shrine (Pass By)

    One of Japan’s oldest shrine and perhaps most striking, set amidst huge trees and flowering azalea or つつじ shrubs with ponds, pathways and iconic colored charming wooden structures reflecting Japanese traditional culture and beauty including succession of small Torii gates colored in vermillon beautifully.

  • Yanaka Ginza Shopping Street

    One of best local shopping streets in Tokyo, with the well-remained old town “Shitamachi” atmosphere. Explore the nostalgic side of Tokyo through Yanaka Ginza Shopping Street and don't forget to eat some local snacks!

    30 minutes

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Additional Info

  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • A maximum of 10 people per booking
  • Tour duration can be extended at a rate of 3,000 yen per group, per hour, payable in cash
  • Please inform your staring time when booking. The start time is from 9:00 am or 14:00 pm.

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Exploring quant and historical Yanaka

Published on May, 2025

Kaori was wonderful . She had a walking tour planned out, considering what we wanted to see, and was flexible, for instance, if we wanted to stop in a shop or find a place to stop for refreshments. She found us an amazing small gallery where we purchased some art. She shared lots of history and suggestions for future exploration in Tokyo. Truly a gem!

Historical walk in old Yanaka

Published on May, 2025

Kaori was a marvelous guide, her tour was well planned out, she was very knowledgeable about the area and history. She was flexible about stopping to visit a few shops, stopping for refreshments, and resting when needed. She was truly a pleasure to chat with and ask all our questions about Tokyo.

Essential for first time visitors to Tokyo

Published on May, 2025

Our guide “Masa San” was very knowledgeable and took the 2 of us to places we would not have ventured on our own as first time to Japan visitors. He was so sweet and explained some customs, history and showed us lots of temples and shrines and interesting shops and areas. A highlight of our trip! Would recommend!!

Absolutely great authentic and great tour.

Published on May, 2025

Kaori, our tour guide was excellent. She took time to consider what we were interested in. She made several stops seeing that we had young children. The fact that she was Japanese made the tour truly authentic.

Excellent tour to learn about the history of Japan and Tokyo, but lots of fun too.

Published on May, 2025

Fabulous tour. Great to visit the older and quieter part of Tokyo, the Yanaka district. Miho was an excellent host and was able to answer all our questions! The abundance of shrines and temples was really interesting and we learned so much about the Shinto and Buddhist religions and their influence in Tokyo. The Nezo Shrine was beautiful as the azaleas were still in bloom. Would definitely recommend this tour to anyone wanting to get out of the big city and learn a bit about the history of Japan. We had some laughs too!

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