Tokyo Highlights Tour

Discover Tokyo’s historic temples, peaceful shrines, lively shopping streets and contemporary neighbourhoods on a guided journey through the city. From Asakusa and the Imperial Palace to Shibuya and Harajuku, the itinerary can be shaped around your clients’ interests and the time available.

What to Expect
Possible Areas

Choose your Tokyo

Rather than following a fixed route, the tour can be shaped around your clients’ interests. Choose from the areas below and we’ll create an itinerary that works within the time available.

01. Old Tokyo

Explore one of Tokyo’s most historic neighbourhoods. Visit the city’s oldest temple, explore Nakamise shopping street and wander through the smaller streets surrounding the temple, with opportunities for souvenir hunting and views towards Tokyo Skytree. 

Asakusa

02. History & Gardens

Imperial Palace East Gardens

Walk through the public gardens of the Imperial Palace and discover traces of Tokyo’s Edo-period past, from the palace moats to the foundations of Edo Castle.

Ueno & Ameyoko

03. Local Streets

Explore Ueno, with the option to visit Kaneiji and Ueno Toshogu Shrine, before experiencing the energy of Ameyoko shopping street and stopping for local snacks along the way. 

Experience the famous Shibuya Crossing and explore the streets surrounding it. Depending on your clients’ interests, the area offers everything from shopping and capsule toys to Pokémon, Nintendo and other Japanese pop-culture favourites.

Shibuya

04. Modern Tokyo

Meiji Shrine & Harajuku

05. Shrines and Street Culture

Step into the peaceful surroundings of Meiji Shrine before discovering a very different side of Tokyo in Harajuku. Explore Takeshita Street or, for clients interested in fashion and vintage shopping, continue towards Cat Street.

See Tokyo from above at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building before exploring Shinjuku’s streets, department-store food halls and colourful entertainment district. The tour can also introduce clients to Golden Gai and Omoide Yokocho for ideas to explore later in the evening. 

Shinjuku

06. City Views

Interested in exploring Tokyo with your clients?

Choose from the highlights above or talk to our team about shaping the route around your clients’ interests and time in the city.

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