Japanese Garden & Western Architecture: Akasaka exploration tour
Description
Tokyo is famous as one of the largest cities in the world, but in its corner, there are beautiful gardens and cultural heritage. On this tour, you will visit the gardens of one of Japan's leading luxury hotels, the guesthouse that welcomes state guests, and the scenic ginkgo trees that represent Tokyo. The Japanese-style gardens that are hard to see overseas, but the place surrounded by colorful nature that changes its expression depending on the season will surely heal your travel fatigue. This tour is perfect for those who want to visit many places with much fewer people and take a little leisurely sightseeing or go to a place rich in nature.
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Itinerary
A large Japanese garden with a history of 400 years. See the waterfalls and seasonal plants. You can also enjoy the seasonal nature. Cherry blossom at spring, deep greenery at summer, coloful illumination at autumn and winter!
A guest reception facility that welcomes guests from around the world, such as kings and presidents. The luxurious appearance is like a castle. You can feel like a being VIP at this palace.
A dome-shaped museum that focuses on the Meiji era. There are many paintings and murals on display inside the building, and the appearance seen from the entrance to the outer garden of Aoyama street through the ginkgo trees is popular as one of the representative landscapes of Tokyo.
Scenery representing Tokyo! You can enjoy the scenery of the four seasons under the row of ginkgo arches.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- All transportation costs, entrance fees, food and drink costs, etc. incurred at the visited spots, will be borne by the customer.
- If the weather is bad on the day, there is a possibility that the means of transportation, destinations, and routes may be changed.
- Tour finishing spot is different from starting spot. Please let your tour guide know if you would like to change the finishing spot.
- Please wear comfortable clothing as you will be walking a lot.
- Please understand that tour spots might be changed to alternative spots in case of temporary closure.
- Some of the spots we will visit on the day do not accept credit cards. Please remember to bring cash.
- This tour does not include a dining spot.
Reviews(9)
The tour was very pleasant, the guide had a lot of information. The guide also helped me with reservation for the Japanese authentic tea shop
We were Ayako-san's （tour guide）first ever tourists! Given that, she wasn't experienced but she definitely gave it her best. Two things we would like to point out. One, we think it would be better to decide on the duration at each destination. Some may want to stay longer than others. Two, looking at Otomo Tour's site, there seems to be too many typos. This may lead tourists' to disregard participation.
Thank you very much for your review! At otomo, we strive to give our customers the best experiences possible, and we are glad to have had you with us on our Akasaka tour! We are also happy to hear that you found that your guide, Ayako-san, gave her best despite being new to the job! At otomo, we are also deeply committed to training new guides in order to ensure that this line of work remains sustainable, and we would like to thank you once again for giving Ayako-san, one of our new guides, a chance on your tour. We will be sure to pass your comments to Ayako-san to let her know that you appreciated her hospitality and services. Thank you as well for your comments regarding the spot duration, as well as the English on our site. Regarding spot duration, while we do have a recommended duration mentioned in the application our guides use, we also let them know that that is a guideline at best, and that they can discuss with the guests should the latter want to modify the duration spent at any spot. With regards to the English used, we will correct the language so that it appears more appealing to guests. Thank you once again for choosing us, and we hope to see you again!
Our tour guide, Ayako-san, was new to the job but very calm and flexible. We especially enjoyed the Akasaka Palace.
Thank you very much for your review! At otomo, we strive to give our customers the best experiences possible, and we are glad to hear that you had a good time on our Akasaka tour, and especially enjoyed the Akasaka Palace! We are also happy to hear that your guide, Ayako-san, was calm and flexible despite being new to the job! At otomo, we are also deeply committed to training new guides in order to ensure that this line of work remains sustainable, and we would like to thank you once again for giving Ayako-san, one of our new guides, a chance on your tour. We will be sure to pass your comments to Ayako-san to let her know that you appreciated her hospitality and services. Thank you once again for choosing us, and we hope to see you again!
I really like Japan garden. When we visit there, there is a newly married couple with dressed up and taking picture. Very beautiful!
Thank you very much for your review! At otomo, we strive to give our customers the best experiences possible, and we are glad to hear that you had a great time on our Akasaka tour, visiting Japanese gardens that you like, and even being lucky enough to chance upon a newly wedded couple taking pictures in their wedding wear! If you could please kindly edit your review to include your guide's name, as well as any comments about and/or words of appreciation for your guide, we will be sure to pass your comments to them. Thank you once again for choosing us, and we hope to see you again!
We visited Otani garden, akasaka palace and a museum( talk about history in meji times) I like Akasaka palace the most, this is the place where Japanese government welcome foreign visitors and It just open to public in 2016. in this private tour, our tour guide is very responsible and trying to answer all the questions we have, it is a 4 hour tour, really hardcore but very interesting. It includes both history and sightseeings!
Thank you very much for your review! At otomo, we strive to give our customers the best experiences possible, and we are glad to hear that you had a great time on our Akasaka tour, visiting spots like Otani Garden, Akasaka Palace and the Meiji Memorial Museum! We are also happy to hear that your guide was responsible and knowledgeable, and made sure to answer all the questions that you and your group had. If you could please kindly edit your review to include your guide's name, we will be sure to pass your comments to your guide to let them know that you appreciated their services, hospitality and vast knowledge. Thank you once again for choosing us, and we hope to see you again!
We had a lovely tour of Japanese Gardens, the Asakusa Palace, and the Meij Memorial Museum. Our guide, Sayaka, was enthousiast and happy to answer our many questions. I learned a lot about Japanese culture. Certainly would like to do another tour with Otomo!
Thank you very much for your review! At otomo, we strive to give our customers the best experiences possible, and we are glad to hear that you had a lovely tour of Akasaka, visiting spots like Japanese gardens, the palace and the Meiji Memorial Museum! We are also happy to hear that your guide, Ms. Sayaka, was enthusiastic and knowledgeable, and made sure to answer all the questions that you and your group had. We will be sure to pass your comments to Ms. Sayaka to let her know that you appreciated her services, hospitality and vast knowledge. Thank you once again for choosing us, and we hope to see you again! We would be more than delighted to have another chance to guide you around Tokyo and the surrounding areas!
It was a really good tour. We visited a traditional garden, the Akasaka palace and the Meiji memorial gallery. As a history enthousiast, I was pleased, since we learned a lot about the background of the places we visited. The guide was very nice and knowledgeable. Overall I had a really good time.
Thank you very much for your review! At otomo, we strive to give our customers the best experiences possible, and we are glad to hear that you had a great time on our tour of Akasaka, visited many spots and learnt a lot about their background! We are also happy to hear that your guide was nice and knowledgeable, and ensured that you learnt about the places you visited. If you could kindly edit your review to include your guide's name, we will be sure to pass your comments to them to let them know that you appreciated their services, hospitality and vast knowledge. Thank you once again for choosing us, and we hope to see you again!
The tour was really good, learnt alot of new things about Japan that we wouldn't have known if we didn't book this tour ! Our tour guide Mutsuko Takano was wonderful and spoke great English. Highly recommend for people wanting a nice relaxing tour walking around the local gardens and shrines !
Hi Jackmaddison, Thank you for your comment! It is our pleasure to hear that you learn a lot about Japan from the tour! Places or things you encounter in your journey could probably have some sort of story behind it and we are trying to let more travelers have a chance to know about these. We will share your comment with your guide Mutsuko Takano. Again, thank you so much for choosing us. Best,
What a lovely day! Our guide Ume was delightful. Very professional and could not have been nicer. Showed us some secret gardens and hidden streets in Tokyo.
Hi 137charlesa, Thank you so much for the comment! I hope you had a great day with your otomo tour guide. I will let her know about your comment too. Again, thank you for choosing otomo. Best.
