Panoramic Tokyo Day Tour - Meiji Shrine, Asakusa Temple and Tokyo Bay Cruise

Tokyo, Japan

There's much to see in bustling Tokyo and this full-day tour is the perfect introduction to the city's sights. You'll visit Japan's most famous Shinto shrine, take a stroll around the gardens of the Imperial Palace and spend time at Tokyo's oldest Buddhist temple. Complete your comprehensive city tour with a relaxing 50-minute cruise on Tokyo Bay.

Your full-day tour includes the following highlights:

• Meiji Shinto Shrine, Japan's most famous Shinto shrine, dedicated to the Emperor Meiji and his consort
• Akasaka Palace, now known as the Akasaka Guest House and used as state accommodation for visiting dignitaries
• Driving past the Japanese Capitol (House of Parliament)
• Strolling through the impressive Imperial Palace East Garden, once the grounds of an old Edo castle, with a tea pavilion, Japanese garden, moats and stone walls  the garden is closed on Mondays and Fridays, when you will visit Nijubashi (Double Bridge) at the main gate of the Palace instead
• Asakusa Kannon Temple (also known as Senso-ji), the oldest and most popular Buddhist temple in Tokyo
• Nakamise Shopping Street, a colorful shopping arcade crammed with tiny food and souvenir shops
• Driving through the famous Ginza shopping district, Tokyo's most celebrated shopping and amusement area
• Western-style lunch (vegetarian options available) at the Pastel-Tei restaurant overlooking the Hamarikyu Garden, the only surviving Edo-period seaside garden
• 50-minute Tokyo Bay cruise
• Drive over Rainbow Bridge to visit the futuristic waterfront Aqua City shopping mall

USD $124.29

Review by: Judy F	November 2011
Excellent Tour, covered all the important areas of Tokyo, had an excellent lunch. Only downside was bus seats were not very big for large people.

Review by: Warren C	November 2011
Great way to get the feel of Tokyo and all the major sites out of the way on the first day. Tour guide (Junkie?) was excellent, sweet and complete! Nice lunch in panoramic hotel restaurant 'roof' top. Good lesson on city layout, how to use the metro, and some rules of the city....

Review by: Tampa C	November 2011
Wonderful tour, would have liked guide to talk about the different buildings and areas we passed.

Review by: Miaohsun S	November 2011
The tour was enjoyable.We were a little disappointed that the cruise around the Tokyo bay was kind of short.

Review by: Marzenna S	October 2011
The best way to visit Tokyo. Very good tour operator in Japan.

Review by: Gabrielle C	October 2011
Very thorough trip but I wish we had more time to stop off at certain areas like Asakusa Kannon Temple. I could have done without the Bay Cruise personally

Review by: Christine F	October 2011
A bit of a whistle stop tour of the major sights. Could have done with more time at some of the shrines. Probably a bit disappointing due to the heavy rain.

Review by: Drew L	August 2011
Very good tour. Guide was knowledgable and spoke decent English.

Review by: Ali J	August 2011
Good Tour. Excellent tour guide who speaks good English and has made the tour very enjoyable and worthy.

Review by: James K	August 2011
The tour was excellent, and the guide was superb. She was quite knowledgeable, and her English was flawless. My son and I had just one day for sightseeing in Tokyo, and this was the perfect way to see as much as possible. The lunch provided was only so-so, but who cares? There are a million restaurants in the world but only one Tokyo. My favorite place was the East Garden of the Imperial Palace. My son really enjoyed the hour-long cruise in Tokyo Bay.

Review by: Arlene H	July 2011
Really enjoyed the full-day tour of Tokyo. Very comprehensive tour. The lunch was quite good, not a quick-processed meal for large groups that is common on tours. The view from the restaurant was spectacular. I also loved the Tokyo Bay cruise. The last stop at a shopping mall was not interesting and there wasn't enough time there to make the stop worthwhile. Would rather have spent more time at the gardens of the Imperial Palace.

Review by: Isabel W	July 2011
This was an excellent introduction to tokyo and packed a lot into a day without feeling rushed. The guides were great - filled us in on all sorts of local background and customs as well as giving us a historical setting. Well priced. well worth it.

Review by: MICHAEL M	July 2011
Excellent tour and introduction to Tokyo and Japan._br/_ Good guide, spoke good english and was very informative.

Review by: James W	June 2011
Best way to spend a day in Tokyo!

Review by: gordon	June 2011
excellent all-day tour of many highlights of tokyo. no complaints!!!! recommend to any traveler wishing to see this great city.

Review by: Michael H	June 2011
Gave us a great overview of Tokyo and our guide was very entertaining and her English was exceptional.

Review by: Christopher H	June 2011
Everything was just great! I highly advise this tour to a first time Tokyo visitor!!!!

Review by: tatsuzakius	June 2011
All the tour in Tokyo was great, wonderful places and very good service.The only thing that was little bit disapointed was its lunch.....was totally western style, we expected a more traditional Japanese food.

Review by: Rory O	May 2011
Overall we enjoyed the tour very much. The tour guide, Kourie (Curry) was excellent and gave us very good information. For me, the highlights were the walls, moat and gardens of the old Imperial Palace.

Review by: Francine G	March 2011
Glad we did this tour as we were only in Tokyo for 2 days - It was nice to be on a bus to see the streets as opposed to traveling on the subway. we also had the added bonus of snow falling which gave the city fresh perspective, and how sad, since this was 3 days before the major earthquake. I wish the bus had driven through other areas of Tokyo that we did not get to see on our own, like Shinjuko and the fish market, but otherwise, we saw everything else. Not much to see no the Daibo Island, would have preferred another cultural site. Hope our tour leader, Mina, is ok after the earthquake.

Review by: John A	February 2011
Our guide was amazingly knowledgeable and provided a wonderful day of experiences in Tokyo. Even in January, Tokyo is an amazing city! An excellent experience! Will definitely book with Viator again.

Review by: Alexander H	February 2011
What a city. Great views, scenery and great guide. Highly recommend :)

Review by: Kim S	February 2011
Excellent tour guide! Informative, efficient, well organized and enjoyable. Visit to national palace park not worth it in winter time, gardens dry and not much to see; also did not to visit Odaiba. More time would have been appreciated at other tourist sites or at the Oriental Market for gift shopping. Thank you, Kim Steenberg

Review by: rehaballa e	January 2011
The trip was marvelous i enjoyed the trip very much the tour guide was really great and very helpful, in addition , the lunch was extremely good. the trip was very organized and just in time .

Review by: Eliseo H	January 2011
Our day tour is magnificent and worth it .Tour guide Kay is very accommodating and friendly...Lunch is awesome and the sky restaurant has a good view of the Japanese garden..Itinerary is A okay and recommended to those who wants to see Tokyo in a day.

Review by: John-Paul C	January 2011
very good tour for people without a lot of time like me

Review by: Linda E	January 2011
Absolutely brilliant, seeing as i have never travelled befor and now at the age of 60 and being a women on her own,doing these tours through viator,I felt so relaxed and safe.The guide was so helpful and spoke very good English,as the Japanese do not speak it. I could not fault the tours,so organised and nothing was hurried or missed. Well worth the money.Would definately recommend the tours and the Company.

Review by: JANE R	January 2011
this trip was excellant. If you only have a few days in Tokyo like we did its perfect to see lots of city sites but not rushed at all. Guide was brilliant

Review by: Jose O	December 2010
Mr. Sato I believe was our tour guides name was awesome on this one and would recommend it.

Review by: JACQUELINE G	November 2010
Godd tour for seeing the sights of Tokyo - a must if you are visiting Tokyo

Review by: Thu T	November 2010
Very good our guide had a good sense of humour and the sites were beautiful good value for money

Review by: Karina A	November 2010
This day tour was fantastic and as was our tour guide. Tour gave a good grounding of the city and stopped at all the necessary places. Was slightly disappointed by the Western lunch, would have preferred a traditional Japanese lunch but otherwise a highly recommended tour and a very well-organized tour company.

Review by: Brigitte S	November 2010
The itinerary of guided tour and organization of the tour were very good but the guide was not. He kept repeating everything he said 5 to 10 times. Could have given a lot more information about the city or the sights we were visiting.

Review by: Angela N	November 2010
A great way to start our trip to Tokyo, a busy day with heaps to see and do. Very well organised and a great tour guide

Review by: Steven L	November 2010
We loved the day. We were nervous about finding our way around Tokyo but the tour provided us with an excellent introduction to this fascinating city. We later explored on our own. Our guide was wonderful and friendly to all on the tour. We very much appreciated the peace of the Japanese temples and gardens. Great!

Review by: Rita C	November 2010
It was wonderful. Loved the tour! It was fun and informative. Lunch was wonderful.

Review by: Linda K	November 2010
Everything was perfectly timed at each location to allow for shopping and sightseeing. Nothing was rushed.

Review by: Jenny T	November 2010
Great day out to explore the highlights of Tokyo. Tour guide was excellent as he was very knowledgeable. There wasn't enough time spent at certain places due to the time constraints. Lunch was superb. Western style lunch which was three courses plus a glass of wine over looking the harbor. Definitely recommend this tour.

Review by: Terri M	November 2010
Excellent full day tour. Our tour guide was superb!! A variety of sights with appropriate time at each stop.

Review by: HONG X	October 2010
great tour. great guide. lunch was included and was great!

Review by: Jane T, United States of America	July 2010
Our family my husband and I with two teenage daughters enjoyed the Tokyo Day Tour. Tokyo is such a big city, much bigger and spread out than I expected so the tour was great to situate us as far as how the city is laid out. The tour with the hotel pick up was great so we didn't have to try to figure out how to get from point A to B on our first day in Tokyo. Our tour guide Mei-san had fantastic English and a great sense of humor. The tour took us to historical sites with commentary when we pass through some important modern buildings. We were able to see a traditional Japanese wedding at the Meiji Shento Shrine which was really interesting. The Asakusa Temple is fun for the busy shopping streets in front. The western style lunch was so so since we would prefer Japanese lunch boxes however, the view from the top of the little hotel was very pretty. The after lunch cruise was very relaxing especially on that extremely hot day. We enjoyed our last stop at the Japanese version of the 1 store which was amazing since we found everything in Japan to be too expense. Overall, this is a great tour for anyone visiting Tokyo for the first time - we didn't have to worroy about anything and just get on and off the bus and learn from Mei-San.

Review by: Beverley W, United Kingdom	July 2010
the tour guide was excellent. She was very informative and spoke perfect English. We had a lovely day, my only gripe being that the cruise around Tokyo Bay was not long enough.

Review by: Lisa W, United States of America	July 2010
This was an excellent all day tour! We enjoyed all the site visits and the bay cruise. Our tour guide, Tomiko, is one of the best tour guides we've ever had. She spoke really good English, is a happy person and very knowledgeable. Thanks for an excellent day in Tokyo!

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	June 2010
the tour was fantastic..there was plenty of opportunity to take pictures and see sights of Tokyo...the best part of the tour was the super friendly and knowledgeable tour guide...thank you for the most enjoyable trip of my stay

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	June 2010
Amazing! From booking to being on the tour a very good experience! The meal provided was just as amazing! Highly recommend for all first time visitors to Tokyo, Japan. Thanks again!

Review by: Stephen G, United States of America	June 2010
This is a good way to get your bearings around Tokyo. We did it the first day to get the lay of th land, for exploring on our own later in the week. Nice tour!

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	June 2010
Tour guide was exceptional, saving a poor weather day with history, insigts and humor. Good overall coverage of Tokyo.

Review by: David H, Japan	May 2010
Great trip, hit most of what I wanted to do in Tokyo on one day.

Review by: Françoise G, France	May 2010
Excellent tour to start your personal visit of Tokio

Review by: Katherine H, United States of America	May 2010
The supplier viator chose for this tour JTB-Sunrise Tours is really something. Professional, helpful and everything one could wish of a tour company. Even better, the tour guide they provided us is outstanding. Went the extra mile on basically everything. Any questions we had on ancient buildings, beautiful landscapes, etc...she knew and answered. Questions about how to get to so-and-so hotel after the tour or to Tokyo Station so I could get to Kyoto by that night She had that covered as well. She even small things like where can I find this obscure little souvenir my aunt wants me to bring back. And, of course, it didn't hurt that she was incredibly funny and just a very, very awesome tour guide. I highly recommend this tour for three reasons 1 that JTB - Sunrise Tours has tour guides in their hire such as the one I had never had such a great tour in my life 2 that JTB-Sunrise Tours made the pick up from my hotel and drop off to Tokyo Station very easy and convenient for me 3 that the locations they chose Shinju Shrine, Tokugawa Castle, etc were all incredible places that I'm glad I saw.