Explore Kanagawa with our officially recognized tour guides
If you’re planning to visit Kanagawa and want to make the most of your trip, we recommend booking a tour with a official tour guide. The knowledgeable and friendly guides will take you to all the best sights and hidden gems that Kanagawa has to offer.
Visitors can make their own original stamps to engrave their names or illustrations on the surface of the glass. The gallery will also feature a variety of Japanese tableware made for dishes served at nearby Japanese restaurants.
Tour to visit Kakuon-ji Temple and Hokoku-ji Temple. At Kakuon-ji, visitors will learn about the spirit of the samurai and discover why the Japanese have always valued harmony and found beauty in simplicity. At Hokoku-ji Temple, visitors can experience the spirit of Zen in the bamboo garden.
Stroll around temples and shrines and back streets of Kamakura while avoiding crowded sightseeing. Old temples and shrines and back streets offer different perspectives throughout the year, depending on the weather and changing foliage. Since the tour starts early in the morning, you can make other sightseeing plans in the afternoon.
You will visit two "must-see" spots, the Daibutsu (Great Buddha) and Hasedera, as well as other spots chosen by the guide, such as cherry blossom viewing spots in spring and autumn foliage viewing spots in fall. Local guides will show you the best places to visit at that time.
Explore Kamakura and experience special Japanese tea at CHABAKKA TEA PARKS. Enjoy a permanent exhibition of authentic Noh stage costumes and Noh masks at Nohbutai Café Kagura.
Visitors will visit the beautiful bamboo garden at Hokoku-ji Temple, enjoy matcha green tea at Jomyo-ji Temple, and participate in Zen meditation with a Zen monk at Kencho-ji Temple.
Visitors can walk or job to experience, meditating at Engakuji Temple, playing omikuji at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, and washing money at Senarai Benzaiten Temple. Finally, experience making your own tea at an old private house cafe in Kamakura.
A visit to the sacred places featured in Ghibli's "From Up on Poppy Hill". The tour will visit the Yamate area of Yokohama, including Harbor View Hill Park, Kokudozaka, Miyazaki Flower Shop, and Hotel New Grand.
Tour with locals to paint watercolors on postcards under the guidance of a Japanese artist. The instructor is a Japanese painter, famous for his large murals in the lobby of the Yokohama Sheraton Hotel.
A walking tour of Yokohama "for those in the know". Through historical and contemporary sites, food and beverages, visitors can feel the past, present and future of Yokohama.
Tour in which you can visit 2 different thrift stores while enjoying Yokohama's beautiful scenery. The tour stops at World Porters, Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, Yokohama Chinatown, and others.
Yokohamabashi Shopping Street, which is called the food kitchen of Yokohama residents "Hamakko" and preserves a good old-fashioned atmosphere, and Isezakicho Shopping Street, a 1.2-km-long shopping street lined with long-established stores and chain stores founded in the Meiji and Taisho eras. Hamakko guides will take you on a walking tour of these two shopping streets where you can feel the deep life of downtown Yokohama.
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Unravel the connection between the eight million gods that live in Japanese culture and tradition and the people of Yokohama. Learn the secrets and unique story of Yokohama as you travel through time from Iseyama Imperial Shrine to Minatomirai.
Tour of temples, shrines, and Edo period mansions in the suburbs of Yokohama (on foot and partially by city bus).
You can have your picture taken with your host in kimono in front of Kengo Kuma's guest house at a temple and a mansion with a thatched roof built in the Edo period. You can buy Japanese sweets together at a long-established store in the shopping arcade and have them with matcha green tea in the garden of the residence.
Have you ever seen the fish used in sushi in person? This tour is a great way to learn about fish for sushi while observing fish caught in and around Kanagawa Prefecture at the wholesale market. You may even get to see tuna being filleted. After the tour, you can have one fish dish of your choice at a restaurant in the market.
This tour is a great way to get to know Yokohama and visit photo spots. Anime fans can take pictures of Pokémon, view the Port of Yokohama from the observation deck, and stop by the Red Brick Warehouse.
You can spend half a day visiting the seven gods of good fortune, who are thought to bring wealth and good luck, and get a red seal. During the tour, you can take a ride on the Enoden and enjoy a spectacular view of the Shonan Sea and Enoshima Island.
From Morito Shrine to Hayama Marina, this tour will take you to popular tourist spots in Hayama, including tourist attractions, local stores, and viewpoints of Mt. Fuji and the beach, as well as some of the hidden gems recommended by locals.
Strawberry picking and beach walking tour (depending on the season, the tour may change to Kawazu Cherry Blossoms). Explanation about Japanese agriculture and food culture while walking in the farmland.
Tour to learn about the history of castles in Japan, walking along the beautiful path of Odawara Castle walls, where the history of the Samurai began. We will also visit the last place of the Hojo clan. At the end of the tour, you can relax your tired feet in a footbath.
Walk through the flat areas of Hakone and appreciate nature. Using binoculars, you can observe wild birds and see distant spots more clearly. You will encounter wildflowers, insects, and birds that are rare in Japan, and if you are lucky, you may even see deer, wild boars, raccoons, and other wild mammals.
This hiking tour allows visitors to experience the popular "Daisen Pilgrimage" of the Edo period.
Visitors can enjoy the mountain's natural beauty and sacred history, including the 2,200-year-old Aburi Shrine and the pilgrimage.
Soba-making experience in Hadano. Not only will the important points to note about soba noodle making be explained, but also the history as well. Through this experience, participants can communicate with each other and enjoy making soba in an enjoyable environment.
Kagura culture is deeply related to the Japanese spirituality of praying for a bountiful harvest, and rice has been one of the most important harvest products for the Japanese since ancient times. On this tour, you can watch a kagura performance, have your picture taken in costume, and even experience making onigiri (rice balls).
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