Explore Tokyo's coolest retro neighborhood: Shimokitazawa
Voted one of the coolest neighborhoods in the world, you'll explore a maze of quirky stores, boho coffee shops, live houses, and artist studios
How It Works
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Complete your personalisation form after booking, for a tailored experience.Explore with your matched host
We match you with a local host who shapes the route around you.Experience Overview
Time:
3 hoursWhat to expect:
Fully tailored to your preferencesLanguage:
Hosted in English (Other languages may be requested)Meeting point:
原宿駅, Harajuku Station, 1-chōme-18-18 Jingūmae, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0001, JapanCancellation:
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experienceWhat to bring:
- We recommend wearing comfortable shoes and carrying a light bag for your essentials.
- Public transport may be used during the experience - please bring a travel card or small amount of cash for fares.
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Reviews of Our Tokyo Experiences
Excellent trip - Shohei is a fabulous guide
Read moreAmir was a fantastic guide! He is very multicultural and multilingual which makes his perspective very interesting and relatable. His knowledge of the area was exactly what we needed. It was away from anything touristy and that made the experience even more special! Thank you Amir! My kids really loved it too! They also found so many unusual and unique pieces to buy. Definitely happy about choosing to do this activity!
Read moreKieran as a guide was absolutely fantastic and prior to our experience contacted me to tailor the tour exactly to my needs. He was very knowledgeable and made many suggestions for visits along the way. Great sense of humour - great tour! Highly recommend- 5 stars from me!
Read moreChisato is a wonderful generous, guide who tailored a wonderful tour around Shimokitazawa. We had a lot of fun going to places we would never have found without someone with local. We had a lot of laughs and learned so much along the way. We highly recommend Chisato if you’re heading to Tokyo and need a guide to show you a local perspective
Read moreWe had a wonderful day with Chisato. Not only was she a great tour guide, she is a wonderful person too. She tailored the tour to suit what we like and wanted to do. She was also generous in sharing her local knowledge so we learned lots along the way. She even made sure we got on the right train on the way home. We highly recommend a tour with Chisato for an engaging, fun, and insightful Tokyo experience. Thank you again Chisato, it was an experience we will never forget. We feel very luck to have met you ♥️
Read moreThe Shimokitazawa neighborhood is awesome! Our guide Nobu was so friendly and answered all of our many questions about Japan not just Shimokitazawa. He also gave us some ideas to do for the next part of our trip. We really enjoyed this activity and our guide, Nobu.
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