I will pick you up at Haneda Airport and take you to your hotel in Tokyo.
Upon your arrival, I will assist your travel in Japan such as Money exchange, purchase of SIM and IC card for public transportations.
We will use trains to the nearest station to your hotel so you have to carry your luggage. On the way to your hotel, I will show you how to use the public transportations and recommend useful applications for them for those who want to travel by themselves.
Pick-up: In front of the tourist information center, on your right just out of custom inspection, Send -off: At your hotel
I will meet you in front of the tourist information center.
You will find it on your right just out of the custom inspection.
Please check out the meeting spot on the picture of this tour.
I will wear a derby hat (bowler) and hold my iPad with your name and mine (GoWithGuide) on it.
I can send you a short message to confirm my arrival if your smart phone is active on your arrival.
I will assist you to do the following get ready to travel Japan.
Money exchange (Cash or card)
Purchase of SIM
Purchase of IC card for public transportations
I will take you to your hotel in Tokyo, usually by the public transportations.
There are two train companies; Airport monorail and Keihinkyuko line so I will choose the easiest one for you.
You may take a taxi if you want, it is not so expensive and easy if you have many pieces of large baggage; from 5,000 to 10,000 JPY.
At your hotel
You don't have to worry about finding your hotel after a long flight.
This tour is also good for those who have a long waiting time for their transit flight.
But you have to extend the tour to cover what you want to do.
pick-up, send-off
transportation fee of you and the guide
There is little restriction due to COVID 19 in Japan since 2023. I was vaccinated six times with the Pfizer one.
The earliest pick-up time at your hotel is 8:00AM.
The guiding fee doesn't include the transportation cost of you and the guide which is about 1,000 JPY per adult.
I will charge you my lodging cost of 10,000 JPY if the pick up time is earlier than 8:00AM.
It will be about 1,000 JPY per adult, 500 per children between 6 and 11, and free under 6.
Maximum number I can handle is 10 people and please pay 4,000 JPY per person from the 6th.
We met Yuki at our hotel at 9:00. The weather was overcast. Yuki leant us his passes to travel to Kegon waterfall and Lake Chuzen . By the time we arrived it was impossible to see the falls or lake, we returned to Nikko. While a guide cannot determine the weather an experienced guide would have checked ahead, avoided wasting 2 hours on a bus and suggested an alternative itinerary…..that’s what a guide with local knowledge would have done. We suggested a stop at Nikko Botanical Gardens. Yuki had not visited them …surprising again lack of local knowledge. After lunch we toured the various temples and shrines. Yuki did not tell us anything that was not on the notice boards walking ahead with no attempt to add to our knowledge. We finished about4 returning to our hotel where Yuki was helpful ….we wanted to send some luggage ahead and he compiled the necessary forms In summary very expensive…40,000yen to GowithGuide and another 20,000 to Yuki for “travel and accommodation “ a total of 60,000yen Yuki added little to what we could have done by ourselves. Yuki is not a knowledgeable guide for Nikko and should not be marketed as such We look forward to your response.
Dear Ian Sorry for your disappointment. I usually take my guests from Tokyo fort one day tour. You should have known that from my offer. It was very unfortunate that it was so foggy to see anything near the lake on the upper part of Nikko mountains. I planned to take you to the waterfall and lake cruise but neither seemed to work well. So I followed your request to visit the Garden. Then, I took you to Tosho-gu shrine and Rinno-ji temple after Futabasan Shrine which I added as your wife asked me. Please enjoy your trip to Japan and give my best regards to your wife. Thank you for taking my tour. Yuki
This was supposed to be an eye opening experience on the Shinkansen to Hakone. Not long after we transferred to the mountain train, all power shut down so we were stuck on the train for 2 hours before the authorities allowed all passengers to exit thru the train’s emergency exit in the first car, one by one down a narrow ladder. Of course we sat in the 1st train and were the last ones to exit. We never made it to Lake Ashi or the ropeway, but had a decent lunch before heading back to Tokyo. It was a much shorter trip than originally planned, and quite expensive. Our guide Yuki was attentive and tried his best to find alternative transportation. I only wished he had offered a partial refund.
Dear Nina Thank you for writing a review of my tour. It was so unfortunate not only the weather but also the loss of power of the train. I had been advising you not to visiting Hakone on the day based on the weather forecast. But you insisted Hakone so I took you there. Sorry not to think of refunding you. Best regards Yuki
Yuki is a fantastic guide and provided a great introduction to Tokyo including deep knowledge of the sights we visited, helping us learn the public transportation system, and having a great lunch at a favorite spot of his. Very clear communicator prior to and during our tour. Really enjoyed our day in Tokyo with Yuki.
Dear Eric Thank you for your nice review of my tour. We visited Shibuya Sky, Meiji Shrine, and Imperial Palace East Gardens. I was worried about the weather but it was perfect for Skibuya SKy and thank you for providing my admission fee. Please give my best regards to Jenifer. Yuki
Yuki was great. He was knowledgeable and had great ideas for places to visit. He kept in touch with us regarding the typhoon that was going through Japan and how it affected our scheduled tours. I would definitely recommend him to anyone visiting tokyo.
Dear Martin Thank you for your review. It was a very quiet authentic tour of Tokyo. We visited Nezu shrine, Koraku-en Garden, and Zojyo-ji Temple. Thank you very much for taking my tour. Yuki