Name: Old-day Tokyo and its curiosities: walking tour
SKU: 33854
Price: 10 USD
Availability: InStock

Duration: 3h

Activity Level: Easy

Experience: Adventure, Foodie, Historical

Language: English

Photo permit included

Tour by public transport

Canal Boat tour included

Train tickets included

Suitable for little children

Wheelchair accessible tour

Museum ticket included

Light snack included

Lunch included

Transportation included

Walking Tour

Overview

Tokyo is a modern megalopolis, filled with bustling atmosphere. However, its streets keep a great number of secrets. And now you have a great opportunity to discover some of them. A charming Ningyocho area will provide you with great memories and local souvenirs and goods made in Japan. One more great advantage is food tasting which will also be included in your authentic experience.

What's included

English-speaking guide
Food samplings (mentioned in the itinerary)

Pick-up and drop-off
Personal expenses
Transportation

Meting point: Ningyocho
Ending point: Mitsukoshimae Station

Highlights

Nihonbashi

Nihonbashi is a city district of Tokyo, just north of Ginza and northeast of Marunouchi and Tokyo Station. The bridge, after which the district is named, has been the kilometer zero marker for Japan's national highway network since the early Edo Period. Formerly a wooden bridge, the Nihonbashi was reconstructed in stone during the Meiji Period, and was covered by an expressway in the 1960s. You can cross a partial 1:1 replica of the original wooden bridge in the Edo-Tokyo Museum in Ryogoku, while a half sized replica of the bridge connects the fourth and fifth floors of the International Terminal at Haneda Airport.

Ningyocho

Ningyocho is a neighborhood of the Nihonbashi district, located in Tokyo’s Chuo ward. In the Edo period, it was a flourishing entertainment district that hosted Kabuki theaters and puppet shows. Many puppeteers, doll makers and craftsmen based their activity in this area which was named Ningyocho, (literally “Doll Town”). After the theaters burned down in the late Edo period they were moved to Asakusa.

Tokyo

Tokyo is the capital and most populous prefecture of Japan. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central Pacific coast of Japan's main island, Honshu. Tokyo is the political and economic center of the country, as well as the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the national government. In 2019, the prefecture had an estimated population of 13,929,280. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37.393 million residents as of 2020.

Itinerary

12:45

You will start your tour in Ningyocho where you will meet your tour guide. This district is filled with history and traditions of Japan and here you will be able to feel that.

Here you will also try some cakes which are considered to be Tokyo specialty. A family-owned bakery with a 100-year history will welcome you and your tour guide.

One more thing you will be able to try in one of the local shops is senbei. A local tenugui shop will show hand-woven towels which depict traditional Japanese stories.

Next stop on your itineray is one of the local shrines where you will get closer to the local culture. After that Nihonbashi is waiting for you. You will visit an old-fashioned stationery shop to explore the art of calligraphy. Another local shop will open you the local toothpick industry, all of which are handmade.

Your walking tour will come to an end 3 hours later.

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