PRIVATE TOUR EXPLORE TOKYO HIGHLIGHTS FROM CRUISE PORT

Tour Type: Highlights, Scenic, Historical

Active Level: Light

Tour Duration: 9 Hours

Private Tour Explore Tokyo City Highlights From Cruise Port

At Asakura Nakamise Street, your day begins quietly, in contrast to Tokyo's bright vitality. Nakamise is the most well-known shopping street in Asakusa. The street runs 250 meters along the main approach to Sensoji Temple and is lined on both sides by merchants that sell traditional souvenirs, snacks, and sweets.

Private Tour Explore Tokyo City Highlights From Cruise Port Itinerary:

07:30 - 08:00 - 08:30 - 09:00: Your expert tour guide and driver will pick you up from outside the Tokyo International Cruise Terminal with a welcome sign.

Private Tour Explore Tokyo City Highlights From Cruise Port

08:30 - 09:30: Visit Asakura Nakamise Street. Asakusa's Nakamise commercial district is considered to have started in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, when people were granted permission to erect businesses on temple grounds. In exchange, the new stores were expected to offer cleaning services and keep the temple grounds beautiful.

Private Tour Explore Tokyo City Highlights From Cruise Port

09:30 - 10:30: Transfer to Odaiba and see the Rainbow Bridge, Tokyo Tower, and Tokyo Imperial Palace.

Pass by Tokyo Tower:

The Tokyo Tower, constructed in 1958, is a 333-meter communications and observation tower. Inspired by the Eiffel Tower, it is painted in the iconic international colors of orange and white for aviation safety. For decades, it has been a revered symbol of Japan's postwar recovery and a pop culture icon.

Pass by the Tokyo Imperial Palace:

Originally the seat of the Tokugawa Shogunate, which ruled Japan for decades, the sprawling gardens became the imperial residence after the capital was moved from Kyoto to Tokyo in 1869. Although some houses were destroyed during WWII, the grounds have been meticulously restored and divided into distinct parts.

Private Tour Explore Tokyo City Highlights From Cruise Port

10:30 - 12:00: Visit Odaiba. Odaiba has a great concentration of intriguing attractions, and you could easily spend many days exploring them all. These include Sony Explora Science, Shiokaze Park, the Miraikan, Fuji TV Station, the Panasonic Center, the Big Sight Convention Center, and the School Ghost House.

Private Tour Explore Tokyo City Highlights From Cruise Port