Tour Itinerary
- 13:00 Meet at the hotel
- 13:15 JR Pass exchange procedure and Shinkansen reservation
- 14:15 Imperial Palace East Gardens
- 15:45 Lunch in Asakusa
- 16:30 Sensoji Temple and Asakusa Shrine
- 18:00 Guide around Ikebukuro, Sunshine City, anime, animal cafes, etc.
- 18:50 End
Title: What's a Full-Day Private Tokyo Tour Like? A Licensed Guide's Report on the Imperial Palace, Asakusa, and Ikebukuro Anime Spots The guests were visitors from North America. To begin with, there was an issue with obtaining the JR Pass tickets, as the outcome differed from what the guests had expected. The guests planned to visit Kanazawa, Kyoto, and Osaka. In this case, the ticket is treated as a Hokuriku Shinkansen Pass, which does not allow travel on the Tokaido Shinkansen. This means that traveling to Kyoto would have to be routed via the Hokuriku Shinkansen. The guests did not seem entirely convinced, but this is the kind of thing that can happen when guests purchase online themselves. In the end, it was resolved and they agreed. I guided them around the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace and Asakusa. For lunch, they enjoyed their favorite chicken dishes — oyakodon and chicken teriyaki — along with beer, which restored their good spirits. Then I guided them to the anime spots in Ikebukuro, including Sunshine City and the Animate building.
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Transportation cost per person
| No. | Transportation | Route | Fare |
| Section 1 | Subway | Ikebukuro～Otemachi | 210JPY |
| Section 2 | Subway | Otemachi～Asakusa | 180JPY |
| Section 3 | Subway | Asakusa～Ikebukuro | 360JPY |
| Total | 750JPY | ||
My name is Shuji, meaning “Excellent Manager” in English. I was born in Hiroshima 1952. I have 2 children and 3 grandchildren.
After graduating Kyoto Univ. I joined Mitsubishi-UFJ Bank, Osaka Branch where I met my wife who was a master of Englsih, so I started studying English.
The bank allowed me to go to Columbia Graduate business school in New York and got MBA Degree there. I worked in London and Manchester Branch.
During staying in U.K., I was introduced by BBC and Financial Times News Paper about my achievement there. I was selected as a personal assistant and interpreter for the President of the Bank.
I made many business trips with him to overseas countries. I experienced as an interpreter for meeting late Henry Kissinger and the President of Citi. Corp.
I changed the job to ORIX corporation, there I was promoted to a Board Member. When the company had acquired Dutch company, I was a member as an accountant to check the Dutch company’s statements of accounts.
My hobbies are cooking, singing a song, playing tennis & golf, enjoy seeing arts especially opera & musical, travel. I am also busy with taking care of grandchildren. I passed Government Licensed Guide Exam. in 2016. After I retired in 2017, I started guide job as a part timer. So far, I accomplished guide job more than 500 times.
My area coverage is from Tokyo, Hakone, Kamakura, Mt. Fuji to Kyoto, Nara, Oaka, Hiroshima. I am also able to guide Tea Ceremony, Maiko/Geisha, Sushi Making, Calligraphy, Sumo, Samurai, etc. I can speak excellent English. My knowledge is very wide and deep about not only sightseeing places but Japanese History, Culture, Religion, Daily Life. I know many foreign countries and people. I love talking with all kinds of people including babies with interesting humor.
By the way, I look young for my age of 74.
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Viator review: Tokyo Customized Private Tour in 1 Day with Licensed Guide
Great experience tour with professional tour guide very educate and well speaking English he show us for seven hours the best of Tokyo city you have to see mr. shj.yokoyama thank you so much
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Shuji is the best! Once we booked this tour, he reached…
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AmyfromPlano
Shuji is the best! Once we booked this tour, he reached out immediately to make sure that we had a customized tour of what we wanted to see and do in Nara. The level of details in his emails was incredible! Not only did Shuji plan a great tour but he also went above and beyond by explaining the Japan rail system, the public transportation cards (Suica, Pasmo, etc.) and even told us exactly what trains, times and gates to exit so that our meetup was seamless. Been on a lot of tours around the world and have never had this level of communication. Once we started our tour, Shuji was articulate, knowledgeable and so much fun! Nara is amazing and Shuji made it so much better – please request him!
