Kanagawa in One Day: Daikoku Pier. — Guide Akey

What Is a Private Cruise Port Tour from Daikoku Pier to Asakusa and Shibuya Like? A Licensed Guide's Report

The cruise ship had docked early that day. Disembarkation began around 13:20. The guide schedule was set to start at 14:30, but the bus from Tsurumi Station to Daikoku Pier runs only once an hour, and while I was searching for the boarding point, I missed it and ended up having to pay an extra 3,400 yen in taxi fare. The tour was scheduled to begin at 14:30, but I arrived at Daikoku Pier at 13:10. Disembarkation started at 13:20. I waited at the passenger exit for over an hour, holding the folding fan I had attached to an email beforehand as a marker, but even past 14:30 I could not meet them. At 14:40, someone from another travel agency called my mobile phone to say the guests were waiting, and they were in fact waiting very close by. I first presented the group with four Mount Fuji glasses as souvenirs (cost 5,976 yen). Due to traffic congestion on the expressway, the planned visits to Ueno Park and Asakusa could not both be completed, so I changed the plan to Sensoji Temple only. In the rain, since one of the guests was using a cane and it would have been very difficult to walk through Ueno Park, having them buy an umbrella at Nakamise and focusing solely on Sensoji Temple, where the cherry blossoms were in bloom, turned out to be the right decision. Since this was the group's first visit to Japan, on the way to Shibuya we stopped along Ginza Street to take commemorative photos, and for dinner they enjoyed the lobster course they had chosen in advance at TEPPAN YAKI 10 SHIBUYA on the 12th floor of the Shibuya Scramble Square building. It was truly wonderful cuisine, and all of the guests took photos of the dishes and were very satisfied. Because of the rain, the rooftop of Shibuya Sky was closed, so they enjoyed the night view from the 46th floor. I tried to guide them to the Scramble Crossing, but due to the rain they wished to return to the ship. Since there is no easy transport from Daikoku Pier to JR Tsurumi Station, with their understanding I had them take the car from Shibuya, and I concluded the guiding. Osanbashi Pier has good transport access, but Daikoku Pier is very inconvenient, and getting into Tokyo involves expressway congestion, so starting in the afternoon only allows visiting one location. Also, with a large cruise ship of over 100,000 tons, there are many disembarking passengers, disembarkation takes a long time and is irregular, so meeting the guests can be difficult in some cases even when holding a marker.

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Tour Report by Akey

Hello, new friends! I’m Akio Yasui. I was born in Kyoto City and graduated from Doshisha University in Kyoto and moved to Tokyo for working. I used to work for international companies as a marketing advertising specialist. I have been to fourty five different countries until now and been to all prefectures in Japan.
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