Ashikaga is located 80km north From Tokyo. The city has a lovely atmosphere with a lot of tourist attractions for relaxing.
We'll explore the city of Ashikaga, such as visiting Ashikaga Gakko and Bannaji temple where you can see history and traditional culture. After lunch, we'll go to Ashikaga Flower Park which has a lot of beautiful flowers. The park is especially beautiful in wisteria season. Let's enjoy magnificent view of wisteria in the park!
At your hotel
After meeting at your hotel around 9 am, we'll take trains to Ashikaga. The meeting time might be slightly changed due to the location of your hotel.
If you're interested in, we'll go to Ashikaga Gakko and Bannaji temple.
We'll enjoy the beautiful flowers in the park.
We'll go back to your hotel or wherever you like to finish our tour.
At your hotel
Guide fee, transportation fares for me, hotel pick-up in Tokyo area
Transportation fares for you : Train fare between Tokyo area and Ashikaga about 9500 yen (including the bullet train tickets), Bus or Taxi if needed
** If you have JR Pass, the train fare would be much cheaper. Please tell me in advance.**
Lunch
Entrance fee for Ashikaga Gakko : 420 yen for adult, 210 yen for high school student, free for child
Entrance fee for Ashikaga Flower Park: 400 yen to 2100 yen for adult, 200 yen to 1100 yen for child, depending on season
Please let me know if you have any food allergies.
Also please let me know if you have JR pass before our tour.
We booked two tours with Yoko, one was this one day Tokyo tour and the other was the Kamakura tour. I entered my One Day Tour review on the other tour in error. Both tours were so wonderful, but I would like to recognize Yoko on the amazing job she did with the Kamakura tour. It was such a wonderful experience... We loved the train ride and the bus ride to Kamakura. We saw the Buddha, but because we are a foodie, we especially loved the soba noodles place Yoko introduced us to. Yoko was like family by the end of our tour...she was kind, helpful, and made sure we did all that we wanted. Our tour went a little longer than expected, but Yoko was flexible and very accommodating. When it was time to say goodbye, she gave us thank you gifts. We were sad to say goodbye. We will definitely seek her again next time we go back to Japan. Thank you Yoko for making us feel special and giving us memorable moments.
Thank you so much for such a fabulous review, Javier! The tour with all of you in Kamakura was fantastic. I was glad to hear that you enjoyed our tour and you loved the soba noodles restaurant. I felt the same feeling, yes, I felt like I was one of your family members or an old friend. I also felt sad when I had to say goodbye to you. I'm very glad to hear that I could help you have special and memorable moments in Kamakura and in Tokyo. I'm grateful for your kindness. I hope you will come to Tokyo again and hope to see you someday in the near future. Thank you again for having me as your guide.
Yoko, you were the sunshine of our trip. We are truly appreciative of all the effort you made to accommodate our group. We would never have been able to find all the places we visited during our 1 day tour. Thanks to your planning, we hit everything on our wish list and more. You hit everything on the nail.. you introduced us to the Japanese culture, you took us shopping, and best of all, you took us to a culinary adventure by telling us food we should try and took us to delicious restaurant. We were all so lucky to have you us our guide.
Thank you so much for posting such a lovely review, Javier! All of you were the sunshine to me! It was lovely meeting all of you. The day was one of the busiest time in Tokyo with lots of people, so I wasn't sure if you fully enjoyed Tokyo - but I was glad to see that all of you enjoyed sakura-mochi, seasonable sweets in Japan, at Tsukiji market. I was also glad to see that your children and niece looked really happy when we arrived in Akihabara. I'll never forget their reaction, which naturally made me smile. I was impressed by their knowledge and interest in Japan and Japanese culture. Touring with all of you was fun and interesting. Thank you so much for having me as your guide.
My custom day tour of Tokyo with Yoko could not have been better. She has a great ability to adapt to requests and still keep us on schedule. Very knowledgeable, very well-prepared, very friendly. We covered a lot of ground and saw all the places on my list by walking and using the Metro. Yoko is an excellent guide and I would strongly recommend her to anyone wanting a great professional tour of Tokyo. Thank you, Yoko!
Thank you so much for posting such a fabulous review, Mike! I had a very beautiful time with you. Talking to you was really intriguing and fun. I'm very impressed with your story you kindly told me. I'm grateful for your kindness and thoughtfulness. I hope I could meet you and your wife someday in the near future when you come to Tokyo. Thank you so much again for having me as your guide. Have a lovely journey in Japan and please take care.
Yoko was informative and answered all of our questions. She shared information about each site we visited and took us to a great restaurant with delicious dishes. I highly recommend Yoko as a guide around beautiful Kamakura.
Thank you so much for posting such a great review, Ana! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed our tour. The rainy season brought us humidity all the day, but it was nice we didn't have rain on the day. I had a lovely day with you and all of your family. Talking with all of you was fun and interesting and I was so glad to hear that your dream coming to Japan has come true. I hope you have had a lovely journey in Japan. Thank you for having me as your guide. Please take care!