Private Tour

Tokyo 6hr Private Guided Tour & Japanese Sweets Making Experience

Overview

Available languages

Japanese

English

6 hours

Mobile ticket

This 6 hour Tokyo walking tour includes a 1-hour lesson on how to make traditional Japanese sweets, Wagashi!

Wagashi dates back to the Edo period. These sweets are usually made by kneading and mixing sweetened white bean jam, Japanese yam, and glutinous rice flour. The sweets are designed after the traditional Japanese seasons and calendar. With their beautiful designs, Wagashi are the “art of the five senses.”

Your Wagashi experience is in Asakusa. Your guide will drop you off at Jidaiya after a 5-hour walking tour.

Start time: Your start time for the experience may vary. The estimated time for the experience will be about 5 hours from the start of the tour.You will be able to visit about 2 to 3 sights of your choice on this tour.

This tour includes a standard course wagashi experience only.

Experience Time: about 60 minutes. Depends on group size.

Standard course does not include tea ceremony or Kimono.

Age: This program is for those 12 years old and up.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Only for those 12 and over. Not for young children or babies.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What To Expect

Jidaiya's Japanese culture experience programs are for those seeking for a good alternative of Asakusa sightseeing and for the people who wish to have more prpfound and authentic Japanese experience.

1 hour • Admission Not Applicable

Asakusa

Asakusa (浅草) is the center of Tokyo's shitamachi (literally "low city"), one of Tokyo's districts, where an atmosphere of the Tokyo of past decades survives. Asakusa's main attraction is Sensoji, a very popular Buddhist temple, built in the 7th century. The temple is approached via the Nakamise, a shopping street that has been providing temple visitors with a variety of traditional, local snacks and tourist souvenirs for centuries.

20 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

What‘s Included

Wagashi making experience

Meet up with guide in Tokyo *on foot

Licensed Local Guide

Customizable Tour of your choice of 2-3 sites from 'What to expect' list

Private transportation

Transportation fees: 24 hour Metro Pass Adult: 800 yen, Child: 400 yen

You can not combine tour groups

You can not visit all the places on the itinerary

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Tokyo 6hr Private Guided Tour & Japanese Sweets Making Experience

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Reviews

5.00

7 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Highly Rated Tour Guide
Happiness700632,,Oct 30, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Takako is a terrific guide. She customized our tour. She is knowledgeable, personable, professional, with a sense of humor.
Our special day with Sachi
TeeMarc,,Jul 24, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
What a fantastic day! Our guide Sachi created a personalized itinerary that exceeded all of our expectations! She has such great knowledge of local customs and culture and shared so many interesting stories with us. She went out of her way to research anime/video game stores to match our son's interests. We truly appreciated her efforts. We had an amazing lunch overlooking Sky Tree and the river on her recommendation as well. Definitely a 100/10 experience!
10/10 - Sachiko Horiguchi
key-premji,,Jun 28, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
My friend and I took a tour with Sachiko Horiguchi, and it was amazing, 10/10. She was very nice and knowledgeable, and we felt very comfortable and ended up feeling confident about how to use the train system at the end!!
Beautiful Japan
devonvanhook,,Jun 17, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Had an amazing tour with our guide Coco. She was very knowledgeable and very pleasant to be around. Thank you!
ASakusa highlights with Aiko
StTravelbunny,,Oct 8, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Aiko was our tour guide. She is very attentive and knowledgeable. Glad we took this tour as we learnt a few new things!
Fun and Informative!
Adrian V,,Sep 26, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Great Experience! Ted - Tatsunobu Narita was excellent. ( and I don't write reviews ) I would encourage anyone to take a tour with Ted on day 1 or 2 of Tokyo.... as he gives a great insight of Japanese culture aswell as the Tokyo train system and how to get around.... Thanks Ted
Asakusa Temple Tour with Emiko
Wiebke11,,Jan 8, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Easy communication before our meeting. Emiko is a lovley lady and first gave us an overview of Asakusa from the rooftop opposite of the shrine. She also explained in detail about the history, customs and behaviors. Her English is very good and we really enjoyed this short tour together with her. Arigato gozaimas Emiko!