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Asakusa Essentials Cultural Discovery Tour of Japan

By Arumachi
Free cancellation available
The previous price was NZ$63 and current price is NZ$50 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

This tour uses Tokyo's historic Asakusa district as a gateway to understanding Japanese history and culture, from the samurai era to modern Tokyo. After building this foundation, you can customise your experience with optional extensions.

Tokyo Skytree: See how Japan's modernization transformed Tokyo over the last 150 years as your guide points out key landmarks across the city.

West of Senso-ji: Explore Asakusa's entertainment and everyday-life districts to learn how ordinary people lived, worked, and socialised.

Sake Tasting: Discover how sake reflects Japanese craftsmanship, agriculture, religion, and social customs through guided tastings.

Kappabashi Kitchenware Street: Learn how Japanese values such as craftsmanship, mastery, and continuous improvement are expressed in daily life.

Traditional Kaiseki Meal: Experience Japanese culture through cuisine in a traditional ryotei, with your guide connecting the meal to themes explored during the walking tour.

Activity location

  • Sumida River Walk
    • 1-2 Mukojima
    • 131-0033, Sumida, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Burger King Asakusa Azumabashi
    • 6 20
    • 111-0034, Taito City, Tokyo, Japan

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Asakusa

  • Activity duration is 3 hours and 30 minutes3h 30m
    3h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
NZ$62.95
NZ$50.36 x 1 AdultNZ$50.36
Total
The previous price was NZ$62.95 and current price is NZ$50.36
20% off

Asakusa+West or Kitchenware

  • Activity duration is 3 hours and 30 minutes3h 30m
    3h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
NZ$117.21
NZ$93.77 x 1 AdultNZ$93.77
Total
The previous price was NZ$117.21 and current price is NZ$93.77
20% off

Asakusa+Skytree

  • Activity duration is 3 hours and 30 minutes3h 30m
    3h 30m
  • English

Entry to the Tokyo Skytree

Language options: English
Price details
NZ$208.37
NZ$166.70 x 1 AdultNZ$166.70
Total
The previous price was NZ$208.37 and current price is NZ$166.70
20% off

13:30_Asakusa+Sake

  • Activity duration is 3 hours and 30 minutes3h 30m
    3h 30m
  • English

Premium sake tasting

Language options: English
Starting time: 1:30 PM
Price details
NZ$243.10
NZ$194.48 x 1 AdultNZ$194.48
Total
The previous price was NZ$243.10 and current price is NZ$194.48
20% off

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    - Tokyo Skytree Extension: Tokyo Skytree entry tickets both to the Tembo Deck and Tembo Galleria
  • What's includedWhat's included
    - Traditional Kaiseki Meal Extension: Traditional Japanese kaiseki lunch
  • What's includedWhat's included
    - Sake Tasting Expansion: Sake tasting experience up to 10 premium sake labels
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel-pick up and drop-off

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Sumida River Walk

  • 15m
Begin along the Sumida River, where the storey of Japan’s isolation and opening to the world comes alive. Learn why the Edo shogunate sealed the country for over 200 years, why the Netherlands alone was permitted to trade, and how Admiral Perry’s arrival forced Japan to reopen. The guide connects this past to modern Tokyo—right down to Odaiba’s former gun batteries and today’s Statue of Liberty replica facing the Pacific.

Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center

  • 15m
Get a clear introduction to Japan’s two major religions, Buddhism and Shinto, setting the foundation for everything you’ll see ahead.

Kaminarimon Gate

  • 15m
At Asakusa’s iconic gate, explore the fascinating contrast between Japanese and Western dragons—and learn why the Japanese dragon plays exactly an opposite role from the Western one.

Nakamise Shopping Street (Kaminarimon)

  • 30m
Stroll through one of Japan’s oldest shopping streets while learning about Buddhist symbols like the vajra (tokko) and the world-changing impact of ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Discover how these prints unexpectedly reached Europe—and inspired Western Impressionist painters.

Hozomon

  • 15m
Here, your guide reveals a surprising truth: people in Japan and the West shared remarkably similar ways of thinking 1,000 years ago.

Senso-ji Temple

  • 15m
Tokyo's oldest Buddhist temple offers another striking comparison between medieval Japan and Europe, along with a clear explanation of how prayer differs in Buddhism and Shinto.

Asakusa Shrine

  • 15m
End the tour at a place that amazes many visitors: a Shinto shrine and Buddhist temple sharing the same grounds, worshippers, and history—peacefully coexisting for over a millennium. Learn why.

Location

Activity location

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    Sumida River Walk
    • 1-2 Mukojima
    • 131-0033, Sumida, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Burger King Asakusa Azumabashi
    • 6 20
    • 111-0034, Taito City, Tokyo, Japan

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