Tokyo Morning Tour: Meiji Shrine, Senso-ji Temple and Ginza Shopping District

Description

See Tokyo's highlights on a four-hour morning sightseeing tour. A perfect introduction to the first-time visitor, your professional guide will escort you through Meiji Shrine, Imperial Palace East Garden, Asakusa Kannon Temple. You'll also spy colourful Nakamise shopping street and drive through the Ginza district on your morning city tour through Tokyo.

Your morning sightseeing tour includes the following highlights:

• Meiji Shinto shrine, Japan's most famous Shinto shrine, dedicated to the Emperor Meiji and his consort.
• Akasaka Palace, now known as the Akasaka Guest House and used as state accommodation for visiting dignitaries
• Driving past the Japanese Capitol (House of Parliament)
• Strolling through the impressive Imperial Palace East Garden, once the grounds of an old Edo castle, with a tea pavilion, Japanese garden, moats and stone walls. Itinerary will be replaced with a visit to the Imperial Palace Plaza)
• Asakusa Kannon Temple (also known as Senso-ji), the oldest and most popular Buddhist temple in Tokyo, with the golden image of Kannon, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy
• Nakamise Shopping Street, a colorful shopping arcade crammed with tiny food and souvenir shops
• Driving through the famous Ginza shopping district, Tokyo's most celebrated shopping and amusement area

Plus you'll receive a free souvenir map of Tokyo!

Additional information

Inclusions

Exclusions

Senso-ji Temple, Tokyo

Schedule details

Departure point

Hamamatsucho Bus Terminal or selected hotels in Tokyo

Departure time

9:00am from Hamamatsucho Bus Terminal

or

Hotel pickup at:

• Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka/Information Desk - 8:00am
• ANA InterContinental Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:20am
• Ariake Washington/1st Floor Information Desk - 8:00am
• Century Hyatt/Concierge - 7:50am
• Cerulean Tower Tokyu/Guest Relation - 7:40am
• Conrad Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:10am
• Crowne Plaza Metropolitan Tokyo/Bell Desk - 7:40am
• Daiichi Hotel Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:25am
• Four Seasons (Chinzan-so)/Concierge - 8:00am
• Ginza Capital (annex bldg.)/Lobby - 8:00am
• Grand Hyatt Tokyo/Lobby - 8:25am
• Grand Pacific Meridien/Bell Desk - 8:10am
• Grand Palace/Bell Desk - 7:55am
• Hilton Tokyo/Bell Desk - 7:55am
• Imperial (main bldg.)/Bell Desk - 8:25am
• Intercontinental Tokyo Bay/Concierge - 8:30am
• Keio Plaza Tokyo/Front Information Desk - 8:05am
• Laforet Tokyo/Bell Desk - 7:55am
• Le Meridien Pacific Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:15am
• Mandarin Oriental/Bell Desk - 7:50am
• New Otani (main bldg.)/Bell Desk - 7:50am
• New Sanno/Lobby - 8:05am
• Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa/Bell Desk - 8:20am
• Nikko Tokyo/2nd Floor Bell Desk - 8:15am
• Okura (main bldg.)/Assistant Manager Desk - 8:10am
• Park Hotel Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:20am
• Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tokyo/Lobby - 7:50am
• Courtyard by Marriott Tokyo Ginza HotelBell Desk - 8:15am
• Royal Park/Bell Desk - 7:50am
• Royal Park Shiodome Tower/1st Floor Doorman Desk - 8:25am
• Shiba Park/Guest Relation - 8:30am
• Shinagawa Prince Hotel (Main Tower)/Guest Relations - 8:05am
• Shinjuku Washington/3rd Floor Information Desk - 7:45am
• Sunshine City Prince/Bell Desk - 7:30am
• Tokyo Dome/Bell Desk - 8:20am
• Tokyo Prince/Bell Desk - 8:30am
• The Prince Park Tower Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:20am
• Tokyo St. (Hato Bus at Marunouchi South Exit)/Hato Bus Waiting Room #7 - 8:15am
• Westin Tokyo/Bell Desk - 7:55am
• Yaesu Fujiya/Bell Desk - 8:05am

Return details

Concludes at the Ginza (Hibiya Station) at 1:00pm