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Private tours across Japan

45+ day tours from Tokyo to Sapporo – all private,
all guided by local experts who live in each destination.

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PRIVATE DAY TOURS

Explore Japan your way with a local guide

Explore Japan’s destinations and travel highlights with your own private tour guide and enjoy a customized sightseeing tour suited to your personal tastes.

All our tours are completely private – just you and your group with a dedicated local guide. No shared buses, no fixed group schedules, no strangers. Every tour is adapted to your pace, your interests, and your time.

Our guides are local experts who live in each destination. They know how each destination moves through the day: when a temple is quiet, where a morning route should begin, which food streets suit your group, and when transport should be simplified. You won’t find this in a guidebook.

TOURS AVAILABLE
45+ across Japan

GROUP SIZE
Private – just your group

LANGUAGES
English · Japanese

REPLY TIME
Within 24 hours

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Most popular tours

BESPOKE Stone steps leading up to Kifune Shrine lined with red wooden lantern posts and glowing paper lanterns at dusk, Kurama, Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto Private Car Tour – Your City, Your Way

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 127,500/group
EXCLUSIVE Traditional strolling garden at Katsura Imperial Villa with teahouse and pond, Kyoto, Japan

Private Katsura Imperial Villa Experience

Experience (03h) - Up to 3 - From JPY 105,000/Group
CULTURAL A sumo wrestler raises both arms in the chiri-chōzu ritual at the centre of the dohyō ring in Tokyo

Tokyo Sumo Morning Training – Beyond the Ring

Morning (01h30) - Up to 6 - From JPY 34,000 for 2 guests
FOODIE Chef cooking yakitori at a traditional izakaya counter with handwritten menu boards, Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Izakaya & Sake Pub Crawl

Evening (03h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 48,000 for 2 guests
EXCLUSIVE Maiko in pale pink furisode kimono and elaborate kanzashi hair ornaments performing a deep formal bow on tatami, Kyoto, Japan

Private Dinner with a Geisha in Kyoto

Evening (02h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 229,000 for 2 guests
ART & DESIGN Yayoi Kusama yellow and black polka-dot pumpkin sculpture on a concrete pier with the Seto Inland Sea and islands in the background, Naoshima Island, Japan

Naoshima Private Car Tour – The Surreal Japan Art Island

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 245,000 for 2 guests
INSIDER Fresh bluefin tuna block and traditional Japanese yanagiba sashimi knives on a wooden board, Toyosu Fish Market insider tour, Tokyo

Toyosu Fish Market Private Tour with a Sushi Chef

Half day (05h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 94,000 for 2 guests
NATURE Traditional thatched-roof farmhouses surrounded by clipped hedges and a still pond at Oshino Hakkai with snow-capped Mount Fuji rising behind, Oshino, Yamanashi, Japan

Mount Fuji Private Car Tour from Tokyo

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - JPY 128,000/group

KANTO

Our tours in Tokyo

HIGHLIGHTS The Meganebashi stone bridge and Fushimi-yagura watchtower of Tokyo's Imperial Palace glow at sunset

Tokyo Private Tour – One Day Highlights

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - JPY 62,000/group
BESPOKE Gotokuji Temple, the birthplace of Maneki Neko, Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Private Car Tour – Your City, Your Way

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - JPY 125,000/group
CULTURAL A sumo wrestler raises both arms in the chiri-chōzu ritual at the centre of the dohyō ring in Tokyo

Tokyo Sumo Morning Training – Beyond the Ring

Morning (01h30) - Up to 6 - From JPY 34,000 for 2 guests
INSIDER Fresh bluefin tuna block and traditional Japanese yanagiba sashimi knives on a wooden board, Toyosu Fish Market insider tour, Tokyo

Toyosu Fish Market Private Tour with a Sushi Chef

Half day (05h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 94,000 for 2 guests
FOODIE Chef cooking yakitori at a traditional izakaya counter with handwritten menu boards, Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Izakaya & Sake Pub Crawl

Evening (03h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 48,000 for 2 guests

KANTO

Day trips from Tokyo

HISTORY The 13th-century Great Buddha of Kamakura sits in meditation at Kōtoku-in temple, an open-air bronze Amida statue

Kamakura Private Tour – One Day Highlights

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 65,000/group
NATURE · ONSEN Hakone Ropeway cable cars crossing above the mountains with snow-capped Mount Fuji in the background, Kanagawa, Japan

Hakone Private Tour – Lake Ashi & Mt. Fuji Views

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - from JPY 96,000 for 2 guests
NATURE Traditional thatched-roof farmhouses surrounded by clipped hedges and a still pond at Oshino Hakkai with snow-capped Mount Fuji rising behind, Oshino, Yamanashi, Japan

Mount Fuji Private Car Tour from Tokyo

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - JPY 128,000/group
WORLD HERITAGE The ornate gilded Yōmeimon Gate at Nikkō Tōshō-gū, covered in carvings and golden lacquer under a winter sky

Nikko World Heritage Private Car Tour from Tokyo

Full day (~10h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 148,000/group

CENTRAL JAPAN

Chubu & Hokuriku

CULTURAL Kenroku-en garden illuminated at night with yukitsuri rope-supported pines and red maple trees reflected in the pond during autumn, Kanazawa, Japan

Kanazawa Private Tour – One Day Highlights

Full day (08) - Up to 6 - From JPY 62,000/group
MOUNTAIN VILLAGES Traditional gassho-zukuri thatched farmhouses covered in snow at Shirakawa-go, Gifu, Japan

Gokayama & Shirakawa-go Private Car Tour

Full day (07h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 145,000/group
RURAL JAPAN Main entrance of Takayama Jinya Edo-period government building with Tokugawa family crest on purple curtains, Takayama, Gifu, Japan

Takayama & Shirakawa-go Private Car Tour

Full day (07h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 145,000/group

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Our tours in Kyoto

HIGHLIGHTS Kinkaku-ji Golden Pavilion reflected in Kyoko-chi Mirror Pond surrounded by pine trees, Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto Private Tour – One Day Highlights

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 65,000/group
BESPOKE Stone steps leading up to Kifune Shrine lined with red wooden lantern posts and glowing paper lanterns at dusk, Kurama, Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto Private Car Tour – Your City, Your Way

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 127,500/group
NO CROWD Empty tunnel of vermillion torii gates curving into the distance at Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine at dawn, Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto Early Morning Private Tour

Half day (05h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 115,000/group
EXCLUSIVE Traditional strolling garden at Katsura Imperial Villa with teahouse and pond, Kyoto, Japan

Private Katsura Imperial Villa Experience

Experience (03h) - Up to 3 - From JPY 105,000/Group
EXCLUSIVE Maiko in pale pink furisode kimono and elaborate kanzashi hair ornaments performing a deep formal bow on tatami, Kyoto, Japan

Private Dinner with a Geisha in Kyoto

Evening (02h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 229,000 for 2 guests
SPIRITUAL Three Zen monks seated in zazen meditation facing shoji windows in the meditation hall at Koshoji Temple, Uji, Kyoto, Japan

Zen & Meditation Experience in Kyoto

Full day (08h) - Up to 5 - From JPY 166,500 for 2 guests
RURAL JAPAN Terraced green tea fields on a hillside at sunset with mountain views, Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Uji & Wazuka Matcha Private Car Tour

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 132,000 for 2 guests
CULTURAL Traditional sake brewery with cedar ball sign in Fushimi district, Kyoto, Japan

Fushimi Inari & Sake Private Tour

Half day (05h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 48,000 for 2 guests
COASTAL JAPAN Amanohashidate pine tree sandbar stretching across Miyazu Bay viewed from above, Kyoto, Japan

Ine Funaya & Amanohashidate Private Car Tour

Full day (~10h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 172,500 for 2 guests

KANSAI

In & Out Osaka

FOOD & CULTURE Osaka Castle main keep rising above green spring trees with stone bridge and moat wall in the foreground, Osaka, Japan

Osaka Private Tour – One Day Highlights

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 62,000/group
PARK & TEMPLES Sacred sika deer standing among rows of moss-covered stone lanterns at Kasuga Taisha shrine, Nara, Japan

Nara Private Tour – One Day Highlights

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 65,000/group
FOOD & HISTORY Kobe Port Tower in red and the sail-shaped Maritime Museum in green illuminated at night, Kobe harbour, Japan

Kobe Private Tour – One Day Highlights

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 62,000/group
CASTLE TOWN White Himeji Castle surrounded by cherry blossom trees in full bloom, Hyogo, Japan

Himeji Private Tour – One Day Highlights

Full day (05h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 42,500/group
SPIRITUAL Ornate Kaguraden hall at Ise Grand Shrine Naiku inner sanctum with gold decoration and chrysanthemum curtains, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Ise Grand Shrine Private Car Tour

Half day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 88,500/group

Beyond the Golden Route

OFF THE BEATEN PATH

ART & DESIGN Yayoi Kusama yellow and black polka-dot pumpkin sculpture on a concrete pier with the Seto Inland Sea and islands in the background, Naoshima Island, Japan

Naoshima Private Car Tour – The Surreal Japan Art Island

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 245,000 for 2 guests
WORLD HERITAGE The vermilion floating torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine rising from the calm sea at Miyajima, with the red-lacquered shrine buildings on stilts in the foreground and mountains beyond The vermilion floating torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine rising from the calm sea at Miyajima, with the red-lacquered shrine buildings on stilts in the foreground and mountains beyond

Hiroshima & Miyajima Private Tour – One Day Highlights

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 65,000/group
CITY & FOOD The ornate red and gold rōmon gate of Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine flanked by stone lanterns on a sunlit paved approach, Fukuoka

Fukuoka Private Car Tour – Your City, Your Way

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 128,000/group
NATURE & VOLCANO Komezuka grass-covered volcanic cone rising above a sea of clouds filling the Aso caldera with the caldera rim in the background, Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan

Mount Aso Private Car Tour From Kumamoto

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 128,000/group
HISTORY The large bronze Nagasaki Peace Statue in Peace Park with a single visitor standing small below it against a clear blue sky, Nagasaki, Japan

Nagasaki Private Tour – One Day Highlights

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 62,000/group
NATURE · WHISKY Otaru canal with stone warehouses and gas lanterns reflected in water, Hokkaido, Japan

Otaru & Yoichi Distillery Private Car Tour

Full day (08h) - Up to 6 - From JPY 198,500/group

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