Kamakura Full-Day Private Tour: Explore Temples and Traditions from Tokyo

Escape the city and discover Kamakura’s temples and traditions with a private tour from Tokyo. Explore beautiful gardens, visit the iconic Great Buddha, and customize your itinerary.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine - The shrine is dedicated to Hachiman, the patron god of the Minamoto family and of the samurai in general. The deified spirits of the ancient Emperor Ojin who has been identified with Hachiman, Hime-gami and Empress Jingu are enshrined at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.
What's Included
  • Meet up with guide on foot within designated area of Tokyo
  • Customizable Tour of your choice of 4-6 sites from ‘What to expect’ list
  • Licensed Local English Speaking Guide
What's Not Included
  • Transportation fees, Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
  • Private Vehicle
  • You cannot combine multiple tour groups.
  • Guide Entry fees are only covered for sights listed under What to Expect.
Additional Information

If you need a break from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, join one of our guides on an 8 hour day trip to Kamakura!
On this trip, take a breath of fresh sea air and see Kamakura’s temples and shrines’ beautiful gardens. View the ocean from the highest point of Hasedera temple and write your wish on an oyster shell. The over 11 meters tall Great Buddha is…

Location
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
2-1-31 Yukinoshita,
Cancellation Policy

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

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252laurep
Apr 28, 2024
Perfect - Very kind and very welcoming, he gave us a very good visit with lots of very interesting explanations. For a first in Japan I recommend it
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Gail_h
Apr 23, 2024
Highlight of our Japan trip! - Taka was very helpful to me and my 70 yr old mom. My mom cannot eat gluten and he went out of his way to find a restaurant that served a gluten-free dish--it was delicious! He was very thoughtful, patient, and ensured that we saw everything that we wanted to see. He also took a ton of pictures for us and air dropped them so we didn't have to worry about taking pictures. I would definitely recommend this trip with Taka! Kamakura was the highlight of our 10 day trip to Japan! Beautiful!
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437warrenr
Mar 15, 2024
Shrines and temples - We had a fun and educational experience. Taka was friendly and knowledgeable. We learned about Japanese religion and culture. We tried excellent food. We were late meeting our guide and he was very accommodating.
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Gregory_l
Mar 6, 2024
Fantastic day in Kamakura with Shinji - Great way to see the most interesting locations in Kamakura. Shinji was an excellent guide. I booked the tour several months prior and he contacted me by mail to ask me what I wanted to see in Kamakura. I gave him the names of five locations and he set up everything so that we could see everything in one day in the most efficient manner possible. If this is your first time in Japan, I would recommend hiring a guide to show you around because if you decided to do everything on your own, you would waste a lot of time figuring out what train or bus to take at what time and so on. Be careful, the price indicated on Viator doesn't include transportation, entrance fees to the temples and shrines or food. Still worth it though, as having a Japanese guide allows you to ask any questions you might have about Japanese culture. It's a good way to learn more about the country. As for Kamakura itself, it is absolutely worth a visit: great atmosphere, beautiful temples and shrines, the Great Buddha of Kamakura and the island of Enojima,... Very touristy though so be aware of that before you set off.
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Sherry_f
Feb 19, 2024
An exceptional day, trip, outside of Tokyo - Our guide Kenji Was excellent. We had a very enjoyable day in Kamakura. The weather was definitely in our favor as we had a beautiful sunny day with a breeze and that afforded us perfect view of Mount Fuji. The Buddhist temples that we visited were lovely, and we were even fortunate enough to see some blooming cherry trees. We did not expect to be here at the right time for that, so it was very exciting for us. Kenji was so accommodating in meeting our needs and we appreciated all of the information he gave us about Japan. We would highly recommend this tour.
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Indyd2017
Jan 13, 2024
Don’t hesitate, book this tour!! - We had a great tour time with Hiroshi Kojima. He was very knowledgeable and went out of his way to show us the scheduled sites. We had a great lunch and a lovely tea at the bamboo forest. I highly recommend this tour. Thank you very much for showing us around.
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Ahmetcem_e
Dec 31, 2023
Kamakura is a must see - Our guide picked us up promptly from our hotel and gave us a very nice tour of Kamakura and ample info. Our lunch stop was very good. Kamakura is a lovely town and a must have tour. It is great to have a guide to cruise you smoothly through Tokyo to Kamakura.
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793traveller
Nov 26, 2023
A long day in Kamakura - The guide Hide was very helpful and was able to get us to Kamakura via the rail network. We had an interesting tour and saw the major attractions. Kamakura is very beautiful. My only concern about this trip, and this has nothing to do with the guide, is that is a long day with the travel time to and from Tokyo.
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Reshma
Nov 14, 2023
Lovely Day Trip - This was an excellent day tour from Tokyo. Sam was very informative. He reached several weeks prior to trip and built an itinerary taking our interests into consideration. Highly recommend this tour.
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886antoniomanuelm
Aug 21, 2024
TOTAL IRRESPONSIBILITY - Despite warning the local supplier the previous day about bad weather (a typhoon) before the private excursion to Kamakura, Tokyo, activity was not suspended. We were the only tourists there and everything was closed. Life was used in danger (hurricane winds and torrential rains) and we lost a day of our vacation. Instead of compensating us for damages only half of the amount of the excursion is agreed to be refunded.
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From $77
up to 10 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).