Private Yokohama Tour History, Culture and Food
About This Tour
Discover Yokohama on a private full-day tour that blends history, culture, food, and waterfront scenery. Starting from Yokohama Station, you’ll explore the city...
Duration: 7 Hours · Tour type: Private · Activity level: Moderate · Accommodation: Not included · Transport: Not included · Wheelchair access: No · Cities: Yokohama, Tokyo · Languages: English
Know before you go: STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE; ANIMALS OR PETS ALLOWED; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY; Not wheelchair accessible; Infants must not sit on laps; Infant seats unavailable; This tour requires you to be physically fit. You will be walking about 9 km over the course of the day. We will be going at a slow pace across mostly flat land but you do need to be in reasonable health and be able to walk up and down stairs.; Yokohama PortHanada Airport (we do not pick up from Narita Airport)
About Yokohama
Yokohama
Cosmopolitan and edgy yet loaded with seafaring tales and centuries of history, Yokohama and its blues bars, skyscrapers and sprawling food courts is best explored with a qualified local guide.
What's Included
- Boat ride around the harbour
- Cup Noodle Museum entrance.
- Food crawl around Chinatown for lunch
- All Fees and Taxes
- Private tour - no one else will join
- Professional tour guide
Not Included
- Prices do not include the costs of transport. You will need to buy a subway pass on the day.
- Any additional food not included in the Chinatown food crawl.
- Drinks
- Gratuities are not included and are optional.
Itinerary
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1Day 01
Start your tour at the easily accessible Yokohama Station.Board the Seabass, a glass-roofed sightseeing boat, for a 40-minute tour of the Yokohama Bay. Your guide will explain the history of the Port and Japan's opening to foreign trade n the 1800s.Disembark the Seabass boat cruise.See the Hikawa Maru, a Japanese ocean liner from the early 1900s with a fascinating history. Discover more about her and her passengers from your well-informed tour guide.Stroll up to Yamate Hill, a residential area which developed shortly after the Port opened in 1859. Here we visit the Spanish villas and Victorian residences that the early Western settlers lived inYou will find out who lived here and why they came to Yokohama.From Yamate Hill it is a short walk down to Chinatown; home to the early Chinese settlers. Yokohama's Chinatown is the largest in Japan and one of the biggest in the world.Visit a 150-year-old temple that has served as the main grounds of worship for the Chinese settlers.Embark on a food crawl around the narrow laneways, discovering the best of Yokohama’s Chinatown cuisines. Enormous steamed buns, Shumai dumplings and fried sesame balls.From Chinatown we travel to Minato Mirai, a 10-minute train ride away see the more modern side of Yokohama. In Minato Mirai, we explore the modern development of Yokohama.Visit the Red Brick Warehouse. Originally a customs house that served from 1911-1989, but now converted into a boutique shopping outlet. It’s a great place to pick up some unique Yokohama souvenirs.The final stop on our Yokohama tour is the Cup Noodle Museum. Here we will learn about the history of one of Japan’s most famous exports and about the life of its inventor; Momofuku Ando. At the very end of the tour, you can participate in a make your own Cup Noodle workshop. This tour ends at the Cup Noodle Museum. You can choose to explore the modern city of Minato Mirai on your own or be guided back to the Minato Mirai Station. The Minato Mirai Station is approximately 40 minutes away from Tokyo.
Meeting Point
Meeting point: Yokohama, JP · Tour start: Yokohama, JP — Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
