• Time: 2 hours
  • Fee: ¥35,000 (about US$227)
  • Expenses: about ¥1,500 to ¥2,000 per person

When night falls and the lights come on, Tokyo becomes a magical place. It’s filled with secret corners, hidden alleys and an endless number of intriguing restaurants, bars and clubs. Needless to say, having a guide to show you around and explain what you’re seeing is the best way to experience Tokyo by night. Best of all, this tour takes in both traditional and modern Tokyo nightlife districts.

First, you’ll jump on the train or subway to get to your first nightlife zone: Kagurazaka, an atmospheric collection of traditional restaurants and bars located along pedestrian-only lanes on Kagurazaka Hill. In the past, Kagurazaka was known as an elite entertainment district where many novel writers, politicians, secretly met their friends and acquaintances for dinner and drinks, some with geisha entertainment in private rooms. You will stroll the back alleys and see some of these traditional restaurants. You might consider returning the following day for a reasonably-priced lunch served in one of these atmospheric and unknown (at least to tourist) places.

Then you will take a train, subway or taxi to the edge of Ginza to visit the rows of izakaya located under the train tracks. 

For the last 20 minutes or so of your tour, you have the choice of stopping at a real local izakaya where your guide can help you order drinks and dishes typical of a Tokyo izakaya. Or, your guide can accompany you onward to wherever you’d like to end your tour. 

Please note that this is not a food sampling tour. However, near the end of the tour, as mentioned above, your guide can take you to a local izakaya in the Yurakucho/Ginza area and get you settled in and help with ordering before bidding you goodbye. 

This tour takes about two hours. 

As with all our other tours, this tour is completely private. We do not put groups together.

The walk costs ¥35,000 (about US$227) per group (NOT per person) plus expenses that average about ¥1,500 to ¥2,000 per person (snacks, sundries, etc).

To book a tour, contact us.