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Tokyo Night Tour

Yakitori under the lanterns of Omoide Yokocho, a standing izakaya, a jazz basement, and the good end of Golden Gai — with someone the owners already know.

from¥72,000

for 1–2 guests

Private for
up to 5 guests
Length
4 hours, evening into night
a lit bar doorway in a dark Golden Gai lane
a lit doorway in a dark lane, held open

How the evening runs

What your evening looks like.

One real evening, hour by hour — yours starts from what you're thirsty for, and your guide reshapes it as it runs. And there's a version of this night no tourist sees — ask.

  1. Dusk

    Omoide Yokocho, first.

    Yakitori over the coals in a lane four seats deep, under the lanterns by the tracks — the evening starts where the smoke is.

    a food stall window glowing at night
    the window the orders go through
  2. Early evening

    A standing bar, shoulder to shoulder.

    A tachinomi where the after-work city drinks — one round standing up while the shift changes around you.

    a narrow izakaya counter crowded with drinkers, seen through the noren past a red lantern
    through the noren, every seat taken
  3. Evening

    Dinner where the regulars sit.

    Not the room with the picture menu. The one behind it, where your guide is greeted by name and the order arrives without anyone asking you to choose.

    a bar interior seen through a red window frame
    the room behind the room, warm light on the bottles
  4. Later

    Down into the jazz.

    A basement that holds maybe twenty people, where the rule is that nobody talks over the set. Tokyo has kept these alive longer than anywhere else has.

    a warm window glowing in a night alley
    a window's glow where the night slows down
  5. Late

    The good end of Golden Gai.

    Six streets, two hundred bars, and most visitors end up in the four that take them. We go to the ones that don't, and the difference is entirely who you walk in with.

    lantern-lit bar fronts in a narrow alley
    the lane under its lanterns, shoulder-wide

From the day

What it looks like.

The team behind this day: 5.0/5 across 71 reviews on our Tokyo walking day — read them.

a guide with her two guests in a lantern-lit arcade, sweets in hand
the sweet stop, secured

Who you'll be with

One of ours, start to finish.

Your day is led by one of the team — matched to your date and what you're into. You'll have their name and their number the moment your day is confirmed, and from first hello to goodbye they're yours alone: one guide, your people only, nobody else joining.

One price, all of you

What the day covers.

  • Your guide, start to finish — your people only, nobody else joining.
  • One price for everyone with you — quoted for who's coming and how long your day runs.
  • The day planned around you before you arrive, and re-planned on the day if you want it to be.
  • Yakitori to start, dinner at the izakaya, your first three drinks, and the covers at the jazz basement and Golden Gai — on us.

And what it doesn't.

  • Drinks past your third, and anything you add along the way — at the counter, at what it costs.
  • Trains and taxis on the day — your guide plans every route; the fares go on your own IC card.
  • Hotels, flights and transfers stay yours to book — though we will happily tell you where we would stay.

Good to know

Where we meet

Your hotel lobby, or anywhere in the city that suits you better — you tell us where when you book your day.

How many can come

See how many this day takes, above. More of you than that? Tell us — we will shape the day for it and price the day accordingly.

What if it rains

Rain doesn't cancel the day — Tokyo has a great deal to do indoors, and your guide knows all of it. If genuinely severe weather makes the day impossible, we move it or refund it in full — decided with you, on the forecast.

How you pay

A single day is paid in full when you book — and nothing is owed on the day itself. Booking several days? Those confirm with a deposit, settled before you travel.

The other days

Any of them can be the first draft of something else.

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    from ¥84,000

  • Kyoto Private Walking Tour

    Built around what you're curious about — shrines at first light, craft lanes, the market's counters — with someone who knows Kyoto as home.

    from ¥36,000

  • Nikko Day Trip

    Toshogu's gold under the cedars, the ghost Jizo by the river — or up the forty-eight hairpins to the lake. Two tested ways north; both leave the coach crowds below.

    from ¥98,000

Plan your trip

Tell us what you're curious about.

Take one of our days — confirmed the moment you book — or start a custom one, built with a person who usually replies the same day.

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