Flavors of Japan Food Tour in Tokyo
Highlights
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Visit 7 food stops showing the different flavors, regions and traditions of Japanese cuisine and tea.
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Food samplings include Dashi (soup stock), Regional snacks, Egg roll (Tamagoyaki), Fish cakes from Kagoshima (south of Japan), eel sushi, wagashi and green teas.
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Visit Japan’s oldest and most expensive fruit shop and a 300+ year old knife shop.
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A delicious lunch with choices of Soba, Tempura and Sashimi Set, Grilled Fish, Chicken Sukiyaki
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Enjoy an authentic Wagashi and Tea Experience with a sweets-artist master
Tour info
Duration
3 hours
Group Size
10
Pricing (From)
Adult:
(13-80 years)
¥18,000
Child:
(3-12 years)
¥9,000
Commentary
English
Meeting Point
1-7-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo City, Tokyo, 103-0022, JP
Dropoff location
Chuo City, Tokyo, 103-0027
Why take this tour?
Understand what makes Japanese food unique and exquisitely delicious and experience some of Japan’s most amazing flavors. Learn about food from the different regions of Japan, the process of how to make them and why they come from those areas.
You will visit several shops and taste different types of food including Dashi (Japanese soup stock), Tamagoyaki (egg roll), Anago (salt water eel), Fish cake, Katsuoboshi (fish flakes) and satsumaimo (sweet fried potatoes).
You will experience a seasonal lunch at a very serene, authentic place. Next, you will enjoy an authentic Japanese “must do” activity, a Wagashi experience, with a Wagashi master that will make an intricately handcrafted dessert in front of you. This will be served with very high-quality Matcha.
Inclusions:
• Explore Nihonbashi area on this 3 -hour tour of flavors and food of Japan
• Understand what makes Japanese food unique and exquisitely delicious
• Visit a regional food store and try some local delicacies
• Visit 8 food stops showing the different flavors and regions and traditions of Japanese cuisine and tea.
• Food samplings include Dashi (soup stock), Regional snacks, Egg roll (Tamagoyaki), Fish cakes from Kagoshima, eel sushi, wagashi and green teas.
• See a traditional stationary shop with 100 years of history
• Visit Japan’s oldest and most expensive fruit shop
• Have a delicious meal for lunch with choices of Soba,Tempura and Sashimi Set, Grilled Fish, Chicken Sukiyaki
• Enjoy an authentic Wagashi Experience with a Wagashi master
• End with a unique and lovely tea tasting of seasonal and artisanal green and black teas at a one-of-a-kind shop. Not like any other tea shop in Japan!
• Explore Nihonbashi area on this 3 -hour tour of flavors and food of Japan
• Understand what makes Japanese food unique and exquisitely delicious
• Visit a regional food store and try some local delicacies
• Visit 8 food stops showing the different flavors and regions and traditions of Japanese cuisine and tea.
• Food samplings include Dashi (soup stock), Regional snacks, Egg roll (Tamagoyaki), Fish cakes from Kagoshima, eel sushi, wagashi and green teas.
• See a traditional stationary shop with 100 years of history
• Visit Japan’s oldest and most expensive fruit shop
• Have a delicious meal for lunch with choices of Soba,Tempura and Sashimi Set, Grilled Fish, Chicken Sukiyaki
• Enjoy an authentic Wagashi Experience with a Wagashi master
• End with a unique and lovely tea tasting of seasonal and artisanal green and black teas at a one-of-a-kind shop. Not like any other tea shop in Japan!
What’s included?
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One drink included -
Regional Food tasting -
Local guide -
Try local dishes at 7 food stops -
Local Japanese Lunch -
Hotel pickup and drop-off
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Gratuities
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Transportation costs
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Additional drinks or food
Things to know
Covid Policy
- Face masks required for travelers in public areas
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Face masks provided for travelers
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Temperature checks for travelers upon arrival
- Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Showing your voucher on your phone will be enough, and it is not necessary to print anything.
Cancellation Policy
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7+ days before tour’s date: full refund of tour fees minus any processing fees.
4 to 6 days before original tour date: 50% refund of tour fees minus any processing fees.
72 hours or less prior to tour: no refund
Arigato Japan is not responsible for cancellation conditions or fees imposed by third party tour agency or any other company through which a service was booked.
Redemption information
• Tour will start on time. We’d like to remind you that the tour will start from 10:30am sharp please be there 10-15 minutes before the scheduled departure time. We have a strict policy about starting our tours on the scheduled time. If you are not able to arrive at the meeting point by the departure time, the tour will start regardless and no refund will be provided. We are also unable to accommodate meeting up in any of the food stops once you've missed the start of the tour.
• Comfortable walking shoes are recommended.
• Upon booking, kindly let us know which lunch menu you’d like to have:
• Grilled Fish
• Chicken Sukiyaki
• Sushi-Soba-Tempura
About operator:
We are Arigato Japan Food Tours and our goal is to help you make delicious memories of Japan during your travels to Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hiroshima! On our tours you’ll taste local and regional specialties like okonomiyaki, yakitori, sashimi, taiyaki, gyoza, nabe, yakisoba and so much more. We will show you places locals cherish for an off-the-beaten-path, foodie experience of daily life in Japan that you won’t soon forget.
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