Private Yokohama Tour - History, Culture and Food

Name: Private Yokohama Tour - History, Culture and Food
Brand: Tabl
SKU: 4GMIE6
Price: 517.00 GBP
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7 hours

From 09:00

Group 1+

English

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7 hours

09:00

What you'll do

Yokohama is an incredible waterside port city steeped in history and packed with fun attractions. Only half an hour from Tokyo a day trip to Yokohama is a must-do. This Yokohama tour is a carefully curated mix of history, culture, food and fun activities. Over the course of this full-day tour, you will explore Yokohama through the eyes of the immigrants who arrived into Japan, through the port in the mid-1800s. This private tour includes a boat ride around the harbour, a visit to the historic Hikawa Maru (early Japanese ocean liner), a lunchtime food crawl around the Chinatown laneways to discover the best of Yokohama’s Chinatown cuisines and a visit to the famous Cup Noodle Museum to learn about one of Japan’s most famous exports. In addition, you will explore Yamate Hill, a residential district where the early western settlers lived, and Minato Mirai; the waterfront district home to the Red Brick Warehouse, a boutique shopping outlet where we can pick up some unique souvenirs.

Itinerary

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Start your tour at the easily accessible Yokohama Station.
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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.
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Disembark the Seabass boat cruise.
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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.
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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 in
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You will find out who lived here and why they came to Yokohama.
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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.
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Visit a 150-year-old temple that has served as the main grounds of worship for the Chinese settlers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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

What's 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.

Meeting Points

Yokohama Station (Yokohama, Kanagawa, 220-0011)

Notes

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 Port Hanada Airport (we do not pick up from Narita Airport)