Kawasaki Highlights and Showa Era Shops (with Private Transport)

Experience the often over looked city of Kawasaki, nestled between bustled Tokyo city and the romantic Yokohama city. Walk the streets with a Kawasaki local and go back in time to the Showa era. Rice crackers, freshly roasted teas, and traditional sweets set in shops unchanging from the late 70s. Grab some lunch where you won't see any other tourists, I highly suggest the stone ground soba or my favorite sushi shop. After head to the open air mall of Lazona Kawasaki one of the few open air malls of this style in all of Japan. The last stop on the tour is Kawasaki Daishi temple an experience comparable to the famous Sensoji in Asakusa but without the crowds and with a history almost as old. Shops line the streets heading to the temple but these are not your tourist traps of Nakamise. 1 This is real Japan immersion

*Pick up of from port or hotel by private charter *Drop off with guide at Yako (facing arrow ) Shotengai in Kawasaki, or shopping street for the local neighborhood. *Try fresh made and local senbei (rice crackers), wagashi (traditional sweets, and anpanman bread or just marvel at the architecture, colors, and variety *Lunch at a rare 100% soba shop, artisan sushi, or ramen shop. *Stroll around Lazona mall see Japanese fashion, electronics, and Depachika where hot food and bento are ready to go *Lastly, Kawasaki Daishi Temple is an expansive, thousand-year-old temple complex, renowned as the birthplace of Hatsumode: the traditional Japanese custom of making the first temple or shrine visit of the New Year. *Return by private charter to port or hotel