Private tour in Tokyo Masaharu N

Stunning Hakone Highlights Tour

4.8

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Masaharu N.

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Hello, I am Masaharu, the national licensed English speaking tour guide. I was born and brought up in the suburb of Tokyo. After graduating from the university, I worked for a Japanese global logistics company where I had wonderful chances to stay overseas as an expatriate. I have stayed in London three times over fourteen years in total. A long time stay in London enabled me to interact with lots of people from diverse backgrounds and it highly broadened my horizons. Fortunately enough, I have so far visited 38 countries. The invaluable experience helped me deepen my view on a cross cultural comparison between Japan and overseas. Therefore, I am pleased to help you enjoy your stay in Tokyo as my return of the experience I was blessed with. Now, it is my utmost pleasure sharing your precious time with me and satisfying your interest to the best of my ability. How wonderful it is to see you excited! I love playing tennis, piano and travelling around Japan. It is my unforgettable memory that I spent much time waiting in a long queue to get a ticket for Wimbledon tennis tournament games over twenty times during my stay in London. As for travelling, I like visiting historical places and natural hot spring sites where I feel relaxed and also love to taste fabulous local specialty. I have a eighteen year old black & white cat named Jelly who was born and brought up in London. I brought him back to Japan. He took such a long journey with me all the way from London to Japan. He takes great delight in Japanese cuisine such as fresh tuna. Japan is a the pet friendly country. So, you can find plenty of pet cafes in the center of Tokyo like cat cafe, owl cafe, etc. Let's enjoy my tour together, featuring authentic Japanese history, interesting mixture of old and modern culture, natural beauty, unique coexistence of Shinto and Buddhism religion, and seasonal delicacy of Japanese cuisine. I am pleased to customize my tour flexibly according to your interest and request. If you want to escape from the hustle and bustle of the busy city, I will be delighted to take you to off the beaten track places where you can feel utmost comfortable and relaxed. Should you have any inquiries about my tours, please feel free to ask me. I would love to see you soon! National Licenced Tour Guide-Interpreter (English) : Certificate No. EN00790 Itinerary Administration Manager Certificate I am not a driver. I can accompany you in your vehicle. I also can arrange for a separate car and driver.

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Overview of your Tokyo tour

Hakone provides you a wide variety of attractions such as a panoramic view of diverse mountains, volcanic activity at Oowakudani Valley, beautiful Lake Ashi, historic Hakone Check Point Museum and awesome Hakone Shrine. I am sure you can enjoy a panoramic mountain view from the train, especially the steepest angle climbing tour in Japan. You take a ropeway on the way to the highest point, Oowakudani giving you strong smell of sulfur! Why don't you taste a black egg boiled in sulfur water and enjoy an energetic volcano activity of Hakone Mountain. No less exciting is a pirate ship cruising between Hakone town or Moto Hakone port and Togendai port. You may be able to view stunning Mt Fuji at the lakeside or Owakudani Valey, if you are lucky! There is high chance in winter. Let's take a break, viewing the lake scenery and visit Hakone Old Check Point Museum or/and awesome Hakone shrine.

Recent Reviews

Ian C.United Kingdom
April 2026

This day to Hakone and surrounding area will stay in our memories forever. This was our 4th day tour with Masaharu - punctuating the other 3 days we spent with Masu in Tokyo central areas. The bullet train ride to Odawa, where there is a beautiful castle to explore, made for magic memories in the first instance. We also hired, via Masa, a private car + driver, to meet us at Odawara train station, to transport us effortlessly and in a time efficient/maximising time manner, around the towns and villages of the Mount Fuji area, including Hakone and, Lake Ashi. Just stunning, the whole day. Truly stunning.

Harvey M.United States
April 2026

Since we had booked Masaharu for multiple days, we found that on our Hakone tour day, the weather would not be optimal For great views of Mt Fuji. Masaharu agreed and then took The time to Rework the entire entire Schedule to move it to the next day. This included rebooking trains and drivers. Masaharu did this with no additional Cost. By doing this we had an incredible trip And view of Mt Fuji. I can’t thank Masaharu enough for his efforts and flexibility as it gave us a day to never forget

Kathy D.United States
July 2024

Masa is amazing. His background as an internationally traveled executive gives him great insight into other cultures and his lifetime residence in Tokyo gives him the ability to organize a trouble free day. He is very fluent in English and it was a pleasure being escorted through the various modes of transportation and attractions of Hakone by him. Masa helped us with our planning before, during and after our tour with him. We had five tours while we were in Tokyo and all of them were good to great but Masa was by far the best. We would highly recommend Masa and would book with him again! Masa, thank you for a great day!!

Nirbhay G.United States
June 2024

We are family of 4 with 2 kids, recently did a tour with Masaharu and it was amazing and fun for all of us. He's very humble and knowledgeable and made sure everyone was comfortable and engaged throughout the tour. The tour no doubt was one of the best tour we had in tokyo. I highly recommend Masaharu and you'll have a great time with him

Kathy R.United States
May 2024

We had a great day with Masaharu! We really enjoyed being with Masaharu and appreciated the depth of his knowledge of history and the area. We highly recommend the tour and Masaharu as your guide.

Erika C.United States
May 2024

We had an incredible adventure today! Masaharu guided four of us from our hotel in Tokyo to Hakone and back. We experience the most informative, beautiful tour. Breathtaking photos of Mt. Fuji, temple and shrine visits, a volcano visit, and so many interesting and informative conversations together. Masaharu (Mike) is an astounding, kind tour guide. We learned so much, we laughed, we shared a fabulous lunch, and we navigated a long day with ease. Book with Masaharu today!! He is amazing.

Your Tokyo tour itinerary

(Option 1) - around 9:30 Meet you at your hotel and transfer to JR Tokyo Station or Shinagawa Station -10:30 Take a bullet train from Tokyo Station or Shinagawa Station for Odawara Station -11:10 Get on a local train, a mountain train from Odawara to Gora via Hakone Yumoto Station -12:20 Take a cable car and ropeway from Gora to Owakudani, energetic volcano valley -12:45 Walk around Owakudani valley for enjoying an awesome volcanic view and take another ropeway -13:30 Enjoy a pirate ship cruising on Lake Ashi for Hakone town port or Moto Hakone port -15:30 Visit sacred Hakone Shrine or Old Hakone Check Point Museum -16:20 Take a bus back to Hakone Yumoto station -17:30 Get on a bullet train back to Tokyo or Shinagawa station -19:00 See you off at your hotel (Option 2) - 9:00~9:30 Meet you at your hotel and transfer to Shinjuku Station -10:00 Get on "Odakyu Romance Car" Limited Super Express train to Hakone Yumoto station - same as the above -

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Transport details
Type: Public Transportation / Category: Train

I suggest that we travel on a bullet train from Tokyo to Odawara and enjoy taking a wide variety of vehicles around Hakone. It is the exciting highlight tour to enjoy panoramic mountain and lake view. I will buy your return bullet train tickets between Tokyo and Odawara and "Hakone Free Pass" covering other vehicles we use. The total transportation cost would be some 12,000 yen per person. We basically use a bullet train from Tokyo to Odawara and change to local train to Hakone Yumoto station. Then, we take a bus to Lake Ashi, taking pirate ship to Togendai port, and two ropeways via "Owakudani Volcano Valley", cable car, mountain train back to Hakone Yumoto. We take a bullet train back to Tokyo from Odawara. It is exciting Hakone round tour!

What's included
Other: -My time and service as your private guide -Meeting and seeing off at your hotel -Transportation fee of guide
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What's not included
Other: lunch (of tou and guide), admission feePersonal expenses. -Your transportation fee would be about 12000 yen including bullet train fee and Hakone Free Pass-In case of using Odakyu Romance Car super express train from Shinjuku station would be 8500 yen including Hakone Free Pass-Using a bullet train is recommended to save total time-Admission fee of Old Hakone Check Point Museum is 500 yen per person.-Lunch, drinks, snacks and souvenirs-Any personal purchase or expenses
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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Nature Wildlife And Safaris
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Tour reference number
408587
Languages
English
Japanese
Activity level
Moderate

Traveller reviews

4.8

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This private tour in Tokyo is perfect for travellers who want to explore the stunning natural beauty and cultural highlights of Hakone with a knowledgeable local guide. It's ideal for those interested in panoramic mountain views, volcanic activity, and historical sites. The tour is also suitable for cruise ship passengers looking for a shore excursion.

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