Tokyo Contemporary Architecture: Harajuku, Omotesando, and Aoyama (3 hour walking tour)

Yoko gave us an extraordinarily detailed and creative tour of contemporary architecture and design in one neighborhood in Tokyo, one with a lot of high-end stores along with museums, apartment buildings, and finally the Olympic Stadium. We got a real sense of the history of post-war Japanese architecture, the relationship of star architects to major clients (Prada!), and the constantly evolving scene. Yoko really knows the history comprehensively and is passionate about it. She scaled the talk perfectly to our interests--and enlarged them (I started out indifferent to the commercial design elements but she made me understand how they mattered). Strongly strongly recommend. We learnt a huge amount that informed the rest of our stay in Tokyo. Gracious, smart and a great communicator.

Yoko T was amazingly knowledgeable and passionate about the art and architecture in her brilliantly curated tour of the places we visited in Tokyo. Our expectations were very high and Yoko T met them completely. Highly recommend you take the tour in Tokyo if you have the chance. Thank you, Yoko San

One of the best tours I have ever had in 20 years of traveling. Yoko is 100% fluent in English and extremely knowledgeable about Japanese architecture. The pre-tour communication was excellent. She really tailored the tour to my interests. I learned so much and she was nice enough to send me references for further study after the tour. She was very sensitive to my age and experience. I was so grateful that she suggested putting my heavy bag and backpack in a locker! We had an amazing connection and our conversation was very pleasant but always centered on contemporary Japanese architecture. This was everything a tour should be - informative, accurate, and inspiring one to learn more. I recommend Yoko very highly. If I came back to Tokyo, I would try to have more tours with Yoko. I enjoyed meeting her and she is extremely skilled at giving this tour.

An excellent tour in Omotesandō for those interested in Fashion, Art, Design and Architecture. We had a fantastic tour, despite the poor weather, and Yoko picked the ideal sites to match our interests. Highly recommended!

We had a wonderful tour with Yoko and learned a lot about contemporary architecture in Tokyo/Omotesando. The contact before and after the tour was very professional and friendly too. For example - we got a list with all the houses we saw, together with the names of the architects and the years when these buildings opened. It was a great pleasure and Yoko is a fantastic tour guide!

She was an excellent guide, engaging, informative and extremely helpful. We will definitely recommend her to our friends and family who visit Tokyo in future. We would definitely sign up for more tours with her in future. Sincerely Marian Lamb and Carol Berkenkotter