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Two National Treasures and Lantern Painting

Art, Culture, & Historical
Aichi
English
8 hours
Private tour (only you and your group)
Up to 15 people

Inuyama in Aichi Pref. has two National Treasures, Inuyama Castle, or which has the oldest original castle tower, and "Jo-an", which has the old and historical tea ceremony house in "Uraku-en" Japanese garden. You can also experience painting Japanese lantern. I'm sure you will have a wonderful time in Inuyama!!

Yuriko S.

4.94 / 5
(52 reviews)

Meeting Point

At your hotel in Nagoya

08:30 AM

Your hotel in Nagoya

Let's meet at your hotel front.

09:00 AM

Nagoya Station

Get on the train bound for Inuyama

09:30 AM

Inuyama Station

Now let's start enjoying castle town walking

10:00 AM

Kinoshita Castle Folk Museum

You can enjoy painting Japanese lantern and drinking a cup of coffee at an old and beautiful samurai residence

11:30 AM

Inuyama Castle Town

Let's have lunch at a restaurant in a beautiful and nostalgic castle town

01:00 PM

Inuyama Castle

You can enter the National Treasure castle tower and see panoramic views from the top floor!

02:30 PM

Uraku-en

Let's enjoy beautiful Japanese garden and National Treasure's Tea House. You can also enjoy Japanese green tea and sweet.

04:00 PM

Inuyama-yuen Station

Get on a train bound for Nagoya

04:30 PM

Nagoya Station or your hotel

You will have a wonderful day. See you!

Ending Point

Nagoya JR Station or your hotel in Nagoya

What to Expect

・You can see two National Treasures.

・You can experience painting Japanese paper lantern at an old samurai residence and bring back the lantern to your home as a nice souvenir.

・You can enjoy strolling a wonderful castle town.

・You can enjoy a cup of green tea and Japanese sweet at a Japanese tatami room.

・You can see a nice panoramic view from the veranda of Inuyama Castle Tower.

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

guide fee, hotel pick-up fee, transportation fee for guide

What‘s not included

transportation fee for you, admission fee for you, painting experience fee for you, lunch for you and guide

Important Information

I will guide you every day except for the day that my schedule is not vacant.

I'm a local guide of Gifu, Nagoya and Aichi, but I can guide you around Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Kanazawa, Takayama and Shiga if you pay my transportation fee.

Japanese lantern painting fee is 2700 yen per a person.

Inuyama Castle admission fee 550 yen.

Uraku-en Garden admission fee is 1200 yen.

(If you buy a coupon of Nagoya railway company, admission fees of Inuyama Castle and Uraku-en are discounted.)

Cancellation Policy

  • Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
  • 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
  • No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time

Reviews

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Hela R.

5 / 5
Sep 10, 2024

Shirakawago village with guide

Yurikosan is very dependable and clever guide. She took care of us - 3 people and explained history of prefecture, Sharakawago village and Japan. I would recomend her to my frend.

Yuriko S.

Thank you for an excellent review and nice comments! I also enjoyed driving from Takayama to Shirakawago and visiting the nostalgic village with you and your nice family. Someday in the future, I'd like to visit your country with my husband. See you again!

James R.

5 / 5
Sep 10, 2024

Hiroshima and Miyajima Island

Yuriko guided myself and my son for a one-day trip from Osaka to Hiroshima and then to sacred island of Miyajima. She is a wonderful guide. Knowledgeable, well organized and good company. Would happily recommend her to anyone thinking about a guide.

Yuriko S.

Thank you for using your precious time in order to post such a good review and comments! I'm so happy to hear that you and your son enjoyed Hiroshima and Miyajima. I also had a wonderful day with both of you. Please come to Japan again, maybe next destination would be Ghibli Park in Aichi Prefecture. If so, please drop in my hometown, Gifu! Gifu has lots of sightseeing spots, such as swordsmith town, Seki City, beautiful and nostalgic castle town, Gujo-hachiman and Takayama, and World Heritage Site, Shirakawago. See you again! Yuriko

Lucia C.

5 / 5
Aug 15, 2024

Caring and knowledgeable

Yuriko is very nice, calm and gentle. She took care about the needs of everyone in our family group She organized a wonderful two half day tour around Kyoto and made her best to make us survive the heat

Yuriko S.

Thank you for an excellent review and nice comments! I'm happy to hear that. It was my pleasure to guide around Kyoto to you and your nice family! You all tried to listen to me even though too hot and humid weather. My precious memory with your family in Kyoto makes me happy. Thank you again for two wonderful days in Kyoto and iced coffee at Starbucks.

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Aidan C.

5 / 5
Jul 3, 2024

A beautiful day in Takayama!

Yuriko (also known as Lilly) was an amazing tour guide. She was so very knowledgeable about the history of Takayama and told interesting stories that we all enjoyed. Our family of 6 ranged in ages from 6 years to 70 years. I would highly recommend her as a guide and also recommend Takayama as a beautiful town to visit on your journey. Yuriko organised a lovely lunch and we enjoyed delicious food.

Yuriko S.

Thank you for an excellent review and heartwarning comments!(^-^)/ I'm so happy to hear that you all enjoyed beautiful Takayama with my guiding. Your kids are so cute and they reminded me of my three sons when they were little kids . I also enjoyed answering your clever boy's interesting questions. Please come to Japan again! From your guide, Lily

$140/ per group

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