Reviews for Arigato Travel / Arigato Japan Food Tours

Cute Tokyo food tour

We had an amazing time on the Harajuku Kawaii Food Tour — a fun, colorful two-hour walk through the heart of Tokyo’s cutest neighborhood. From giant rainbow cotton candy and Japanese-style pizza, to creative onigiri, every stop had something surprising and really delicious. We also tried handmade sugar art candy, matcha ice cream, a dreamy matcha tiramisu, and the classic crepes Harajuku is known for. The food was not only super photogenic but genuinely tasty, balancing sweet and savory bites perfectly. Huge thanks to our guide Wesp, who was so kind, knowledgeable, and made the whole experience even more fun and memorable. Highly recommend if you’re looking to eat your way through Tokyo’s cutest street!

Product: Kawaii Food Tour of Harajuku Tokyo

Great Shibuya food tour with Jane

We had a great 5 stop food tour with Jane in Shibuya, sushi tastes never tasted before, the best ramen ever an much more! Highly recommended!

Product: Best of Shibuya Food Tour

Gion food tour

We did a food tour in Gion Kyoto. Our guide was very good. We had a difficult customer in our group and our guide handled the situation very calmly and professionally. The tour was interesting and food v, tasty. We did think it was a little on the expensive side though. A travellers tip- July is very very hot in Kyoto, take this into account if you are planning on doing any walking and take lots of water with you.

Product: Absolutamente Osaka

Sehr sehr gut gemacht

Product: Osaka: Food Tour at Night with Tastings

Highly recommended fish market tour

“The tour was far more wide ranging than we’d expected it to be, starting with a delicious coffee, followed by a visit to an unfamiliar looking Buddhist temple and explanation of the land reclamation in the area. Breakfast in our own little booth in the market came next (plus learning a few Japanese phrases to express gratitude for food) and then an extended tour of the street stalls. Stall holders don’t generally like visitors holding up proceedings and taking photos, but were very happy to allow this when they saw our guide, who’s obviously known to them. We then visited a small temple beloved by the merchants. More street food samples continued (sweet omlette, salty snacks, flavoured sesame seeds) and visits to kitchen shops (where I was pleased to buy a matcha whisk!) Finally, we enjoyed a delicious picnic outside, but under cover, with the fresh produce our guide had bought en route. Clara was our lovely guide - she was very personable and friendly and we learned a lot about how she’d adjusted to life in Japan having arrived from Guatemala.”

Product: Classic Tsukiji Food Tour

Great, flexible food tour in a vibrant lesser-known area of Osaka

Had a great time trying out some local specialties! We enjoyed all the food, and the experience of making Japanese Osaka-style pancakes was a delight. Our guide Russ was entertaining and extremely amenable to changing the itinerary, preemptively selecting highlights of both food and activities to give us the best Shinsekai has to offer.

Product: Osaka Shinsekai Evening Food Tour

An Insider's advantage

Our tour guide Jane met us at a local Coffee Shop where we started our Breakfast tour of Tusukiji Outer Markets with an award winning beverage at Turret Cafe. Jane was incredibly knowledgeable, spoke excellent English, and was extremely kind. She lead us to the market where we were immediately seated inside a small air-conditioned room in an inner market food stall. It was clear this area was for locals only and not a tourist hot spot. We would have never found it without her guidance. She ordered us a traditional Japanese breakfast of miso soup, grilled fish, pickled vegetables and rice. The food was incredible and sitting in a cool room when the temperature outside was 36C (97F) felt like a true luxury. From there Jane expertly lead us through inner and outer markets. She gloriously kept us mostly inside due to the extreme heat and purchased items like ikura, Anago, and Maguro. Jane paid attention to all our likes and dislikes. From uni to oysters she knew all the best places to procure our favorites. Once all the items were purchased she lead us to another air-conditioned spot on the roof where we had our "picnic" of curated delicacies. We finished with an incredible dessert of candied frozen fruit and traditional ice cream. I have seen reviews that say guides are a waste of time in this market but I could not disagree more. It was clear we had all the best there was to offer and as it was a busy, crowded, hot day, we felt very privileged to be lead by Jane.

Product: Classic Tsukiji Food Tour

Food Glorious Food + History & Culture!

My family of 8 arrived in Tokyo about 24 hours before this tour began. We are a group of 3 generations with varied food preferences and walking paces. Ully did a great job of leading (herding?) us from place to place with grace and humor. We learned a lot, and we ate a lot of new and delicious foods. We highly recommend this tour for anyone interested in walking through a neighborhood and tasting food at places you might never find on your own. When else would we have tried Okinawan style food and have heard a folk song from Okinawa sung by the restaurant owner at the conclusion of our meal??? Also, our guide Ully spoke wonderful English, and she knows firsthand about the culture and history of Japan. She interspersed facts and stories as we ate and talked, it almost felt like a mobile dinner party by the end of the evening.

Product: Tokyo Allstar Food Tour

Excellent experience, 3 hours of food and culture with Ron gave us a real insight into the food and culture of Japan. Ron was a great host and took us to a number is spots a tourist is unlikely to find . I would highly recommend!

Product: Osaka Dotonbori Daytime Food Tour

Really enjoyed our food...

Really enjoyed our food tour. Giula was a fabulous guide with helpful local knowledge. She gave us a great insight into Japanese history & culture & of course the food was amazing. Our favourite was the sashimi restaurant.

Product: Shinjuku Golden Gai Food Tour

Den bedste oplevelse i Osaka

Vi havde nogle nogle fantastiske timer sammen med Kevin og Olivia! Vi fik smagt mange forskellige ting og ikke mindst fik en masse historier og i det hele taget var vi i hyggeligt selskab! De varmeste anbefalinger herfra 😊

Product: Osaka Shinsekai Evening Food Tour

Leckeres Essen in bester Begleitung

Dank Michy hatten wir einen großartigen Abend in Osaka. Sie hat uns ortskundig geleitet und über vieles in Dotonbori informiert. Ihre Auswahl an Gerichteten und Restaurants/Foodständen hat uns sehr gut gefallen.

Product: Absolute Osaka Food Tour

Highly recommend tour

It was a very good tour and we got to taste a lot of the wonderful food from the area. Highly recommend! Our guide Sandra was very kind, very knowledgeable and patient with our many questions 😊.

Product: Kawaii Food Tour of Harajuku Tokyo

Very local and authentic japanese dining and drinking experience in an awesome part of tokyo

Highly recommend the hidden gems tour in shimbashi for a truely local experience. It was so much fun and ray was awesome. Highly recommend.

Product: Shimbashi Hidden Gem Walking Tour

Awesome Experience

Very awesome tour. Jane was amazing. She was very knowledgeable and fun. I was able to try the local secret spots and traditional foods. 10/10 recommend.

Product: Best of Shibuya Food Tour

Book with Jane!!

Amazing tour guide. Very energetic. Jane knew alot about the food & its history. The locations werent too far apart and the portion sizes were great.

Product: Best of Shibuya Food Tour

Amazing tour with so much to do and see

Daniel was an amazing guide who made the tour really fun and informative about the area. Would highly recommend this to anyone who is visiting

Product: Shinjuku Golden Gai Food Tour

Geisha by Peru

We had the most wonderful experience with our guide Sebastian. His historical knowledge of Gion district in Kyoto and the Geisha was super and we loved walking through the quaint town, he was a mine of information. The meal was lovely in a traditional restaurant. We had a lovely evening. Thank you Sebastian and Arigato Tours.

Product: Arigato Japan Food Tours

Must do if you love food!

This was such a fun experience! We met Akiko in an iconic part of Osaka, learned all about the history, and were able to sample some unique foods! She also took us to a couple of game establishments and a cool knife store. Well worth the time. The food was plentiful, and there was something for everyone. She also asked our preferences--for instance,"were we adventurous eaters?" Had a great time and highly recommend!

Product: Absolute Osaka Food Tour

Best night in Osaka

Our last night in Osaka we had a food tour with Kevin. I did not expect much because I thought we were going to go to the food stalls. Not so! Kevin took us to 4 different off the beaten path places to dine. We had everything from takoyaki to sushi and many other dishes topped off with taiyaki, fish shaped cakes. Kevin was fun and very knowledgeable. We had a memorable time. Take this tour!

Product: Absolute Osaka Food Tour