Reviews for Arigato Travel / Arigato Japan Food Tours

Great tour, great guide, great food!

What a great tour! Our guide was fantastic! She took us through all the areas of the fish market and was very knowledgeable about the area and its history. She provided a wide range of different foods for us to try. It was a wonderful tour and I highly recommend it!

Product: Arigato Japan Food Tours

Great tour and picnic

A great tour of looking, tasting, shopping and picnicking. Jane also gave us some lessons in etiquette, which I can never hear too many times. I was not able to make the first half of the tour because I was feeling under the weather but Jane took care of my (young adult) children on her own and they had a great time. When I met up, my kids were educating me on everything Jane had already told them. I also loved that she took us to the stall of the first and only woman that has the license to do the fish shopping

Product: Classic Tsukiji Food Tour

Incredible

Alex was a fantastic host! We loved all of the food. Would highly recommend. So much more than food with great insights into Japan.

Product: Best of Shibuya Food Tour

Tour was great and at a relaxed pace. Explained the history of what we toured. Guide was very courteous and made sure we were well taken care of.

Product: Kyoto Matcha Green Tea Tour

Osaka food tour with Kevin

Kevin, our tour guide, was fantastic. Kevin told great stories about some of the history in Osaka, knew the best food spots and was great company for the evening!!

Product: Absolute Osaka Food Tour

Custom Tour Experience

Josh Fields and the amazing team at Arigato Travel worked with us to design our Tokyo and surrounding area trip to make it the perfect fit for us. Josh met with us online prior to our trip to help us plan out the itinerary and even rearranged things for us to fit in a bonus trip to Shizuoka. We had Josh and Wes as tour guides and both were super accommodating to the needs of our group (one with food allergies and one with bad knees). The support we received from the Arigato Team was just amazing. We never felt alone during our trip even when we were off on our own adventures. They answered questions, helped us find wonderful places to eat, shop, and explore all while sharing the beautiful history and culture of Japan. I highly recommend them.

Product: Arigato Japan Food Tours

Outstanding tour with a great tour guide

The short tour was a great exposure to the Nishiki Market in Kyoto and give us a different perspective of the place and details were pointed out that we would not see otherwise. Great food and drink tasting is of course a big part of this tour. Highly recommended!

Product: Arigato Japan Food Tours

So. Much. Fun.

What a fun — and tasty! — tour. Our guide, Sae, was absolutely delightful and knew so much about the area, the food and the local culture! She created a traveling party out of our group of 8 tourists, with each stop bringing new and surprising activities. At one stop, we learned about Japanese knives and at another we played arcade games! And of course we ate and drank! Such a memorable evening—a real highlight of our Japan trip!

Product: Osaka Shinsekai Evening Food Tour

More than just food

We learned a lot about the area and enjoyed some excellent food and conversation. The tour is not just about food and the Golden Gai area- it covers far more than that. Yoshi was fantastic!!!

Product: Shinjuku Golden Gai Food Tour

Fun tour

Initially very unsure about the tour but the guide Ike was excellent and spoke very good English. A super knowledgeable guide and generally interesting person to spend an evening with.

Product: Osaka Shinsekai Evening Food Tour

Absolute Osaka food tour is a must!

Melissa was our fantastic host, she was very knowledgeable and personable. We visited 4 different places. Melissa used her knowledge and our preferences to bring together a fabulous food selection for us to taste. We had a generous selection of food and a couple of alcoholic drinks each during our evening. She took photos of us along the way to make it an evening to remember forever.

Product: Absolute Osaka Food Tour

A great last night activity.

It was Natsumi's first solo tour and she did amazing! We loved the side stories about Japanese culture and history (like the baseball fans throwing a KFC statue into the river). She showed us a couple of shrines too. The food was excellent and she did a great job helping find things with our dietary needs. Personally I loved the part when she took us a couple of streets off of the main, busy street the best. But that's a preference. Natsumi even found a different dessert for us since we had the planned one a couple of times by then. She even helped us get back to the correct subway to get back to the hotel. Would definitely recommend this, especially if you don't mind crowds. That area of Osaka is as busy as Times Square.

Product: Osaka Dotonbori Daytime Food Tour

So much fresh, amazing food

We did a tour that was breakfast/lunch. It started at 8:30 in the morning where we met Jacob and Jane (Jacob was the main guide and Jane was "shadowing"). We met in front of a famous coffee place where they got us coffees to start then went through the fish markets. We are at one restaurant then Jacob bought fish from the indoor section where the locals go and we had a picnic. We finished off with the typical dessert (the fish looking pastry filled with red beans) from the shop that invented them. Jacob was very knowledgeable and super friendly. He had a lot of great stories to share. It was our fourth day there and I wish we would have done it sooner.

Product: Arigato Japan Food Tours

Outstanding Experience with Jane!

Jane was absolutely awesome! She brought an incredible amount of energy and enthusiasm to the experience, and it was clear from the start that she genuinely loves what she does. She was not only engaging but also full of useful information that made the entire trip more enriching. Her passion, professionalism, and positive attitude truly made the day memorable. Highly recommend!

Product: Best of Shibuya Food Tour

Food Tour with Jane

We had a wonderful food tour through Shibuya with Jane as our guide! She took us to five fantastic spots, each with its own unique flavor and charm. Beyond the incredible food, Jane shared stories about the local art, history, and culture, adding so much depth to the experience. She was an absolute delight to spend time with—warm, knowledgeable, and thoughtful. Our group of eight had a range of food allergies and sensitivities, and Jane handled everything with such kindness and care. We’re so grateful for her guidance and would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Tokyo!

Product: Best of Shibuya Food Tour

Ramen

Jane was great!! She was very thorough with the history of each stop, from how each got started. The food selection was very good!

Product: Best of Shibuya Food Tour

Product: Shinjuku: Golden Gai Food Tour

Went to five different restaurants and tried food.

Jane is amazing! Full of great energy and lots of information. She gave us the history of the places we went to along with the history of the food we ate. She is relatable and is a joy to be around.

Product: Arigato Japan Food Tours

Ask for Jane shiboya food tour

Jane is amazing! Her food tour was exceptional as was her passion for the restaurants and Tokyo in general. I cannot imagine a better guide and would recommend her for any tour. The ramen restaurant was amazing and every stop was very good!

Product: Best of Shibuya Food Tour

Let Jane take you around Japan

Jane was an amazing guide. We are so many wonderful things and had so many unique experiences we wouldn’t have had otherwise. Jane taught us so much about the background of what we were eating it made it taste better. Jane is the best!

Product: Best of Shibuya Food Tour