Tokyo: Japanese New Year Food Tour in Shibuya
About this activity
Highlights
- Take a 3-hour tour of Shibuya, visiting local food stops
- Learn about Hatsumode, visiting shrines and temples according to New Year’s tradition
- Try some symbolically “good luck” New Year’s dishes
- Enjoy a dinner featuring the classic Japanese winter dishes Shabu Shabu and Sukiyaki
- Toast to the New Year with free-flowing sake, wines, local beer, and other beverages
Full description
Included / Excluded
- • Dinner and free-flowing drinks
- • Shogatsu (New Years) in Japan
- • Traditional snacks and dessert
- • Local English-speaking guide
- • Hotel pick-up (can be arranged for an additional charge)
- • Gratuity
- • Transportation costs
- • Additional food and drinks (possible to purchase at the guest’s expense)
Important information
Know before you book
- • The tour starts promptly at 4:00PM and ends at 7:00PM
- • This tour has a 2 person minimum, and a 10 person maximum
- • This tour is vegan, vegetarian, pescetarian and gluten-free friendly
- • The operator reserves the right to expel any participant from the tour who is intoxicated, acting belligerently, endangering others or behaving in a way which may tarnish or act upon the operator’s reputation or cause distress
- • The operator and its guides reserve the right to refuse or withdraw guests that are unfit to take the tour for any reason, or act in a dangerous manner
- • You must be 21 years of age and present a valid photo ID in order to consume alcohol
- • Children must be accompanied by an adult/parent
- • A passport copy is required for children aged 10 and older
Know before you go
- There is a strict policy on the tour start time, guests who are late will be left behind.
Cancellation policy
Up to 24 hours before the beginning of the activity: full refund Less than 24 hours before the beginning of the activity or no-show: no refund
Reviews
o this was a fun, informative, interesting and tasty tour! we loved our time with our engaging guide Yoshiko. The small tour was great. the food venues interesting and the company great. we did this as a private tour and I think we got more from.t that experience. Happy to recommend.
Great Food, Mixed Experience The food on this tour was exceptional — outstanding quantity, quality, and variety. We enjoyed generous portions of delicious local specialties. However, finding the meeting spot was very difficult. The instructions pointed to a mural that had been taken down with no clear alternative. Our guide Mae was friendly and knowledgeable, but she seemed awkward and not very engaging. She didn’t encourage group introductions, so we felt disconnected and noticed other guides were much more lively. She’s nice and knows her material, but may be better suited to a different role. Hoping the company can provide support without this affecting her job. The food made it worthwhile, but better logistics and energy would improve it.
Very disappointing, far from town and no real food tasting.