Kumamoto Full-Day Private Tour: Scenic Experience with Licensed Guide
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Kumamoto
Embark on a full-day private tour in Kumamoto, Japan, with a licensed guide. Explore the city's landmarks, enjoy the tranquil countryside, and savor the local cuisine. Create your customized itinerary and make the most of your six-hour tour!
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Kumamoto Castle - Kumamoto Castle (çæ¬å, KumamotojÅ) is one of the most impressive castles in Japan. With large castle grounds and a variety of buildings, Kumamoto Castle offers its visitors one of the most complete castle experiences in Japan.
Only a few structures have survived the centuries since the castle’s construction in 1607 intact. The castle keep and most other buildings are modern reconstructions, but the reconstructions are mostly of a high quality and new buildings are continually being added. With about 800 cherry trees, the castle becomes a popular cherry blossom spot usually in late March and early April.
What's Included
- Licensed Local Guide
- Customizable Tour of your choice of 3-4 sites from ‘What to expect’ list
What's Not Included
- Transportation fees, Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
- Private transportation
- This tour does not allow for pick up at the Yatsuhiro Port.
- You cannot combine multiple tour groups.
- Guide Entry fees are only covered for sights listed under What to Expect.
Additional Information
Embark on an incredible journey through Kumamoto with a qualified and multilingual tour guide licensed by the national government. This value-rich excursion offers a wonderful and efficient method to experience Kumamoto.
Situated on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, Kumamoto perfectly combines the energy of a thriving city with the serenity of the neighbouring countryside. The heart of the city is home to its major highlight, the Kumamoto-jo castle, and a rich sprawl of restaurants, bars, and shops provide additional attractions.
Inform us about what you’re interested in exploring, and your guide will tailor a six-hour tour perfectly suited to your preferences!
Note1: You’re encouraged to pick your top preferred destinations from a list provided in the tour details to personalize your itinerary.
Note2: The National Government licensed guide is a qualification provided by the Japanese government and guarantees a strong understanding and knowledge of Japanese culture and history.
- This is a walking tour. Pick up is on foot. No Private Vehicle is included.
Location
Kumamoto Castle
1-1 Hommaru, Chuo-ku,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(12 Ratings)
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Apr 4, 2024
Kumamoto castle, Suizneji Park, a fabulous lunch in a traditional shop and wonderful crafts! - This was a wonderful tour! Our guide, Mieko san, made it meaningful and interesting on various levels. Culturally and historically, she was a wealth of interesting facts and stories. It was a great tour with a great guide.
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Martin_b
Apr 2, 2024
Great custom private Mt Aso tour. - Mieko was a great guide - she contacted me days before already to talk through the itinerary, was providing good suggestions and did fully accommodate our preferences. She was a great guide during the day as well giving lots of background and information for our tour around Mt. Aso and helped us finding the OnePiece Kumamoto Project statues and the shops to buy the memorabilia figures.
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Dianefik
Mar 15, 2024
Wonderful Meiko - Mieko is wonderful. So caring and concerned to make sure you see as much as possible. And so organized.
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602janna
Mar 6, 2024
Kumamoto City Tour - We had an enjoyable trip in Kumamoto with Mieko as our guide. We learnt a lot about the culture and food in Kumamoto. We are glad that we made this stop at Kumamoto.
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107yiy
Dec 22, 2023
Kumamoto day tour with guide Mieko - Miekoさん、お元気ですか？review遅れて、ごめんね！Miekoさんのおかげで、my boyfriend and I created such a great memory in Kumamoto. We arrived an hour late due to that we were not familiar with the traffic, I was telling Mieko we can shorten the tour because it was my fault. But she still spent the full six hours with us, very thankful! In addition to the Kumamoto Castle and places of interest, she also took us to a sword smith shop, over there we saw the 本物の日本刀! Also, Miekoさんは、細かなところに気がついて、we were at a natural water fountain, drinking that water can make a person 10 years younger 😀 so I had to try, and she had the disposable cups 用意してくれました。Miekoさんは，九州出身の芸能人のことが詳しくて、会話するのもとても楽しかった！共通の好きなバンドは、世界の終わり！to travelers who are looking at my review, please come to Kumamoto and let Mieko guide you!
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Howard_w
Oct 2, 2023
Mieko is the best. - Mieko was absolutely the best. I told Mieko to meet us at the Kumamoto cruise terminal, but the ship docked in Yatsushiro!! She was gracious enough to tell us how to get to Kumamoto, so off we went in a shuttle from the ship to the train station in Shinkansen, and then a bullet train to Kumamoto. AND THERE SHE WAS waiting for us.
She guided us all over Kumamoto. We went to the Kumamoto Castle and the Suizenji Jojuen Gardens.
Mieko was patient, understanding, knowledgeable, gracious, and tireless.
Please always ask for Mieko.
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Thomas
Jun 17, 2023
Great guide and lots of fun - I booked this tour as I am very interested in the History of Japan and it seemed like a great way to experience Kumamoto.
My guide Mieko was great, we met just outside the hotel I was staying at and then proceeded to visit various Shinto shrines, taking a lot of pictures along the way.
Around noon, we went to eat very tasty lava grilled Aka-Ushi (brown cow) and Horse meat, which we got near Kumamoto castle.
We finally visited Kumamoto castle which was the tour’s high point for history. Mieko explained everything in detail and it was very interesting to hear about the turbulent history of the Satsuma rebellion and how Kumamoto castle was burned down during a siege by those forces.
I think it was a great experience and would recommend it to everyone, especially if you are not able to read or speak Japanese well
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7elliots
May 14, 2023
A Fun Day in Kumamoto - I got to explore Kumamoto with Mieko. She is a very knowledgeable and fun individual. During the tour we had a nice time discussing many topics and exploring historic sites such as Kumamoto Castle , Suizenji, old town and Koizumi Yakumo former residence.
The experience was enjoyable and included a brief stop to taste some delicious Kumamoto Nihon-shu.
Thanks for a great day in Kumamoto Mieko!
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Martinlaflamme2
Apr 29, 2023
Great in Kumamoto with Mieko - My day - guided tour in Kumamoto was extremely good. My guide Mieko was very pleasant, very well organized and explained all the items of the tour in very great details. We covered the Suizenji Jojuen Garden, ate at a great local family traditional Japanese restaurant and finally concluded the day with Kumamoto Castle. Mieko was very knowledgeable and I recommend her and this tour of a day to see the most meaningful things of Kumamoto and its history.
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