UNESCO Temples and Shrines: Private Car Tour

Embark on a private tour of Nikko and discover its UNESCO-listed temples, Toshogu Shrine, and Edo Wonderland. Customize your itinerary and explore the stunning architecture and natural beauty of the area.

Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Nikko Tosho-gu - The resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu Shogun, the founder of Tokyo (Edo), showcasing Japan’s most splendid architecture. (60 to 90 minutes)
  • Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura - Step back into the Edo period of the 18th century. Dress up as a samurai, ronin, feudal lord, or wear a kimono to become a princess of the feudal era. Enjoy…
What's Included
  • Hop-on hop-off tour
  • One bottled water per person
  • Surcharges on fuel
  • Private guide (English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean professional guides are available)
  • Hotel pickup/drop-off
  • Private chauffeur
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Lunch
  • Admission to facilities
  • Gratuity *5-20%
Additional Information

Discover the UNESCO-listed temples and shrines with our convenient private car tour. Begin at the Shinkyo Bridge, a symbolic link between the human and spiritual realms, and delve into the samurai culture and history at Toshogu Shrine, renowned for its stunning architecture in eastern Japan.
In the afternoon, ride the Akechidaira Ropeway for…

Location
Nikko Tosho-gu
2301 Sannai,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Compass34747213370
Jul 2, 2025
A lovely day trip - Our family had a great time in Edo Wonderland, and Toshogu was beautiful. Kaz was a great guide and helped us make the most of a rainy day. Dressing up in Edo Wonderland is a bit time-consuming, but worth it. We were able to watch two shows, do several activities, and eat lunch. The maze and ninja house were surprisingly difficult, but still fun.
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Wanderer58180977501
Jun 22, 2025
Nikko is worth it - Nikko is an amazing and magical place and our tourist guide, Shun, was amazing. He is very knowledgeable, and friendly.
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Benjamin_a
Jun 2, 2025
Fantastic tour guide and... - Fantastic tour guide and driver. Yoshimi was an excellent and very nice tour guide. She was very informative and showed us many unique locations that we otherwise could not see with a large bus tour. She was very friendly and provided multiple suggestions for both Tokyo and Kyoto. Highly recommend a tour with her.
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Travel705693
Apr 5, 2025
Excellent experience! - We loved it!! the guide is very friendly, speaks very good Spanish, explained very well the history and meaning of some things and places!! The driver super attentive, very friendly!! thank you so much for the experience and for being so kind to our son ..!!
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Phallon_m
Mar 27, 2025
Worth it - We originally were just going to make our way to Nikko for edo wonderland before stumbling across this tour. It’s very flexible with plenty of options to choose from and company is really easy to work with and plan your schedule. I highly recommend. Just know that any tickets or entry fees are not included with this so you will be spending more depending on what you choose. But still worth it!
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Alison
Mar 5, 2025
Great day out of the city - Seiji was fantastic. We got to see everything we wanted and he was super helpful with information about Toshogu. I like that he didn’t pressure us to keep going when we were ready to go and was most interested in doing the pace we wanted to go at. Would highly recommend!
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637matthewp
Dec 4, 2024
A must do day trip from Tokyo - Yoshimi and Taiji, you were wonderful and made our full day experience all that much better. You were very accommodating, knowledgeable, and spoke wonderful English. Our daughters really enjoyed the entire day. We highly recommend this tour for anyone wanting a day trip out of Tokyo to experience the beautiful nature and culture Japan has to offer.
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Daniel_t
Dec 1, 2024
Nikko day trip from Tokyo - We had an amazing day with our guide Ken-san and driver Toshi-san. They were punctual and excellent communicators and Ken was very informative and interested in our family, and very good with our two young boys at Edo wonderland. Ken and Toshi were so accommodating and nothing was too much trouble, they even went on an ice-cream hunt for our kids. We will remember this tour fondly and highly recommend.
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Kathleen_s
Nov 29, 2024
Waterfalls and incredible tour - What an incredible day with our guide Noriko and our driver Tak. We drove from Tokyo to Nikko in a comfortable car, we saw 3 amazing waterfalls, and enjoyed the changing of the leaves. We also got an amazing hike in the National Park. What an incredible day. Thank you again Noriko and Tak- for the amazing day and for all the photos you took!! I highly recommend this team!
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Diana_b
May 22, 2025
This is a Fraudulent tour company. - Please do not reserve this company. (Danger ! ) Beware ! Japan Star Travel. We paid an enormous amount of Money to enjoy this tour. $1,250.00. The itinerary lists 13 stops. We only did 1 stop number 8 and allowed only 15 min as tour guide Ken admitted his terrible incompetence, by go to number 8 first little water falls. The tour is really 1 hour for the first stop and 2 hours for the 2nd stop with 3 hour drive each way back to Tokyo City. The tour guide Ken took us to stop 8 first , bypassing the highlight of the tour which is 1&2. In fact stop 2 was actually Closed for the Day! Note. The weather was perfect. I paid $1250 to go to a little water fall (that was really not very special and threatened to do stop 1 shrines in 15 minutes or they said will leave us behind. (Crazy Stressful! ). When we started complaining. They said we have no time for stop 1-2 and argue and try to play games. It’s what it is. I am an avid traveler. I have travelled the world 3 times. I always book with Viator. I have filed a complaint. I demand to get a full refund. As far as safety issue. All of a sudden we were driven to a secluded area about 2 hours from Tokyo, and we were told to get out of the car. When we refused. And said we are going to call the Japanese police, US Embassy. They started driving back to town again. This was a very scary and life threatening experience. When in the Tokyo City I frantically called Viator while in the Van as we felt safer now only 10 min to our Hotel. We proceeded to contact Viator for help! We also filed a complaint with the US embassy Tokyo. The owner of the company called and we refused to speak to him. So Ken proceeded to put him on speaker and the owner said we must get out of the car if we complain to Viator.I am working with Viator for a refund. I am confident that Viator will protect its customers and provide a full refund for this dangerous and scary experience, and cancel its Vendor there will be no more Victims. Please do not reserve this company for your touring needs in Tokyo.
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From $1,253 (Per Group)
up to 8 guests
1 - Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).