Meiji Shrine
- Address: 1-1, Kamizono-chō, Tokyo
- Hours: Open Daily, hours change every month.
- Admission: Shrine admission free. Other attractions within may have admission fees
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Meiji Shrine Reviews
We've found 14 Meiji Shrine reviews from Viator.com travelers and members: what they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved. It's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
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Review by Graham, Australia, September 2011
Doing what: Tokyo Morning Tour: Meiji Shrine, Senso-ji Temple and Ginza Shopping District
What a wonderful tour. Our guide Mai was superb. Meiji Shrine was beautiful, as were the gardens of the Imperial Palace. Loved the Senso-ji Temple and then being given some time to shop for souveneers. I've previously done the Dynamic Tokyo full day tour and this half day tour showed me different things. I was with 3 young children so the half day tour was an ideal length for children. Mai was just the best tour guide! She gave a wonderful insight into Japan. The tour was so well organised and efficient. Thanks for a great experience.
Review by Anonymous, July 2010
Doing what: Panoramic Tokyo Day Tour - Meiji Shrine, Asakusa Temple and Tokyo Bay Cruise
Our family my husband and I with two teenage daughters enjoyed the Tokyo Day Tour. Tokyo is such a big city, much bigger and spread out than I expected so the tour was great to situate us as far as how the city is laid out. The tour with the hotel pick up was great so we didn't have to try to figure out how to get from point A to B on our first day in Tokyo. Our tour guide Mei-san had fantastic English and a great sense of humor. The tour took us to historical sites with commentary when we pass through some important modern buildings. We were able to see a traditional Japanese wedding at the Meiji Shento Shrine which was really interesting. The Asakusa Temple is fun for the busy shopping streets in front. The western style lunch was so so since we would prefer Japanese lunch boxes however, the view from the top of the little hotel was very pretty. The after lunch cruise was very relaxing especially on that extremely hot day. We enjoyed our last stop at the Japanese version of the 1 store which was amazing since we found everything in Japan to be too expense. Overall, this is a great tour for anyone visiting Tokyo for the first time - we didn't have to worroy about anything and just get on and off the bus and learn from Mei-San.
Review by Anonymous, July 2009
Doing what: Panoramic Tokyo Day Tour - Meiji Shrine, Asakusa Temple and Tokyo Bay Cruise
Fantastic tour and guide. Wonderful lunch at picturesque restaurant. Well worth doing. Meiji Shrine and boat cruise around Tokyo harbour were nice.
Review by Anonymous, June 2007
Doing what: Panoramic Tokyo Day Tour - Meiji Shrine, Asakusa Temple and Tokyo Bay Cruise
We were only in Tokyo for a short time and wanted to see the major attractions without feeling like we were running around. This tour was perfect as it took us on a comfortable air-conditioned bus to Meiji Shinto Shrine, Asakusa Kannon Temple and the Imperial Palace, plus other locations. Our guide was excellent and provided great details and perspective.
Review by Haiyin H, May 2013
Doing what: Panoramic Tokyo Day Tour - Meiji Shrine, Asakusa Temple and Tokyo Bay Cruise
For us it was a great day trip. The weather was perfect and Tokyo seemed clean and well organized for a large metropolitan area. The tour guide was friendly and spoke good English. Every place they arranged was worth going. Meiji shrine has historical importance to Japan, Asakusa Temple is a well known Buddhist temple with a lot of festivity—quite commercialized though. The lunch was at a restaurant on the top floor of a 12-story building by the Bay. The view was wonderful. The final leg of the tour was the bay cruise that provided opportunity to see city from various angles. I would recommend to anyone, particularly to those who do not know Tokyo very well.
Review by Lucy J, United Kingdom, May 2010
Doing what: Tokyo Morning Tour: Meiji Shrine, Senso-ji Temple and Ginza Shopping District
This is a great few hours to show you a few interesting parts of Tokyo. As with some other tours they try to fit in a lot in the few hours you have but what they show you is beautiful. The Meiji Shrine is a stunning place to visit and we actually went back another day to spend more time there and to see more of it. During this tour we only got to spend 30 minutes here which isn't really long enough to take in what it has to offer and to explore everything else. Even though you spend a lot of time travelling to and from venues the tour guides are very knowledgeable about Tokyo and are constantly telling you what you are driving past and about the history of the area. You have a short walk through the Imperial Palace East Gardens which are beautiful and at this time of year the Cherry Blossoms are starting to come out. On the day we went id was raining which was a shame but we still saw the gardens and the blossoms. The tour ends in Ginza shopping district which is described as the New York of Tokyo. It has streets and streets of designer shops and department stores which you can spend hours in and thousands of yen! If you are interested here is where there is the Hello Kitty stores. There are about 4 Hello Kitty stores which have everything you could ever imagine! Very enjoyable but very busy!!
Review by Bonnie C, USA, January 2010
Doing what: Panoramic Tokyo Day Tour - Meiji Shrine, Asakusa Temple and Tokyo Bay Cruise
The day started out overcast and cool, perfect for picture taking. We were able to view the twice monthly ritual at the Meiji Shrine. Beautiful! There is history on every corner. The tour guide was very informative and had several good tidbits along the way of restaurants to eat at or other places to visit.
Review by Jane P C, July 2012
Doing what: Panoramic Tokyo Day Tour - Meiji Shrine, Asakusa Temple and Tokyo Bay Cruise
Of the 3 tours I booked, this is the tour I liked the least. Meiji Shrine was okay - the shrine is not even old and not much to see except for the bonzai. Asakusa Temple was too crowded for us to appreciate it well and I don't think the bay cruise was worthwhile. I would have preferred to experience something else (i.e. sumo wrestiling, etc..) in Japan. Unfortunately, I guess this is why it's a packaged tour - you don't get a lot of options. Finally, we were fed lunch way past our normal schedule (past 1:30 pm) so my kids were really starving. I wish we were informed about this ahead of time so we could have been better prepared.
Review by Jane P C, July 2012
Doing what: Panoramic Tokyo Day Tour - Meiji Shrine, Asakusa Temple and Tokyo Bay Cruise
Of the 3 tours I booked, this is the tour I liked the least. Meiji Shrine was okay - the shrine is not even old and not much to see except for the bonzai. Asakusa Temple was too crowded for us to appreciate it well and I don't think the bay cruise was worthwhile. I would have preferred to experience something else (i.e. sumo wrestiling, etc..) in Japan. Unfortunately, I guess this is why it's a packaged tour - you don't get a lot of options. Finally, we were fed lunch way past our normal schedule (past 1:30 pm) so my kids were really starving. I wish we were informed about this ahead of time so we could have been better prepared.
Review by C M, June 2012
Doing what: Panoramic Tokyo Day Tour - Meiji Shrine, Asakusa Temple and Tokyo Bay Cruise
Overall I enjoyed this tour around Tokyo. The Meiji Shrine was the first shrine I visited while in Tokyo and was great to see, plus there was a traditional wedding happening at the same time so that was great to see. The Imperial Palace East Garden was interesting to visit and the Asakusa Kannon Temple was great.
There are some things that were a little disappointing with the tour. The guide was a little standof-ish, which considering the amount of people on the tour was probably just something that happens. The Imperial Palace gardens were a disappointment after seeing some of the other sights of Tokyo. The Tokyo Bay cruise was fairly short and you didn't really see that much (luckily there was another wedding on the boat to captivate people).
Also, though it is listed as a Western-style lunch, it was still disappointing to eat Western food while in Tokyo. One of my reasons for going to Japan was to try the local cuisine. And then finishing off the tour in Odaiba, while great cause I got to see the Statue of Liberty and Gundam statue, was another let-down cause there wasn't much else to do.
I would have liked more time in Asakusa, especially since that was a tourist spot with shopping opportunities, and maybe a stop in Ginza instead of just driving by and saying it is the upmarket shopping area.
I know there are a few criticisms there, but with some modification this could be a really good showcase of Tokyo, and after spending several days there, there is just so much interesting stuff to see.
This is a really good tour and a good way to become familiar with some of the landmarks that make up this great city.
Review by trench, June 2011
Decent. Long walk in
Review by Anonymous, August 2010
Doing what: Panoramic Tokyo Day Tour - Meiji Shrine, Asakusa Temple and Tokyo Bay Cruise
The tour guide was highly informed which actually made the trip exciting. The Meiji Shrine and Asakusa Temple were very interesting however it would have been helpful for the guide to give some information on the Bay Cruise as we were passing various area buildings. Instead he just sat down which was disappointing which is a shame because he had so much knowledge so the cruise was simply looking out of a window at buildings not knowing what they were or what they reoresented. Also I was advised when booking that I would be dropped off at my hotel and was not, I had to get 2 trains back and was late for a business dinner.
Review by michael c, May 2013
Doing what: Panoramic Tokyo Day Tour - Meiji Shrine, Asakusa Temple and Tokyo Bay Cruise
The tour was boring, Meiji shrine was a waste of time, The stalls at Asakusa temple are ok, the river cruise was more like a tour of the docks. Dont expect too much cos you wont get it.
Review by Russell S, Australia, October 2009
Doing what: Tokyo Morning Tour: Meiji Shrine, Senso-ji Temple and Ginza Shopping District
We stopped at the Meiji Shrine and Senso-ji Temple but we drove past other points of interest and were unable to take photos because we were on the wrong side of the bus. The tour guide was very informative and helpful. The tour felt very rushed and I would not recommend it to other people.
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