Tours, sightseeing tours, activities & things to do | Viator.comKamakura Full-Day Walking Tour with Optional Rickshaw Ride from Tokyo
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Duration: 8 hours (approx.)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Product code: 2142TYO_F900F910
Explore the countryside, temples and shrines outside Tokyo on a full-day walking tour through Kamakura. This fascinating, fully guided excursion takes you to Kamakura's famous Great Buddha and pretty Hase Kannon Temple. You'll also have the option to take a one-hour rickshaw ride or train trip to visit the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine as well as shop for arts and crafts along Komachi Shopping Street.
To begin your full-day walking tour, you'll board local trains to Kamakura and Hase, a suburb within Kamakura, to visit the massive bronze statue of the Great Buddha at Kotokuin Temple. The second largest Buddha statue in Japan, the bronze image measures 37 feet (11.4 meters) and is thought to date back to 1252. You'll then visit the attractive Hase Kannon Temple, with its gilt statue of Kannon. You'll have great views of Hase and the Pacific Ocean from here.
After a Japanese-style lunch at a local restaurant, you have the option of taking an one-hour rickshaw ride or train trip on the Eno-den line to the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine (select your preference when booking).
Here, you'll take a walk along Wakamiya-Oji, the approach to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine lined with cherry trees. Features of the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine include a series of red torii gates, an arched bridge, ponds, a huge gingko tree and the colorful Main Hall standing at the top of 62 stone steps.
After walking back to Kamakura Station via Komachi Shopping Street and its art and craft shops, you'll catch a local train on the Yokosuka Line back to Tokyo.
- Full-day walking tour of Kamakura
- Great Buddha at Kotokuin Temple
- Pretty Hase Kannon Temple
- Choice of rickshaw or train ride to the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
- Torii gates and ponds of the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
- Shopping for arts and crafts on Komachi Shopping Street
- English-speaking guide
- Pick-up from selected Tokyo hotels
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Tour options:
Kamakura Full-Day Walking Tour with Optional Rickshaw Ride from Tokyo
- January, February and December: Monday, Wednesday and Fridays
- March to November: Daily (rickshaw option only available Mon to Fri)
Hamamatsucho Bus Terminal or selected hotels in Tokyo
Departure Time: 9:00am from Hamamatsucho Bus Terminalor
Hotel pickup at:
- Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka/Information Desk - 8:00am
- ANA InterContinental Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:20am
- Ariake Washington/1st Floor Information Desk - 8:00am
- Century Hyatt/Concierge - 7:50am
- Cerulean Tower Tokyu/Guest Relation - 7:40am
- Conrad Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:10am
- Crowne Plaza Metropolitan Tokyo/Bell Desk - 7:40am
- Daiichi Hotel Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:25am
- Four Seasons (Chinzan-so)/Concierge - 8:00am
- Ginza Capital (annex bldg.)/Lobby - 8:00am
- Grand Hyatt Tokyo/Lobby - 8:25am
- Grand Pacific Meridien/Bell Desk - 8:10am
- Grand Palace/Bell Desk - 7:55am
- Hilton Tokyo/Bell Desk - 7:55am
- Imperial (main bldg.)/Bell Desk - 8:25am
- Intercontinental Tokyo Bay/Concierge - 8:30am
- Keio Plaza Tokyo/Front Information Desk - 8:05am
- Laforet Tokyo/Bell Desk - 7:55am
- Le Meridien Pacific Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:15am
- Mandarin Oriental/Bell Desk - 7:50am
- New Otani (main bldg.)/Bell Desk - 7:50am
- New Sanno/Lobby - 8:05am
- Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa/Bell Desk - 8:20am
- Nikko Tokyo/2nd Floor Bell Desk - 8:15am
- Okura (main bldg.)/Assistant Manager Desk - 8:10am
- Park Hotel Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:20am
- Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tokyo/Lobby - 7:50am
- Courtyard by Marriott Tokyo Ginza HotelBell Desk - 8:15am
- Royal Park/Bell Desk - 7:50am
- Royal Park Shiodome Tower/1st Floor Doorman Desk - 8:25am
- Shiba Park/Guest Relation - 8:30am
- Shinagawa Prince Hotel (Main Tower)/Guest Relations - 8:05am
- Shinjuku Washington/3rd Floor Information Desk - 7:45am
- Sunshine City Prince/Bell Desk - 7:30am
- Tokyo Dome/Bell Desk - 8:20am
- Tokyo Prince/Bell Desk - 8:30am
- The Prince Park Tower Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:20am
- Tokyo St. (Hato Bus at Marunouchi South Exit)/Hato Bus Waiting Room #7 - 8:15am
- Westin Tokyo/Bell Desk - 7:55am
- Yaesu Fujiya/Bell Desk - 8:05am
Tour concludes at Tokyo Station at approximately 5.30pm. Hotel drop off is NOT provided.
- Walking tour
- Lunch
- Professional guide
- Transportation by train to Kamakura
- Transportation by train back to Tokyo
- Hotel pick up (selected hotels only)
- Gratuities (optional)
- Hotel drop off
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless you are booking within 7 days of travel. In this case, confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
- Wheelchair accessible - if assistance is required, passenger must provide their own carer
- Infant rates apply provided they do not occupy a seat
- Infant meals not included
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Our trip to Kamakura was one of the highlights of our trip to Japan. Our guide was very friendly and ... Read more ›
Joshua B, United States of America, July 2009
The rickshaw ride was our favorite part. I was surprised to hear that some people on our tour didn't ... Read more ›
Anonymous, United States of America, May 2009
