Osaka Tours & Tickets

Bennett raced around very fast ! Not accomadating to my age wouldn’t recommend for seniors ! He didn’t drop us off at subway as stated in description . Group to big !!!should be 5 or less

We went on the evening Deep Backstreet Tour on Jan. 15. Andy and Luca were our guides. We arrived late after the group had left, but Luca kindly waited for us and quickly caught us up. We visited gambling parlors, "rough" neighborhoods, Shinsekai, red light districts, shopping arcades, and other areas. Andy and Luca were both extremely knowledgeable and experienced, and kept the tour lively and well-paced. They treated us to hot street food, very appreciated on a chilly night. We could not stay for the dinner option although the rest of the group did. We would definitely go with Andy and Luca again on the other Backstreet Osaka tours. Laura & Vinson

Unusual look at Osaka without the typical tour feeling. A chance to sample some local food with a look at part of Osaka that woukd never been found in tour books

Levy was our guide for this evening tour. We visited bars and restaurants, passed into gambling dens, viewed love hotels, and walked through fascinating shopping arcades. Levy gave us a great look into Japanese culture and with so much information, with his culinary background and years of experience. We had a lot of different types of drinks and food on the tour, and were quite full at the end. Afterwards, Levy kindly gave us a ride back to Dotonbori where our hotel was. We would definitely do other tours with Levy again.

What a brilliant few hours with Levy. Spending time wandering off the beaten track and tasting delicious local food was a wonderful way to get to know Osaka better. Levy is full of knowledge and information. An excellent tour and an essential inclusion to any visit to this great city.

Amazing selection of food. Levy our tour guide was excellent. He shared with us lots of informative and fun information on the area. Enjoyable evening with lots of food, drink and laughter. Thanks for a wonderful experience.

Overall a good experience, the sights were beautiful and the guide to and from Osaka was wonderful! She gave me insights on the areas between Kyoto Nara and Osaka and even some tidbits on the history and culture. The guides at the sites really didn't give more information than was on the signs, but with no time to read any of them. I wish I could rate them separately and there was more time at each site.

This experience was very nice, dressing up was good fun and the tea ceremony was lovely to witness. I would recommend this for anyone wanting to get an insight into the tea ceremony culture. The ceremony was quite short, not sure if it is worth the cost.

It was fantastic. Got to choose my kimono and found the ceremony of making the tea very tranquil and lovely. Maikoya was absolutely wonderful

The Tea Ceremony was fun and provided a lot of history about this ancient tradition. Dressing up in the kimonos was also an experience!

Perhaps a little information to the areas you drive through would be good. Excellent very accommodating team

These kind of tours have awesome guides, and amazing experience. The drive around Osaka as Anime Character and in Go kart amazing. Guide was professional and really enjoyed doing this.

This trip is awesome! Rodney not only showed me the food joints and pubs but more importantly the culture of the city. Everything was spot on and he even helped me to take some amazing pics that definitely a Tinder profit pic quality. Not to mention the food joints are really good and I promise you will not going to find those if you new to the city. I’m definitely recommend people to join this tour and it would be a unforgettable experience!

My guide Mysako (I know I am spelling it wrong) was excellent. Hit a number of places I never would have found on my own. All were wll thought out and excellent. To their credit I was a solo and the other people who were supposed to join us did not. Mysaako went ahead and took me on a thoroughly enjoyable night. Directions provided on how to find my guide were excellent.

Excellent tour with great host showing us the best of the back street eateries. The tour gave us confidence to dine 'off piste' for the rest of our time in Japan

You spend a lot of time travelling. But the memorial park and museum were definitely worth going to (bring tissues). Miyajima would have been great, but unfortunately it was under construction and the tour company didn’t tell us in advance. I thought that was ethically quite wrong. But the guide was really nice. It has been under construction for a year and will continue until May. That is plenty of time to give tourists warning.

Tour guide Mickey was terrific. She is a true professional and most accommodating. Long but wonderful day. Highly recommend.

The island was very beautiful and the guide was able to give us a lot of information. There were plenty of chances for free time where we could explore on our own. The peace museum was interesting yet confronting.

Nara and Kyoto are beautiful. Excellent tour guide, and just the right amount of stopping at each location. A bit chaotic at first trying to figure out which bus you go to at the hotel, but it was sorted then everything worked out.

The good: The locations are good to visit. The coach is fairly peaceful and comfortable (tho there are quite frequent announcements about next visit etc) We left, returned on time The tour guides tried hard to be helpful - in particular Emily was very active both helping us in English and also helping others in Japanese and Chinese at the same time so thank you very much. The OK: There is limited explanation / historical background given. But to be honest you can also read inscriptions at the locations visited or use Wikipedia. Given it's a large group with multiple languages needed, I think this is not surprising. The time available at the different locations is not that much - this is just a result of the schedule and travel time needed. At the bamboo forest in particular, move quickly if you want to see things and also have time for food. The not so good: The company (NOT the fault of the tour guides) provides pretty useless written materials. For example: The pickup point described as 'Namba OCAT' Come on guys, this is a huge building with multiple floors. A bit of extra information here is really easy to do and really helpful. There is a 'personalised' itinerary given to every person (thank you) but it actually does not include a lot of the information. For example, your time for lunch if you selected the buffet. Why provide each person with an itinerary, but leave off half the information and force the poor tour guides to have to explain all this extra stuff? The map provided of the bamboo forest area is utterly useless - there is limited time to walk around the bamboo forest and temple area, yet the company provides a map which shows attractions which are several miles away - while the local area (how to get to the bamboo forest) is completely unclear. Better off with google maps but of course because they provide the map, probably a lot of people try to use it. So to the company: please do consider the written material you provide, particularly given that people arrive at the tour needing translation into different languages so it's really helpful if the written materials are really clear and detailed.

Not what I thought a tour would be. Booking - Viator indicated the tour operator was Shinki Tours. The tour bus said Limon, the guide had a coat that said Limon. How was I supposed to know that they were the same? I was waiting outside waiting and finally decided to see if that person was with the tour. Don't they have a list of people who are on the tour? It was almost an hour bus ride to Kyoto. Not very much was said between Osaka and Kyoto. It would have been nice if there was more talking - where we were, significance of the area, what we were going to see, cultural aspects, etc. Once we got to Kyoto we were led to the bamboo forest, and for those of us who booked lunch, told what time to meet back at the restaurant. Which was not a lot of walk around time. After lunch, we went to Kinkakuji Temple. Again, drop you off, meet back at the bus. Oh and don't be late or we will leave without you. We will wait 5 minutes. Well no, we waited longer than that and the guide was upset. I don't understand why they were upset. The guide made the rest of the tour wait for these latecomers. Instead, we should have left without them. Then the guide would not be upset and the rest of the tour would not wait. We were all amply warned about being on time and the consequences. They were late because they were buying snacks and souvenirs. Then on to Nara. Same thing, drop off and you're on your own. Also, the your had to be repeated in English, Japanese and Chinese. Next time, I'd look for a tour that had less translations.

My guide Yosu was very friendly and funny. He was very knowledgeable on the history and layout of Osaka. We went around Osaka station, kuromon market, Ebisucho and dotonbori. He was able to recommend places to see and sites to see while in Osaka. We tried a few local dishes on the tour. I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone new to Osaka.

Despite me being a terrible person (I showed up 20 mins late, lucky I was the only 1 in the tour), Yasu-san was very kind & even helped me check my luggage to my hotel (Don't forget I was a terrible tourist). We were blessed with great weather so we went around to the key places in Osaka. We didn't do anything crazy but the place is just amazing. There's something about the energy & atmosphere in Osaka that's very inviting, friendly & hospitable. I got to meet some locals thanks to my tour guide, Yasutomo-san. It was great learning a bit of Kansai-ben. I'd definitely recommend the place & the tour

I really enjoyed this tour! Aki was super friendly and showed us some really fascinating sites in Osaka.

We had such a fantastic time cooking with Yayo and Akane! The food was delicious, the history and information regarding the recipes was interesting and we both loved the host. She made us feel welcome and was such a wonderful host. I would highly recommend this class!

Yayo is simply the best... She is lovely and so so generous and informative. This is the second class I took with her. The first was a sushi class a couple years ago and this time a Japanese cooking class. Don't hesitate ... You will be so happy! Thank you yayo!!!!

Yayo was the most gracious host. She met us at the rail station and we walked to her apartment. We were introduced to many Japanese dishes that was way fun to cook and learn about the ingredients. She was super sweet with all the questions we had. It was very fun to sample the different varieties of Sake but the best one was the Plum Sake made by her and her mother. She sent us home with presents - our name, written in Japanese, a cool origami bird, and high-quality chopsticks! Well worth the money and I would do this again on future trips to Japan!

Tour guide was not specific enough some of us could not understand where to meet. What we saw was lovely and worth the money but we skipped Kobe and left tour at Osaka.

Admission fee was cutoff in temple at Nara park was bad. While details gave everyone is included. Asked tour guide and promised to reply but nothing happened

The tour was fantastic with harisan guide. Very informative bamboo garden was beautiful. Lunch was suprb

This tour is highly recommended for those who wants to have convenience and have limited time to visit these attractions. The tour was very organized and the English speaking guide is efficient and friendly.

The tour was great. The weather was poor. But we made the best of it. However, I was disappointed that there was no comment at all about Kyoto, it's environs, and things culturally and historically significant. We had a one page handout on all the places we visited and these were read to us.

We focused on the wizarding world and it was amazing. But within the whole park there are no vegan meal options except for some side-dishes and very few vegetarian options. At least there is the possibility of leaving the park after getting a special stamp so you will be able to return after having eaten something anywhere outside.

Universal studios is fun in every country. If you've been to Singapore or America, they are all quite similar. The best ride by far is the Jurassic Park ride.

Beautiful place for kids and adults! Very fun, tickets bought online meant that we skipped the queue! Thank u!

This was an amazing experience for our family. Shoji, we cannot thank you enough for showing us the best places in Kyoto, and for sharing the culture and general history of the area. Shoji really took care of us, and we had enough time to appreciate each spot. We highly recommend this tour!

The boat ride is more of a transport from one point to another. Most of the ride is under a freeway overpass. The bus ride is comfortable ( Covered) and the staffs are friendly. We used it to get from the Osaka Castle stop to our hotel. No other stops. I think it is good for its value.

Rainy days are not good for camera gear so I took a chance on Last Samurai. Excellent experience, excellent Instruction. Would recommend this to almost anyone. Last Samurai provides a great customer experience. Instruction was top notch with a good eye towads safety. One is using a real Katana which is sharp and deadly if handled poorly. Would do this again

Couldn’t have asked for a better birthday present! Thank you for hosting and being so welcoming on the day.

Taka our tour guide in Osaka was TERRIFIC! Very personable, informative and fun! His intuitiveness always made sure we were comfortable with the walking distance and the maneuvering of the crowds in the very popular open markets. He also covered the areas we were interested in seeing and doing in Osaka. The biggest bonus, Taka and his professional camera took and emailed us the most amazing photographs of our very enjoyable day on Osaka. I highly recommend Taka and would contact him for any future tours! Thank you so much Taka for giving us a beautiful memory of your wonderful city!