Tokyo 6 hour Tour : English Speaking Driver Only, No Guide

Posted By : Carmel_K
Excellent Tour! 👏
Fabulous Gentleman! 🏆
Please do not hesitate booking this driver! 💫
We would Highly Recommend!!☘️

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Posted On : 2024-04-26 02:35:48

Posted By : 195marinesf
Masa was a phenomenal guide. He took us to all the sites we agreed to in Tokyo and provided great insight and history. In addition was very efficient in mapping the day, travel via subway, right places to enter/exit and best locations for pictures. Highly recommend Masa. Thank you!
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Posted On : 2024-03-16 09:45:52

Posted By : LostinHawaii149494
There was no communication beforehand from the driver. Only thing we had was a generic confirmation email with the driver’s name and number and it said he will contact us before the tour but that was not the case. No email, no text, no phone call regarding basics like where to meet at the hotel, commutation was totally lacking. He showed up more than 10 min late, he didn’t pick up the phone when we were trying to meet up. It was kind of disappointing because people are usually very punctual in Japan. I tried calling the driver and also the Japanese tour office but it was very difficult to make international calls on my out of country cell phone.

When we finally got in the van he told us that the tour was up to us. Since there were attractions listed on the tour description and there was no prior communication, I was under the impression that we get to go to all of them or the guide has a basic plan for the day. Kind of hard to come up with a 6 hour tour plan on a whim, i wish I would’ve known that we were supposed to come up with our own tour plan.

Once the tour started and we agreed where to go for the day it was fine, but definitely was a very unpleasant start to the day which could’ve been avoided with a basic communication.

For what we paid and for what it was, I don’t think I would do it again. Hate stressing out when on vacation. It’s so easy to catch a cab anywhere near major attractions in Tokyo. I would just come up with my own plans which I had to do anyways and take a cab each time, it would’ve cost less than half of what we paid for this tour…
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Posted On : 2023-07-18 20:30:54

Posted By : Jennifer_S
Kim was so friendly, informative and nothing was too much trouble for him so make us happy. WE loved his attitude and feel very happy to recommend Kim to anyone who is visiting Tokyo. Thank you Kim for a wonderful day.
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Posted On : 2023-05-15 22:09:13

Posted By : 75rakeshk
Mr. Kim is a wonderful person. Worked with us on a personalized itinerary and made sure we saw everything om our list. Knew a lot of fa to about each location. As luck would have it also had one volunteer guide to accompany us. Between the two of them we had a great day. Best way to see Toyko.
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Posted On : 2023-04-14 19:08:00

Posted By : Judy_C
Viator specified English Speaking Driver/guide which we did not get.
Our private tour driver/guide in Tokyo barely spoke English. He was a very nice & helpful older gentleman but spoke very limited English. It was a struggle trying to communicate with each other. We had to use Google translate often. Needless to say, the private tour was a silent tour. We had to tell him via Google map where we wanted to go vs any suggested sites as per Viator‘s site description.

A pricey private tour without satisfaction here. The only saving grace was that he was a nice man who really wanted to provide a good experience without success!

Viator should offer us a deep discount!!!
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Posted On : 2023-04-13 10:04:33

Posted By : Aba_K
We enjoyed our driver. He was very cheerful and though we were not not looking for a guide, he took his time to point out things as we drove. As long as you have your plan for the day and may need someone to help navigate and translate, this is a great option.
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Posted On : 2023-04-06 20:10:56

Posted By : Nate_Z
The driver's English was not very good and he was often difficult to understand.

His driving was excellent.

Without being invited, he ended up joining us for lunch and was trying to persuade us to eat at a sushi restaurant that he really wanted to go to and just assumed we would pay for his lunch. We actually bailed early so we can spend time on our own without feeling rushed.
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Posted On : 2023-03-31 20:24:28

Posted By : Volker_M
We had a great time with Mr.Kim.
We never had a driver take us around a city before so we did not know what to expect…
This is self directed and we had a rough idea of what we wanted to see and he helped us arrange the day so we got the most out of it as we only had around 6 hours to look around Tokyo before going by train to our next destination and we wanted to save time by not having to logistically figure out how to get places…On that day we wanted to see the Imperial garden/palace but it was closed ( we did get to see the former emperor and empress drive by however)...we called him to pick us up early from that destination and he had other ideas for us to go…he even helped us take pictures at some locations. We finished our day at the Tsukiji fish market and had lunch and lots of snacks…We had a great day!
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Posted On : 2023-03-21 13:21:10

Posted By : dcmoz
I know it's NOT the company's fault but Viator's fault!! They did not inform Japan Guide Agency of our booking. I had to email JGA the morning of our tour since we have been waiting 30 minutes at our hotel lobby. Good thing, they replied quickly and told us that Viator did NOT inform them of our booking hence there was not chauffeur to pick us up. We were all seniors and some of us has a hard time walking, that's why we wanted a van to drive us around. VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH VIATOR!!! Very bad experience with them. Giving 2 stars just for Japan Guide Agency for being honest and quick in replying.
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Posted On : 2023-03-06 23:59:04