Osaka One-day Taxi Tour by an Ivy Leaguer Guide & Photographer

Osaka, Japan
Duration6h
TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesJapanese, English, French
Private tourOnly your group will participate
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

Your guide, Ai, is a Japanese government-certified English tour guide interpreter since 2015; an award-winning, magazine-covered photographer; and holds graduate degrees: MA in Japanese Pedagogy from Columbia U (Class of 2025) and MBA in tourism and hospitality management from Kyoto U (Class of 2020). After graduating from Columbia, she has taught Japanese language in higher education in the US.

Ai: This is a private, customized tour for luxury travel by taxi that will visit the most popular tourist spots in Osaka: Osaka Castle, vibrant southern Namba to Dotonbori riverside and Shinsaibashi shopping area, and Umeda Sky Building at the end of the day to see the sunset. 

For lunch and/or dinner, I will arrange the top-notch restaurant in town.

Since all transportations and entrance fees are included, the only additional cost would be your meals (and souvenirs.)
Pick up and drop off at Kobe/Osaka Cruise Port, Shin-Osaka Station, and any hotels in Osaka/Kyoto/Kobe/Nara are available.

What's included

  • Entrance fees of Osaka Castle & Umeda Sky Building 25,600 JPY/8 pax
  • private taxi around 73,150 JPY, incl pick up/drop off
  • Free unlimited photography by a professional photographer
  • Parking Fees
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

What to expect

  1. Osaka Castle
    2h · Admission ticket not included
    One of the most iconic tourist destinations in town. Gorgeous main keep and huge garden with nature.
  2. Namba
    1h 30m
    Vegetarian-friendly local food lunch at Dotonbori, the most vibrant area in Osaka.
  3. Shinsaibashi-suji Shopping Street
    30m
    Souvenir shopping after the lunch.
  4. Umeda Sky Building
    2h · Admission ticket not included
    Enjoy sunset from an open-air observatory.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

I will have a meeting sign board and/or ask the front desk to call your room.

Additional information

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
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298,563.00 JPY per group
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