Yokohama, Kamakura or Tokyo, photographed
A local guide who speaks English and takes the pictures, so everyone is in them. By train and on foot, planned backwards from your boarding time or your flight.
Three photo days
Each one starts where you are: the terminal, your hotel or the station. The order and the stops move with the light and your plans.
YokohamaFull day or 3 hoursThe harbour city on foot
- 1Osanbashi pier and the bay promenade
- 2Yamashita Park and the Hikawa Maru
- 3The Yamate bluff: foreign cemetery and Western houses
- 4Chinatown for lunch
Best on the day you board or leave at Osanbashi or Daikoku: the start is the terminal itself.
The Yokohama guide on this site →
KamakuraFull dayThe Great Buddha and the old capital
- 1Train from Yokohama to Kamakura
- 2Tsurugaoka Hachimangu and Komachi-dori
- 3The Great Buddha at Kotoku-in
- 4Hase-dera and the sea
Full day only. The most photographed day trip from Yokohama.
The Kamakura guide on this site →
TokyoFull day or 3 hoursOld Tokyo to new, by train
- 1Senso-ji and Nakamise in Asakusa
- 2A river or market stop for lunch
- 3Meiji Jingu forest walk
- 4Shibuya crossing at dusk
For the night before you board in Tokyo, or the day after you land.
The Tokyo guide on this site →Request a photo day
Tell us your ship, the date, the city and how many of you. A real person replies within two days.
Or write to takumi.yamada@monogatari-inc.com. Port of Japan arranges the guide and the photographs only; we do not book hotels, transfers or cars.
What is a photo day?
A day in Yokohama, Kamakura or Tokyo with an English-speaking local guide who also photographs you. You travel by train and on foot; the guide shows the way, explains what you are looking at and takes the pictures, so for once everyone is in the photos. You get 10 photographs the same night and about 80 within 48 hours.
How much does it cost?
A full day (about 8 hours) is ¥78,000 for two, about US$260 each; a 3-hour version in Yokohama is ¥48,000 for two. The price is per party, so up to four people pay the same. Train fares for the day are included; food, drinks and entry tickets are not.
When does it work for a cruise?
The day before you board, the day you leave the ship (with your luggage sent ahead or stored), or a long port day in Yokohama or Tokyo. We plan the day backwards from your boarding time or your flight, the same way every guide on this site works.
How do I book?
Send a request by email with your ship, date, city and party size. We reply within two days with the guide and the plan. Nothing is charged on this site; payment is arranged only after the date is confirmed. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before.
Is it a tour with a car?
No. Photo days use trains and walking only. If you want Mt Fuji by car, the guided days on our Yokohama and Tokyo pages are the better fit.