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The Perfect Day. We travel often internationally and look for opportunities to maximize our time because we never know if we will be returning to that place again soon. We arrived back to Tokyo from a twelve day cruise disembarking at 8AM. Our flight was not departing until 6:30pm. We were looking for a guide that could pick us up and spend the day touring before dropping us off at the Haneda Airport. We also had luggage to keep with us all day. Well we found Roy and we could not have been happier with our decision. Roy responded immediately to all our pre-trip inquiries using perfect English and keeping in touch with us periodically until our tour date. It turns out Roy is Japanese but was schooled in the US making him bilingual. Big advantage when touring in Japan as we found out. Not only is Roy young, intelligent and articulate but he will pick you up in a new BMW SUV or equivalent and have waters eating for you. Roy asked us in advance what we had already toured on our trip so as not to duplicate and then sent us a suggested itinerary in advance. We cannot say enough nice things about this tour service. When in Tokyo, call or email Roy at Elite Tokyo Tours!!
Our guide was very personable and listened to our wants making the 6 hour tour perfect for our family of 4! He walked around with us and provided information about what we were seeing giving recommendations on foods to try and souvenirs that would interest us. He communicated well prior to the trip as well as securing us tickets to an attraction that interested us (which was an additional cost that we were aware of prior to committing to). Overall would highly recommend. This made our layover go by quickly.
Our cruise ended in Tokyo with mandatory disembarkation 7 hours before our flight home. Rather than sit at the airport for so long, we hired Roy to show us highlights of the city that were not on our earlier tours. With our luggage safely stored in his SUV, we were able to see cherry blossoms at their peak, and visit a shrine and anime area we had missed. Roy had a great idea to stop at a 400 year old garden (Happo-en) with bonsai trees and beautiful ponds and shaded views. He even helped us shop for our granddaughters before dropping us at the airport. His service was above and beyond, communication including booking and pickup was perfect. Overall, this pre-departure adventure was money well spent. It added to our special memories of Japan.