The tour of the buildings (museums and library) in Ueno park was very interesting. Our guide was kind, helpful, informative. An introduction to Japanese architects. Combing that with our independent tour of the museums afterwards made it a whole day outing.

This tour is an absolute must for anyone interested in contemporary architecture. Our guide Yuki was a generous and extremely knowledgeable. Just book. You won’t regret it.

Wow the tour was very educational and fun. The tour covered a lot of Architectural buildings in a very efficient way and included very needed time for tea and dessert. Thank you, Yuki!

Our guide, Aki, walked us around Omatosando and explained us everything about the most iconic and interesting buildings in the area. The tour was very relaxed, and, despite the July heat, we enjoyed walking in the less busy backstreets and inside shops on and behind the main road. At the end of the tour, Aki kindly recommended a noodle shop that serves cold noodles and walked us all the way to the restaurant. Highly recommended for anyone interested in contemporary architecture and in visiting one of Tokyo’s nicest areas with a local.

Great introduction to Tokio from Yuki Great guide knowing a lot about Japan. Interesting Ueno tour. Great park and architecture

I loved my tour with Mari. Mari was a warm and funny guide, and we had fun for the whole 2 hour tour. Mari is an experienced guide and is knowledgeable and passionate about the architecture of Ueno.

I decided to take this tour after doing some research before my solo trip to Japan. I am an architecture student, so i thought that a guided tour would be helpful in many aspects like navigation and information on the architecture. I am very glad that I had this tour!! Eriko-san was my tour guide and she was very knowledgeable and patient on our tour. I enjoy to sketch so she was patient and allowed me to draw the spaces we visited. If you are looking for a tour while you are visiting Tokyo, this is a great choice! Thank you Showcase Tokyo Architecture Tours and Eriko-san for an experience that I will remember forever :)

This tour was an amazing journey led by Yoko through some of the Tokyo contemporary architecture signed off by internationally renown architects! Yoko was able to relate these buildings to history, social context and even japanese traditions. It was good pace, well balanced , including even a time to have tea in the iconic wood covered building Sunny Hills by Kengo Kuma. I highly recommend both Yoko and the tour!

Host cancelled before our tour - I found out only when I was revisiting the info to figure out when/where to meet. Called their number: no response. Texted our assigned tour guide: no response. Contacted Viator/Tripadvisor: they confirmed I was cancelled but couldn’t offer a remedy. We were cancelled AFTER confirming and getting assigned a guide. Unprofessional, please be aware this could happen to you. Luckily the tour itinerary was sent to me beforehand so we can essentially do it on our own. But still…

Our guide Yoshi-san was enthusiastic and very knowledgeable about the architecture, architects and history of the buildings he showed us. He came prepare with notes and illustrations of other works by these famous architects. He had a very relaxed manner and spoke very good English and was an excellent communicator. He answered and addressed all our enquires and interests about these very interesting buildings in this district. We highly recommend Yoshi-san for this tour. It was one of our best tours in our 3 weeks of touring Japan.

A most enjoyable and interesting tour. Yuka, my tour guide was knowledgeable and gave an excellent overview of the architecture of the area, which I would not have been able to do on my own.

Chika took time to sensibalize us and had all the expert knowledge. She waited for us and asked about our needs. She is a warm-hearted and professional guide. We loved to get into the different types of architecture and museums. Arigato.

I did the Omotesando Architecture tour with Aki as my guide. It was informative and eye opening to learn so much about the thoughtful and considered approach to Japanese architecture. I visited many buildings I would not have discovered without this tour. A valuable way to spend your time, in my opinion! I especially liked walking through some of the back streets as well, which I would perhaps not have ventured on my own. They contained little gems of architecture- and coffee! Aki was very polite and knowledgeable, which I appreciated.

Our tour guide was fabulous - she had laminated tour materials that showed key people, concepts, dates to help aid the transfer of information during the tour. We went to 4 different places in the Ueno park, and our favorite was the Children's Literature Museum. The tour guide pointed out small architectural elements that would have gone un-noticed otherwise. We then walked around the museums afterwards ourselves.

We booked the Omotesando Tour with Yoshi. He was very knowledgeable and kind. His English was good so it made it easy to follow him and he enjoyed sharing what he knew with us. He took his time to tell us all about the various architectural landmarks we saw along the way, He also put together a small booklet with all of the landmarks listed with pictures for easy reference later on. We did start to run out of time towards the end so we needed to rush through the back 1/3rd of the tour which was a shame because there were a lot of interesting things to review T the end. He shared his personal story with us as well which I found to be very fascinating. My kids (ages 16, 11) were with me and my wife. My son is interested in architecture so he found it engaging. My daughter who is 11 was a good sport but probably a bit too young for this sort of tour which got detailed about buildings and famous architects. She wanted to stop in a bunch of the fun stores along the way. I really loved hearing about the Yoyogi Olympic Stadium in particular, as well as the Sunny Hill Building in Minami Aoyama. I would recommend it for anyone who has an interest in architecture and wants to do a deep dive on an interesting neighborhood. May be too detailed for someone who wants a cursory view and wants to move through Tokyo history quickly.