Tsurugaoka Hachimangu tours

Kento (also goes by Alan) was our tour guide. He was very friendly, patient, and knowledgeable. The trip itself was chaotic on a Sunday but he managed to get our group of 45 on/off train twice without losing anyone. Kamakura & Eonishima are beautiful sites to visit BUT be warned, lots of walking and very crowded and hot when we went in July on a Sunday. Because the bus ride from/to Tokyo took approximately 1.5 - 2 hrs, we were limited on how much time to spend in each area. Eonishima allowed us only 2 hrs, because of huge crowds, not enough to climb stairs AND sit down to eat because of long lines for restaurant. *You’ll be lucky if you get Kento as your tour guide. He worked really hard yesterday in the heat & crowd but had so much energy for us! **Try to avoid summer when it’s hot & sunny - July/Aug if you want to actually enjoy the trip!

This was my first time joining a one-day tour, and I was very nervous before we left, worried about getting a difficult guide. The day before departure, Klook provided us with the guide's information and contact details, and the guide answered all our questions, which put my mind at ease. Since there weren't many participants, our group was a combined Chinese and Korean tour. Our guide was amazing, speaking Japanese, Chinese, and Korean fluently! During introductions and explanations, sometimes he'd speak Korean first, sometimes Chinese first, showing no favoritism, which was fantastic! Besides doing an excellent job with his guiding duties, he also gave us little tips for traveling in Japan, like where to eat, the best places to shop, and must-buy items. He was truly a five-star guide! This wonderful guide was Kim Myung-cheol, and I highly recommend him!

The trip was pleasent and nice. Having the trip start at 11am instead of the normal 8am for other tours is a huge plus for me as i can sleep longer. the guide “yaya” was very friendly and nice. would be even better if there’s transport between enoshima station and enoshima itself as there is some amount of walking needed. personally, i dropped off the tour at yokohama to explore it further, since it’s just a short 20 mins train trip on the tokaido line back to tokyo.

This tour was extremely good value - the pick up was late, however the tour more than made up for it - the whole day was amazing & took you to places you would not be able to see on public transport & certainly not in just one day. I liked that it was small group - we had 15 people, which was the full small bus. Plus our guide and driver. I loved that our guide told us about each place we were going to next and then let us explore on our own - no rushing around following a flag all day !!! My favourite part was Enoshima. I walked a long way back to the mainland from the island, to get the photo I wanted - Mt Fuji over the beach & water !! Just beautiful I then caught a local bus to the famous crossing of the Kamarura / Enoshima electric rail - famous for the scene in the Anime - Slam Dunk. Left at 0745 returned to Shinjuku at 6.45pm Highly recommended

Our driver, Xiao Song, was very thoughtful with the pick-up and drop-off, and was very accommodating with the locations. We had a great time and saved a lot of walking.

A convenient and comfortable way to cover all the key sites in the Kamakura area in a single day, saving a lot of time over taking trains/buses/long walks. Driver was punctual and helpful, communication not a problem by using Google Translate.

During the whole tour, our guide, Kento-san, was very and I mean VERY energetic and helpful. I don’t know how he got so much energy but it was really nice having him as our tour guide cause he always kept us entertained without being overbearing. Kamakura was a bit crowded but so beautiful as you can tell by the pictures. I think it’s so worth it - especially going on sunny days to really get those beautiful pictures ! Though I recommend bringing water with you and UV protection unbrella as it got really hot and only that could lessen the heat. The island itself was PACKED with tourists- really hard to get around. I liked the food but the rice crackers were not it for me- I really didn’t like it, it tasted too much like octopus to me but if you like fresh octopus you will probably like it. I loved how we were able to roam around - we got food spots and recommendations but in the end we were left to choose where we wanted to go. Defintely go with GoGoDay - they’re organised and amazing.

Incredible experience with Allan, our guide from Gogoday! Despite having a huge group of 40+ people from 15 different countries on a busy Golden Week Sunday (which Allan rightly called Mission Impossible), he handled it flawlessly. Allan was incredibly organized, providing detailed briefings and tailored recommendations for every stop. He also set up a dedicated chatgroup for easy communication and answered all our questions patiently. Also kudos to the group for being punctual throughout the tour, allowing us to cover everything. Highly recommend this fast-paced, value for money tour if your want to make the most of your trip!