Day trips from Tokyo
Rated 4.7 out of 5 by 79 GetYourGuide reviewers
The coach day for travellers staying in Shinjuku who want the Toshogu ticket included and a licensed English-speaking guide. It is a little dearer than the Ginza coach, and in return there are no options to get wrong.
Starts inShinjuku, Tokyo
You meet the guide at the LOVE sculpture outside the Shinjuku i-Land building in Nishi-Shinjuku, and the coach is in Nikko about two and a half hours later.
Lunch comes first: on the option with lunch it is a set of chestnut okowa rice and small dishes, and the operator can arrange vegetarian, vegan or wheat-free and soy-free meals if you ask when you book. Then about an hour and a half at Toshogu with the guide, ticket included, which is enough for the main gates, the carvings and the sleeping cat.
The coach climbs to Kegon Falls for about 30 minutes, and on to Lake Chuzenji for another 30, before the three-hour drive back. It arrives in Shinjuku between 6.30pm and 7pm.
Through the year
Autumn traffic on the Irohazaka can stretch the day. In winter the falls and the lake are often in snow; the coach runs all year.
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Nishi-Shinjuku
Meet at the LOVE sculpture outside Shinjuku i-Land.
Nikko
Lunch, on the option with lunch (about 1 hour).
Toshogu Shrine
About 1.5 hours with the guide; ticket included.
Kegon Falls
About 30 minutes.
Lake Chuzenji
About 30 minutes.
18:30Shinjuku
Back between 6.30pm and 7pm.
The ticket is in every booking and the guide is licensed, which is not true of every coach day. If you are staying in Ginza or Tokyo Station, the Ginza coach is cheaper and gives Toshogu more time.
Checked against the GetYourGuide listing on 21 October 2026. Prices and options change: the calendar shows the current ones.
The operator says that if you arrive late at the meeting point you cannot join the tour on the way.
What to do. Find the LOVE sculpture the day before if you can.
Yes, in every booking.
Yes, on the lunch option: ask for vegetarian, vegan or wheat-free and soy-free meals when you book, and no later than 9am the day before.
Children up to 3 travel free without their own seat or lunch; book a child ticket if they need either.
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Sources: getyourguide.com. Checked October 2026. Photos: GetYourGuide.