The 15 Best Ueno Tours

1.Eat and Drink Like a Local: Tokyo Ueno Food Tour-Taverns&Ramen

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 957 reviews · from $95Our pick

Join Aki, Akira, or possibly Shota for a small-group evening through Ueno and Okachimachi. You’ll visit a standing bar, izakaya, and ramen shop, trying sashimi, skewers, grilled dishes, Japanese drinks, and local specialties while your guide handles translation and explains how to order.

“Varied, delicious food stops with plenty of drinks and interesting places in between. Warm, welcoming and fun!”

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2.Food Tour in Ueno with 10+ Tastings of Japanese Classics

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 303 reviews · from $142

Meet your English-speaking guide at Ueno Station for a 3.5-hour walk through markets, train tracks, parks, shrines, and temples. Expect 10 or more Japanese tastings, including sushi, gyoza, yakitori, fruit, tea, matcha ice cream, beer, and a secret dish. Guides may include Harumi, Natsumi, Yumi, or Mari.

“Simply a great tour by great people. 👍🏾 I cannot recommend it highly enough. Only suggestion is that you skip breakfast before the tour because you will eat and eat a lot of great food.”

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3.Tokyo Ueno Food Tour Sushi Ramen and Local Favorites

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 54 reviews · from $89

Spend about three hours eating through Ueno with a small group of no more than five. Your local guide leads you from Ameyoko to selected restaurants and izakayas for sushi, ramen, gyoza, yakitori, cultural stories, and optional alcoholic drinks.

“I had the pleasure of being the only person booked on the tour with Nana that particular night and it was great! She is so kind and knowledgeable, I really enjoyed my time with her. She definitely knows the go to places on Ueno....the chicken rRead more”

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4.Japanese Food Experience Night Tour in Ueno

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 47 reviews · from $105

Spend about three and a half hours eating through Ueno with a local English-speaking guide. You will visit three or four neighborhood spots, try about nine dishes, enjoy roughly five drinks, and finish with ramen. Guides such as Lyu and Kazuki may add local insight along the way.

“Really great tour for foodies! We walked around visited places we would never hand found - fantastic food/drinks (and SO much of it!!) - we had a great night and even re visited one of the restaurants again a few days later.”

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5.Tokyo Ueno Food & Nature & Localtown Tour: 10Dishes+ Drinks

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 34 reviews · from $120

Explore Ueno with a local guide, starting in Ueno Park before sampling food and drinks at Ameyoko izakayas and finishing with ramen. Groups usually run at about six people, and Sakura is one guide praised for making solo visitors feel at ease while explaining etiquette, history, and local customs.

“Sakura is amazing! She is quite knowledgeable and fun. The park is beautiful and the izikaias are very local. You are certain to enjoy.”

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6.All-You-Can-Drink Bar Hopping Tour in Ueno

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · from $98

Meet at Ueno Station at 6 pm for a 3.5-hour small-group night out through Ameya Yokocho and Okachimachi. Enjoy nomihoudai drinks, four food dishes, photos, and either ramen or a third bar stop. The group is capped at seven, and participants must be at least 20.

“Limited drink options. The same at every stop. Low quality. Greasy food for the most part. One beer choice at each stop. Low end venues.”

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7.Private Ueno Park Architecture Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $146

Spend 3.5 hours with a private guide exploring Ueno Park’s major buildings, from Le Corbusier’s UNESCO-listed museum to Kunio Maekawa’s concert hall and Tokyo National Museum. Choose a morning or afternoon start, enjoy a drinks pause, and ask questions at your own pace.

“My tour was very informative and well thought-out. The guide spoke excellent English and came well-prepared. It was very focused on the architecture and not on the collections the museums housed, so it isn't an art or artifact exploration.”

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8.Mini Origami Lamp and Mizuhiki knot Belt Workshop in Ueno

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $107

At Washi Labo TOKYO in Ueno, Kaho Shinoda guides you through folding handmade washi paper into a small lamp, then tying a meaningful Mizuhiki knot belt. The private 2.5-hour class includes materials, Japanese sweets, and special paper tea. You leave with two handmade keepsakes.

“We had a really wonderful time learning about paper-making, origami, and mizuhiki! Over the course of an hour or two, we were able to produce a beautiful origami lamp that we will treasure for years to come. Kaho Shinoda was patient, kinRead more”

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9.Private Ueno Park Architecture Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $158

Spend about 3.5 hours tracing Tokyo’s modern architecture through Ueno Park. Meet your English-speaking guide, possibly Mari, at Le Corbusier’s National Museum of Western Art, then visit Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, the Children’s Literature library, and four Tokyo National Museum buildings. The tour ends where it begins.

“There is so much to cover in the Park and three hours can be too short.”

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10.Japanese Food Experience Night Tour in Ueno

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · 3h 30m · from $103

Spend 210 minutes eating through Ueno with an English-speaking Japanese guide. Visit three or four local restaurants for about nine dishes, ramen, and six drinks, including yakitori, sashimi, sake, highballs, and hoppy. Nguyen has guided past tours, and assistant guides may join the group.

“The experience was fun, informative and delicious. Our 2 guides were so nice and accommodating. I definitely recommend this tour.”

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11.Mini Origami Lamp and Mizuhiki knot Belt Workshop in Ueno

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · 2h 30m · from $106

In Ueno, an English-speaking Japanese instructor guides you through folding and gluing handmade washi into a bellows-shaped lamp, then making a meaningful mizuhiki knot ornament. You take both pieces home, with sweets, Japanese paper tea, and a washi guide included.

“This was a relaxing and enjoyable experience. I like my souvenir I made and I enjoyed mascot cat being there. She also served some snacks and tea towards the end which were very good.”

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12.Private Workshop for Making Paper Last 1,000 years in Ueno

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · 2h 30m · from $130

In a private 150-minute workshop at Washi labo TOKYO, you will turn tree fibers into two postcards, Rakusui paper, and an A5 sheet. Learn bark peeling, fiber beating, and paper forming, with Japanese paper tea, local sweets, work clothes, and cat Kami-chan adding a homely touch.

“It was great, once I found the place which was the only difficulty I had but that was only because there was a problem on the Metro line that goes to the nearest station. I do speak Japanese as well English which meant I could understand everything, but everything was demonstrated as well so it would have been okay.”

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13.Asakusa & Ueno Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $84Best value

Spend 5 to 7 hours with a private Tokyo guide in Asakusa and Ueno. Start with Skytree views and Senso-ji, then eat and shop along Ameyoko. Guide Miyuki can tailor the day to your interests, making this a useful choice for first visits and layovers.

“Thank you so much for the layover tour. It's my first time in Japan, go to Asakusa, wear kimono, eat takoyaki n strawberry candy, eat ramen, walk from traim to train and back to Haneda. So informative and friendly tour guide.”

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14.Cherry Blossom Highlights, Asakusa, Ueno, Imperial Palace Garden

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4 reviews · from $221

Spend six to seven hours with a private licensed guide visiting Imperial Palace Gardens, Tsukiji, Senso-ji, Ueno Park, and Ameyoko. The route can change with bloom timing. Guides such as Hiroko and Nobuko Akimoto help you use public transit and tailor the day to your interests.

“What a wonderful day exploring the cherry blossoms around Tokyo! Hiroko was a great guide. We learned a lot and got to see a lot of the city.”

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15.[electric bicycle tour]: 6-hour travel course by electric bicycle Asakusa, Ueno Park, Edo-Tokyo Museum, and Sky Tree. (There is a support car.)

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 4 reviews · from $283

Spend six to seven hours cycling with a guide through Ryogoku, Ueno, and Asakusa. Visit the Edo-Tokyo Museum, eat lunch at Edonoren, walk historic Ueno Park, see Senso-ji, and add Tokyo Skytree. A support car carries luggage and can transport your bicycle when you need a break.

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