A Tokyo day built around you: private guide, your own route

There is no printed itinerary, and that is the entire point. Before the trip your guide asks by email what your group actually wants — eating, shopping, temples, somewhere the children can run, or simply a slow day — and then builds a route for you.

Six hours, your group only, never combined with strangers. Restaurant reservations are made for you, and local train fares for the group are already in the price, so you're not stopping to buy tickets or queue. And changing plan mid-day is normal: children tire, so you cut it short; it rains, so you move indoors; you like a neighbourhood, so you stay longer. The planned route exists so there is something to abandon when needed, not something to be held to.

Meeting time and place are yours — usually your hotel lobby — and it ends wherever is most convenient for you rather than back at the start. It suits families with small children, older travellers, or groups with dietary restrictions best: the three cases where a shared tour always has to compromise. Groups of 2–6, English-speaking guide.