Nagoya: Private Old Town Food Tour in Endoji & Shikemichi

Step into old Nagoya on a 100% private food tour. Walk a street of Edo-era storehouses, enjoy 4 local tastings, and try famous ogura toast at a retro coffee shop with your own guide.
This is a fully private food tour. Only your group joins, never strangers. Your friendly English-speaking guide is there just for you, so you can walk and eat at your own pace, ask any question, and get great photos of your family or friends together.

Just 15 minutes on foot from Nagoya Station, there is a side of the city that most visitors never see. Shikemichi is a quiet street lined with white storehouses from the Edo period, built by rich merchants about 300 years ago. Next to it, Endoji is one of the oldest shopping streets in Nagoya, where family shops have served the same neighbors for many years.

Meet your private guide near Kokusai Center Station and walk into Shikemichi. See the old storehouses standing on stone walls, a small shrine with a giant camphor tree, and the rare "roof gods": tiny shrines placed on the roofs of old houses, a custom that you can find only in this area of Japan.

Then enjoy 4 tastings, all included in the price:
- Nama-fu sweets, soft and chewy treats made from wheat gluten, from a family shop with a very long history
- A savory Nagoya bite, such as tenmusu, a small rice ball with shrimp tempura inside
- Mitarashi dango and gohei mochi, grilled rice snacks with sweet soy and miso sauce, hot from the grill
- Ogura toast, thick toast with sweet red bean paste, the most famous cafe food in Nagoya

The last stop is special. You sit down and relax in a retro Japanese coffee shop, called a kissaten, that local people have loved since the 1930s. Nagoya is famous in Japan for its cafe culture, and this is the best way to feel it. Drinks are not included, but you can order a coffee or tea here if you like and pay at the shop.

On the way, take a fun photo with the statues of the three great samurai who united Japan, Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu, standing at the entrance of the shopping street, and visit a small local temple and shrine.

You do not need to read any Japanese menus. Your guide orders everything for you and explains the story behind each food. Tastings may change depending on the day and shop holidays, but you always get 4 tastings.

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