Tokyo: Netaji & Indian Heritage Flexible Private Tour

A flexible private day from Tokyo tracing the India-Japan story: Netaji's memorial at Renkoji, Nakamuraya's 1927 curry, an Indian-style temple and Little India.
In a quiet temple in Suginami sits the urn of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, and most visitors to Tokyo never learn it is there. This private day follows the threads that tie India and Japan together, told by a driver-guide who speaks Hindi and Urdu.

Your private van collects your group of up to six guests at around 09:30. The suggested plan goes first to Renkoji Temple, because it closes in the late afternoon. Here you can pay respects at the memorial and the bronze bust of Netaji in the temple yard, and your guide tells the story of the Indian National Army and why his ashes came to Tokyo. Around 11:30 you reach Nakamuraya in Shinjuku, the bakery and restaurant that has served Indian curry since 1927, a recipe linked to Rash Behari Bose, who found shelter with the family who ran it. In the afternoon you see Tsukiji Hongwanji, a Buddhist temple whose stone hall and domes were designed in an ancient Indian style, and Matsuchiyama Shoden in Asakusa, where Kangiten, the Japanese form of Ganesha, is honoured with offerings of daikon radish. The day ends in Nishi-Kasai, Tokyo's Little India, with its Indian grocers and sweet shops, before you are driven back at around 17:30.

This is a flexible private tour: your group picks three to five stops from this menu: Renkoji Temple and the Netaji memorial, Nakamuraya Shinjuku for its Indian curry, Tsukiji Hongwanji, Matsuchiyama Shoden (Kangiten), and Nishi-Kasai Little India. Your driver-guide then sets the order and pace on your tour date to suit traffic, weather and your group's energy. None of these stops needs a ticket, so you lose nothing by skipping one.

The private van, driver-guide, pickup and drop-off, fuel, tolls, parking and bottled water are included. All the temples on the menu are free to enter. Lunch at Nakamuraya and any shopping in Nishi-Kasai are optional and at your own cost.

This private tour suits Indian and Bengali travellers, history readers and families who want to show their children a side of Tokyo that connects to home. Renkoji is a small, working temple, so the visit there is short, quiet and respectful.

If any included stop, ticket or activity cannot run on your date because of weather, closure or availability, you can take a full refund of your booking, guaranteed; an equivalent alternative is offered only if you prefer it.

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Denna utflykt kan du avboka utan kostnad upp till 24 timmar före resans start. Om du avbokar efter 24 timmar eller inte dyker upp på utflykten kommer du fortfarande att debiteras hela priset för aktiviteten. Att vara sen vid upphämtning eller avresa kommer att betraktas som att inte dyka upp.