Free Walking Tours in Takayama

This was a really great tour, off the beaten path a bit to take in the locals perspective on Takayama, but still went through the major sights as well. Jan had lots of stories and history to share. We only had one day in Takayama so this was excellent. I would highly recommend it for a good first look at the town.

Absolutely fantastic tour and guide

Jan was great, super knowledgeable and funny. Def recommend his tour of Takayama

An amazing tour from Jan, he is extremely knowledgeable, super friendly and a great host throughout. Also provides some great recommendations for food and drink! 10/10 must do tour to all who visit Takayama!

He is so good that I learned lots and it was so educational..

Jan was very professional and taught us many things about Japan, Takayama and history!! And also gave us a taste of local sweets in Takayama!! Thank you very much! Goodluck with tour guiding! Akari

Jan was an excellent tour guide. We roamed all around takayama with him and heard so many stories and learned so much!

Great guide, top local tips, great storytelling. Tour was actually over 3 hours and so interesting the whole way!

We highly recommend the tour with Jan! Even though he’s not Japanese, he has an impressive knowledge of Japanese culture and shared it in a very engaging way. He answered all our questions thoughtfully and showed us parts of Takayama that visitors, for some unknown reason, simply don’t tend to explore. Overall, we absolutely loved this tour — it was such a pleasant surprise!

Such an amazing tour! Jan kept us very engaged from the very first moment. He shared with us historical and current information about Takayama, his experience as a foreigner living in Japan and he took us to hidden gems of the city. We deeply enjoyed this tour and also appreciated that Jan took extra time to ensure all our questions were answered before we said good bye.

Jan was friendly, professional , interesting and very informative . . We learnt so much about Japanese culture and history, in particular about Takayama and Hido area. Highly recommend Jan and hope we meet again.

Very recommended! Very cool places, recommendations, interesting information and a different perspective to learn about Takayama and Japan overall.

The tour guide was great. His explanations were interesting and useful giving us more of a view of Japanese culture and way of thinking out of the typical tour of just historical dates. Also Jan's style and way of telling things is very entertaining. The only thing I'd change is that these explanantions could be given in prettier places instead of a parking lot or a old map because you don't see the touristic points but overall it's very recommendable.

We have been on many Guro tours, this is by one of the best in any parameter!!!!!!!

We loved the tour Jan has given us. It was very fun, entertaining and informative. Although we were in Japan for 1.5 weeks already, we felt we learned a lot. Jan is a very charismatic guide. He was very kind and patient with us. We also appreciated his willingness to show us the leas touristic Takayama gems. Overall we had a great time. Thank you, Jan!

Definitely worth it of you are in Takayama! You'll get to understand more unknown aspects of the town and Jan will provide very interesting insights of someone who is not japanese but has spent enough time in the country to understand their culture and society.

El mejor guía que hemos tenido en Japón, se nota que es un experto con muchos años de experiencia siendo guía.

Jan was really great. Very knowledgeable, funny, have interesting view of things. Very friendly and provided good tips for the rest of the stay

Jan is a really great tour guide. Knowledgeable, personable, and considerate. You will like him a lot.

Amazing tour in a small town. Jan was a good tour guide and gave great recommendations for things to do afterwards. I was worried that I would not have enough to do on my 3 day stay in Takayama and I’m glad I did this tour on the first day because it gave me plenty to do afterwards. 10/10 would recommend.

Muy recomendable. Fue un tour muy entretenido y visitamos varios lugares de interés.

Very nice tour worth it to do! I highly recommend it to have a general overview of the village. We enjoyed a lot!

Knowledgeable guide. Went of the main stream tourist places. English very good. Gave us great advise where to eat and visit museums. Nice and relaxed guy!!

This tour was amazing! Jan takes you off the beaten path, I was so amazed to see the beautiful characteristic streets empty for me to take photographs. He tells a lot of interesting stories, all in all, I really loved it ❤️

Muy buena experiencia, original tour y buena información del alegre Yan!