Highlights
Overview
Tokyo
3.5 - 6 hour(s)
Available Daily
English
Pick-up not available
What to expect
Packages
Packages
Restaurant Bus Lunch + Zazen Plan
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Price per Adult :
Restaurant Bus Only (Without Zen Meditation)
Total:
Price per Adult :
Overview
Schedule
Meet at Tawaramachi Station

Experience zazen meditation, sutra copying, and a matcha tea ceremony at Torin-ji Temple, a Rinzai Zen temple with over 400 years of history. Guided by an English-speaking priest, this activity offers a serene introduction to Japanese culture.

Enjoy a Japanese lunch on a double-decker bus while sightseeing Tokyo's iconic landmarks.
*Sightseeing is from the bus window, except at Tokyo Tower.
*The route and times may vary due to traffic.
Torin-ji Temple Kaminarimon Gate → Tokyo Skytree → Ryogoku Kokugikan → Nihonbashi → Otemon → Imperial Palace → Tokyo Tower(45-mins break) → Roppongi → Omotesando → Shibuya Crossing → Aoyama Icchome → National Diet Building → Ginza
◆Starter: Smoked radish with cream cheese in yuba
◆Appetizer: Yawatamaki, smelt, spiced duck, shrimp, tofu with vegetables
◆Chilled: Snow crab, kohada, cucumber, spinach, nagaimo, sprouts, rapeseed, tomato, roasted sake
◆Steamed: Egg custard
◆Grilled: Miso-flavored beef in magnolia leaves
◆Bowl: Steamed sea bream with turnip
◆Rice: Conger eel sushi, ginger, clear soup
◆Dessert: Matcha blancmange, warabi mochi
◆Drink: Coffee, tea
Tour Ends at JR Tokyo Station, Marunouchi Gate Marunouchi Building
Location
Pick-up/Check-in Time & Location
Drop-off/Check-out Time & Location
Important activity information
Important activity information
Restrictions
- If less than 4 participants are booked, the activity may not operate.
- A group of 5 people or more needs to seat separately.
Other requirements
- Please review the travel terms and conditions before making your reservation. 旅行条件書.pdf
Booking requirements (# of participants, vehicles, hours, etc.)
- You can book a minimum of 2.
Required items to bring & attire
- Comfortable clothing
Additional notes
- The activity schedule is subject to change or cancellation due to weather or traffic conditions.
- <Authorized Sales>
VELTRA Corporation
Address: 5th Floor (Reception on 4th Floor), Nippon Life Nihonbashi Building, 2-13-12 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0027
Tokyo Metropolitan Governor Registered Travel Agency No. 2-5555
Member of the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) - <Travel Conditions>
Departure Location: Tokyo
Trip Duration: Day Trip (No Overnight Stay)
Transportation: Chartered Bus
Meals: Breakfast 0 / Lunch 1 / Dinner 0
Accommodation: None
Minimum Participants: 4 people
Tour Conductor: Included - <Travel Planning/Operation>
WILLER MARKETING CORPORATION
531-6006
6F Umeda Sky Building Tower East 1-1-88-600 Oyodonaka, Kita-ku, Osaka 531-6006
No. 2140, registered by Japan Tourism Agency - This plan is a set product that allows you to board a restaurant bus Lunch course after experiencing zazen. This is a cheaper plan than purchasing them separately.
- ■Zazen Experience information
- Please meet our staff at 9:20 AM in front of Asahi Shinsei Credit Cooperative at Exit 2 of Tawaramachi Station. After a short 5-minute walk, we will arrive at Torin-ji Temple. - If you are late for the Zen meditation tour meeting time, please proceed directly to "Tōrin-ji" and inform the staff at the entrance that you have a reservation with "WILLER."
You can join the program midway, but no partial refunds will be provided for late arrivals. - Torin-ji Temple
1-19-1 Kotobuki, Taitō-ku, Tokyo 111-0042 - After your zazen experience, the staff will guide you to the bus boarding location.
Overview
Schedule
Meet at Tawaramachi Station

Enjoy a Japanese lunch on a double-decker bus while sightseeing Tokyo's iconic landmarks.
*Sightseeing is from the bus window, except at Tokyo Tower.
*The route and times may vary due to traffic.
Torin-ji Temple Kaminarimon Gate → Tokyo Skytree → Ryogoku Kokugikan → Nihonbashi → Otemon → Imperial Palace → Tokyo Tower(45-mins break) → Roppongi → Omotesando → Shibuya Crossing → Aoyama Icchome → National Diet Building → Ginza
◆Starter: Smoked radish with cream cheese in yuba
◆Appetizer: Yawatamaki, smelt, spiced duck, shrimp, tofu with vegetables
◆Chilled: Snow crab, kohada, cucumber, spinach, nagaimo, sprouts, rapeseed, tomato, roasted sake
◆Steamed: Egg custard
◆Grilled: Miso-flavored beef in magnolia leaves
◆Bowl: Steamed sea bream with turnip
◆Rice: Conger eel sushi, ginger, clear soup
◆Dessert: Matcha blancmange, warabi mochi
◆Drink: Coffee, tea
Tour Ends at JR Tokyo Station, Marunouchi Gate Marunouchi Building
Location
Pick-up/Check-in Time & Location
Drop-off/Check-out Time & Location
Important activity information
Important activity information
Restrictions
- If less than 4 participants are booked, the activity may not operate.
- A group of 5 people or more needs to seat separately.
Additional notes
- The activity schedule is subject to change or cancellation due to weather or traffic conditions.
- <Authorized Sales>
VELTRA Corporation
Address: 5th Floor (Reception on 4th Floor), Nippon Life Nihonbashi Building, 2-13-12 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0027
Tokyo Metropolitan Governor Registered Travel Agency No. 2-5555
Member of the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) - <Travel Conditions>
Departure Location: Tokyo
Trip Duration: Day Trip (No Overnight Stay)
Transportation: Chartered Bus
Meals: Breakfast 0 / Lunch 1 / Dinner 0
Accommodation: None
Minimum Participants: 4 people
Tour Conductor: Included - <Travel Planning/Operation>
WILLER MARKETING CORPORATION
531-6006
6F Umeda Sky Building Tower East 1-1-88-600 Oyodonaka, Kita-ku, Osaka 531-6006
No. 2140, registered by Japan Tourism Agency
Other requirements
- Please review the travel terms and conditions before making your reservation. 旅行条件書.pdf
Booking requirements (# of participants, vehicles, hours, etc.)
- You can book a minimum of 2.
Activity Provider WILLER EXPRESS, Inc.
Activity Provider
FAQ
Payment / Cancellation Policy
- Credit card payment
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- Any cancellations made between 00:00 local time, 10 business days to 00:00 local time, 7 business days prior to the activity will be subject to a charge of 20% of the total amount.
- Any cancellations made between 00:00 local time, 7 business days to 00:00 local time, 1 business days prior to the activity will be subject to a charge of 30% of the total amount.
- Any cancellations made between 00:00 local time, 1 business days to 23:59 local time, 1 business days prior to the activity will be subject to a charge of 40% of the total amount.
- Any cancellations made after 23:59 local time, 1 business days prior to the activity date, up until the activity begins, will result in a charge equal to 50% of the total amount.
- Any cancellations made after the activity start time will be subject to a charge of 100% of the total amount.
- Changes will also incur cancellation fees.
Cancellation fees apply even for partial cancellations in group bookings.
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- If less than 4 participants are booked, the activity may not operate.
- A group of 5 people or more needs to seat separately.
- Comfortable clothing
- Please review the travel terms and conditions before making your reservation. 旅行条件書.pdf
- The activity schedule is subject to change or cancellation due to weather or traffic conditions.
- <Authorized Sales>
VELTRA Corporation
Address: 5th Floor (Reception on 4th Floor), Nippon Life Nihonbashi Building, 2-13-12 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0027
Tokyo Metropolitan Governor Registered Travel Agency No. 2-5555
Member of the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) - <Travel Conditions>
Departure Location: Tokyo
Trip Duration: Day Trip (No Overnight Stay)
Transportation: Chartered Bus
Meals: Breakfast 0 / Lunch 1 / Dinner 0
Accommodation: None
Minimum Participants: 4 people
Tour Conductor: Included - <Travel Planning/Operation>
WILLER MARKETING CORPORATION
531-6006
6F Umeda Sky Building Tower East 1-1-88-600 Oyodonaka, Kita-ku, Osaka 531-6006
No. 2140, registered by Japan Tourism Agency - This plan is a set product that allows you to board a restaurant bus Lunch course after experiencing zazen. This is a cheaper plan than purchasing them separately.
- ■Zazen Experience information
- Please meet our staff at 9:20 AM in front of Asahi Shinsei Credit Cooperative at Exit 2 of Tawaramachi Station. After a short 5-minute walk, we will arrive at Torin-ji Temple. - If you are late for the Zen meditation tour meeting time, please proceed directly to "Tōrin-ji" and inform the staff at the entrance that you have a reservation with "WILLER."
You can join the program midway, but no partial refunds will be provided for late arrivals. - Torin-ji Temple
1-19-1 Kotobuki, Taitō-ku, Tokyo 111-0042 - After your zazen experience, the staff will guide you to the bus boarding location.
- You can book a minimum of 2.
- If less than 4 participants are booked, the activity may not operate.
- A group of 5 people or more needs to seat separately.
- Please review the travel terms and conditions before making your reservation. 旅行条件書.pdf
- The activity schedule is subject to change or cancellation due to weather or traffic conditions.
- <Authorized Sales>
VELTRA Corporation
Address: 5th Floor (Reception on 4th Floor), Nippon Life Nihonbashi Building, 2-13-12 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0027
Tokyo Metropolitan Governor Registered Travel Agency No. 2-5555
Member of the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) - <Travel Conditions>
Departure Location: Tokyo
Trip Duration: Day Trip (No Overnight Stay)
Transportation: Chartered Bus
Meals: Breakfast 0 / Lunch 1 / Dinner 0
Accommodation: None
Minimum Participants: 4 people
Tour Conductor: Included - <Travel Planning/Operation>
WILLER MARKETING CORPORATION
531-6006
6F Umeda Sky Building Tower East 1-1-88-600 Oyodonaka, Kita-ku, Osaka 531-6006
No. 2140, registered by Japan Tourism Agency
- You can book a minimum of 2.
Zazen & Tokyo Restaurant Bus for Lunch: Experience Traditional Japanese Culture
