About Yakatabune Dinner Cruise

A guide for your evening on a Tokyo dinner boat

Yakatabune Dinner Cruise is an independent guide for everyone planning a yakatabune dinner cruise in Tokyo. Here you will find how the Sumida River cruise from Asakusa works, how four dinner cruises compare, what a yakatabune is and where it comes from, what is on the menu and in your glass, what to wear and how the tatami cabin works, whether to choose the river or the bay, which pier to go to, which months bring cherry blossoms, fireworks or typhoons, what an evening costs, which cruises run by day with a tea ceremony, and where to ride a yakatabune in Kyoto and Yokohama.

The site is available in English and five additional languages. It is written first in English.

How we research

Every number on our pages comes from a source that we link to at the bottom of the page: mostly the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Government of Japan, the Japan National Tourism Organization, the Sumida River Fireworks Festival and Chuo City, the operators' own pages for facts about their own boats and piers, the Japan Meteorological Agency's official 1991 to 2020 normals for its Tokyo station, and day length we calculate ourselves. Information on tours, that is duration, languages, inclusions, and starting prices, is taken from the offers on GetYourGuide.

Routes on the river change with the tide and the weather, typhoons can cancel a sailing, and the boat you board is often decided on the day. Listings also differ in what they include, food and drink above all, and in how long you are on the water. That is why we tell you plainly what a listing states and what it leaves open.

How we make money

Yakatabune Dinner Cruise is funded through the GetYourGuide affiliate program. When you book through one of our links, we receive a commission; your price remains the same. There are no advertising banners here, and we do not sell your data.

Who is behind it

Yakatabune Dinner Cruise is run by Lukas Weber from Munich. You will find all details about the provider in the legal notice. The easiest way to send questions, comments, or corrections is to email [email protected].