Customizable Private Tours with Local Tour Guides

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Ray C.

5 / 5

Nov 15, 2025

Osaka Food and Shopping Tour

Nov 15, 2025

Osaka

6 hours

Customized

“Family vacation”

Our guide Leo took our family of 6 adults on a tour of his home town Osaka, picking us up at our hotel in Kyoto. He introduced us to Osaka’s historical sites, Osaka famous street food and great shopping locations. He provided interesting information on the sites visited and proved to be a very engaging and personable person. To facilitate the return to our Kyoto, Leo took to the train needed to reach our hotel. Each of the tour members thought very highly of Leo and would without reservations recommend him to others needing an excellent your guide. We will certainly contact him for future tour needs in thr Kyoto, Osaka area. RayC

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Diane A.

5 / 5

Nov 15, 2025

4 day tour

Nov 15, 2025

Kumamoto

7 hours

Customized

“Private, Personalized, Punctual and Personable ”

The main purpose of our time in Kumamoto was to visit the place where our great-grandparents immigrated from in 1891. In my research, I added on other sites to explore in the area. I had thought I would rent a car and drive, but my better instinct took over and I wondered if I could hire a driver who would take us to these places. I found Steve on this site, and told him of my needs. He gave me a quote, and I accepted it. Steve exceeded my expectations. He was always punctual and prepared. It was odd that this Aussie, a very gaijin looking man would be a translator for 3 very Japanese looking women, but such was the case. As 4th generation Americans from Hawaii, our Japanese is very limited and he was an enormous help with providing that service. He was a great problem-solver, such as checking in early at our inns, leaving our luggage, and finding what accommodations were there so we would know what we needed to buy at the market for our evening meals. He made suggestions to my planned itinerary, which proved to be impressive, such as to the Earthquake Museum and Ikeyama Spring, and for places to eat lunch. I cannot say enough good about our time with Steve. The most important reason for our trip, to connect to the place where our ancestors came from, was accomplished. He brought us to an address that had been given to us, and saw that there was a haka, graveyard, nearby. We went there and found the family vault that other cousins had visited a couple of years ago. That was one of the many highlights of our trip. It was our main goal, and it was accomplished, with Steve's help. The other places we visited were out of town and quite a far drive, and Steve drove us to our destinations with ease, information, and humor.

“Sehr interessante Führung ”

Mit Yuta hatte wir eine historisch und kulturell sehr interessante und fundierte Führung. Er ist sehr kommunikativ und angenehm im Umgang. Er geht flexibel auf Wünsche ein und erklärt auch die religiösen Zusammenhänge der verschiedenen Besichtigungspunkte sehr gut. Auch seine Restaurantempfehlungen sind hervorzuheben. Gerne wieder!