Japan Private Car Tours

“Shimizu port / Shizuoka city with Take”

We had the best day with Take! We would HIGHLY recommend doing his tour. He’s so knowledgeable and friendly, and lived in Shizuoka City his whole life so he knew all the best places. We went to the Miho no matsubara pine grove where we saw the trees from the legend of Hagoromo and amazing views of Mt. Fuji. It was beautiful and we learned so much about the history of the site as well. We also went to the Nihondaira yume terrace where we had incredible views of the city, the bay, and Mt Fuji. After that we went to our favorite part of the day, a private visit to a tea room with an actual tea master, Mr. Kato. We got to watch him prepare matcha for us and we shared the tea and some traditional Japanese sweets together with him and his wife. Then he let us try making it ourselves. It was both intimate and authentic and we will never forget the experience. Take is an extremely well prepared and thoughtful tour guide. He provided us with a bag of some Japanese sweet and salty snacks along the way and then surprised us with a very meaningful gesture of a handwritten post card with our names written in Kanji. Thanks for the wonderful day that we’ll never forget Take! Tom and Chelsea from Denver

“Fantastic Guide!”

This should be your guide in Kyoto! Akira is passionate about his work - he spent a full 8 hours telling 4 Canadians all kinds of information about Japanese culture and history - in a way that was engaging and interesting. Also loved his restaurant choice and his uber-comfortable van! What a great day - I can't recommend him strongly enough!!

Akira F.

(58 reviews)

Thank you very much for your kind words and generous feedback. I truly enjoyed spending time with all of you as well. I feel that through our conversations, I also learned many new things from you. It felt more like an exchange of ideas and experiences than simply a tour, and I was very honored to be your guide during your time here in Japan. Thank you again, and I sincerely look forward to meeting all of you again someday.

Hansel, zi han T.

5 / 5

May 17, 2026

ONE PIECE Statues Tour. All 10.

May 17, 2026

Kumamoto

7 hours 30 mins

“A heartwarming trip.”

Thank you, Nakama! Steve picked us up from our hotel and gave us a firm handshake when we met, I knew that the trip would gonna be great! Steve brought us to all of the 10 One Piece statues without hassles, while sharing the history of the places we drove by with us. Steve speaks perfect English and Japanese, I mean, what else I can say? He’s perfect as a tour guide and a friend! And most importantly he did his best to get us all the 10 WCF figures, this was really a plus point. Please, keep up the great work, Steve.