Ehime Private Tours & Local Tour Guides

Hello, I'm HIDEo YOSHIda. Please call me HIDEYOSHI, the same name as the famous shogun who built the Osaka Castle in 1585. I was born in Kobe and worked in Osaka for nearly 40 years. I would like to introduce the Kansai region to you ,including Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, and Wakayama. Kobe is one of the two largest ports in Japan, along with Yokohama. After the opening of the Port of Kobe in 1868, foreigners built their residences on the hillside of the Kitano-cho area, overlooking the ocean. Many of the foreign residences are now open to the public as museums, including the Weathercock House, with it's symbol weathercock on the triangle-shaped roof. In Meriken Park, the red Port Tower (the city's landmark), creates a beautiful contrast against the white Kobe Marine Museum. The museum's design was inspired by the waves and sailing ships. When you have a chance to visit Osaka, please join my tour. I'm sure you'll enjoy the interesting and historical, scenic spots. For example, Shin-Sekai is a downtown area with a strange mix of nostalgic atmosphere and contemporary energy. You can try local foods (kushikatsu, sushi, tempura) at a reasonable price. Billiken (a famous statue of the spirit of luck) will be waiting for you!!. Dotombori is a popular street with a lot of flashy signboards. Osaka is widely known as a "Kuidaore-no-machi", or literally "drinking and eating luxuriously to death." Osaka Castle was built by Toyotomi HIDEYOSHI in 1585. Oh, it's my residence, isn't it ! These days "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" area in USJ, or Universal Studios Japan, is also attracting more and more people. I'll be looking forward to seeing you !!

Hello everyone. My name is Keiji living in Okayama. Okayama is located halfway between Hiroshima and Osaka. Nowadays a lot of people are attracted by Naoshima that is a small island famous for Art and Architecture. Okayama is the entrance to the island therefore I often show international guests around Naoshima. Okayama itself has many tourist attractions such as Kurashiki famous for Bikan historical quarter, Korakuen garden, Okayama castle and so on. If you'd like to include Hiroshima or Osaka on your plan, I can show you round them as these cities are in the distance of an hour train ride. I'm an easygoing and extrovert person. I'm always waiting for you to contact me..

Hi! I'm Sunny. I was born in Ehime and have worked for two International associations in Shikoku for more than a decade. I also worked for a big travel company in Tokyo as a tour leader of an overseas specialist as well as a high school as an English teacher. I'm an energetic and cheerful woman with optimism. Numerous foreigners (almost 900) register for my workplace and I have been committed to the improvement of their quality of life for years, which makes myself quite familiar with foreigners. I love people most of all living things on this beautiful planet, the earth. I would like to cherish the opportunity to meet people who share same time and space as a treasure. What a wonderful thing it is! This is called “Ichigo Ichie” or “a once-in-lifetime chance” that I like best. I would like to meet as many of you as possible and appreciate the blessing of the earth, the culture and history Man created through the tour with you. I'm under the flexible work shift,so that I can arrange the tour schedule according to your request such as duration, destination and contents in order to accompany you. I can also arrange not only the sightseeing but also homestay so as to experience Japanese life style. The tour that I think the best is to provide the customers to experience something with flexibility as well as visiting some places. Shikoku still has so many mysterious places or primitive nature to explore. You can notice Shikoku hold mixed culture of traditional countryside and up-to-date life. Please come to secluded region filled with a lot of superior hospitality called Omotenashi to feel relaxed out of the hustle and bustle life. Why don't you experience the time warp with me to good old Japan? I'm really looking forward to seeing you, treasure hunter! See you soon.

I am a licenced tour guide in English, covering areas in western Japan. I am involved in guiding fields including culture, politics, economy, and industries. Other than being a tour guide, I teach English at university and am a conference interpreter and a translator.