“Great tour”
We enjoyed the tour with Eric. He knows the little things that you would never get and he was attentive to our questions and needs. 100% recommended!
Eric T.
(47 reviews)It it my pleasure that I have received your comments to my tour. I hope that You will enjoy more in Japan. I wish if you will contact with me. on your next tour to Japan. Regards Eric Tanaka
“1.5 days of tours of Kyoto with Toshiyo”
We had a four hour tour the first day with Toshiyo on Monday and 6.5 hours the second day. We got to everything we were supposed to see and Toshiyo is a very nice person who goes out of her way to help people. We saw everything on our itinerary except for the Fushimi Inari shrine, which we will have to do on our own. The only odd thing on our 7 hour tour is that we didn’t break for lunch. We did ask a couple of times, but went 6.5 hours before stopping for ramen, and everyone was admittedly a little “hangry”. The tour started at 8:30 and finally got some lunch around 3 pm. Both tours were still very good and we would recommend touring with Toshiyo O.
Toshiyo O.
(238 reviews)Thank you for having me as your guide and writing me the kind review. It was hard to find nice places to eat for lunch on our way without wasting time to visit important sites. So finally I found a place but the place was hard to please your wife. I hope you enjoyed Kyoto very much. Toshiyo
Smita S.
Premium tour of Kyoto (1) : Arashiyama, Nijo-jo Castle & Kinkakuji temple
“highlights of Kyoto”
Hiro collected us for our hotel and together we had planned the sites we wanted to visit. Hiro was amazing and flexible. His English was very good. It was a lovely day. Due to the golden week there were many crowds. Hiro made a special effort and had brought props for us to dress up in for photo's. He showed us how to use the buses. We had a very nice day out and our 1st day in Kyoto was lovely.
Tatsuhiro N.
(49 reviews)Hi Smita-san, Thank you very much for your favorable comment. I am really inspired and encouraged by it. I am now sure you enjoyed the tour of sacred "Koyasan", where, spirits of many noted personalities lie. Your party was really international, consisting of persons from various countries but connected by one common language of English. I wish you a good health and hope you will enjoy life more and more. See you again somewhere sometime in the future. Regards, Hiro
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