Judy N.
“Excellent tour”
We highly recommend Yoshi as your guide for the Golden Temple tour. We visited 4 temples, took trains, the subway and a taxi to the sites. Yoshi directed us back to our subway station near Gion from Arashimaya station. Had Japanese Ramen for lunch close by one Temple. Yoshi was very knowledgeable with the ancient and current history for each site. He was flexible and customized our tour. His English was excellent too.
Eleanor C.
“Top notch tour of top notch sights!”
Koichi was a delightful guide! Great communication before the tour. He shared just the right amount of information with us. He had a really good sense of humor as well. By booking this tour we were able to see a bunch of major sights in a half day. It was great to have Koichi navigate the logistics so we didn’t have to worry about them. Highly recommend this particular tour and Koichi as guide.
Norlina (elah) A.
“Fun day with Hiroko”
We had a very fun and educational tour day with Hiroko. Her being local and knowledgeable of Kyoto history makes it worth. She planned the day so nicely and considerably to make sure we are all catered for. We are very happy and I think that people should definitely book tours with local tour guide because it makes a difference to the day without wasting time navigating new area. Hiroko delivered 5 stars service. We recommend her to anyone. Arigato gozaimasu Hiroko san.
Hiroko D.
Norlina, Arigato gozaimasu to you too. I am extremely grateful for your kind, generous and very quick review. You are so nice and intelligent, I really enjoy your company as a guide in Kyoto. Hope you will come back here again in near future as there are more to see. Please send my warmest regards to your husband and daughter, a cute ballerina. Sincerely, Hiroko
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