Tokyo Private Tour Guides

“Street Market Experience”

Terrific! We asked Shu to take us to some less touristy areas for street photography. What an excelent day. He brought us to colorful street markets where there were amazing opportunities to experience old Japan. He was so helpful in asking permission of locals to make potraits. His warm, outgoing personality unlocked the interactions in a very friendly way. We finished with the best ramen of our trip. Thanks so much, Shu!

“Loved Yuji!”

We booked a tour with Yuji for our first day in Tokyo and had a great experience. He’s super friendly, communicated well, and did a great job catering to our needs. He helped us learn how to use the train system, brought us to some fantastic locations, and had us try certain off-the-beaten path things that we would never have considered. He also acted as our “personal paparazzi,” taking lots of photos of us throughout the day so we could focus on being in the moment. We highly recommend booking Yuji!

“Highly avoidable and impolite guide”

I left a review for another tour “ Edo Tokyo Tour: East Gardens & Ueno Park or Asakusa” and got a response also, where Yoko stated a member of our group had seriously mental issues and we had English communication skill issues. Yoko’s written response itself shows whose communication skills need improvement and characterizing people as having mental issues is highly unfortunate. Yoko explained a lot of details and asked fun quiz questions throughout the trip, and we all shared a few laughs. She also took group pictures for us that was nice. She took us to various places and was flexible in terms of meal timing, etc.. What bothered all of us and left a very bad taste was a series of Yoko’s. behaviors which prompted an assertive (and justified) response from one of us. 1. She claimed to be from the neighborhood but still could not locate our hotel. Simple search in Google Maps shows clearly where the hotel is. 2. She joked about one of us trying to hurt a cab driver and laughed, while the truth was the person was trying to save him from being hit by the closing trunk. 3. She went on to keep giving suggestions to have ice cream, juices as available options when it was made clear that we wanted to have real food for lunch that was vegetarian and that we can figure it ourselves. She also asked one of us to go back and stand in the line while the other members were about to order their food (disrespectful). 4. She gave a 15 min estimate to walk through a park which took 25 minutes by walk just to get to the entrance. We asked because elderly people were with us and they were quite exhausted. 5. She started dictating how we should get a cab while we did not ask any help. 6. One of us asked about incense sticks in a temple from a distance, and Yoko snapped with an answer along the lines of “One step at a time please, we will talk about it when we get there” - which was rude. Many more instances like above. I hope Yoko understands. Bad experience overall.

Yoko T.

(165 reviews)

Narcisitic Personality Disorder.