Japanese home visiting! Home cooking & cultural experience
Joined 2019
Do you want to have a very unique experience in Japan? We welcome you to our home where you can experience multiple Japanese culture experiences. Home cooking experience, kimono fitting, flower arrangement(Ikebana), tea ceremony and visiting a sake brewery in my local area! If you get a little bit tired of seeing big cities, come to our home and experience the country-side of Japan.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
At your hotel or station
Nagoya Station or your hotel
I'll pick you up at Nagoya station or your hotel.
Saki's home
From Nagoya station, it takes about 40 mins to my home. My home town is outside of Nagoya. You can enjoy a nice country-side view during our commute by local train.
Cooking Experience(Saki's home)
We'll give you a private cooking class which you can learn how to make Japanese food.(We can change menu depending on your preference).
Enjoy homemade Japanese meal!
Have a nice chat and enjoy homemade meal!
Private tea ceremony or flower arrangement
Chose one of the experiences, private tea ceremony or flower arrangement will be held in our tatami room.
Yukata fitting and take a walk
You can chose your favorite yukata to put on from our collection. Let's take a small walk outside of our house.
Sake Brewery tour(Optional, please ask guide the availability)
There is a very authentic sake Brewery in our local area where you can taste and purchase their products. The visiting time could vary depending on their production schedule.
Back to Nagoya station
I'll take you to Nagoya station or your hotel.
Arrival at Nagoya station or your hotel
If you need advice for your dinner place, I'll be your coordinator!
Ending Point
At your hotel or station
Want to personalize this tour?
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
Guide fee
hotel pick up
tea ceremony or flower arrangement material
Lunch ingredients( we will visit local shop near our house to get the ingredients. The price will be from 1500-3000 yen per group)
Transportation fee(from Nagoya-my home about 700 to 900 yen per person for guide and customer)
Sake tasting fee(if you want to do tasting it costs 1000 yen for all guests at brewery)
Tour Important Information
Important message from the supplier
see the calendar for availability
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2019
About Tour Guide Saki K.
Hi! Thank you for checking my profile, I'm Saki. If you are interested in discovering the Central Japan area, Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Nagano please leave it on me!
I was born in Aichi prefecture where Nagoya is located in. It's a shame many tourists skip our Central area on their itinerary as it's not known well as destination for tourist. However, I'm proud of my region where you can experience Japanese people local life and beauty of hidden nature.
If you are a little bit tired with the touristic places please visit my region. I'll take you calm and tranquil nature places, tasting our traditional cuisine and experiencing local people's real life.
As my husband is from USA, I have many experiences to take my foreign family and friends my favorite places. It was my pleasure they loved where I presented and discovered different side of Japan. I'd like to help making your trip unforgettable and full of new experiences.
I'm really looking forward to presenting you our Central region and seeing you.
Thank you for reading my profile, see you soon!
※If you need the guide to be conducted in Spanish, I can attend in Spanish too.
Si necesita que la guía se haga en español, estoy disponible en español también.
Reviews
“The warmest guide you could ask for”
We engaged Saki-san wanting to see Nagoya through a local's perspective, but got so much more. From the get-go, she felt just like a friend. As a fellow young parent, she was patient and could absolutely anticipate the needs of our two young families, engaging the young ones while making great recommendations for our group. I especially enjoyed having her there as a fellow Ghibli fan, and she was instrumental in pointing us through shortcuts that made our time extremely well spent. Her command of English is superb and she is so warm hearted, even helping us find a stylist for one of our daughters to get her back to school trim. Thank you loads Saki-san!
“Wonderful guide for Ghibli park tour!”
Our family of 4 (including two kids age 10 and 11) had a wonderful time with Saki at the Ghibli park! She arranged premium tickets for us on the day that we desired. If you've done your research, you'd know that it's not easy to get these tickets from abroad. So if you are a Ghibli fan, don't wait and reach out to Saki! She was very organized and extremely personable. We had a fantastic time together touring Ghibli park, talking about anything Ghibli, as well as life in Japan, raising kids, shopping in Nagoya, etc. She is truly a joy to be around and made our day far more enjoyable. If we are ever back in Nagoya again (we sure hope we will), we will be reaching out to her to guide us again!
Saki K.
Thank you so much for your comment about my tour, it was pleasure to meet you all! I am glad you could have a good time at Ghibli Park, I am excited to see you again next time you visit Nagoya. Hopefully we can visit skating rinks as well:) Have a great time rest of your stay! Saki
Mendi E.
Japanese home visiting! Home cooking & cultural experience
“Great Communication With Saki!”
We had to cancel our visit due to extenuating circumstances but Saki was very understanding and kept in touch before the visit and helped with getting the visit canceled online.
$255/ per group
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