Inuyama in Aichi Pref. has two National Treasures, Inuyama Castle, or which has the oldest original castle tower, and "Jo-an", which has the old and historical tea ceremony house in "Uraku-en" Japanese garden. You can also experience painting Japanese lantern. I'm sure you will have a wonderful time in Inuyama!!
At your hotel in Nagoya
Let's meet at your hotel front.
Get on the train bound for Inuyama
Now let's start enjoying castle town walking
You can enjoy painting Japanese lantern and drinking a cup of coffee at an old and beautiful samurai residence
Let's have lunch at a restaurant in a beautiful and nostalgic castle town
You can enter the National Treasure castle tower and see panoramic views from the top floor!
Let's enjoy beautiful Japanese garden and National Treasure's Tea House. You can also enjoy Japanese green tea and sweet.
Get on a train bound for Nagoya
You will have a wonderful day. See you!
Nagoya JR Station or your hotel in Nagoya
guide fee, hotel pick-up fee, transportation fee for guide
transportation fee for you, admission fee for you, painting experience fee for you, lunch for you and guide
Japanese lantern painting fee is 2700 yen per a person.
Inuyama Castle admission fee 550 yen.
Uraku-en Garden admission fee is 1200 yen.
(If you buy a coupon of Nagoya railway company, admission fees of Inuyama Castle and Uraku-en are discounted.)
I will guide you every day except for the day that my schedule is not vacant.
I'm a local guide of Gifu, Nagoya and Aichi, but I can guide you around Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Kanazawa, Takayama and Shiga if you pay my transportation fee.
“A beautiful day in Takayama!”
Yuriko (also known as Lilly) was an amazing tour guide. She was so very knowledgeable about the history of Takayama and told interesting stories that we all enjoyed. Our family of 6 ranged in ages from 6 years to 70 years. I would highly recommend her as a guide and also recommend Takayama as a beautiful town to visit on your journey. Yuriko organised a lovely lunch and we enjoyed delicious food.
Yuriko S.
(49 reviews)Thank you for an excellent review and heartwarning comments!(^-^)/ I'm so happy to hear that you all enjoyed beautiful Takayama with my guiding. Your kids are so cute and they reminded me of my three sons when they were little kids . I also enjoyed answering your clever boy's interesting questions. Please come to Japan again! From your guide, Lily
“Hiroshima & Miyajima Tour from Kyoto”
Yuriko is absolutely great! Perfect English-speaking guide, very lovely and kind! Absolute recommendation! :)
Yuriko S.
(49 reviews)Thank you so much for excellent review and comments! I'm so happy to see your comments. Your comments encourage me a lot. I will do my best to be a better English speaking guide. Arigatou gozaimasu.
“Solid guide”
Yuriko came a pretty long way from her home and our 4 hour tour was basically a full day commitment for her. But you wouldn't know it from her energy and enthusiasm. We hit most of the major sights in Takayama, so it was an efficient use of time, and she added some interesting information along the way. Her English skills were excellent, perhaps the best of the 4 guides we used. And like all of our guides she really went out of her way to accommodate our requests and make us feel like her personal guests. She even gave us small handcrafted gifts.
Yuriko S.
(49 reviews)Thank you for giving me such a wonderful review and nice comment! I'm so happy to read your complement. I also had a good time with you in Takayama. I've sometimes got a good information from my guests during guiding. Yes! this time, your clever daughter gave me a nice information where the watch tower in Takayama Jinya can be seen.(I've visited there so many times, but I've never noticed about it(^-^;) Thank you so much for everything, and please come to Gifu, again! Your guide, Lily(Yuriko)