Arima Onsen(hot springs) & Kobe Beef Blast w/ Photographer

Highlights

Ai A.

4.83 / 5
(30 reviews)
Kobe
Japanese (Native), English, French
6 hours
Private tour (only you and your group)
Up to 3 people

【Tour Highlights 】

★Natural ONSEN(+RYOKAN, Japanese style inn, stay) experience

★KOBE beef lunch or dinner

★Million-dollar nightscape

★Roapway ride

※ARIMA ONSEN is a traditional hot springs resort town in a mountain side of KOBE.

Meeting Point

At your hotel in Osaka/Kyoto/Kobe or Osaka/Kyoto Station

11:00 AM

KOBE beef lunch

12:30 PM

Roapway ride

01:00 PM

Million dollar landscape

03:00 PM

Arima ONSEN(hot springs)

Ending Point

At your hotel in Osaka/Kyoto/Kobe or Osaka/Kyoto Station

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

★Hotel pick-up & drop off

★Your all entrance fees and transportations during the tour

★My guiding and photography charge(no overtime charge)

★MY transportations/meals/entrance fees(if any)

What‘s not included

★Your lunch or dinner(around 1,000~20, 000 JPY/per)

(Small purchases, such as snacks, drinks, souvenirs, if any.)

Important Information

【Familiar towns】

My main areas are Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Kobe, and Himeji.

Since I used to live in Tokyo and travel around Metropolitan area very often, if you could cover my transportations(+ accomodation if necessary), I can travel(+stay) with you.

【Anyone is welcome!】

If you or your family members/friends are:

Vegetarians/vegans,

LGBTQ,

physically challenged people,

senior citizens and/or babies,

don't hesitate to ask me special requests.

I'm willing to help these guests:)

【Insurance】

Please take out your travel insurance. My insurance will NOT cover your sickness, injury, and/or accident during the tour.

★From Kyoto or Osaka, we can travel as a daytrip, or stay one to two nights on weekend.

★Landscape may not be able to see clearly under the rainy or dimny sky.

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

Reviews

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Zain G.

5 / 5
May 19, 2023

100% Would Recommend and Use Again

The highlight of our trip. We had an amazing time working with Ai to create a custom trip for our group for 3 days. The photos she took were such high quality which was a great perk of booking with her. She showed us places and gave us the history, as well as helped us book private taxis to make it easier to keep the whole group together. We 100% recommend working with her!

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Zain G.

5 / 5
May 19, 2023

Amazing Tour Guide and Excellent Photos!

The highlight of our trip. We had an amazing time working with Ai to create a custom trip for our group for 3 days. The photos she took were such high quality which was a great perk of booking with her. She showed us places and gave us the history, as well as helped us book private taxis to make it easier to keep the whole group together. We 100% recommend working with her!

Ai A.

Dear Zain,  Thanks for having me three days! I really enjoyed the trip very much. This is because all the guests are professionals in their fields(former lawyer, flight attendant, consultant, accountant etc.), everybody came from the cities where I've been to(three of them are my neighborhood in Manhattan lol), and we are around the same generation; that made us share the same values and beliefs in life. The highlights of Kyoto was not only visited iconic spots, such as Golden Pavilion and vermillion Torii Gates Fushimi Inari Shrine; but also we enjoyed tea ceremony experience, Gekkeikan Sake Brewery and Museum, and high-end Tempura Endo Restaurant in Gion in just a day. Yes, we'll definitely work together in the future. If you enjoy your hobby, that could be your job, and, if you work hard, that could be your vocation. Ai

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Zain G.

5 / 5
May 19, 2023

AMAZING TOUR GUIDE

The highlight of our trip. We had an amazing time working with Ai to create a custom trip for our group for 3 days. The photos she took were such high quality which was a great perk of booking with her. She showed us places and gave us the history, as well as helped us book private taxis to make it easier to keep the whole group together. We 100% recommend working with her!

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Andy T.

5 / 5
Apr 24, 2023

Osaka downtown tour

Ai is definitely a professional tour guide as she explain and bring you to those highlights in a chill and relax vibe. She can agree to certain request such as bringing you to local hidden gems or local marketplace than regular sight-seeing. Ai can take pictures for you while explaining the history and places around at the same time. Thank you Ai !

Ai A.

Thanks for having me. Since we both love taking pictures and have MBA, I enjoyed talking while traveling with Andy very much. Please let me know if you ever have a chance to come back to Japan as your business trip, honeymoon, or just a vacation with your family and friends. I appreciate this serendipity. your guide, photographer, and new friend, Ai 

$969/ per group

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