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Kobe Private Tour - Ikuta shrine is an origin of Kobe and one of symbols of regenesis from Hanshin Awaji Earthquake.
Ikuta shrine is an origin of Kobe and one of symbols of regenesis from Hanshin Awaji Earthquake.
Kobe Private Tour - Nada is one of the most famous sake brewery area in Japan. The underground water (Miya mizu) is famous for hard water.which is suitable for making sake.
Nada is one of the most famous sake brewery area in Japan. The underground water (Miya mizu) is famous for hard water.which is suitable for making sake.
Kobe Private Tour - Japanese carpenter tools are different from Western tools. It has been changing to suit for Japanese buildings. This museum shows the history of relationship between Japanese carpenter tools and Japanese buildings.
Japanese carpenter tools are different from Western tools. It has been changing to suit for Japanese buildings. This museum shows the history of relationship between Japanese carpenter tools and Japanese buildings.
Kobe Private Tour - Akashi Strait Bridge
Akashi Strait Bridge

Kobe : Hyogo Golden Route (one of five tours)

Highlights
Kobe Tour Guide - Yoshiharu K.

Joined 2018

Yoshiharu K.
4.69 / 5
(62 reviews)
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Kobe
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Japanese (Native), English
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9 hours
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Private tour (only you and Yoshiharu K.)
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Up to 4 people

Hyogo prefecture is about 150km long in north-south direction. There are many sight seeing spots, not only Kobe, Himeji but also Izush-Toyooka, Tanba-Sasayama Awaji island. So Hyogo government decleared "Hyogo Golden Route" as recommended tours. I would like to guide those areas where tourists do not know well. Each area is one day tour. You can have a different experience from Kyoto or Osaka.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

09:00 AM

Meeting Point

At the lobby of your hotel in Osaka or Kobe

09:00 AM

Meet at Sannomiya Station (In the case of Osaka station, the tour ends at 18:30)

09:50 AM

Akashi Strait Bridge

Akashi Strait Bridge is the 2nd longest suspension bridge in the world. There is a walking path under the bridge road whose height is 47m above the sea.

12:00 AM

Lunch around Motomachi

01:30 PM

Hakuturu Sake Brewery Museum

Sake brewing method is different from other alcoholic beverage's method.

03:20 PM

Takenaka Carpentry Tools museum

Japanese carpentry tools has more than 1500 years and it is different from Western.

04:50 PM

Ikuta Shrine

This shrine is a kind of origin of Kobe and symbol of re-genesis of Kobe.

Ending Point

Your hotel in Osaka or Kobe

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Inclusions & Exclusions

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What‘s included

Guide fee,

Transportation fee between guide's house and start place of this tour for guide,

Hotel pick up fee in Kobe or Osaka.

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What‘s not included

Admission fee (you and guide)

500yen/person for Takenaka carpenter tool museun)

300yen/person for Akashi Strait Bridge

Lunch, Dinner, drinks,

Transportation fee during this tour(around 2000yen).

Tour Important Information

We will walk 5 or more kilometers. You should wear shoes which is suitable for walking.


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Kobe Tour Guide - Yoshiharu K.

Joined 2018

Yoshiharu K.
4.69 / 5
(62 reviews)
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About Tour Guide Yoshiharu K.

Hi! I'm Yoshiharu. Please call me Yoshi. Yoshi means "good" in Japanese! I'm a good man (^^);;;.

I was born in Kyoto but I lived there 3 months. Then my family moved to Osaka and I grew up in Osaka.

So I am almost Osakan.

When I was young, my hobby was traveling by bicycle. I went cycling around most part of Japan except Shikoku.

In my family rule, Shikoku is in bad direction because my grand father died just after his Shikoku pilgrimage.

So I want to have a cycling tour not only in Kyoto (coming soon!) but also all part of Japan someday.

I am interested in Japanese history.

I am a National Certificated Guide. And I have "Kyoto Tourism Culture Certification 3rd grade", "Osaka Expert Certification 3rd grade", "Nara Concierge 2nd grade" and "Karuizawa Web test 3rd grade".

So I have expert knowledge about Kyoto, Osaka, Nara and Karuizawa and common knowledge about Kobe.

Besides I like gadgets, so I can guide you DenDen town in Osaka.

When you have a chance to visit Kyoto or Osaka or other city in this area,

please contact me anytime and join my tour!

I'll be looking forward to seeing you, spending wonderful time with you.

Reviews

Highly recommended!!

We had a wonderful day out with Yoshiharu, and highly recommend him as a tour guide!! He was friendly, efficient, and a pleasure to be with, as he took us out to Kyoto's Bamboo Forest and the temples around Sagano. This was the best day we've had in Japan so far, by far. Some beautiful things to see, a great lunch out and great company, in Yoshi. Thank you. Rob & Kim

Rob J.

Yoshiharu K.

Dear Rob Thank you for your evaluation. It was good day for walking, warm and dry day before rain season. And there were not many tourists including high school students in the area. So we could enjoy the quit walking there. I was wondering the restaurant would be full but it was not. We had a lot of luck. But I was afraid you would feel aching of your feet because we had walked too long. Anyway thank you very much. Yours sincerely, Yoshi

Disappointing tour with not much value. Do not recommend.

Yoshi was a nice person; however it was a very disappointing tour for the high price we paid for a private tour. We have done other tours with GoWithGuide and we would not recommend this tour at all. It is better you go without guide than this tour. The guide was not very prepared nor knowledgeable of the area, or Himeji castle, and did not provide much explanation. He seemed to be there mainly to chaperone us through public transport, which we’re able to do without a guide and even then he did not seem knowledgeable. Perhaps he is not experienced with tours in Himeji. Mainly pointed to the signs to read and even then was reading them with us as if it were his first time going. We felt this was completely overpriced and did not get much out of it.

Alexa S.

Yoshiharu K.

Dear Alexa I am sorry you could not enjoy the tour. On the tour day(It was in the Golden Week) Himeji castle was very crowded . But I had expected it, so before the tour I bought the web ticket for the first time. We could skip an about 100m line to buy the ticket. But it was not enough. There was a long waiting line to enter the keep. We had to wait about 1 hour. I have never had the experience. And in the keep we were packed on every floor and the number of people to get the top floor was limited so we had to wait for about 30 min to get the top. I have never had the experience. So I guess number of explanation per time was few because we could not move in the line and maybe I skipped explanations by the crowd or forgot to explain because of lacking the rhythm to explain. And we could not have the seat together when we went to Himeji, so I could not have time to explain Himeji and you missed the chance to have question for it. I should have stand beside you to explain the Himeji and scenery from the train. And we were late to return your hotel about 1.5 hours. I guess we should have skip Azuki museum. I should have give questions to know what you expected to Himeji. Next time I will guide you according to your interest in Hemeji. Himeji has other destinations.

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