You can visit famous places in Kyoto city.
This tour is very suitable for couples who wants to travel privately.
As a former school teacher, my tour is academic.
You can visit famous places by using public transportation or taxi.
All the transportation fee and entrance fees of temples or shrines are not covered by the guiding fee.
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
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Kiyomizudera (清水寺, literally "Pure Water Temple") is one of the most celebrated temples of Japan. It was founded in 780 on the site of the Otowa Waterfall in the wooded hills east of Kyoto, and derives its name from the fall's pure waters. The temple was originally associated with the Hosso sect, one of the oldest schools within Japanese Buddhism, but formed its own Kita Hosso sect in 1965. In 1994, the temple was added to the list of UNESCO world heritage sites.
Kinkakuji (金閣寺, Golden Pavilion) is a Zen temple in northern Kyoto whose top two floors are completely covered in gold leaf. Formally known as Rokuonji, the temple was the retirement villa of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and according to his will it became a Zen temple of the Rinzai sect after his death in 1408. Kinkakuji was the inspiration for the similarly named Ginkakuji (Silver Pavilion), built by Yoshimitsu's grandson, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, on the other side of the city a few decades later.
The paths that cut through the bamboo groves make for a nice walk. The groves are particularly attractive when there is a light wind and the tall bamboo stalks sway gently back and forth. The bamboo has been used to manufacture various products, such as baskets, cups, boxes and mats at local workshops for centuries.
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This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
English guide
Lunch and ticket are not included in the fee.
You can visit famous places by using public transportation or taxi.
You need to pay all the transportation fee.
Lunch and tickets are not included in the fee.
You can visit famous places by using public transportation or taxi.
You need to pay all the transportation fee.
Hello everyone, it's Tad!
I was born in Osaka, raised up in Kobe, and came back to Osaka for my university and work.
I studied clinical psychology in my university. I specialize in children who have developmental disorder such as Down's syndrome, autism, ADHD and I care for the left-behind children whose parents can’t look after them due to their work or private reasons. I used to help them with their homework as a student volunteer.
When I was a university student, I went abroad to Australia for the first time in my life, which made me want to know outside world more. I went to see the outside world, which made me get to know the amazing aspects of my own country.
I truly see the beauty of Japan and kindness of people. So that after the graduation of my university, I decided to move to Australia with working holiday visa for two years. In Australia, I bought a car and traveled whole around Australia doing labor work.
During my time in Australia, I was surprised by the beauty of nature and how wide the world is, and I was helped and well treated by locals. Also I realized that Japan has a very unique and beautiful culture.
That experience made me want to share Japanese culture and help you experience Japanese hospitality. I’d like to do my best to make your precious memories in Japan just like how local people in Australia treated me as a part of their family.
After returning from Australia, I spent 3 months backpacking around 17 countries of Europe.
To tell international guests about Japanese culture, history and hospitality, I became a rickshaw runner in Kyoto Arashiyama.
That’s why I became an officially licensed English guide of Kyoto city and decided to live my life as a professional English guide.
As I’ve lived in Kobe, Osaka and Kyoto, I’m good at guiding these cities and customizing private tours for FIT (foreign independent travel) guests.
Especially I hold a cultural food walk tour which complies with any special dietary restrictions in Osaka’s night out spots.
【Career Summary】
Bilingual professional tourist guide of officially certificated by Kyoto city.
Hold 5 years extensive tourism experience working with private sector and by myself.
Introducing both history and tradition of Japan to the visitors from Japan and all over the globe (Over 1,500 people).
Generally passionate for the arts and people of Japan.
【Qualification】
・Officially licensed English guide of Kyoto city (since Sep 28th 2019)
hence high knowledge about Japanese culture , history and historic site.
・Excellent communication skills in oral and written Japanese and English.
【Summary of your academic and work history】
2003-2007
Kansai University of Welfare Sciences
・Studying clinical psychology (Especially child psychology)
2007-2010
Working holiday in Australia.
・2 years of overseas experience.
2012-2014
EBISUYA Rickshaw
Rikishaw (human powered car) driver in Kyoto, Arashiyama.
・Providing historical guiding and showing beautiful,
historical and famous scenes to passengers.
・Hosted 1,372 guests in total.
2014-2018
Working for a company in Osaka
・Sales person in charge of Australian and Southeast Asian market.
2018-
Bukkyo University (in Kyoto)
・Studying at a correspondence course of English Language and Anglo-American Literature to get an English teacher’s license of middle and high-school students.
2019-
・Hold Bar hopping activity in Osaka
Hosted 120 groups. Review 4.98 (111 reviews)
2019-
・Hold Cooking class activity in my house
Hosted 40 groups. Review 5.0 (34 reviews)
“Kyoto tour”
We were very limited with our stay in Kyoto but our guide Tad made sure that we saw the main highlights of Kyoto. Tad would have to be one of the kindest and most thoughtful guides we have experienced. Tad has an excellent knowledge of local history, very patient and extremely flexible, he is also very passionate about Kyoto and transmits this passion very well. His great command of the English language together with his professionalism and great sense of humour made our Kyoto stopover the highlight of our Japan experience. I highly recommend Tad as an exceptional tour guide.
“Incredible tour with Tad. ”
We booked the tour with Tad a month ago and he’s very responsive to all of our questions before the tour. He took us through many narrow streets in Dotonbori area and shared the culture and history to us, we learned so much from Tad. We also visited three different local eateries, and they were amazing. Each one gave us a different taste and experience. We had such a wonderful time. Tad’s English was incredible. He’s very friendly and answered all the questions we had. Thank you very much for a wonderful tour, and gave us an unforgettable memory. We highly recommend this tour with Tad!!!
$303/ per group
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