“Fun adventures with Yoshiko ”

This experience can be described as fascinating and memorable with Yoshiko. Throughout the tour, Yoshiko was very knowledgeable in the history of Niigata that allowed us to appreciate their history and its significance. She was able to customise our tour due to bad weather and took us to a local factory that specialise in kitchen ware that we really wanted to go to. In terms of food, we tried oden, a local dessert, and a restaurant that offered set menu meals. Other than the fun adventure we had with Yoshiko, she had a very beautiful personality that made sure we were accommodated and got on the right train to head back home to our hotel. We really enjoyed this tour and would like to come by again to experience any tours with Yoshiko. Thank you again for your time and the memories made Yoshiko!!

Yoshiko K.

(5 reviews)

Thank you, Alvin for your review on the tour. Oden was actually the winter recommendation, especially in the old shop, sitting at kotatsu or leg warming table. I am so happy to know you enjoyed that. It was also so nice of you that you could sit on tatami mat at a low table, in the Japanese style. Our lunch was really good wasn't it? Because it was a National Holiday, you couldn't take a look at all the processes, it is nice to know you had a good time in the factory. Thank you for caming to Niigata. And thank you all the questions and information you gave me. I wil

Ann H.

5 / 5

Oct 20, 2024

Memorial tour for Sadao by Ann

Niigata

6 hours

Customized

Oct 20, 2024

“Sanjo-shi with Yoshiko ”

I am still in awe with the planning and organizing that Yoshiko provided to create an outstanding private tour for me. She put in 101+% from the beginning to make a day in Sanjo-shi a time that I will never forget. She is a great communicator with quick replies for any questions. Yoshiko helped me with feeling comfortable in riding the train to the Tsubame-Sanjo Station, where she met me on the arrival platform with a sign. With Yoshiko's help, she arranged a meeting with my husband's family member and translated for us, which included a visit to the family grave. We drove around the beautiful countryside of Tsubame and Sanjo area, locating past areas of our family homes. We had a nice lunch at a Niigata-style ramen restaurant. She even took me to the Yamato Delivery Service to ship my luggage to the Haneda Airport and helped me purchase my ticket for the shinkansen ride back to Tokyo. It was wonderful to spend a day with Yoshiko and I will use her service again when I return to Tsubame/Sanjo-shi.

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Yoshiko K.

(5 reviews)

Showing you around was a valuable experience for me. I was surprised to see your weak cousin sister was looking forward to seeing you and getting better and better after meeting you. Please come again. We didn't have enough time, but I would be happy to show you the places I couldn't this time.

“Ensuring our Trip to Niigata was Special”

From the moment we met Yoshiko she was delightful. She arranged a special tour of the Northern Cultural Museum with a wonderful guide, Mr. Sato. He took us to areas of the museum that many guest do not get to see, conveying personal stories about the museum and the families that founded it making our visit special and beautiful. When Yoshiko found out she and my nephew both loved anime and manga, she went the extra mile to take us to the Niigata Manga Animation museum and to the Japan Anime and Manga (JAM) College for my nephew to see and visit which was unplanned. She found a wonderful box lunch place for my dad and found all the special places and foods of Niigata for us to experience and enjoy. Highly recommend Yoshiko if you visit Niigata!

Yoshiko K.

(5 reviews)

Thank you, Cori, for your highest rating review on the Niigata day tour. I am so happy to know your enjoyment and excitement, which kindly swept away my concern of not visiting miso factory and Tanaka Sasadango Cafe (though we dropped in a Tanaka Sasaango Branch shop and bought Niigata's specialty of sweet herb dumplings wrapped with broad bamboo leaves). At the Northern Cultural Museum, Mr. Sato's explanation with sense of humor and all the details of his ancestors' stories always gives us a special experience. You brought the good luck of availability of Mr. Sto's and the weather from cats and dogs rain to the sun's coming out on the day, Visiting Manga and Anime places and talking about anime was a lot of fun, wasn't it? I hope you had a great time in Akihabara after that. I am very grateful to your visit to Niigata, especially to your father. I hope you will have some information on your family history sometime later. Thank you for your gifts from the U.S., I will cherish them for the rest of my life.