Osaka-Castle exploring or Yodo-river boat cruising and Dotonbori electives of yours
Joined 2019
please select either of Osaka-Castle exploring or Yodogawa(Oukawa)river boat cruising. The guests who stay at Namba are recommendable. Please come to the front gate of Nankai Namba station 3For the landmark near here. We will go to destination by subway. The place is Tembabashi. It takes 20~30min.Then,go to castle-exploring (2~3hours) or cruising and walking.
In addition, you can get your electives within the duration.
There are Dotonbori, Kuromon Market and Shitennouji temple.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Nankai Namba station main gate or the landmark in the vicinity
Osaka Castle and surrounding area walking, and electives such as Dotonbori distict and etc.
boat crusing : panoramic viewing of the city along the river and promenade famous for cherry blossoms of spring, also good scene in other seasons
Ending Point
meet place of Nankai Namba station
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Inclusions & Exclusions
guide fee only
Just need the fees for 4 hours / it takes 4 hours to complete the tour
transportation fees(subway round trip, within 1000 yen per person/ if two persons including me, it costs within 2000 yen.) and entry fee (as to the castle, within 1000 yen per person / cruise around 2000 yen per person)
Pay if there are entry fees or other expenses needed and transport fare in your choices. please be locally paid for these expenses. And pass the expenses for your guide to the Guide directly on cash.
Tour Important Information
① apart from guide fees, you need your entry fees (or ship fare) including ones for me and round trip transportation fees including for me between Namba and Tembabashi. Osaka castle not needed for National guides. Round trip Subway(Namba- Osaka castle) fare is within 1000yen per person.
② guide fee is the prescribed fee just within 3 people irrespective of the number of within 3 people ③ It will take 4 hours in total including transportation hours.
You cost ① +② in total.
There is EFG CARS Service as an announcement of this site company. One car accommodates 9 passengers.
You can see for around 3 hours how the castle (from the year 1500s) was constructed,and the warring feudal lord, the ruler lived in this castle.
Or, regarding cruise(around 1 hour), we get on the water bus (boat) and enjoy doing a specutacular sightseeing from the photogenic spots aboard over the best scenery and after that, exploring surronding area such as notable shrine, shopping mall, amusement facility or the place near Osaka castle upon your request or in accordance with some conditions.
Important message from the supplier
Nice to meet you. Welcome to my message. It is my pleasure to guide you across Japan.
I am a private school teacher and also a navigator of temple cafe and temple's office worker.
Of course, I am a certified national English speaking guide in Japan.
I have lived in many major cities and traveled in various parts in Kansai area since I graduated from junior high school. I am a university graduate and my age is 60. I have some qualifications like travelling and teaching English. If you pay my round transportation fee for the distant area and accommodations in addition to the usual guide fee and the meals during the tour, I can travel far from first meeting point into Fukuoka, Nagoya, Tokyo,or so.
As a standard guiding course, there are Nara,Kyoto, Hyogo(Kobe), Osaka and Wakayama.
Especially in these courses as well, you need to pay my round transportation fee from home and to home.
MY ROUND TRANSPORTATION FEE
OSAKA : not needed for guide from home to home
(because of being included in the amount of tour menu)
Koyasan in Wakayama : 1000 yen
Others : ask me
When you have accommodation plan with me for the same accommodation or different accommodation of the same spot, it is OK if you pay for all the accommodation fees of yours and mine.
For your choice of 8 hour tour : need to pay for lunch
For your choice of over 9 hour tour : pay for lunch and dinner
overnight : lunch and dinner, breakfast
Transportation fee and lunch of you and a guide will be paid by the customer.
HOW TO PAY my round transportation fee about Wakayama tour
menu or others(except Osaka)
Please pass payment amount on cash only, Japanese yen to me locally in the first greeting or the last farewell greeting
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
Joined 2019
About Tour Guide Tadashi N.
Shall we make a good trip with a nice memory ? I would like nicely to tell you the whole image of Japan when I share your time so as to make a pleasant memory. I was born and raised in Wakayama. I have lived in Osaka city and parts of Hyogo such as Kobe, Nishinomiya when I worked for a bank and cram schools and also, was a University student. And I made a short trip to various Kansai area such as Nara and Kyoto and so on, moreover a long trip to Kanto area such as Yokohama, Tokyo and Nikko. So I am knowledgeable about especially Kansai area, where there are some present-day major cities and other age-old or traditional major cities. They abound in awesome spots to see.
Let's enjoy various type of tours. My hobby is to walk around minor part of towns as well and mountainside to refresh my life and watch sport game such as baseball and soccer game, not just indoor game. As I have lived in foreign countries, I think I know what you are thinking about. Kick off our project for fun.
thanks
$160/ per group
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