“Great experience!!”

We met with Akira for three days in Tokyo. He was fantastic! We experienced Tokyo as locals and not tourists… just as we requested. He took us to places from local coffee shops in quiet neighborhoods to great restaurants in the city where locals dine. His communication with us was great both before and during our visit. He was flexible in altering our tours if we wanted. We walked, took subways, trains, and streetcars all around Tokyo. Thank you for an incredible experience in exploring and experiencing Tokyo.

Akira N.

(385 reviews)

Dear Morris, Thank you so much for the great review. I am so so happy that you felt that you could experienced Tokyo as locals and not tourists, since that's what I have always hoped for. Thank you so much for having me not only as a guide but also someone like your friendly neighbor. It was my pleasure and so much fun to be with you and beautiful Rhonda for three days. I am looking forward to another chance to explore my loving city together. Sincerely, AKira

“Seeing Tokyo’s Neighborhoods with Akira”

We have spent the last month in China and Japan taking a land tour with Viking. Although we’ve seen many historical and interesting sites we hadn’t gotten a real feel for the daily life of most city residents. And we hadn’t had a chance to ask someone details of how people lived. Akira took us through different neighborhoods on a Saturday and we saw where and how people lived. We walked through the beautiful and relaxing gardens they shared and took their dogs and played with their children. We talked about the difference between religious attitudes, work plans, and transportation between Tokyo residents and Bejing residents. We experienced Shito Shrines and Buhdist alters being used for the children’s 3,5,7 ceremonies with someone who truly respected them whereas before the alters we saw on our group tours were and some photosmostly overwhelmed by tourists. We learned to use the streetcar and train system. He took us to a restaurant where we ate a typical Japanese lunch. It was very good, Akira answered so many questions we had. His English was perhaps better than ours and he answered all of our questions about living in Tokyo. Akira designed our itinerary and we are very happy we chose to follow it, Our tour with him was more than worth the price.

Akira N.

(385 reviews)

Dear Susan, Thank yo so much for the great review. I am so glad you enjoyed the tour. It was such a great day to wander about the city. Whether was nice, and there were relaxing and happy vibes in many places we went. We had a chance to see locals having great times in Saturday afternoon including happy family (3 generations) celebrating healthy growth of their kids in shrines and temples. We had delicious pairs persimmons (served by lovely grandma!) at local family-own fruit shop. It was so much fun for me to answer your question because you gave me an opportunity to see my country, people, and our culture from different angles. I answer so many questions but I did to you too (Thank you for being patient on my weird English questions). I am so happy that you are not just interested in popular spots taking pictures and go to next spots but more interested in people and their life. Thank you so much for having me this time. I am looking forward to another chance to explore my loving city together. Sincerely, Akira

“A wonderful and insightful day ”

We had a day tour with Akira on our first day in Tokyo. I would 1000% recommend Akira to anyone who is looking for a local guide. He entirely customizes the tour to your interests and requests. We had a wonderful time touring at a comfortable pace, got to see areas we would never know of ourselves and eat at really cool local spots. Akira also recommended some things to us to do later and places to visit, which were all great hits! Definitely couldn’t recommend him more

Akira N.

(385 reviews)

Dear Yulia, Thank you so much for the great review. It was so much fun to guide you and your wonderful husband, Andrew. I hope the tour was a good show case of Tokyo, visiting different neighborhoods, a quiet residential neighborhood, vibrant local district, and the area of hustling and bustling. And also, I hope you make a great family with full of love and happy laughter. I am looking forward to another chance to explore my loving city together. Sincerely, Akira