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Joined 2018
Yukihiro N.
Available Areas
Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Saga
Languages
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, Japanese (Native)
Response Time
4 hours on average
Availability Updated
Today
About Tour Guide Yukihiro N.
Hello, everyone!! My name is Yukihiro, call me "HERO". I'm eager to introduce this unique country, Japan to foreign guests. I am not a professional interpreter. I have retired from Japan Ground Self-Defense Force(JGSDF=Japanese Army) on March 2018.
I have spent most of my career as a Army NCO(Non-commissioned officer) . My job experiences are only in the military, but there are variety of specialties, so I didn't feel boredom. I lived in many places all over Japan, such as Hokkaido for 10 years, Chiba for 15 years, Okinawa for 17 years, and more places.
I am working for the half of month as a tour-conductor in Okinawa Japan. Rest of month, I live in Nagasaki Prefecture, and work as a GoWithGuide interpreter tour guide.
I am registered as a Okinawa prefectural interpreter tour guide, but don't have a whole Japan area certification. So I am brushing my skill up to get it.
I speak English, and do basic Chinese conversation , not like a native though.
Important
My guiding rate is 6,000 JPY hourly (up to 4 pax), and 7,000 JPY hourly (5 to 8 pax), and a Meet-up fee (Guide's transportation fee back and forth to the meeting spot) is 5,000 JPY (in Nagasaki city). I do not take the group that is more than 8 people.
For example, an 8-hour tour for up to 4 pax costs 48,000 JPY plus a Meet-up fee: 6,000 JPY, and my private car-related expenses: 4,000 JPY (including parking fee, tolls, and gas during the tour). So the total price is 58,000 JPY
Please remember you will pay for the admission of pay facilities and meals on-site. They are not including to the tour price that you paid on the web.
Up to 4 customers are accommodated in my private car (Toyota Prius, 5pax car), but more than 4 guests need to rent a suitable-sized rental car (6 to 10 pax) or hire a jumbo taxi (8 pax max) during the tour. The rental car and taxi costs vary depending on the conditions, so my published tour price doesn't include taxi and rental car costs. If you use my private car, you will pay 5,000 JPY (including the parking, toll road, and gas). If you use a rental car, I will inform the rental car-related price before booking.
After the negotiation of the tour, I will fix the car-related price and add this price to the published tour price so that you realize the total tour price before you book it.
You only pay for admission of pay facilities, and meals on-site.
My coverage areas are Nagasaki, Saga, and Fukuoka Prefectures, including the remote islands of Nagasaki Prefecture. But I live in near Omura city in Nagasaki Pref., so far places from my house cost more Meet-up fee (Guide's transportation back and forth to the meeting place).
Tours
All tours can be customized for you. Send me a message with your requests!
Categories
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NAGASAKI city High-lights
Nagasaki city one-day (5-9h) trip, very flexible, standard tour time is 7 hours, you can change the basic itinerary as you like through coordination. Meet-up and dismissal points are the designated places in NAGASAKI city. I will negotiate with you about the places to visit as you like, then complete the original itinerary for you.
NAGASAKI city High-lights
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Hidden Christian Pilgrimage ⑨: GOTO (3rd／4 days)
This tour is the 3rd day of 4days GOTO pilgrimage tour. The itinerary is not for one day tour. It covers only 1/4 of GOTO pilgrimage tour. GOTO islands are composed of many islands. A few numbers of shuttle ships and special charter ships are the only transportations connecting each island. At least 3days or more need to visit the whole main islands of GOTO.
Hidden Christian Pilgrimage ⑨: GOTO (3rd／4 days)
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HIRADO & IKITSUKI Islands (from Sasebo)
Firstly this is not specialized for Hidden Christian sites. If you wanna pilgrimage tour, choose another tour "Pilgrimage Hirado & Ikitsuki island (from Sasebo)" Visit the high lights sightseeing spots of HIRADO and IKITSUKI islands. Tour time will be flexible from 6 to 9 hours depends on the numbers of highlight spots which you visit. Customer can choose highlight spots to visit. Some spots need admission fee.
HIRADO & IKITSUKI Islands (from Sasebo)
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SASEBO High Lights
Visit the high light sightseeing spots in SASEBO. Tour time will be flexible from 5 to 9 hours depends on the numbers of highlight spots which you visit. Customer can choose highlight spots to visit. I can change the itinerary as you want based on this tour plan and propose new plan before your booking.
SASEBO High Lights
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Hidden Christian Pilgrimage ①: NAGASAKI city
Nagasaki city Pilgrimage (5-8h) tour, is very flexible, basic tour time is 7 hours, and you can change the basic itinerary as you like through the coordination. Meet-up and dismissal points are the designated place in NAGASAKI city. At least we visit (Must see)&(must go) spots. I will add the (optional) spots as you like under the coordination, then complete the original itinerary for you.
Hidden Christian Pilgrimage ①: NAGASAKI city
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Hidden Christian Pilgrimage ⑤: HIRADO & IKITSUKI island (from SASEBO)
Visit the major Catholic pilgrimage spots of HIRADO & IKITSUKI Island including 2 of 12 Hidden Christian Sites in Nagasaki region World heritage in HIRADO. Tour time will be flexible from 7 to 9 hours depending on the number of spots you visit. Customers can choose the spots to visit. Some spots need admission fees. Two World Heritage sites are included on the tour.
Hidden Christian Pilgrimage ⑤: HIRADO & IKITSUKI island (from SASEBO)
Reviews
Eddie M.
“Awesome Hidden Christians tour and great guide ”
We had a great time in the Hirado area. Beautiful scenery to go along with the sad history of the Hidden Christians. Hiro was a great guide for this area. He started out with a great itinerary. But he was very flexible in adapting to our specific requests, which made for a very challenging and packed itinerary. The biggest challenge was the logistics. Hiro made it work. He carefully planned the logistics ahead of time and kept us on schedule. And he added tremendous insight based on his knowledge of the region, the people and history. We can't recommend Hiro and the Hirado area tour of the Hidden Christian sites enough. Thanks for everything. We had a great and fulfilling time.
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Yukihiro N.
Hi Eddie & Nolena, Thank you very much for the great review of my tour of Hirado & Ikitsuki. I really appreciated it. Normally, this tour will be a one-day tour, but Hirado & Ikitsuki area is far from big city like Nagasaki and Sasebo, so it will be rushed sometimes if I cover many places in this area. You provided me 2 days and accommodation in Hirado, so I could do the tour very effectively and completed your requested places in this area. And also I could take you to the 26 martyrs related place in my hometown, too. It is not on the list, but I wanted you to visit there. Both of you are very eager to visit and understand Hidden-Christian history and local culture, so I tried to explain and introduce them as much as I could. As for the UNESCO-designated Hidden Christian World Heritage sites, we saw and visited 2 of 12, such as Nakaeno-shima, Kasuga community & Mt. Yasuman. There are 10 more UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites in this area. If you have another opportunity to visit them in the future, please let me know. Best regards, Hero
Victor L.
“The last 2 days of the 26 Martyrs trail”
We are a group of friends who were exploring the trail of the 26 Japanese Christian Martyrs of Nagasaki (c1597) and Hero-san was our guide for the day. Hero-san worked hard even before our meet-up: he researched the trail from Japanese sources, walked the trail on his own, printed for us copies of his research, and then walked the trail with us on the day itself. Hero-san was committed, flexible and incredibly accommodating. Our joint exploration saw adaptations as we chased different leads. The tour ended at the historical departure spot of the 26 martyrs at Sonogi, right at sunset. We could not have ended the day better. Thank you once again Hero for an incredible tour and day!
Yukihiro N.
Thank you very much for the great review for my tour, really appreciate it. You are always welcome, I am happy to do it, it is my pleasure. Hope to see you again somewhere in the future. Best regards, Hero
Nino S.
“Family Trip”
Guided by Hero, our family had a great time in Kyushu Island, exploring Kumamoto, Takachiho, Nagasaki, Hirado, Ureshino, and Fukuoka. Definitely recommend him for Kyushu tour.
Yukihiro N.
Hello Nino, Thank you very much for your great review for me, really appreciate it. I had a valuable 5 days with you and your excellent family. Actually, this is the longest tour for my guide experience so far. Maybe tomorrow will be the final day of the tour this time. Have a safe flight to Indonesia. Hope to see you again somewhere sometime in Japan. Hero
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