Joined 2018
Hideaki W.
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Available Areas
Kanagawa (Living), Shizuoka, Tokyo, Kamakura, Hakone, Nikko, Yokohama, Shimizu, Other Shizuoka Locations
Languages
English
Response Time
20 hours on average
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Tour Categories
Kids & Family Friendly
About Tour Guide Hideaki W.
Hello, I'm a resident of Ebina, Kanagawa, and am a national government licensed guide and interpreter.
I enjoy showing travelers the countryside of central Honshu, primarily Shizuoka, ranging from the beautiful Izu Peninsula, Shimoda, and the Port of Shimizu, to Kunozan Shrine and Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, the elaborate resting place of Japan's first shogun.
I also enjoy introducing travelers to Japanese culture through home visits with Japanese families, touring Zen temples, and explaining the intricacies of Japanese culture.
I am happy to arrange personalized tours to other places of your interest.
I’ve been a frequent visitor to Kyushu, too.
I am making the most of my long experience as a foreign language education services, escorting VIPs at the Sony showroom in Ginza, Tokyo.
I also offer services to help families and individuals relocating to Japan with VISA applications.
My hobbies are movies, strolling along the river in my neighborhood and am a novice at la lingua italiano.
Let's enjoy touring together, shall we?
I look forward to meeting up with you soon. Thank you.
Tours
All tours can be customized for you. Send me a message with your requests!
By taxi, Let's appreciate as much beautiful sceneries and local dishes as possible.
Shimizu
7 hours
By taxi. Shizuoka is enriched with very beautiful scenic spots and cultural surroundings, and you can enjoy practicing and appreciating arts and crafts rooted in Japanese tradition. Shizuoka has kicked off their campaign “Destination Shizuoka ” and why not enjoying touring together with me? Let's appreciate as much beautiful sceneries and local dishes as possible. We'll make it in 7 hours.
FROM$215/ per group
Mt. Fuji, past and present, seen from a distance.
Shimizu
6 hours
By taxi, you'll be picked up and dropped off at the port of Shimizu to tour the Satta Pass (Observation Platform) where you see first-hand Mt. Fuji from a distance, the site where Hiroshige Blue must have depicted for the woodblock print, Hiroshige Museum, Nihon Daira High Plateau, tea leaves picking, ropeway to-and-from Kunozan Toshogu Shrine, and Miho no Matsubara, among others.
FROM$195/ per group
Let’s stretch out and climb Ku-no-za-n with your pedometer.
Shimizu
6 hours
Visit the birthplace and relic hall of Jirocho SHIMIZU (Mr.) to gain an appreciation and understanding of his past.Climbe 1,100 stone steps to Kunozan shrine and enjoy spectacular view of Suruga Bay behind you while climbing them.
FROM$208/ per group
Let's walk around Izu Peninsula with your pedometers.
Other Shizuoka Locations
7 hours
Izu Peninsula is the only area in "Honshu" island Japan, located on the Philippine Sea Plate. The peninsula was erected after clusters of volcanic islands and their northward movement, including those caves and cliffs where waves eroded rocks over time. You can also recall the days when Commodore Matthew C. Perry and Townsend Harris, who opened the first US Consulate, were around.
FROM$215/ per group
Tokyo in 4.5 hours
Tokyo
4 hours 30 min
Timeline09:00 Meet at JR Harajuku station09:30 Meiji Shrine 11:00 A big crossing “scramble intersection” in Shibuya11:45 “Ka-p-pa-ba-shi” shopping street, where you can browse in plastic food replicas, or fake food, among others.12:45 Se-n-so-ji temple, Asakusa13:30 Asakusa subway station (Flexible schedule, subject to change according to the clients’ preference(s).
FROM$176/ per group
Japan Open-air Folk House Museum and Japanese rice-wine Class
Kanagawa
7 hours
Mi-n-ka-e-n (Japan Open-air Folk House Museum) and O-sa-ke (Japanese rice-wine) Class, including its tasting. Let’s feel the energy coming from the ground in Ebina and Kawasaki (not going as far as the Northern Alps), and learn how o-sa-ke (Japanese rice-wine) is made.
FROM$215/ per group
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