Joined 2016
Tetsuya T.
Available Areas
Aichi, Gifu, Mie (Living), Nagano, Nara, Shirakawago
Languages
English
Response Time
6 hours on average
Availability Updated
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About Tour Guide Tetsuya T.
Hello, Everyone. I am a National Licensed Guide Interpreter for English. It is my pleasure of introducing what I am doing as the guide to you. I can offer the following services through my career and experience:
a) Tour Guide - Nagoya, Takayama, Ise, Nara and Kyoto areas.
b) Plant Tour Guide - Metal, Casting, Automobile, Chemical and Machinery
c) Interpreter for Business and Basic Engineering Meetings
d) Bicycle or Mountaineering Guide Tour
I am 67 years old now but quite healthy. I love bicycle ride and go on cycling for 40-100 km/day every weekend. That is why I have included bicycle ride tour in the above selections. As the guide, I would like you to get clear picture or image about Japanese history and culture in your mind. So, to achieve this purpose, I sometimes use iPad to explain more in details depending on area. So, please try to use me as the guide and have good experience while you are in Japan.
Important
If you need my guide in areas unlisted here, please indicate a particular location in your inquiry. If the area is where I already experienced, I would be delighted to guide you after consent between us in regard to date, price and any other special conditions.
Tours
All tours can be customized for you. Send me a message with your requests!
Ise Shrine and Pearl Tour - Ideal for Cruise ship's guests
The tour includes Ise Shrine (Naiku), Oharaimachi Street and Mikimoto Pearl Island. This tour can be ideal and designed for the passengers of Cruise Ship. The following itinerary is based on arrival time of ship at 10:00 am and can be adjusted on the actual disembarkation.
Ise Shrine Tour (Geku, Naiku and Meotoiwa) - Long version
This tour includes visiting Geku and Naiku of Ise Shrine and Meotoiwa-wedded rocks. All of the spots are related to indigenous religion - Shinto. Ise shrines are the greatest shinto places and about 10 million people visit the shrines every year. In olden time, when people traveled by walking, everybody wanted to visit there at least once in a lifetime. It is like Vatican in Christian and Mecca in Islam.
Tour in Kamishima Island and Mikimoto Pearl Island
The tour includes total 80 minutes cruise by a regular liner and walking in the island called "Kami-shima", which is the model spot of Yukio Mishima's novel titled "The Sound of Waves". The island is located 14 km off the coast of Toba, Mie. Only 300 people live there. The beauty of untouched nature and landscapes that you can only find in isolated island shall fascinate you.
Ise Shrine Tour - Fits for Cruise ship passengers
This tour includes visiting Geku and Naiku of Ise Grand Shrine. From the olden time, correct order to visit is Geku and then Naiku. So we will follow traditional order. Meeting point is selectable from Toba Station or Iseshi station with adjustable meeting time. So, this may be one of the suitable tours for the guest from cruise ship. The tour will be carried out using public transportation. The following itinerary is based on the meeting time of 10:30 at Toba Marine Terminal.
Castle - Tower - Shrine tour in Nagoya
This tour includes the following spots, Nagoya Castle, Sakae - Oasis 21, and Atsuta Shrine. We visit two historical sites and modern commercial site. The castle was built about 400 years ago, Sakae is commercial and modernized area in Nagoya city, and then Atsuta shrine which was founded 1900 years ago. So we travel to view ancient style of building, Modern structures and then the building which represents the warring states period like time travel.
Gozaisho Mountain and Ropeway (Field Athletic as option)
If you are fed up with travel around town, or if you want to touch the nature in Japan, this tour will be ideal. Ropeway, which was built in 1959, used to be the longest ropeway in East Asia. You will be thrilled with the view of cliff and valley as wide windows does not interrupt with those sceneries. On the summit area, you can enjoy walking and hiking filled with nature.
Reviews
Laura A.
Magome and Tsumago Walking Tour with English speaking guide
Customized
“Amazing trip to Nakasendo trail”
Tetsuya was very helpful from the get go. He make sure to gather as much information about the trip as possible to ensure that the day will run smoothly. He provided information and alternatives throughout the day, and is very knowledgeable about the area. He made sure the trip was amazing and it was! We will definitely come back and have Tetsuya san guide around the area!
Tetsuya T.
(9 reviews)Laura-san, Thank you very much for warm and wonderful message. It has been quite a while to walk through Magome mountain pass after covid-19. Weather was unstable, sometimes rain and sometimes cloudy. But anyway I am gland that everything went smoothly and had chances to see you around in those areas. In your comment, the trip was amazing. Thankful to you but I have to tell you actually your kids were amazing because they walked through Magome mountain pass that spans 8 km distance in mountain road without delay. Every time I answered questions from local people and even drivers how to get to Tsumago, they all were surprised at such young children walked through the road. You all helped me to get success in this tour. Once again thank you very much for your ordering this tour and hope to come back Japan again to view other areas, hopefully, with my guiding. Till then, good luck.
Saiyu T.
Ise Shrine Tour (Geku, Naiku and Meotoiwa) - Long version
“Great guide!”
The tour with Tetsuya-San was great! The Ise shrines are very beautiful and have a certain majesty to them.
Tetsuya T.
(9 reviews)Thank you for your comment and hope you enjoy the rest of your tour Tetsuya
Richard H.
Ise Shrine and Pearl Tour - Ideal for Cruise ship's guests
“Excellent tour of a truly amazing part of Japan”
We met Tetsuya immediately after disembarking from our ship. He guided us to a train station 10 minutes away and navigated us easily on trains and buses throughout the day - without which we would have had to hire a taxi likely costing $500 more! We visited Ise Jingu Naiku Shrine, Japan's most sacred shrine. Tetsuya, who spoke excellent English, guided us through all the appropriate etiquette: - bowing before going under an arch entrance - purging and cleansing our hands and mouths - throwing a coin into the offering area, bowing and clapping twice We visited the Isuzu river (the truck company is named after the river) and our daughter paddled in the river. We enjoyed wonderful shave ice. Finally we went to the Pearl museum where we learned about cultured pearl making and female pearl divers. Overall we would highly recommend Tetsuya as a guide. He was very knowledgeable, patient and has great communication skills.
Tetsuya T.
(9 reviews)Thank you very much for warm and thoughtful comment. I am glad to hear that you have enjoyed the tour, and I appreciate your patience in hot and humid weather of the day. On behalf of your daughter, I have to add to the comment that though she dipped her feet in the river - she didn’t paddle, it is the down stream and away from the Uji bridge where it is out of Naiku precinct. So, it is said that some local people sometimes swim over there. I am glad that she could directly touch the nature of the city. It was rare to see not so many tourists are walking around the Shrine as well as Oharai-machi and Okageyokocho areas. Perhaps that is because of this heat and just after three consecutive holidays. This circumstances enabled us to walk smoothly and take some photos just under the steps leading to the Main Sanctuary and near the river and bridge without worrying about passersby. I hope this tour gave you and your family good memories. Though you might have had difficulty in viewing Ama diving show in Mikimoto due to many spectators seated in front of us, please try to consider it is better than open air stand in the summer time, as our room was air-conditioned well. Again thank you very much for being my guests and I hope you will return to your country safely. Bon voyage ! Tetsuya T
