Joined 2018
Yuriko S.
Available Areas
Aichi, Gifu (Living), Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Shiga, Nagoya, Takayama, Shirakawago
Languages
English
Response Time
3 hours on average
Availability Updated
1 day ago
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About Tour Guide Yuriko S.
I am Yuriko from Gifu Prefecture. I was an assistant English teacher at junior high school. I started to work as a National Certificate tour guide in 2019.
I'm very interested in kimono, tea ceremony and Japanese castles. I sometimes guide in kimono. There are so many nice places to visit in Gifu and Nagoya! I also guide around Takayama, Shirakawago, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and Kanazawa if you pay my transportation fee from my hometown. Let's enjoy Japan with me!
Important
I will guide you every day except for the day that my schedule is not vacant.
I'm a local guide of Gifu, Nagoya and Aichi, but I can guide you around Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Kanazawa, Takayama and Shiga if you pay my transportation fee.
Tours
All tours can be customized for you. Send me a message with your requests!
Enjoy sightseeing in Nagoya on route bus
Nagoya is located in the center of Japan. It has both "samurai" culture and modern technology. If you visit Nagoya, you can enjoy traditional culture as well as modern technology. Why don't you come and enjoy Nagoya with me?
Let's enjoy early morning Kyoto and maiko experience
Kyoto is one of the most popular places to visit, but so crowded. If you want to enjoy quiet Kyoto, I recommend you visit there early morning. In this tour, you can enjoy bamboo grove, morning coffee at a Japanese style coffee shop and beautiful river and mountains scenery from a wooden bridge. After that, why don't you try 'washoku', or Japanese cuisine and maiko, or cute apprentice geisha's dancing? My special early morning tour will give you wonderful and unforgettable memories in Japan!!
Wondeful one-dayTakayama tour from Nagoya
Takayama is located in the north of Gifu, central Japan. It takes about 2 and half hour from Nagoya by highway-bus. While bus riding, you can enjoy beautiful mountainous scenery, especially in winter, the snow-covered landscape from the bus window is wonderful!! Takayama is an old castle town, I am sure you will have a wonderful time while walking through the nostalgic town street!! Takayama also has a lot of high quality craftsmanship, you can experience such a skillful art by yourself!!
Let's enjoy Lake Biwa cruise and National Treasure Castle!
Hikone Castle is one of the five National Treasure castles. The castle is on the hilltop and you can see beautiful scenery of Lake Biwa and castle town. Beside the castle, there is a beautiful Japanese garden, named "Genkyu-en". If you like, you enjoy a cup of green tea with Japanese sweet. After lunch at the castle town, let's enjoy cruise to a small sacred island, Chikubu-jima. In the sacred island, there are a famous temple and a National Treasure shrine. I'm sure you like it!!
Wonderful half-day experience Takayama tour
Takayama has a lot of nature and culture. In this tour, you can experience such a wonderful time of culture and nature in Takayama. At first, I guide you to the only surviving old office building in Japan where has a beautiful Japanese garden. Next, let's enjoy local street morning market for shopping! Then, how about seeing magnificent festival floats? Passing through the old street, why don't you go to the crafts square in order to enjoy making some local products by yourself?
Local classic train-ride and silk-screen printing in Gujo
Gujo is an old castle town, where holds bon-dancing every summer. You also enjoy dancing together! Local classic train takes you to such a nostalgic town. You also enjoy the beautiful scenery of clean river and mountains from the window during the train-ride. In the town, you enjoy the castle on top of the hill, clean canal with some colored carps and silk-screen printing. Please come to Gujo-Hachiman in Gifu!!
Reviews
“Kanazawa in 4 hours”
Yuriko organized and conducted a wonderful tour of Kanazawa in just 4 hours. We visited Kanazawa Castle, Kenruku -en garden and the Higashi -chaya district, which was the traditional geisha district in the old times. All of these were extremely interesting and brought to life by the excellent English skills of Yuriko. There was a an issue with our railroad tickets that resulted from of neglect and she resolved this in an extremely efficient and polite manner. She was well organized, very polite and knowledgeable. It was a pleasure knowing her. We enthusiastically recommend Yuriko for anyone needing a guide in Japan.
Yuriko S.
Thank you for a wonderful review and kind comments! I'm so happy to read it. I appreciate your generous mind to say such heartwarming words. Kanazawa is so beautiful city and has deep culture. I also had a nice day with you in Kanazawa and during train trip. Please come to Japan again, and please come to Gifu, my hometown next time!
Hela R.
Shirakawago Half-Day Tour from Takayama
Customized
“Shirakawago village with guide”
Yurikosan is very dependable and clever guide. She took care of us - 3 people and explained history of prefecture, Sharakawago village and Japan. I would recomend her to my frend.
Yuriko S.
Thank you for an excellent review and nice comments! I also enjoyed driving from Takayama to Shirakawago and visiting the nostalgic village with you and your nice family. Someday in the future, I'd like to visit your country with my husband. See you again!
James R.
Hiroshima & Miyajima One-Day Tour from Osaka
Customized
“Hiroshima and Miyajima Island”
Yuriko guided myself and my son for a one-day trip from Osaka to Hiroshima and then to sacred island of Miyajima. She is a wonderful guide. Knowledgeable, well organized and good company. Would happily recommend her to anyone thinking about a guide.
Yuriko S.
Thank you for using your precious time in order to post such a good review and comments! I'm so happy to hear that you and your son enjoyed Hiroshima and Miyajima. I also had a wonderful day with both of you. Please come to Japan again, maybe next destination would be Ghibli Park in Aichi Prefecture. If so, please drop in my hometown, Gifu! Gifu has lots of sightseeing spots, such as swordsmith town, Seki City, beautiful and nostalgic castle town, Gujo-hachiman and Takayama, and World Heritage Site, Shirakawago. See you again! Yuriko
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Let's enjoy Nagoya in central Japan!!
Nagoya, Japan
Do you know what these gold monuments are? They are symbols of Nagoya! KINSHACHI, or golden fish-shaped monuments. Usually they are situated on top of the main tower in Nagoya Castle. Yes!! It is very rare chance for us to see them on the ground. (For the...
Cormorant Fishing in Inuyama
Aichi, Japan
Cormorant fishing starts in the evening. Inuyama in Aichi Pref. central Japan, is a beautiful castle town which has two National treasures, Inuyama Castle and 'Jo-an', or traditional teahouse. It also has a traditional fishing, "Ukai", or Cormorant Fishin...
One-Day Trip in Himeji
Himeji, Japan
I will show you a wonderful day-tour in Himeji. As you know, Himeji city is famous for its beautiful castle, Himeji Castle, which is designated as National Treasure and World Heritage Site. In Himeji, there are some nice places worth-visiting, such as Kou...
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