About Tour Guide Lisa W.

“Wonderful tour for our group of 7! ”

Our family and friends had a fantastic time with Lisa. Our group ranged from young kids to grandparents and Lisa took great care in planning an itinerary that fit our group, as well as alternatives in case plans need to change at the last minute. She was super knowledgeable and we enjoyed learning about Nara and the history behind the locations we went to. We highly recommend Lisa and would definitely ask her to be our guide again the next time we’re visiting the area!

“Temples of Kyoto”

An excellent day in Kyoto, where Lisa took good care of us and should us the most important Shinto and Buddhist temples. An excellent way to experience Kyoto and get more hands-on information and guidance on how these two religions coexist in Japanese culture.

“Totally enjoyable and deserving beyond 5 stars with Lisa W.”

My family of 3 visited Kyoto during peak cherry blossom season in early April, 2025 and spent 4 wonderful days with Lisa. It's our first time vacationing in Kyoto so we spent a lot of time contacting tour guides for more information starting in October, 2024. After a few email exchanges with all of them, we decided to go with Lisa with complete confidence. She was very responsive, patient, flexible, and informative during our search for a tour guide. She helped us build a totally customized and very active itinerary for each of the 4 days and advised us with changes to optimize travel time and accommodate operating hours and open/close days of the attractions. She also recommended some off-the-beaten-path attractions away from the usual crowd of tourists and they were very charming and enjoyable that we would have missed if not for her recommendations. After we decided to go with her and finished building the itinerary, we continued to email her with additional questions and changes and she always replied quickly to acknowledge our questions. If she was busy, she would let us know that she could not answer our questions right now because she was guiding a long tour currently but promised to get back to us later and she always did and kept her promises. She managed to keep us to the very active itinerary we built each day without the feeling of being rushed and the amount of time we spent at each site was just perfect. She also recommended a car company whom we hired and she coordinated with the driver perfectly throughout the day to optimize drop off and pick up locations at each site to save time and minimize walking to and from the car. On our last day, she went out of her way to accompany us to the airport and all the way to the security checkpoint and waved us good-bye. We were very touched and appreciative of her extra effort and her caring up to the last step. Don't look any further and book with Lisa W. now before it's too late!