Joined 2021
Kumiko N.
Available Areas
Hokkaido (Living), Sapporo, Otaru, Other Hokkaido Locations
Languages
English
Response Time
2 hours on average
Availability Updated
2 days ago
Tour Categories
About Tour Guide Kumiko N.
Hi,I'm living in Hokkaido,Japan.teaching English everyday,and sometimes working as a tour conductor or a tour guide both for Japanese and for foreign customers.
and am a ski instructor in winter. So I can guide you to the many wonderful ski resort here in Hokkaido! My hobbies are tennis, swimming, movies, reading,and I am interested in history and culture. Hokkaido has so many attractive spots like beautiful nature, hot springs, active experience, and delicious seafood restaurant.I've been to Hawaii, Australia,Koria,and had exchange students from Canada for two months at my house several times.and I can offer you Kimono wearing experience.Hope having great fun experience together!.
Tours
All tours can be customized for you. Send me a message with your requests!
Otaru highlight walking
Visit the one of the most popular tourist destinations in Hokkaido,Nostalgic Otaru city.You can enjoy Sake brewery, Otaru canal,Museum,Glass crafts in one day ,Local seafood lunch is also amazing. You.can feel history,nature, seabreeze and enjoy shopping while relaxing conversation.which must be the fantastic memory in Japan.
Exploring Sapporo City attractions
Walking around the Sapporo City visiting popular sightseeing spot for foreign customers, visiting the big shrine,talking about the interesting and unique history of this capital city of the northernmost prefecture in Japan.Of course you can have very fresh delicious seafood lunch ,and enjoy shopping
Driving to Yoichi and Otaru, fantastic journey
Driving to Yoichi and Otaru area by the guide's car to explore one of the most popular tourist destinations in Hokkaido. You can choose the destinations according to the weather and your preference on the day ,which would be much more "Local"experience in Hokkaido! (The Nikka distillery visiting tour needs the reservation in mostly 4 weeks in advance )
One day ski around Sapporo
Let's go to the snow mountain around Sapporo You can experience the winter sports in one day! The licensed guide help you try for the starter. We go to the ski course by bus or taxi,and have fun to try ski or other activities Having lunch there in beautiful mountain, come back to the JR station.
Driving to Sapporo attractions
Going to the popular tourist destinations by the guide's private car. according to your preference.you can choose the placed to go according to your preferences or the weather among the varieties of options on the day, which is more flexible, reasonable, satisfactable than the just planned itinerary! And You could be as a local more!
Reviews
“Great Experience in Yoichi/Otaru”
Kumiko was wonderful and a delightful person. She knew the historical and day-to-day reality of the area. She was very responsive in adjusting the tour to our requests and managed to get reservations that we had tried for fo months. As a long term resident of Hokkaido, we highly recommend her.
Kumiko N.
Thank you for your kind review for our tour. The day was fantastic talking so many topics about both of our countries and I was so impressed you got so much interested in histories and culture of Japan, which means a lot to me and make me go forward. Hope you two stay always healthy and happy , with many thanks. Kumiko
Anthony M.
Visiting industrial ruins in Hokkaido
Customized
“A delightful guide from Sapporo”
Kumiko - GoWithGuide Kumiko was an outstanding guide. We discussed the places that we wanted to visit and what was possible with our two schedules. We quickly agreed on a plan. I wanted to go to two museums on the industrial heritage of Hokkaido. Kumiko had been to either and, on her own initiative, contacted both of them in advance. Because of her efforts we received a warm welcome at both museums. She facilitated communications with museum staff by translating for us. Kumiko was a delight to be with. She answered our many questions about Japanese culture and we felt like we got to know her by the end of our trip. We highly recommend Kumiko as a guide in Hokkaido!
Kumiko N.
Dear Tony san Thank you very much for your kind review and taking your time for this.It was my great pleasure you could enjoy the tour and I really appreciate you sincerely have so much interest in our industrial history and also Diana san had studied Japanese to visit our country,which inspired me a lot and made the day very educational and memorable, special for me !.(^^) Autumn foliage was so beautiful and Soba lunch was delicious.Thank you again spending wonderful time with me . All the best Kumiko
“I wish we could have spent several days with Kumiko.”
Excellent scheduling and communication. Kumiko was at the cruise ship port waiting for us at the gate, on time and even parked close to the gate. She is friendly, charming and fun to be around. Kumiko has a wealth of information about the history of the region and local culture. She wasted no time in getting us to the ski area so we could ride the cable car to the top. We were able to visit a shrine and enjoy the view of the city. The ski area also included an museum of skiing in the area and the equipment used. Then on to a local Saki brewery for a tour and a sample. Our next stop was the railroad museum. A "must see" if you are interested in railroad history, historic steam power, and the challenges of building railroads in the terrain of northern Japan. Next stop was a local seafood restaurant where we sampled many types of fish and shellfish, both cooked and raw including the local delicacy "uni". Kumiko was able to give us a quick tour of the local fish market. She also drove to some other scenic overlook areas. Last stop was the Otaru Museum. We were back to the cruise ship with time to spare. All the time we spent with Kumiko was delightful and I wish we could have been in port longer and spent a few days with her. Thanks Kumiko!
Kumiko N.
Thank you very much for your kind review for our tour! I was surprised and happy to read to know you remembered all destinations we visited on the day.And also thank you for nice photo on the review (^^) I also enjoyed the conversation and spending the time with you two, such kind and generous and intelligent customers,and truly you two made my day , too. Lunch was so nice talking about seafood and the way for eating Sashimi,and Ramen. And I really appreciate you two kindly got much interest in the history and culture of my favorite Otaru city. Thanks again for all the memories and I hope you have a good time in Japan! Warmest regards Kumiko
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Hiroshi K.
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