Joined 2022
Tetsuo (pancho) H.
Available Areas
Hiroshima (Living)
Languages
English, Japanese (Native)
Response Time
9 hours on average
Availability Updated
4 days ago
About Tour Guide Tetsuo (pancho) H.
Hi, I'm Tetsuo.
I'm a certified local licensed English tour guide in Hiroshima, Japan. I was born and bred in Hiroshima and would like to share my lovely hometown to guests from all over the world.
My guiding feature is "flexible tour" that I can handle and follow what guests are interested in / would like to see more to make guests' experience fully memorable.
Looking for a booking from you and see you there!
Important
I can guide you on any day of the week, as long as no other tours are scheduled.
Tours
All tours can be customized for you. Send me a message with your requests!
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Reviews
Katie W.
“A perfect day on Miyajima ”
This tour was fantastic and a definite highlight of our trip to Japan. We took the ferry from the peace park which was excellent and gave our achy feet a nice rest! Miyajima is a beautiful, quaint island, showing a completely different side of Hiroshima. Very scenic views of the floating Tori gate enjoyed from the temple. Pancho guided us at a perfect pace around the island, highlighting all the perfect photo spots. He also very kindly showed us the Japanese maple cake shop which allowed us to try the flavours before buying- beautiful freshly baked cakes. A lovely day exploring Miyajima with Pancho, highly recommended. Arigato gozaimasu Pancho-san
Tetsuo (pancho) H.
Dear Katie, Thank you so much for your wonderful feedbacks again! I'm delighted that you loved the Instagram-worthy photo spots I shared with you. From the iconic floating torii gate to those hidden scenic corners, capturing these perfect moments is such an important part of your travel memories. Your feedback about our touring pace means a lot to me. I always aim to balance giving everyone enough time to appreciate each site while covering all the island's highlights comfortably. I'm especially happy that you enjoyed the local sweets I introduced you to! Miyajima's traditional confections like momiji manju are such a delicious way to connect with the island's culture. Thank you again for joining the tour both Hiroshima and Miyajima. I really enjoyed having you all for 2 days, enyoed conversation during the tour too! Pancho
Katie W.
“A fantastic tour of Hiroshima”
We very much enjoyed a very interesting tour of Hiroshima with Pancho. We are a group of 7 with varying levels of fitness and Pancho did a fantastic job of adapting the tour to suit us all. He was very thoughtful in ensuring the pace and distance of the tour was just perfect for everyone. Lots of information on the tragedy of the atomic bomb including personal accounts of his own family which was very interesting to hear. Very interesting stops at the elementary school and the peace park. A highlight of the tour was making origami peace cranes during our lunch stops and leaving these at the children monument at the peace park in recognition of the story behind the monument which Pancho explained to us and is also detailed in the museum. A really thought provoking day, presented in a very interesting but balanced way. Excellent communication before and during the day. Thank you so much for an excellent tour. Arigato gozaimasu Pancho-san
Tetsuo (pancho) H.
Dear Katie, Thank you so much for your wonderful 5-star review! Your kind words truly mean the world to me. I'm delighted that I was able to accommodate everyone's different fitness levels during our tour.I'm particularly touched that you appreciated the personal stories I shared about my family's experiences. I really pay attentions to share not only sad part of Hiroshima's history, but also would like to share positive insites, our resilience, how to recover from that. Your feedback about our communication and the historical information also means a great deal to me. Reviews like yours inspire me to keep improving and remind me what a privilege it is to share these remarkable places with visitors. Thank you for being such wonderful guests – your enthusiasm made the tour as enjoyable for me as it was for you. Thank you again for joining tour and have a nice trip! Pancho
Sierra T.
“An AMAZING Tour”
If you’re thinking about booking a tour with Pancho (Tetsuo), book it now! I had a very specific tour request for a big group, and he was able to make a childhood dream come true! He was excellent with communication, arranging a minibus, and he was very knowledgeable and accommodating for our family. Our hearts are full with happiness from our tour with Pancho - I would recommend him to everyone!
Tetsuo (pancho) H.
Thank you Sierra for your recommendation to our tour. I'm glad to arrange for specific request for yours and really happy to be a part of your dream come true. That was very moving moment to me when we arrived, found and make it! I learned a lot of things through this tour! Thanks again for joining tour. Have a nice trip! Pancho
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