About Tour Guide Hideo Y.

“Wonderful experience ”

Hideo is a wonderful knowledge guide. We had an amazing time touring with Hideo. His van was clean and air conditioned. He waited for us to soak up everything. He knew the perfect picture spots. He would even take our picture for us and we loved what he did. We would definitely recommend Hideo.

“A Lovely Day with Hideo visiting Kochi.”

My family of five had a wonderful day touring via private taxi with Hideo visiting Kochi's top sites during our short window during our port stop from our cruise. You have to pay extra cash for the taxi, but this was still cheaper than the excursions offered via our cruise ship for our family. Hideo was able to tailor our trip ahead of time and was very communicative about some changes that needed to be made due to the garden closure on our day in Kochi. Hideo walked with us in the city pointing out the famous red Harimaya Bridge and came back at the top of the hour to show us the beautiful mechanical clock. He walked with us and gave us excellent history at the Kochi Castle, at the Katsurahama Beach where we viewed the famous samurai Sakamoto Ryoma statue and had an excellent bonito/tuna meal (my girls had steak), and ice cream. Finally we toured the lovely Buddhist temple Chikurinji, temple 31 of the 88 on the island of Shikoku. Hideo was prompt, kind and modified his tour a bit when the very hot and humid weather slowed down the family. Hideo provided a wealth of information and answered all of the questions that we had about Kochi and Japan. I highly recommend using Hideo as a guide. You will be in very caring hands.

Hideo Y.

(192 reviews)

I'm very glad to receive your excellent review. Thank you for joining my Kochi tour. Kochi castle is one of the 12 castles that are built until 1867 (when Samurial Period finished) and now still exists. We dropped in at Harimayabashi bridge with the lost love story. On the oppisite side, we could see the unique Mechanical clock. We could see the Yosakoi dance and Katsurahama at the clock. We had bonito for lunch. Kochi faces the Pacific Ocean and "one fishing line and a hook bonito" is very popular. Lastly we visited Chikurinji Temple where we could see the beautiful 5-story pagoda and I showed you the Buddhism. I wish you and all your family good health and happiness.

“1 day Miyajima Tour”

Our group of 9 (2 families - 4 adults, 2 teens, 3 kids) had a great day on Miyajima led by Mr. Hideo. He was able to book the water taxi for us in advance as I was having difficulty doing so online. We met at the Peace Museum after our group saw the museum early 0730-0930 (highly recommend) with the audio tour and accompanied us to the water taxi. We were able to enjoy shrines, the rope suspension, and snacks/shopping, as well as take lots of pictures. He recommended a great low-key restaurant for lunch. Our group had a great low-stress time and would strongly recommend Mr. Hideo as a guide.

Hideo Y.

(192 reviews)

I'm very happy to receive your excellent review. We used a water taxi, or a World Heritage Route from Peace Memorial Park to Miyajima, for about 40 minutes. We could see the Great Vemrilion Gate at both low tide and high tide. When we just arrived at Miyajima, it was low tide, so many tourists walked uder the Great Vermilion Gate, after a while when we leave, we could see as if the gate looked like floating on the sea at hige tide. We took Ropeway to the top of Mt.Misen where we could command a panoramic view of the Seto Inland Sea. I'm sure you enjoyed Miyajima tour. I wish you and all your family good health and happiness.