Yuki K.

4.74(296) reviews
 

Available Areas

Kanagawa (Living), Tokyo, Kamakura, Hakone, Nikko, Yokohama, Narita, Mount Fuji

 

Languages

English

 

Response Time

3 hours on average

 

Availability Updated

1 day ago

 

About

I was born and grew up in Yokohama. I used to work in Tokyo for more than 20 years. I became the National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter in English in 2013. At first, I had attended a volunteer group which provided a tour of the Imperial Palace East Gardens until 2015. I guided more than fifty times in the garden as a volunteer and studied about Japanese history and culture. Based on this experience, I became a tour guide of this online site in 2015.

Since then, I have guided more than 500 tours in Tokyo as well as Yokohama, Kamakura, Hakone, Kyoto, Nikko, etc., while improving my tours. My tours are very flexible and I always do my best to customize them according to the interests of my guests. I studied about the places and will provide you knowledge to appreciate them more deeply than just visiting there by yourself or a member of group tours. I like foods and I know many restaurants which provide typical Japanese lunch with reasonable price without waiting too long. Therefore, I am sure that I can provide you the best tours customized to your interests. It will be my great pleasure to help you to enjoy your stay in Japan. So please be my guest!!

Important

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan has been closed to foreign travelers since March, 2020. This restriction has been eased since October 11th, 2022 but you still need to vaccinated three and more times or have a certificate of COVID-19 negative . Please ask me the availability of the tour before you book it. I was vaccinated four times with the Pfizer one.

Tours

Tokyo tour à la carte

Tokyo
7 hours

This tour covers my favorite places in Tokyo.You can choose three places from the list of more than 30 places in Tokyo, classified as Temple&Shrine, Garden, Shopping, Observatory, Museum, Experience, and Others.

FROM$228/ per group

Best Memories of Hakone

Hakone
10 hours

Hakone is very popular place for one day trip from Tokyo. We will take the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Odawara and a mountain train, a ropeway and cruise Lake Ashi by the Pirate ship to enjoy her various scenery. Hakone is famous for hot spring public baths, you can try one if you want. If the weather is fine, you can see the magnificent view of Mt. Fuji from several places.

FROM$304/ per group

Best Memories of Kamakura

Kamakura
8 hours

Kamakura used to the capital of Japan during 12th to 14th century. It was the first period governed by the samurai warriors; Shoguns.Since samurai practiced Zen Buddhism, there are many Zen Temples which were built before those in Kyoto.

FROM$266/ per group

One day Door to Door tour of Kyoto from Tokyo

Tokyo
13 hours

This tour is for those who want to visit Kyoto and return to Tokyo within a day. We will use the fastest bullet train "Nozomi" for our round trip between Tokyo and Kyoto station, which costs about 30,000 JPY per adult (you and the guide), in addition to my guiding fee. You can choose one route from the list bellow. 1. Miyabi route (Most popular places) 2. Golden route (Most scenic places) 3. History route (Most quiet and historical places)

FROM$304/ per group

Tokyo tour à la carte half day

Tokyo
4 hours

This tour covers my favorite places in Tokyo.You can choose one or two places in Tokyo within 4 hours of tour time from the list of more than 30 places classified as Temple&Shrine, Garden, Shopping, Observatory, Museum, Experience, and Others.

FROM$152/ per group

Mt. Fuji viewing tour from Lake Kawaguchi

Mount Fuji
11 hours

Lake Kawaguchi is the most popular place to view Mt. Fuji. I will show you around the most memorable places around Lake Kawaguchi based on my experience. My tour is very flexible to adjust the time and places to your interests. Japanese food is a very important part of my tour, I will take you to my favorite restaurant for lunch during the tour. We will take a highway bus from Shinjuku, Tokyo to Lake Kawaguchi. Then we mainly use buses, but we will take a taxi when necessary.

FROM$304/ per group

Reviews

Justin S.

Mar 19, 2023

Great memories!

We had a great day with Yuki seeing 2 sights and participating in a tea ceremony. Had a great time!

Yuki K.

Dear Justine, Thank you for taking time for the review. I thought there were too many participants in the tea ceremony, but we should have accepted it according to one time one meeting attitude. Yuki

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Carla W.

Mar 6, 2023

Excellent logistics, knowledge and focus on our interests

Our days with Yuki were all that we hoped for and more. He was exceptionally skilled at organizing our time, so we could see as much as possible, at an enjoyable pace. He is very knowledgeable about historical and current Japanese culture. He knows the transportation system like the back of his hand, including Kyoto and Kamakura. He was the best!!!

Yuki K.

Dear Calra, Thank you for writing the review. Since you are interested in Japanese antiques, we visited the gallery of Nijyo castle in Kyoto. It was my first time, but I found it very good to see the paintings at close range. Please give my best regards to Jeff. Yuki

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Carla W.

Mar 6, 2023

Excellent logistics, knowledge and focus on our interests

Our days with Yuki were all that we hoped for and more. He was exceptionally skilled at organizing our time to see as much as possible, at an enjoyable pace. He is very knowledgeable in historical and current Japanese culture. He knows the transportation system like the back of his hand, including Kyoto and Kamakura. He was the best!!!!

Yuki K.

Dear Carla, Thank you for writing the review of my tour. Since you are interested in Japanese antiques, we visited not so popular galleries of a temple and shrine in Kamakura. I enjoyed these galleries, too. Thank you for taking my tour! Yuki

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Manish P.

Mar 3, 2023

Excellent Guide

Managed the tour well. Suggested good options as the road had traffic congestions. We were very happy

Yuki K.

Dear Manish, Thank you for writing the review of my tour. It was a special tour for strawberry picking. Although we had no time to see the cherry blossoms in Kawazu, we had a good time at the Mishima Sky Walk, which is a 400m suspension bridge with the view of Mt. Fuji. Best regards, Yuki