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Joined 2014
Yuki K.
Available Areas
Kanagawa (Living), Tokyo, Kamakura, Hakone, Nikko, Yokohama, Narita, Mount Fuji
Languages
English
Response Time
3 hours on average
Availability Updated
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About Tour Guide Yuki K.
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!!
Tours
All tours can be customized for you. Send me a message with your requests!
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Tokyo tour à la carte
This tour covers my favorite places in Tokyo.You can choose three places from the list of more than 50 places in Tokyo, classified as Temple&Shrine, Garden, Shopping, Observatory, Museum, Experience, and Others.
Tokyo tour à la carte
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Best Memories of Hakone
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. I've been to Hakone more than 100 times and can help you to make best memories.
Best Memories of Hakone
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One day Door to Door tour of Kyoto from Tokyo
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 to Kyoto station, which costs about 30,000 JPY per adult (you and the guide), in addition to my guiding fee. You can't use the JR Pass for this tour due to its restrictions. 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)
One day Door to Door tour of Kyoto from Tokyo
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Best Memories of Kamakura
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.
Best Memories of Kamakura
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Tokyo tour à la carte half day
This tour covers my favorite places in Tokyo.You can choose 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. The following is a typical schedule. 13:00 Hotel pick up 13:30-14:30 Meiji shrine 15:00-16:30 Imperial Palace 17:00 return to the hotel
Tokyo tour à la carte half day
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Mt. Fuji viewing tour from Lake Kawaguchi
Lake Kawaguchi is the most popular place to view Mt. Fuji. I will take you to Arakurayama Park, which is the most popular place to take the picture of Mt. Fuji with the Pagoda. We will take a direct express train from Shinjuku in Tokyo to Lake Kawaguchi to avoid the traffic jam by a highway bus. The possibility of viewing Mt. Fuji is shown in the photo. If we can't see the mountain, I would recommend Oshino Hakkai and Aokigawara forest in the following general itinerary.
Mt. Fuji viewing tour from Lake Kawaguchi
Reviews
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Rowena S.
“Tokyo Tour”
We had a wonderful day with our tour guide, Yuki-san. Everything went smoothly as we explored Asakusa, Senso-ji Temple, Hamarikyu Garden, Meiji Shrine, and the Imperial Palace. Yuki-san was kind, knowledgeable, and made the entire experience enjoyable and well-organized. It was a truly pleasant and memorable tour!
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Yuki K.
Dear Rowena, Thank you for your review. Yuki
Alan G.
“Wonderful Day in Tokyo”
Yuki met us at our cruise ship terminal and had the entire day planned. Riding the autonomous Metro afforded great views of Tokyo especially sitting in the front row. Then to the top of Shibuya Tower which was quite a way to see the entire city. Walking around with Yuki was a pleasure as he educated us about the city and way of life in Tokyo. Next time we visit we will surely contact Yuki again as there is so much to see and do.
Yuki K.
Dear Alan, Thank you so much for your review. I took you the places where you would have enjoyed during your short stay in Tokyo between your cruise. Everything went well and you returned to the cruise terminal on time. Thank you for taking my tour and please give my best regards to your wife. Yuki
Kevin M.
“Highly Recommend Yuki!”
We visited Japan for a weekend and got to have Yuki guide us for 2 of the days. He is a very knowledgeable tour guide and really knows his way around Japan. We were able to visit a few temples and attend a fire ceremony and a shinto ceremony. Being very interested in religions and spirituality, Yuki was able to show us around to many of these different parts of Japan as well and tailor our visit to what we wanted. Highly recommend connecting with Yuki if you are planning to go to Japan.
Yuki K.
Dear Kavin, Thank you for your review. It was very interesting tour for me to take you religious ceremonies at Fukagawa Fudo Temple and Meiji-Jingu Shrine. You have missed Mt. Fuji due to the weather so you should come again. I'm looking for your next visit. Thank you for taking my tours. Yuki
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I’m so excited to have a chance to show you around my favorite spots in Kanagawa prefecture. I was born in Kanagawa. I spent my whole school life, including university, here in Kanagawa. I worked as a high school English teacher here for 40 years. I love Kanagawa so much. We have many interesting tourist spots, like Hakone, Kamakura, Enoshima and Yokohama. I got my tour guide license in English in 2009. I am still an English teacher. To give an interesting and impressive lesson to young high school students, I’ve learnt and gathered many kinds of information. I also have a license to teach social studies, so I have a wide range of knowledge about Japanese culture and history. I’m sure to provide you an interesting tour.
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