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Joined 2017
Hiromi Y.
Available Areas
Tokyo (Living)
Languages
English, Japanese
Response Time
6 hours on average
Availability Updated
1 day ago
About Tour Guide Hiromi Y.
Hi, I am Hiromi, a National licensed guide in English. I studied in England and U.S. during my 20s and 30s. I graduated college in NY. While I lived in overseas and experiencing different culture, I had chances to look at Japanese culture from the outside. And I realized its richness and uniqueness. Experiencing different culture was like discovering my own culture.
I live west part of Tokyo with my husband. Whenever we have time we like traveling. Also I have been practicing tea gathering (tea ceremony) about 10 years.
In Tokyo, there exist traditional culture as well as pop culture. There are so many places I would like to show you.
It’s my pleasure to introduce you exquisite part of Tokyo. Let’ enjoy exploring TOKYO with me! I’m looking forward to sharing memorable experience with you.
Tours
All tours can be customized for you. Send me a message with your requests!
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Experience a Tea Ceremony & Japanese Garden
In this tour, we visit the beautiful Koishikawa Korakuen Garden, created in 1629. As you stroll around the central pond, you can enjoy landscapes inspired by rivers, mountains, countryside and the sea. Afterwards, we move to the place for where you can experience tea ceremony, where a tea master prepares matcha in a refined, ritualized manner. You’ll savor Japanese sweets, learn about the history and philosophy of tea ceremony, and even try making tea yourself.
Experience a Tea Ceremony & Japanese Garden
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Discover your beloved Tokyo together: Half Day customized tour
This tour is half-day customized tour. Tokyo has mixture elements of distinctive traditional Japanese culture and the elements caused by rapid modernization. There are many places where you find unique Tokyo and exquisite Japanese culture. I will coordinate the tour according to your interests and requests. Or please choose 3,4 places from the list.
Discover your beloved Tokyo together: Half Day customized tour
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Discover the Essence of Tokyo in One day
This tour showcases five popular destinations that have been favorites among customers: Koishikawa Koraku Japanese Garden, Asakusa, Tsukiji, Meiji Jingu Shrine & Harajuku (Takeshita St. Omote sando). Tokyo beautifully blends traditional Japanese culture with the striking sights of rapid modernization, offering numerous locations where you can experience the city’s unique charm! (Visiting order of spots can be arranged depending on your hotel location.) The tour uses public transportation.
Discover the Essence of Tokyo in One day
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Explore two breathtaking Japanese gardens
On this tour, I’ll guide you through two of my favorite gardens. The first is Koishikawa Korakuen Garden, where a stroll around the central pond reveals four beautiul landscapes: a river, a mountain, countryside, and the ocean. The second is Rikugien Garden, renowned as the 'Garden of Japanese Classic Poems' . Both gardens, created by influential feudal lords of the Edo Period (1603-1868). Those gardens provide a serene experience while offering a glimpse into Japanese history and culture.
Explore two breathtaking Japanese gardens
Reviews
Katherine B.
“Great tour”
Hiromi was very kind and accommodating. We had age ranges from 6-85. She went at a pace everyone could keep up with, along with showing the places we wanted to see. We appreciate her! Thank you
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Hiromi Y.
Thank you very much for submitting very kind review! I’m happy to know you enjoyed my tour. You and your family was very friendly, it was enjoyable tour for me as well. Thank you choosing me as your guide!
Donald M.
“Tokyo Tour”
Hiromi was a wonderful host for our introduction to Tokyo - patiently leading us from site to site and answering our questions as first time visitors to Japan. She was very helpful in showing us how to use the subway system and the pace of the tour was perfect!
Hiromi Y.
Thank you very much for your wonderful review! It was very nice meeting both of you. I really appreciated how you always joined the tour with a smile. Wishing you safe travels and many wonderful memories in Japan!
Michael P.
“A great day with Hiromi”
We had the best tour with Hiromi yesterday. She helped us buy our train tickets and Shinkansen tickets. We saw gardens and temples and had a wonderful lunch at a local restaurant. Fabulous food. She has a wonderful sense of humour and she is very knowledgeable. Thank you, Hiromi.
Hiromi Y.
Thank you very much for submitting very warm review! I had a great time with all of you under the clear autumn sky. Thank you for such a lovely day! I hope you enjoy the rest of your time in Japan and make many more happy memories!
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Masahiro N.
Hallo zusammen! Ich heiße Masahiro, aber meine Freunde nennen mich Masa. Nach meinem Studium in Tokio habe ich von 2006 bis 2013 in Wien gelebt. 2013 bin ich endgültig nach Japan zurückgekehrt. Während meiner Zeit in Wien habe ich die deutschsprachige Welt und ihre Kultur sehr intensiv kennengelernt. Heute möchte ich eine Brücke zwischen dem deutschsprachigen Raum und Japan sein – und genau deshalb arbeite ich als Reiseleiter. Ich habe das Gefühl, dass diese Aufgabe meine Lebensaufgabe geworden ist. Für mich ist ein Guide so etwas wie ein privater Diplomat. Er verbindet Menschen aus verschiedenen Ländern und Kulturen und hilft ihnen, einander besser zu verstehen. Ich habe bereits Erfahrung darin, meine Gäste durch viele verschiedene Orte in Japan zu führen, unter anderem durch: • Tokio • Kamakura( Kanagawa) • die Region um den Fuji • Kawagoe(Saitama) • Nikko(Tochigi) • Karuizawa (Nagano) • Kanazawa(Ishikawa) • Kyoto • Osaka • Kobe • Himeji • Nagasaki …und natürlich gibt es noch viele weitere Orte zu entdecken! Ich wohne heute in der Nähe von Tokio. Deshalb sind Touren in Tokio und der Umgebung für mich besonders gut machbar. Eine Reise macht das Leben bunt! Lassen Sie Ihren Alltagsstress hinter sich und genießen Sie entspannte Momente, neue Entdeckungen und interessante Begegnungen – vielleicht sogar den einen oder anderen kleinen Kulturschock. Ich freue mich sehr darauf, Sie auf Ihrer Reise durch Japan zu begleiten! Bis bald in Japan!
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Takahiro I.
I grew up in the UK, and have lived more than ten years in the UK and USA on overseas assignments. While I lived abroad, I started to realize how shallow my knowledge on Japanese culture, beliefs, history and food was for a Japanese resident, whenever I tried to respond to the questions my foreign friends had about Japan. For the last 20 years I’ve been doing a lot of domestic travel visiting areas that I’ve never been before, and studying history and culture, as well as enjoying Sake from all parts of Japan. From 2015, I intensified my studies of Japan, and in 2017, successfully received government certification as a qualified guide on Japan. Thinking it would help my studies as well as be beneficial for visitors to Japan, I opened a website titled “Rediscovering Japan” in 2016 to record my travels and share my experience with travelers to Japan. To date I have covered 25 of the 47 prefectures in Japan. I have found that rather than just visiting tourist spots at random, it is much more interesting if you have a clear theme of the places you are going to. I hope you'll enjoy the visits with me to rediscover Japan!
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