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Pokemon center in Osaka

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Team. lab in Osaka

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Hokage in Hyogo

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Aquarium in Osaka

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Arashiyama station in Kyoto

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Restaurant in Kyoto

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Tea space in Kyoto

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Kiyomizudera temple

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Cherry blossoms near Osaka castle

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Anime clothes shop

Tour Guide - Kazu Y.

Joined 2024

Kazu Y.

5.00 / 5

(20 reviews)

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People

Available Areas

Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe (Living)

Languages

Japanese (Native), English

Response Time

3 hours on average

Availability Updated

Today

About Tour Guide Kazu Y.

Please check "IMPORTANT".

Hi, I’m Kazuto! Please call me “Kazu”! I was born and raised in Osaka.

I’ve been working as a Japanese tutor and sometimes show my students around Osaka.

My students sometimes feel stressed in Japan due to the language barrier even though they study Japanese and I’ve decided to become a tour guide in Kansai to help tourists!

DO YOU WANT A STRESS-FREE TRIP?

I can be your private concierge for your trip.

Let me know if you need any help!

By the way, I like anime, manga, video games, I’m an Otaku :)

There are a lot of “otaku” places in Osaka like “Nintendo Osaka”, “Pokemon Center”, “Shonen-JUMP store”, “Universal Studio Japan” and so on.

I want to show impressive Japanese Pop Culture so much!!

Japan has limited-time anime, game or manga-collab cafes. You have to book for many of them and I can help you with the booking!

Also, I like eating out! I can offer bar-hopping tours, share good ramen restaurants, and so on!

I’m looking forward to seeing you! Let’s explore deep Osaka!

Important

I have another job and I'm usually not available in the morning.

I could make time in the morning if you book my tour a month before the date or earlier.

The schedule below is my usual available time but my work schedule is different every week, so feel free to contact me if you are interested in my tours!

I need 1-1.5 hours more to go to Kyoto. If you would like a tour guide in Kyoto, an additional fee of 3,000 yen will be added to the listed price

-Tuesday：from around 6 pm

-Wednesday：from around 7:30 pm

-Friday：from around 7 pm

-Saturday：from around 5 pm

-Sunday：from around 7 pm

Tours

All tours can be customized for you. Send me a message with your requests!

Categories

Food & Drink

Food & Drink

Shopping

Shopping

Bar-hopping Night tour

Bar-hopping Night tour

There are many places for nightlife(bar-hopping, street food, etc) in Osaka. I provide variations to suit your needs. So, let me know what you want to do, eat or drink!! ex) yakitori, sushi, takoyaki, sake, plum wine, local bars, etc

Bar-hopping Night tour

FROM$121/ per group

FROM$121/ per group

[ANIME, MANGA] Pop culture tour

[ANIME, MANGA] Pop culture tour

*[LIMITED TIME DISCOUNT] Anime, manga merchandise places hopping. You can shop around for anime, merchandise, manga, figurings, retro games, etc. Also, you can go to a Japanese arcade, maid cafe, have street food, etc.

[ANIME, MANGA] Pop culture tour

FROM$121/ per group

FROM$121/ per group

Bar-hopping Night tour

Bar-hopping Night tour

There are many places for nightlife(bar-hopping, street food, etc) in Osaka. I provide variations to suit your needs. So, let me know what you want to do, eat or drink!! ex) yakitori, sushi, takoyaki, sake, plum wine, local bars, etc

Bar-hopping Night tour

FROM$121/ per group

FROM$121/ per group

[ANIME, MANGA] Pop culture tour

[ANIME, MANGA] Pop culture tour

*[LIMITED TIME DISCOUNT] Anime, manga merchandise places hopping. You can shop around for anime, merchandise, manga, figurings, retro games, etc. Also, you can go to a Japanese arcade, maid cafe, have street food, etc.

[ANIME, MANGA] Pop culture tour

FROM$121/ per group

FROM$121/ per group

Reviews

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Cynthia L.

5 / 5

Oct 14, 2025

[ANIME, MANGA] Pop culture tour

“Pop Culture Tour”

Kazu was fantastic to spend time with and made sure my teenage son saw everything he wanted to see. We had a great time and enjoyed a good meal too! Thank you for everything!!!

Kazu Y.

Thank you so much for joining the tour! If you ever come back to Osaka and want help shopping for anime goods or anything similar, feel free to contact me!

M

Marta M.

5 / 5

Oct 10, 2025

Customize your

Customized

“Fun time in ”

From the beginning of our interaction Kazu was very attentive to detail making sure we got the most of time together. We had a great time chatting with him throughout our tour. He found the best places to get some sailor moon and ghibli merchandise. We also asked to visit less touristy places in Osaka to eat or drink and try unique foods that we would never order on our own. First time trying seared raw chicken and it was delicious! Having Kazu with us, helped interact with the restaurant chefs in a more casual way which even got us some extra unique dishes. Thanks for taking us around, we had a great time!

Kazu Y.

Thank you so much for joining the tour! Since it was a short tour, we didn’t have quite enough time, but I’m glad I was still able to show you a variety of places. Japan has many more unique foods, so I hope you’ll try some others next time you visit!

B

Brady L.

5 / 5

Oct 5, 2025

Customized tour

Customized

“Great time ”

We had the pleasure of having Kazu show us around for 2 days. I think we might have scared him a little with some bold questions and loud voices but we had a great time and appreciate all his kindness. We would gladly do it again.

Kazu Y.

Thank you so much for joining my tour! Your questions weren’t scary at all. We enjoyed lots of different foods over the two days! I hope you can come again and enjoy even more next time!

Tour Guide - Kazu Y.

Kazu Y.

5.00 / 5

(20 reviews)

Date

People

Available Areas

Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe (Living)

Languages

Japanese (Native), English

Response Time

3 hours on average

Availability Updated

Today

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