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Okayama Private Tour - This stream is called Kurashiki River.You can ride this small boat and enjoy seeing Kurashiki Bikan historical quarter. A boatman rows a boat with a paddle. Walikng around this area is enjoyable, but seeing this area from the boat  is another enjoyment..
This stream is called Kurashiki River.You can ride this small boat and enjoy seeing Kurashiki Bikan historical quarter. A boatman rows a boat with a paddle. Walikng around this area is enjoyable, but seeing this area from the boat is another enjoyment..
Okayama Private Tour -  This vehicle is jinrikisha, a rickshaw. It was invented by Japanese men in 1869.  It was used as a taxi in those days.  Now it is used for the sightseeing. A young and cool man pull a rickshaw. If you have time, please try the rickshaw. You will be able to taste the feeling of  a Japanese in Meiji Period..
This vehicle is jinrikisha, a rickshaw. It was invented by Japanese men in 1869. It was used as a taxi in those days. Now it is used for the sightseeing. A young and cool man pull a rickshaw. If you have time, please try the rickshaw. You will be able to taste the feeling of a Japanese in Meiji Period..
Okayama Private Tour - This is Seto Inland Sea and Seto ohashi Bridge.  It is in Kojima in Kurashiki City. You can see many small islands there. It is a very beautiful scenery. On the stone monument in the center is written the poem  meaning ‘I am on the hill called Washuzan. I see many islands. They are beautiful.  I want to take one island  as a souvenir.’ If you have time, you can enjoy cruising in the Seto Inland Sea from the port at the bottom of  Washuzan Hill.
This is Seto Inland Sea and Seto ohashi Bridge. It is in Kojima in Kurashiki City. You can see many small islands there. It is a very beautiful scenery. On the stone monument in the center is written the poem meaning ‘I am on the hill called Washuzan. I see many islands. They are beautiful. I want to take one island as a souvenir.’ If you have time, you can enjoy cruising in the Seto Inland Sea from the port at the bottom of Washuzan Hill.
Okayama Private Tour - This is an alley between old houses. These houses were built about two hundred years ago, in Edo Period.
This area is called Higashimachi , and far from the center of the Kurashiki Bikan historical quarter. It is a quiet place. You can enjoy the atmosphere of the old city Kurashiki.
This is an alley between old houses. These houses were built about two hundred years ago, in Edo Period. This area is called Higashimachi , and far from the center of the Kurashiki Bikan historical quarter. It is a quiet place. You can enjoy the atmosphere of the old city Kurashiki.
Okayama Private Tour - This is Korakuen Park in Okayama City. It is one of three most beautiful gardens in Japan. It was made for the Japanese feudal lord in Edo Period. The castle called ujo 'crow castle'  is near this garden. There are some ponds, streams, hills, some houses there. In any season you can see beautiful flowers and trees. It is a very large garden , and you can enjoy walking and a beautiful scenery.
This is Korakuen Park in Okayama City. It is one of three most beautiful gardens in Japan. It was made for the Japanese feudal lord in Edo Period. The castle called ujo 'crow castle' is near this garden. There are some ponds, streams, hills, some houses there. In any season you can see beautiful flowers and trees. It is a very large garden , and you can enjoy walking and a beautiful scenery.
Okayama Private Tour - Kurashiki was governed directly by Edo Shogunate. So there were some rice warehouses. They are preserved now because Kurashiki wasn't burnt down during the World War.You can see a row of houses and streets about 200 years ago. Many willow trees are planted along the Kurashiki River. A few rice warehouses are used as museums. You can learn  various things about Japan when you visit them. In Kurashiki Bikan historical quarter you can see beautiful landscapes of old Japan.
Kurashiki was governed directly by Edo Shogunate. So there were some rice warehouses. They are preserved now because Kurashiki wasn't burnt down during the World War.You can see a row of houses and streets about 200 years ago. Many willow trees are planted along the Kurashiki River. A few rice warehouses are used as museums. You can learn various things about Japan when you visit them. In Kurashiki Bikan historical quarter you can see beautiful landscapes of old Japan.
Okayama Private Tour - This is Kurashiki Bikan historical area in the evening.
This is Kurashiki Bikan historical area in the evening.
Okayama Private Tour - This is Bizen Ware. It is put in the kiln unglazed, but due to the effects of the 20 day pine wood firing at 1250°C, becomes naturally glazed with pine ash  or acquires various subdued colors. It is simple and unassuming in form but has a noble quality.
This is Bizen Ware. It is put in the kiln unglazed, but due to the effects of the 20 day pine wood firing at 1250°C, becomes naturally glazed with pine ash or acquires various subdued colors. It is simple and unassuming in form but has a noble quality.
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About Tour Guide Yoko M.

Hello. I'm Yoko Miyake. Please call me Yoko. I'm a licensed guide. I love travelling. I have visited all the prefectures in Japan. Though Japan has many good places to visit, I hope many foreign travellers will visit my hometown Kurashiki and enjoy their stay there. Because I was born in Kurashiki, and I have lived there since then, I know a lot about Kurashiki. Of course I can show you other good places in Okayama Prefecture and near Okayama Prefecture.

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Very good guide!

Yoko was very informed and provided a lot of information. It was the excellent tour!

Viktoria S.

Yoko M.

Thank you for a nice comment. I am very happy to hear that. I had a good time with the guests.

Above and Way Beyond Expectations, Yoko!

Yoko was tremendously helpful both long before our custom tour and even after! She patiently answered so many questions I had as a first time visitor to Soja City/Kurashiki, Okayama in the weeks before our tour. She set up a taxi driver and helped me navigate Japanese gravesite customs. Someone in the taxi compoany even happened to know my family and where my family's grave was located! Her English is excellent and she is a caring and capable guide that w connected with so easily. Our visit to my family's grave in Soja City was magical for me, my wife, and our daughter and granddaughter. Our granddaughter asked me if she could meet a relative her age. Yoko and the ancestors made that happen. (See picture with two happy 10 year olds, one from the US, one from Soja CIty, Japan). We bid our newly found relatives goodbye and returned to Kurashiki. After a refreshing lunch, we had a wonderful (and cooling!) visit to the Ohara Art Museum and Ohara houses. After our tour, Yoko was once again such a star! My cousin wanted to visit our family grave a couple days after us. Yoko helped arrange a taxi for them and my cousin got to spend additional time with our Soja City relatives! Yoko is such a caring, generous, knowledgable and helpful guide! Words cannot express our deep gratitude to her. Our request was complex and she delivered! We cannot recommend her to you enough!

Jon H.

Yoko M.

Thank you for a nice review. I also had a nice time with you and your family. I appreciate you.

A wonderful day in Okayama!

We saw a lot on this tour. Important to have an umbrella on hand if touring in June as it rained a bit. Yoko packed a lot into this day which was good. Because it rained the river boats were not operating. We instead walked along the beautiful river bank. Yoko understood and spoke good English.

Aidan C.

Yoko M.

Thank you for your nice review. I am very happy to read it. Is your leg all right? We walked long. So I am worried about that. I wish you can get Nintendo tickets. Yoko

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