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Joined 2017
Makiko N.
Available Areas
Tokyo (Living), Hakone, Kamakura, Nikko, Yokohama
Languages
English
Response Time
12 hours on average
Availability Updated
Today
About Tour Guide Makiko N.
I am Makiko. I was born in Tokyo and I've lived here my whole life. I therefore know a lot about Tokyo and the surrounding areas. Tokyo has various kinds of charms of both traditional and modern aspects. I would like to show you the best parts of our exciting city.
I am a National licensed tour guide in English. I am an open-minded, sociable and thoughtful person. I really enjoy meeting people from other countries to share our cultures. I have experience in hosting students and interacting with people from across the world.
I studied a flower arrangement course in the UK and have been teaching flower arrangement for many years. I have experience in Japanese style flower arrangement and tea ceremony. I love flowers and plants and enjoy visiting gardens. I like traveling (more than 30 countries) and watching films. I love cooking, eating and drinking. I am foodie and am qualified as a sake sommelier and a wine expert. I can introduce you Tokyo's diverse food culture.
I am flexible about destinations and can arrange the tour according to your requests. I try hard to make your stay in Japan very special and memorable. Let's explore our beautiful and unique country together.
I am very much looking forward to meeting you!
*Please send a message to confirm my availability BEFORE booking, thank you.
*I do a tour within 6 people.
Qualification:
JSA Sake Diploma International
JSA Wine Expert
SSI International Kikisake-shi (sake sommelier)
Important
Please send a message BEFORE booking to confirm my availability and discuss the detail.
Please check my availability BEFORE sending a message to avoid unnecessary correspondence.
Tours
All tours can be customized for you. Send me a message with your requests!
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Tokyo Private One-day Tour by a chartered van (additional fee)
Tokyo is a beautiful, unique and exciting city. It has various kinds of charms of both traditional and modern aspects. This is a customized tour just for you. I listed popular places to visit below. Please let me know 3 - 4 places you would like to visit. I will make your itinerary and I may suggest some places that you might be interested in. A tour is by a chartered van with a driver. Please refer to "What's not included" for the price.
Tokyo Private One-day Tour by a chartered van (additional fee)
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Tokyo Private Half-day Tour by a chartered van (additional fee)
Tokyo is a beautiful, unique and exciting city. It has various kinds of charms of both traditional and modern aspects. This is a customized tour just for you. I listed popular places to visit below. Please let me know 2 places you would like to visit. I will make your itinerary and I may suggest some places that you might be interested in. A tour is by a chartered van with a driver. Please refer to "What's not included" for the price.
Tokyo Private Half-day Tour by a chartered van (additional fee)
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Nikko One-day Highlight Tour by a chartered taxi (additional fee)
Nikko is best known for its vast and rich nature as well as many famous sightseeing spots, including historical shrines and temples which are registered as World Heritage sites. As Nikko used to be the sacred land of mountain worship, many people visit the place for its distinctive mystical atmosphere. A tour is by a chartered taxi with a driver. Please refer to "What's not included" for the price.
Nikko One-day Highlight Tour by a chartered taxi (additional fee)
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Kamakura One-day Highlight Tour
Kamakura is one of the most popular tourist destination from Tokyo. Kamakura was prospered as Japan's first feudal capital (from 1185 to 1333). There are many temples, shrines and other historical places. We visit some of the most popular places in Kamakura.
Kamakura One-day Highlight Tour
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Hakone One-day Highlight Tour by a chartered van (additional fee)
Hakone is one of the most popular destination from Tokyo with rich nature, hot spring, historical spots and interesting museums. You can enjoy the great nature and culture. You may be able to see Mt. Fuji if the weather is good. The places I listed in an itinerary are popular places for the first visitors. I will make an itinerary according to your interest. A tour is by a chartered van with a driver. Please refer to "What's not included" for the price.
Hakone One-day Highlight Tour by a chartered van (additional fee)
Reviews
Lisa S.
“Might One-day Tour by chartered taxi”
Makiko helped us see a lot of Nikko in a day. She was very pleasant to spend the day with. Her English was great. She was accommodating as we switched the starting time around. Makiko was quite knowledgeable and happy to share that knowledge with us. She recommended a lovely lunch spot.
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Makiko N.
Thank you very much for a wonderful review. So happy to hear you enjoyed my tour in Nikko. I had a lovely time with all of you. Hope you had a good time for the rest of your stay in Japan. Hope to see you again! Makiko
Barbara B.
“Tokyo discovery with Makiko”
Makiko is a very experienced, knowledgeable and friendly guide who created two wonderful full-day tours in Tokyo for us. Her forte is adapting her itineraries to her clients’ wishes and interests. Having a competent driver with an immaculately clean van who accompanies Makiko on all her tours has proven to be a great advantage as we could decide very spontaneously how to proceed with the program - particularly during a spot of heavy rain at Meiji Shrine, when the driver picked us up right outside the sight. Thanks for two lovely days! Barbara and Werner
Makiko N.
Thank you very much for a wonderful review! Glad to hear you enjoyed 2 days with me. I had a lovely time with both of you. Have a fantastic time for the rest of your stay in Japan. Hope to see you again! Makiko
Thomas C.
“Great day in Nikko with knowledgeable and charming guide!”
We had an amazing day in Nikko, with a most charming, knowledgeable and competent guide. Nikko’s UNESCO World Heritage sites in the autumn are impressive, but Makiko made our tour most memorable not just with her knowledge about the sites and gardens visited, but also with her background on Japanese history and culture - Ikebana, sake, wines. Having traveled widely, we could share common experiences, and on top of being a good sport, hitting it off immediately with an ‘elderly’ Swiss couple, her English is excellent!
Makiko N.
Thank you very much for a wonderful review! So happy to hear you enjoyed my tour in Nikko. I had such a lovely time with both of you. Have a great time for the rest of your stay in Japan. Please come back in a different season. Hope to see you again! Makiko
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Shin N.
Welcome to Japan! I'm Shin. I have been an English Guide in Japan more than10 years. I can guide Tokyo, Kanagawa and almost all metropolitan sightseeing and walking spots. I was born in Kobe, grown up in Osaka, and studied in Kyoto, so not only Tokyo but I also have a good knowledge of Japanese historical cities. I love talking about Japanese food & culture, walking quiet narrow streets, drinking tasty Japanese whisky, Sumo, Rugby & Sports, and Japanese mountains. I climbed Mt. Fuji 18 times with foreign guests. We enjoyed the auspicious moments of sunrising from the summit. I would like to support you to make your stay in Japan memorable and precious one. It is grateful if you refer to my proposed tour schedule, in the case you have your own interests, I am happy to tailor the tour schedule responding your requests. Please feel free to contact me. I look forward to sharing wonderful time in Japan with you. Be my guest!
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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.
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