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Joined 2025
Ken-ichi M.
Available Areas
Nagano (Living)
Languages
English
Response Time
4 hours on average
Availability Updated
1 day ago
About Tour Guide Ken-ichi M.
In March 1983, I graduated Chiba university. Major is psychology.
In April 1983, I entered a manufacturing company of semiconductor components and I was assaigned to the overseas sales dept.
For more than 40 years, I had done sales activities with foreign semiconductor companies using English language.
I had visited foreign customer companies located in several foreign countries on once a month basis.
I have stationed myself in Singapore and Malaysia for 5 years.
I have homestayed in Los Angels for a month and in Oakland New Zealand for a week.
I have welcomed an American teacher in my house for a week as a homestay program.
I have passed the examination of Tour Guide in 2016.
I have teached the skiing in Shiga Highland Ski Resort, Happo-one Ski Resort and Iwatake Ski Resort.
I had guided bus passengers(most of them were Austllarian people) at the bus terminal in Hakuba-Happo.
I am now teaching junior high school students English grammar.
Tours
All tours can be customized for you. Send me a message with your requests!
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Matsumoto Castle / Narai-Juku / Daio Wasabi Farm Tour
Matsumoto Castle is one of the oldest castles in Japan. Fortification of the site dates back to simple wooden structures built during the Warring States period. Narai-Juku is well-preserved post town that remains of Edo-era streets. Daio Wasabi Farm is one of Japan's largest wasabi farms and a popular tourist destination.
Matsumoto Castle / Narai-Juku / Daio Wasabi Farm Tour
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TOGAKUSHI/ Ninja Experience, 400years Cedar Ave.＆ Shrines
"Togakushi" means hiding the door. In Japanese mythology, the Sun Goddess Amaterasu hid herself inside the rock-cave door, resulting in the total darkness of the world. In order to recover sunlight, another goddess danced very attractively in front of the door and other gods pulled Amaterasu out from the door strongly. Then, the door was flown far away to Togakushi. Ninja was also hide-related specialist. Let's experience Ninja activities and voltex of sacred, spiritual shrines and cedar avenue.
TOGAKUSHI/ Ninja Experience, 400years Cedar Ave.＆ Shrines
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Snow Monkey Park / Togakushi Shrines / Zenkoji temple
Let's watch Japanese monkeys taking bath in hot spring and enjoy walking the worshipper's path toward Togakushi Okusya shrine surrounded by 400years' big cedar trees. Eating soba noodles in Chusya area maybe a fun since Togakushi soba noodles are very famous in Japan (If you have food allergy, the alternative food will be arranged). This tour covers Zenkoji temple at the night.
Snow Monkey Park / Togakushi Shrines / Zenkoji temple
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Snow Monkey Park / Matsumoto Castle / Daio Wasabi Firm
The Jigokudani Yaen-koen (altitude 850 meters) is known as snow monkey park that has been a worldwide popular place for watching the bathing monkeys in a hot spring. (Winter is the best tour season for it.) The five-story, six-tiered keep of Matsumoto Castle is Japan's oldest existing National Treasure. Daio Wasabi Firm is one of Japan's largest wasabi farms.
Snow Monkey Park / Matsumoto Castle / Daio Wasabi Firm
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Naena Waterfall 1/2 day Tour
If you will be free in the afternoon while you stay in Nagano city, how about visiting Naena Waterfall in Niigata pref. next to Nagano pref. Nature is calling you !!
Naena Waterfall 1/2 day Tour
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Snow Monkey Park & Zenkoji Temple + Sake Tasting
Monkeys' Bathing in Hot Spring can be seen only here. Please don't miss it. Especially, winter is the best season. Zenkoji Temple was built more than 1400 years ago and has been attracting 6 million visitors come very year. You can enjoy walking the dark corridor under the main hall. Also, you may take options like Sake Tasting, Matcha Experience.
Snow Monkey Park & Zenkoji Temple + Sake Tasting
Reviews
Joyce S.
“Lovely Day Guide”
Ken was easy to work with and tailored the day to our specific needs and the sites we were most interested in. Excellent communication prior to our meet up, arrived on time, polite and considerate throughout, with many heplful suggestions. Highly recommend Ken as a guide for the Nagano/Obuse area.
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Ken-ichi M.
Joyce-san and yr husband, Many many thanks for the comments to my guiding. It's my great pleasure if you could be satisfied with the tour. Please bring back your precious experiences and memories in Japan. I wish if we could meet again and have further better experiences in near future. Ken Words I live by: The common language in our world is not English but "Smile".
Carole B.
“À nice day”
The tour guide provides an excellent experience. He was knowledgeable , friendly and well organisez making both visit enjoyable and informative. The itinerary was thoughtfully planned, allowing enough time at each location.he was attentive to the group’s need and adapted it for us. We were hangover after a saki night the day before the tour… Thank you very much for the tour Carole
Ken-ichi M.
Ms. Carole B. and other 3 colleagues, I am overwhelmed by your so many compliments. Although you have been so tired with 10 days travels, all of you could kindly follow my guiding with friendly smiles. It would be my great pleasure if you feel this time tour with me would be memorable. I wish the rest of your tours could be wonderful experiences of quite different cultures of Japan. Thank you very much for choosing me as a guide. Ken
Sarita P.
“Fabulous tour with Ken”
Ken was a very kind and thoughtful person. He carefully planned out the day to make sure my customised trip was perfect. Seeing the monkeys was a wonderful experience and could have watched them all day. We spent time in Matsumoto afterwards and went to a local specialized restaurant that Ken had researched so I could try their cuisine. Was a wonderful day - thank you Ken
Ken-ichi M.
First of all, I thank you very much for choosing me as the guide. I hope you could have spent wonderful time in Nagano area. Monkeys were so Kawaii = cute, weren't they ? Matsumoto castle was so unique, wasn't it ? Eating the raw hourse meats and the local food Oyaki = a kind of dumpling could be a funny experiences for you. I hope you might have the feeling of touching Japanese OMOTENASHI (welcoming attitudes) again and paying another visit to Japan in the future. Thanks again for the tour with me. Ken
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