Ryuta A.
Available Areas
Kanagawa (Living), Tokyo, Kamakura, Yokohama
Languages
English
Response Time
15 hours on average
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About Tour Guide Ryuta A.
Certified English Guide-Interpreter. Born in Tokyo. Tour and nature guide in Tokyo and Kanagwa area.
Seasonal tour guide in Okinawa and nature guide in Yaeyama, southern most islands in Japan, consisting of Ishigaki, Iriomote and Taketomi islands. This area is surrounded by one of the most beautiful corral sea not only Japan but also among the world with full of nature.
With a license certificated by travel agency, I am happy to serve as a guide-interpreter for special interest trips including hiking and kayaking.
Tours
Selected one-day tour KAMAKURA Popular & Quiet 800 years old Samurai Capital
Kamakura, one hour from Tokyo station, thirty minutes from Yokohama, is the town where first Samurai capital flourished between 1185 and 1333. Under the feudal government populist Buddhism and Zen sect was spread. Many temples were built and various Buddha statues were crafted. This one day trip takes you both popular and serene spots in the first city of Samurai including Great Buddha, Hase-dera Temple, Hokoku-ji Temple. Great Buddha or Daibutsu, 11.4 meter bronze statue is the most iconic sight in Kamakura. You can duck inside to see how the sculptors pieced the 850-tonne statue together. Hase-dera Temple is famous for a 9 meter high carved wooden 11-faced Kannon statue. According to legend, the temple dates back to AD736, when the statue is said to have washed up on the shore near Kamakura. Hokoku-ji Temple or Bamboo Temple is a Zen temple established in 1334. Moso bamboo grows in the temple and forms a serene garden.
Tokyo Traditional Modern Tour of Your Choice
This tour designed to take you several popular and cool spots in Tokyo. At the same time, you can make the tour more fruitful to add visiting spots by your own choice.
BEST view walking KAMAKURA Popular & Quiet 800 years old Samurai Capital
Kamakura, one hour from Tokyo station, thirty minutes from Yokohama, is the town where first Samurai capital flourished between 1185 and 1333. Under the feudal government populist Buddhism and Zen sect was spread. Many temples were built and various Buddha statues were crafted. This one day trip takes you temples, shrine on your foot. The course includes one hour Ten-en hiking trail. Kamakura is surrounded by hills and full of green. The views from the trail are really gorgeous. Also, you can enjoy visits to Japan’s oldest Zen temple, Bamboo Temple and famous Shinto shrine. Kencho-ji Temple is oldest Zen monastery in Japan and is still active today. Beside the central Butsuden (Budda Hall), the temple has a bell cast in 1252 designated as a national treasure and the juniper grove aged 760 years old. Hokoku-ji Temple or Bamboo Temple is a Zen temple established in 1334. Moso bamboo grows in the temple and forms a serene garden. Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu is most famous shrine of first Samurai capital. Minamoto Yoritomo, the first Shogun who ruled Japan in place of emperor, ordered its construction in 1191 and designed central promenade that lead to the coast.
Another face of TOKYO--Nature, Sacred Shrine and Sake Brewery, MITAKE
This tour takes you another face of Tokyo. Tokyo is not only heated hectic metropolitan area but also it has full of nature in suburbs. The tour provides you an opportunity to visit Musashi Mitake shrine about 900m or 3000ft high. The different of temperature between down town Tokyo and the sacred place is 10 degrees. You will enjoy cool fresh air and truly greenly scenery thorough out the tour. After short ride to Mitake Tozan Railway Station by bus, you will climb up to Mount Mitake station by a traditional cable car. Just 15 to 30 minute walk, you will reach to Musashi Mitake shrine with long and distinguished history dated back before one thousand years ago. You can feel he Japanese spiritual world coexisting with nature. You will reach Sawanoi sake brewery, Ozawa Shuzou Co Ltd, after a 3km (2 mile) hike along upper Tama river beautiful stream. Ozawa Shuzou was established in 1702 in middle of Edo period. You will participate in inspection tour for about 50 minutes of the cellar built 300 years ago with tasting.
Ryuta A. Japan Tour Reviews
“Absolutely Wonderful!!”
I spent 3 days with Ryuta sama. Each day was absolutely amazing. I could not have asked for a better introduction to Japan that he gave me. Not only is he an incredible guide but he is an amazing person. Please book with Ryuta!!!
Ryuta A.
(15 reviews)Thank you Eric san. It is my pleasure to have you here! Have a nice trip and see you again!
“Invaluable Experience ”
I cannot express enough how grateful I am to Ryuta-sama. What am incredible introduction to Japan. He will show how to navigate the Japanese railway aside from whatever you choose to do. He is absolutely awesome! Please book with Ryuta!!!
Ryuta A.
(15 reviews)Thank you very much. Even though this is your first time in Japan, your knowledge of Japan is outstanding. Have an enjoyable trip and keep up the fun!
Christopher U.
October 1st to 9 Japan tour for Christopher and Lucy Stauss
Customized
“Tokyo and Fujikawaguchiko”
Ryuta was an excellent travel companion! He was very flexible about accommodating last-minute changes to our itinerary, always had interesting historical background and other facts about the places we visited to share with us, and was indispensable when it came to translating and helping us navigate around. Would definitely recommend his services.
Ryuta A.
(15 reviews)Thank you for the kindest comment！ I enjoyed with you for 9days in Japan and learned a lot from you. Don‘t know whether you notice or not but in fact I’ m now 65 years old and hope you think me as 45 or 50 years old alike Taku Nakano.