Tokyo Private Tours & Local Tour Guides

Hello everyone!! I’m Hiroki,national licensed guide interpreter focusing on offering tours on the subject of hidden Japan charms,such as indigenous cultures, life styles, and highly skilled craftsmanship!! Let me now intoroduce myself little bit, I’ve been living in Chiba city near Tokyo for more than 40 years since when I was a student of a university located in Tokyo. I studied commercial science at the university.(Bachelor of business and commerce) Incidentally, my graduate thesis topic was ”Rise of handicraft manufacturing in the late Edo period”. After graduation, I joined a petrochemical company in 1980. As is customary with Japanese style lifetime emplpoyment, I worked for the company until the retirement in 2014!!(same company for 34 years!!) And,after passing the state examination in the year 2015, I’ve started a new career of a guide interpreter as my second life. Since then,I maily had an actual experience of an interpreter in a variety of traditional Japanese culture workshops for foreign tourists.(Specifically,Chanoyu-TeaCeremony,Ikebana-flower Arranging,Shodo-Calligraphy,Tougei-Pottery,Washoku-Japanese Cuisine,Iai-The art of Drawing the Sword,and so on.) Fortunately,as every instructor in the workshops was an authority on the subject, I was able to develop a capability of giving proper explanation on Japanese culture through the great experience of acting as an interpreter with the masters. Additionally,for all my long experience in petrochemical industory,the reason for choosing a brand-new career is to make my dream of transmmiting traditinal Japanese culture to the people all over the world come true.(I’ve always wanted to do this kind of thing after being inspired by my ancestral origin of being Samurai retainer served a Daimyo feudal lord for generations!!) And so, that’s why I’m so happy to have a great opportunity to make your trip in Japan much more enjoyable!! I’m really looking forward to seeing you in my tours!!

I was born and grew up in Yokohama. I used to work in Tokyo for more than 20 years. I've got the national license of a tour guide in English in 2013. At first, I had attended a volunteer group which provided a tour of the Imperial Palace East Gardens until 2015. I guided more than fifty times in the garden as a volunteer and studied about Japanese history and culture. Based on this experience, I became a tour guide of TripleLights in 2015. Since then, I have guided more than 500 tours in Tokyo as well as Yokohama, Kamakura, Hakone, Kyoto, Nikko, etc., while improving my tours. My tours are very flexible and I always do my best to customize them according to the interests of my guests. I studied about the places and will provide you knowledge to appreciate them more deeply than just visiting there by yourself or a member of group tours. I like foods and I know many restaurants which provide typical Japanese lunch with reasonable price without waiting too long. Therefore, I am sure that I can provide you the best tours customized to your interests. It will be my great pleasure to help you to enjoy your stay in Japan. So please be my guest!!

¡Hola! or Hi How are you ? ¿Cómo está ? Feel the difference. I would love to introduce places and things that I am really into. Especially, if you are interested in Japanese history, I can help you to know about it.Because I have studied Japanese history in the university. And I have trained Japanese martial arts especially sword fighting for yeas. I would like to introduce this beautiful country, Japan to the World. And I would like to tell you Bushido , samurai spirit, which includes brave gentle dignity and so on. My motto is Not only famous sightseeing places but also minor but interesting spots. I always wish I would like to show you something special about Japan. I can make your original tour plan ask me anytime. If you are not satisfied with typical sightseeing tour, I can guide you rare and interesting places. Most of my tours start from local stations but I might be able to pick you up at your hotel in Tokyo. Please ask details.

Hello, my name is Yasuro (Mr). I was born and brought up in Kansai, graduated from a univ in Kobe city, after moved into Kanto, 30 years in Tokyo, 2.5 years in Nagoya city, 7.5 years abroad (KL & S'pore) as a rep of a construction company and I got the National Guide Certificate in 2011. My hobbies are making Haiku poems, singing various songs (voice-training for 18 years), playing the folk-guitar, trekking in mountains like Takao and Okutama in the West of Tokyo, visiting museums like in Ueno Park and travelling around Japan to make Haiku poems. Thank you for your attention.