We visit symbolic Osaka Castle, the 1st state-established Buddhist temple (admission fee of 600 yen needed) and Umeda Sky Building, a popular skyscrapers with 360° panoramic view on top (admission fee of 1500 yen needed).
My guide fee is 52000 yen / 8hours (up to 8 persons)
At your hotel in Osaka city
At your hotel in Osaka city or Final destination of the tour
A special pass called "Osaka Amazing Pass " costing 2800 yen allow you to use local transportation freely and enter 30 tourist attractions for free all day long.
(If we fix the above destinations, the special pass for guide is not needed and 1 day pass 800yen for guide will be needed instead )
Additional option fees for wearing sumurai battle helmet with sword (500 yen /person) in Osaka Castle Tower.
Lunch,dinner for you and guide.
It includes visiting symbolic Osaka Castle, the 1st state-established Buddhist temple and popular skyscrapers with 360° panoramic view on top.
The pass covers all transportation fee and admisstion fee of the facilities to visit on our tour which worth more than 50 % discount compared with those regular fees.
Additional fee is needed for some optional attractions such as Kimono-laid working in the old town set in a museum and traditional woodblock printing experience in Ukiyoe museum.
My guide fee is 50000 yen / 8hours (up to 8 persons)
Guide fee, hotel pick-up in Osaka city
Transportation costs and admission fees (you & guide)
Meal costs for you and guide.
I can customize any private tour if you give me the information of your request in advance.
We booked Kenji for 3 days. 1 day in Nara and 2 days in Kyoto. He was extremely organized and knowledgeable of the area. He was willing to customize the tours for our specific requests. Most importantly, Kenji knew how to get around the cities, and the best lunch restaurants. Being foodies, our group was very happy with our experience with him. Recommend his tour highly! Mari
Mari-san, Thank you for your great review of my tours. I'm really glad that you liked my guiding and my lunch recommendation. I'm also glad that I could spend a wonderful time with you and your family. If you have any chance to visit Kyoto please let me know so that I can offer any tour to meet your needs. Arigatogozaimashita. Kenji
Very disappointing experience. Kenjis English is poor and he was absolutely not an enthousiastic guide. Not a lot of explanation and no interest in his guests. We stopped the tour earlier.
Igor-san, I appreciate that you gave me your honest review. I'm very sorry for you that I could not satisfy your expectation this time. I prepare many explanation materials for my guiding and use them while adjusting its volume and timing according to my guests' needs. I misunderstood your expectation this time and used less materials which may make you feel very disappointed. I'll improve my skill to catch guest's needs timely in early stage of tour so as to adjust my guiding more properly. Thank you again for your honest review. Kenji
Kenji was super nice and clearly explained each site he took is to. We would definitely like him to be our guide next time if he is available.
Sheryl-san, Thank your for your great review of our tour. I'm very happy that you liked my guiding and attractive sites we visited including some hidden spots. In Japan each season has its own charm. I look forward to your next chance to come to Japan. Arigatogozaimas Kenji
Kenji was amazing! He was very knowledgeable and provided a lot of great information about the places we went. He also booked us a spot to try our hand at traditional wood block painting which was really fun!
Susan-san, Thank you for your great review of our tour with nice photos. I'm very glad that you and your husband liked my guiding and could enjoy visiting fascinating spots and workshop of our traditional woodblock printing. Your finished products are perfect! Arigatogozaimashita. Kenji