Nara Day Trip from Kyoto: Customized Tour — Guide Kazu

What Is a Private Day Tour of Nara from Kyoto Like? A Licensed Guide's Report

The group joined the tour, coming from North America. Among themselves, the guests spoke together in their own language. After discussing the destinations, we decided to visit four places including Horyu-ji Temple, but it turned out to be a bit ambitious. As expected, visiting Horyu-ji Temple took a good hour or more. As a result, the tour ended up with no lunch break and no time for shopping. Everyone cooperated by walking quickly to help save time. Looking back, I think I could have been less greedy and cut one location within Nara city. In the end, the stay at the "Nigiwai no Ie" was only about 25 minutes, which felt rushed. We returned to Kyoto more than 30 minutes later than scheduled. However, by visiting all four places, I believe the guests were able to enjoy the atmosphere of the ancient capital of Nara. We took photos at Kasuga Taisha Shrine, but since one of the guests declined to appear on the web, we took the photo with the remaining members of the group. I am sending the images just in case.

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Tour Report by KAZU

I was born and grew up in Kyoto and now live near Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto. I used to be a schoolteacher of English and welcome a lot of students from foreign countries. I really enjoyed showing them around Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Himeji, and Hiroshima. I have been a professional tour guide for about 8 years. I always try to let my guests learn Japanese traditional and modern culture. Since I was born in Kyoto, I know a lot about its culture and people. I myself enjoyed several sports, such as soccer, judo, and marathon when I was young. I’m much interested in baseball and sumo. My motto as a tour guide is to let my guests learn about our tradition and culture precisely and really enjoy themselves. I strongly hope you will enjoy the tour in Japan with me.