Nara Day Trip from Kyoto: Customized Tour — Guide Kazu

Title: Can You Take the Kintetsu Limited Express to Nara on a Private Kyoto Day Trip? A Licensed Guide's Report

The guests were visitors from Asia, visiting Japan for the first time. They especially wished to ride the Kintetsu Limited Express "Aoniyoshi" to Nara, and the receipt is attached. The original plan was to visit Kasuga Taisha after Todaiji, but the guests had become tired from walking, so I suggested that we stop by Fushimi Inari Taisha on the way back to Kyoto. They were delighted and we happily changed the plan on the spot. In the end, we parted ways on Sanjo Street. I explained a great deal about the history of the ancient capital of Nara and various aspects of Japanese culture, and the guests also had many other questions. They asked about the values and political views of Japanese people living in today's world. For example, they asked what motivates Japanese people to live and what their goals in life are, given that Japan, as a developed nation, possesses culture, religion, politics, economy, infrastructure, a high level of civic awareness and education, and wonderful nature. They also asked why, when Japanese people are generally regarded around the world as friendly, kind, considerate, and courteous, the country ended up doing something as tragic as the Pacific War, and what kind of ideology lay behind it. I answered strictly as my own personal opinions. I was surprised that the guests, who run a company, had come to Japan hoping to ask Japanese people such things directly.

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Tour Report by Kazu

Hello, this is Kazu Akiyama, your tour guide. Nice to meet you and welcome to Japan. Thank you for joining me on the tour. Now I am a retired salaried worker, living in Osaka. I have been very much interested in not only learning Japanese history, culture, religion myself, but also talking about them (sometimes going off topics) in English with tourists from all over the world as well. I am so excited being with you as your guide on coming day! I am very much looking forward to you enjoying with me visiting the must-see places and some of the hidden gems. See you soon. Thank you – Kazu Akiyama