Can You Do a Private Taxi Tour of Kobe? A Licensed Guide's Report

The guests were visitors from North America. They wished to get around by taxi. During the taxi ride, they asked me where I had learned English, so I shared that I had once lived in North America and studied there. Since they had not yet had breakfast, we stopped at a convenience store along the way where they bought breakfast and ate it in the taxi. When they noticed that each room in the Moegi House had a fireplace, they asked whether it gets cold here, and I answered that compared to their home region, it is much colder there. Since there were sake barrels placed at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, I mentioned the sake brewery museum we would visit later and explained the relationship between Shinto and sake. They were delighted by the beauty of Nunobiki Falls as seen from the ropeway. They said the exhibits at the Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum were wonderful and were very pleased, which made me glad.

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Tour Report by Yuko

Hello, I’m Yuko, a nationally licensed tour guide in Japan.
My passion for guiding began in my twenties, and was deepened by the eight years I spent in New York, where I studied art criticism and volunteered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. These experiences taught me the joy of cultural exchange and the value of warm hospitality. I love solo travel, art history – especially the Renaissance – and the Japanese tea ceremony, which I’ve studied under the Urasenke school. Wearing kimono and practicing tea ceremony brings me peace and mindfulness that I enjoy sharing with visitors.
I look forward to being your bridge to Japan’s culture, history and traditions.