MIKI

Hello! I’m Mikiko Horikiri from Kagoshima, Japan. Please call me Miki.
From my 10-year experience as an international guide, I feel that prefectures in Kyushu are related to each another very deeply in history, culture and nature. So, it can be told as one overall story to visitors.
At the same time, I think that it is very important to make the experience as personalized as possible, as this can lead to high satisfaction with customers. I love listening to my customers very much, because I can get to know the person deeply from our conversation and there are many hints which tell what kind of things they are actually interested in and desire to do during the tour.
On one past occasion, I took my customers to a green tea farm to experience brewing a tasty green tea by themselves. When we visited the farm and were listening to the story about how to grow the tea trees from the owner, I found that they were interested in local agriculture very much. So, I asked the owner to explain about the climate, topography, and soil that is unique to the place and how those traits affect the taste and aroma of the green tea there. At the end of the tour, my customers were very satisfied with it and bought many packs of tea leaves there. Furthermore, after returning to their country, the leader of the group, an owner of a music company, made a song about green tea and sent us the CDs of this song.
I love Kyushu very much, and I love international travelers to have a wonderful and unforgettable experience here. This opportunity is exactly the one I’d love to have.