This is a private guided tour report by Japan Guide Agency (JGA Inc.), a network of 1,000+ government-licensed, English-speaking local guides across all 47 prefectures of Japan. Not affiliated with the Japan Guide Association.

Tour Itinerary

  • Hotel Pick up 9:00
  • To Fushimiinari 9:10-9:25
  • At Fushimiinari 9:30-10:20
  • To Uji Byodoin 10:30-11:10
  • At Byodoin 11:15-12:10
  • To Arashiyama 12:15-12:50
  • At Arashiyama 12:55-14:25
  • (Bamboo forest,Nonomiya shrine,Somekobo Yumeyusai)
  • Return to the hotel 14:30-15:00

Title: What Is a Private One-Day Kyoto Tour Like for Senior Guests? A Licensed Guide's Report

The guests were a group visiting from Europe. The booking and correspondence were handled by a member of the group who was staying in Tokyo, who let me know in advance that the rest of the group would be joining the tour. The entire itinerary had been arranged in advance by that person. I considered mentioning that some destinations were a bit far and that the autumn foliage had not yet begun, but since the guests wished to follow the planned itinerary, we visited Fushimi Inari, Byodo-in, and Arashiyama as scheduled. One of the guests, though of advanced years, was quite fit and walked well. As the group generally preferred a relaxed pace, it was nice to be able to visit calm and quiet places such as Byodo-in and Yusai-tei in Arashiyama at a leisurely pace. Since the guests planned to attend a tea ceremony the following day, on the way back to the Hotel I took a route that passed by the location so they could confirm where it was.

Hi, every one. How have you been? I am JGA tour guide Kazu. It is my great pleasure that I can introduce myself here. I am already more than 70 years old, but I believe I am still young both mentally and physically. I like walking with my customers very much. I am from Tokyo, but now

I live in Kyoto traditional city and an old capital of Japan. I had worked at electric manufacturing company for more than 40 years. While I was working at that company, fortunately I had a lot of chances to visit many foreign countries.

I lived in Singapore, Malaysia, Poland and Mexico. Also I visited America, Britain, and other countries. Basically I used English to proceed my job there, however I always tried to speak local languages as much as possible. Through staying other countries, I found that there were great differences of the culture or the way of thinking between those countries and Japan. I though I had a valuable experience. After I retired from the company 5 years ago, I began to work as a tour guide although I got the National English tour guide license 7 years ago. Besides English I speak Spanish but I don’t have Spanish tour guide license yet. I belong to the comany JGA and worked around 10 days a month. So far I accompanied with mu customers more than 100 groups. All of my tour was good and lucky as I was always favored with gentle and kind customers.

My hobby is playing the guitar, dancing and learning foreign languages. I sometimes join the concert by playing the guitar, and it is fun for me. Though I like dancing, I can not dance well. I only enjoy dancing here in Japan.

About the tour in Japan, I usually take my tourists to the famous spots in Kyoto like Kinkakuji, Kiyomizu dera, Fushimi inari, Gion area,Nishiki market and Arashiyama area. In Arashiyama area we often visit Bamboo forest,Nonomiya shrine,Togetsukyou bridge and Kimono forest. I will cope with my customers demands as much as possible so that I try to visit any places up to your requests.

I welcome a lot for your coming to Japan. and if possible I would like to help you to visit various kind of spots in Japan especially in Kyoto. JGA is very flexible company so that I have a confidence that you will be satisfied with our attitude and hospitality. I am glad that many of my customers told that it was so nice to travel around Japan. We will and I will expect you come down to Japan any time and we are ready to help your memorable trip in Japan. I can not wait!

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