Hokkaido in Half a Day: Tour Nijo Market — Guide Hiroko

What's a Private Sapporo Tour Like? A Licensed Guide's Report on Hokkaido Jingu, a Knife Shop, and Otaru

The guests were a group visiting Hokkaido for the first time from Europe. They had visited Japan two years earlier, when they experienced a pilgrimage in Shikoku and traveled to Kyoto. One of the guests had studied Japanese at university and had planned to come to Japan as an exchange student, but was unable to do so, and is a great fan of Japan. Their Japanese was excellent, another of the guests loved Japanese manga, and one more knew a little Japanese as well.

Because the guests were interested in old and traditional things in Japan, they were very pleased to visit Hokkaido Jingu.

They did not seem particularly interested in food, so we skipped lunch.

They were heading to Otaru next, so I explained how to get there and shared some sightseeing tips for Otaru.

One of the guests wanted to buy a Japanese knife that had been requested, so I took the group to a knife shop, where they purchased a santoku knife and a nakiri knife.

They were also interested in Ainu culture and mentioned that they were planning to visit a museum.

The guests were very much looking forward to experiencing an onsen and riding the Shinkansen.

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Tour Report by Hiroko

Hello I’m Hiroko.
I started tour guide in 2017. I work not only in Hokkaido but also in Honshu area.
Last year
Freelance tour guide-operates over 120 days of operation.
8 times of long -term escort tour in Hokkaido. 4 times of 8-10days in Honshu.
12 times of Cruise guests’ one day excursions in Hokkaido and Tohoku. I love my job.
Until then I’ve worked as a short-term study abroad coordinator of an English language School in Japan and Canada.
I was born and brought up in Sapporo, I’m good at skiing.
I majored Japanese history at college in Tokyo. I like Calligraphy.
Let’s enjoy the tour together!