Hiroki planned such an incredible tour through Nara. He organized a craft workshop where we made our own brushes with a master. It was amazing, he translated everything on the fly since the lady barely spoke any English. It would have been almost impossible to organize on our own, and it would have been very intimidating, although she was very nice. We then walked around a lot, went to many different places of interests, everything was timed perfectly. He does the tour to Nara a lot, so he has a lot of experiences on how to handle the deer feeding as well, which was greatly appreciated! Thank you for the great day Hiroki!
Ana guided us so well through all the interesting and also less crowded places in Kyoto. She planned everything so well, oftentimes we would see masses of people coming to places that we were just about to leave, so just in time. What I found really incredible is that she even go to the vegan place beforehard to try it out, just because she didn't want to go with us anywhere that she didn't know beforehand! Thank you so much for the amazing day Ana!
Akira picked us up at the hotel and we sat in the lobby to quickly evaluate our options, as the flea market we wanted to go to got cancelled. Very quickly he came up with a new plan to explore some more local neighbourhoods that felt much more like the real Tokyo compared to the neon sign areas. He guided us so well and all the transportation was so seamless, it was hard to reconcile in the evening all the areas we've been to. We had some of the best fruits we've ever had, amazing experiences at so many small shops that we would have never dared to go into alone, and at the end he even guided us to a ramen place that had incredible vegan ramen for my wife! Thank you Akira for that amazing day! :)
From the start Grant was very helpful. He created a bespoke trip for 4 of us based upon our suggestions. He kept in great contact and answered any of my questions from England virtually immediately. He collected us from our hotel and stayed with us for about 11 hours. We'd agreed to buy him lunch but he finished off by taking us to a restaurant where we also ended up buying him dinner. He was a great guide, very knowledgeable on a whole range of subjects and, being a US citizen who has been resident in Japan for 10 years, gave him the ability to help us compare western and Japanese cultures. He was very easy going and flexible as our itinerary was adjusted along the way when we saw different things. He was patient with various mishaps and myself, suffering from a hip problem. All in all a very good informative day and we would recommend Grant to others wanting a tour of Tokyo, but, particularly, to native English speakers.
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