Guide #5431
Hello! My name is Tomie, an officially certified tour guide. I have been a house wife for a long time before I began to work as a guide. I like the tour so-called stop and smell the roses type one and through it I would like to share a lot of things Japanese such as food and cookings including traditional ones, daily and seasonal customs covered by New year's visit at temples and shrines, spring and autumn equinox, Christomas in Japan. Also I love to inform the historical background of Tea Ceremony and Flower arrengement mainly because I studied them for a long time before getting marriage. Also I hope to introduce various new and old trends related to our daily life through my tours. Now I live in Yokohama near Tokyo, but I was born and brought up at a rural country side in Hokkaido, northern part of Japan. I hope you enjoy the comparison not only between cities and villages in Japan but also Tokyo and Kyoto, both of which have very different and interesting historical and economic background. I am very happy if my tour works even a little to make each of you draw your own picture about Japan with your interest. I am looking forward to seeing you at my tours. * National licensed tour guide (English) * English STEP test Grade 1 * Authorized Tour Conductor * JGA (Japan Guide Association) guide Training course I don't have a commercial driver's license, so my tours are based on walking, using subway, train and taxi, depending on the tour you book.
Tokyo
Yokohama
Kamakura

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116 reviews

Great tour guide. Appreciated his knowledge and background for our tour. Customized for where we wanted to go. Thank You! Highly recommend.

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Dear Don-San, I am glad to know you had a good time with me(😉). I do appreciate your deep insight on Japan, also, made this tour much more interesting and could share with numerous topics during the tour. I hope you will enjoy every aspect in Japan. Please say hello your lovely wife. Tomie
Excellent walking tour of Yokohama. If you are looking for something different, especially for a personalized shore excursion, this is for you. Tomie is so knowledgeable, likable, warm, kind and flexible with the itinerary. We saw places no one else even thought of. As we walked thru the gardens there was a floral competition going on. The entries were so beautifully...

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Dear Mary, Thank you for your warm comment to my tour in Yokohama, it is appreciated. I also thanked to be given the wonderful guests like both of you, sharing with numerous topics of Japan and admiring a lot of flowers including roses, Yokohama's city flower, which were a little bit early to bloom, though during the tour. Again, I do appreciate your kind treat...
Fabulous guide. Tomie was so very flexible with our family needs!

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Hi Kathleen-San, I am so, so glad to help your visits in Yokohama, in which you had a lot of happy and unforgettable memories. I appreciate you gave me another aspect of Yokohama' s history. Please say hello to your family, and have a good time in Japan. With many thanks, Tomie
We had a wonderful time! Tomie made the day a delight with her excellent English and her deep knowledge of and love of Tokyo. The city is huge and travel can be slow, but her advance planning and experience using public transit got us to the chosen sights with time of spare. She was flexible enough to change venues quickly so that we could explore more of the city. ...

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Hi Robert, Thank you for your heartwarming words to my guiding. I also had an impressive time with both of you through a variety of topics. Please visit Japan again! Tomie