Private tour in Tokyo Sachiko M
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Sachiko M.
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Hello! Konnichiwa! My name is Sachiko. I am a government licensed tour guide living in Sayama city near Tokyo and would love to show you all over my home country Japan. From the ever-popular tourist hot spots like Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, to the more unusual and rather unique local sites like Golden Gai in Shinjuku. Let me share personalized stories with you that will enhance your understanding of Japanese culture and its long history. I am a quite experienced tour guide. I have delivered tours for more than 1, 200 travel days since I received my license in 2006. I can create detailed customized tours, from single participant to large groups of 40 people. I will also be able to arrange a car, a van or a bus for your convenient transportation. I can build from a half day tour to a 2-week tour which is called "the golden route tour of Japan" . Please tell me all about your interests and the kind of places you would like to see. I am proud of my flexibility with scheduling to meet all of your needs, helping to make the most of your valuable time here. Before becoming a tour guide, I operated a language school in my place of residence for more than 15 years. I like to cook, visit art museums and do Japanese calligraphy. I also like to travel around the world and had great fun in many places which I visited. Because of my experience in intercultural business and my hobbies, I believe that I can meet all of your travel needs. I always enjoy meeting people and making new friends. Let's travel together! Certified Tour Guide since 2006 (Cert.#EN00362) Authorized Tour Conductor Membership: JGA (Japan Guide Association) & JFG (Japan Federation of Certified Guides)
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In this half-day tour, we will walk around the bustling Tsukiji Outer Fish Market in the morning and have one of Japan's most famous gourmet food experiences. You will actually get to make your own sushi at a classic and long-established sushi restaurant in Ueno. The main market was already transferred to Toyosu in the Tokyo Bay but the outer market still attracts many people. I plan to tell you all bout the history of how sushi became such a popular food and tell you some of my favorite choices. After our stroll, we will have a sushi cooking class given by a licensed sushi master, a professional chef of a famous sushi restaurant in Tokyo. Two types of sushi are ready to make - nigirizushi and roll sushi. You will never forget this amazing and unique experience in Japan!
We had a wonderful time with Sachiko San. She guided us through the subway stations, provided a wonderful tour of Tsukiji Fish Market and took us to a very popular sushi restaurant where a sushi master patiently gave us a lesson on the basics of sushi making. We visited a Shinto shrine on our way to the fish market and Sachiko San explained some Shinto precepts and explained shrines that we saw there. So grateful for her expertise and guidance.
Absolutely lovely guide, very patient and flexible with my sometimes chaotic family. We enjoyed our morning with her so much & will book her again next time we are in Tokyo. Thank you so much for this bright wonderful moment together!
We absolutely loved our tour guide Sachiko. Not only was she knowledgeable and helpful, she brought us a gift. I highly recommend this tour and especially Sachiko as a guide.
An amazing experience that could not have been replicated should we have tried to do this ourselves.
Had a nice stroll with Sachiko to the Outer Tsukiji Market. Do this if you want to try some food trip like eating fresh oysters, baked scallops and the famous tamago. Then we had a fun with the Sushi making class. Everyone, including the sushi chef spoke decent english and it was fun to follow how he made it. And the food tasted good as well.
Sachiko is a wonderful guide, who worked very hard to find special options available for cooking for us. She also pre arranged to have special dietary considerations made. She was patient and kind with questions about the fish market tour. She took time to point many interesting items at the market. We loved the tour!
9:00am Meet at your hotel 9:30am Stroll Tsukiji Outer Fish Market - there are about 400 shops originally for professional people such as fish-mongers, pickled vegetables, dried seafood, kitchen utensils, knives, etc. 10:30am Subway to the sushi restaurant in Ueno 11:00am A sushi-making class - two types of sushi you make; (1)nigirizushi - a slice of raw fish on a small oval-shaped ball of cooked rice (2)makizushi (sushi rolls) - sushi rice and ingredients wrapped with dried seaweed You eat the sushi you made for your lunch. 1:00pm End of your tour *Sushi-making is NOT available during the New Year Holidays (December 26 - January 8). *A sushi-making lesson costs 8,500JPY (approx. US$60) per person. *It is possible from more than two people.
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Subway, train, walking
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Hotel, train station
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