Y-O-U japan

Mt.fuji
Yama Oto Umi

OUR TEAM

  1. Tour guide

    Akira Sakamoto

    Akira Sakamoto
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    He was born in Himeji (world heritage castle city),and use to live in London in his 20s. His background is Interior designer ,he had worked in Swedish company IKEA for 12 years as a Visual Merchandiser. He traveled a lot when he was in Europe. He also love to see architecture buildings.

    Point of Interest
    Fashion, Food,Trend, Architecture, New place/city, Ghibli
    Favourite places in Japan
    Tokyo,Kyoto Kobe, Osaka, Tokyo Disney Resort, Universal Studio Japan
    Favourite foods in Japan
    Tarako, Daigaku Imo, Tonkatsu
    Recommended Tour
    Golden Route, Ghibli, Food/Gourmet
  2. Tour guide

    Takuma Ozawa

    Takuma Ozawa
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    He was born in Osaka (the second biggest city in Japan) and started to learn Spanish in college.He lived in Spain (Asturias region) for 2 years where he did his collage interchange program and took a masters degree in Linguistics and Spanish language.His main focus is being a Spanish translator, but has plenty of experience with English as well. He worked at international events like Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 and FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 as team liaison.

    Point of Interest
    Food, travel, history, music, learning foreign cultures & languages
    Favourite places in Japan
    Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Wakayama, Mie, Shiga, Ehime, Hiroshima, Takayama, Kanazawa, Kamakura
    Favourite foods in Japan
    Sushi, Yakitori, Soba, Udon, Hotpot
    Recommended Tour
    Food/Gourmet, deep culture/history, pop culture, local experiences, 70-80’s retro sites
    Languages
    English, Spanish, Basic Italian
  3. Tour guide

    Goro Yamamoto

    Goro Yamamoto
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    He graduated from university in U.S.A and had been living there many years. One of the reason why he came back to Japan is eating real Japanese food! Not only eating, he also loves cooking. Actually his parents owned their fish Izakaya(Japanese style pub). When he is not on tour, he often cook at home.

    Point of Interest
    Eating, Cooking, Betting
    Favourite places in Japan
    Racetrack, Shitamachi, Tsukishima
    Favourite foods in Japan
    Everything except bad tasting food
    Recommended Tour
    Food/Gourmet, Traditional culture
  4. Tour guide

    Yoko Kurihara

    Yoko Kurihara
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    She is deep into Japanese history, even she learned western literature in university. Her idol is Oda Nobunaga! She often goes to various places related to history, and sometimes joined the traditional festival wearing a Samurai's armors with riding on horse. She also has knowledge/experiences about Sadou(tea ceremony).

    Point of Interest
    History, Cosmetic
    Favourite places in Japan
    Kyoto, Hagi, Kofun(Japanese style tomb)
    Favourite foods in Japan
    Fugu(blow fish), Nabe(hot pot), Sweets
    Recommended Tour
    History, Sengoku, Bakumatsu, Traditional culture
  5. Tour guide

    Shigeo Oda

    S.O.
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    He is a Otaku(geek) guy but very gentleman. He likes to learn new things so his knowledgeis alway expanding in various fields.

    Point of Interest
    Anime, Manga, Movies
    Favourite places in Japan
    Izu peninsula, Sake factories, Kyoto
    Favourite foods in Japan
    Sushi, Soba, Sake
    Recommended Tour
    Subculture, Flower Arrangement
  6. Incoming Department Director, Tour guide

    Takuya Noga

    Takuya Noga
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    His previous career was an architect then he jumped into the Travel industry in 2018. After a few years of experience being on site as a guide, he found many similarities with the architects method and his new career as the profession. "Design" a tour for customers was the same procedure and it is Fun! Fortunately, he found his partners to start this travel agency in 2010.

    Point of Interest
    History(world and Japan), and Nature hiking(licenced Mt.Fuji guide)
    Favourite places in Japan
    Kyoto area, Hokuriku, and Mt.Fuji
    Favourite foods in Japan
    Local and Gourmet Food. And Sake!!
    Recommended Tour
    Hiking, Mt.Fuji, History, Food
  7. Managing Director

    Kyoko Matsubara

    Kyoko Matsubara
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    She began her carrier in tourism at a customer call center for a major travel company first, then complete turned to a tour leader to be more involved in actual travel, rather than just dealing on the phone and in the office. In 2010, together with colleagues, we established this travel agency in order to provide our ideal trips that we think of.

    Point of Interest
    Music(In particular, Heavy metal), Travel
    Favourite places in Japan
    Nachi&Kumano, Onsen(Hot springs)
    Favourite foods in Japan
    Steamed rice, fresh fishes, Japanese pickles
    Recommended Tour
    Art and musical ones