Tour Guides and Staff

Meet the Japan Deluxe Tours Tour Guides & Staff. Our guides and travel specialists work tirelessly to provide our customers with the best Japan tour vacations and experiences possible!


All of our tour guides are licensed by the government, after passing certification exams administered by the Commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency and are registered with the relevant prefectures (ex: Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, etc.) for authorization to provide guided tours. These professionals can accompany you anywhere in Japan to provide accurate information about the sights & attractions you see during your tour/vacation.
Non-licensed guides caught performing guide/interpreter activities can face a fine up to 500,000 Yen.

Hiroko Ozaki

Hiroko Ozaki

One of Japan Deluxe Tour's top-rated tour guides, Hiroko is here to help make your vacation in Japan unforgettable. Her knowledge of Japan means you can travel worry free from Tokyo to Kyoto & beyond.

Hiro was knowledgable, enthusiastic, and helpful. Would highly recommend!

Hiroko is a charming, hard-working guide who did everything she could to please everyone and assist them to have a great experience in Japan. She has a very giving nature in sharing her personal insights to help us learn about Japan.

The guide went above and beyond to make sure everyone had an excellent experience. She was extremely knowledgable about everything and tried to accommodate everyone individually throughout the entire tour.

Hidesada Shimazaki

Hidesada Shimazaki

One of the most popular tour guides with Japan Deluxe Tours , Shimazaki Hidesada is a great guide with many positive reviews from our tour participants.

Tour guide Hide-san shared a lot of knowledge of the attractions as well as the general areas we visited. he was friendly and had a good sense of humor

Tour guide Mr. Hide Shimazaki was an excellent guide who was humorous, very knowledgeable, very helpful, kind, and a good speaker/teacher. We enjoyed his creative lessons on the long drives. Any tour group would be lucky to have him as a tour guide.

Our tour guide Hide-san is the BEST guide. He is very knowledgeable and friendly which made our tour of Japan so much more memorable.

Yayoi Niwa

Yayoi Niwa

Niwa-san is a real fan favorite, always looking to make sure our tour participants are fully satisfied. A quick Travel Tip from Japan Deluxe Tours: If there's a problem and Niwa-san is there, you have nothing to worry about!

Tour guide Niwa-san was cheerful and shared important information of sights. She was attentive to many various needs of the group.

We were always learning. I very much appreciated Niwa-san's commentary on and off the bus and her willingness to answer questions and accommodate us. Thank you Niwa-san.

She is very friendly, helpful, kind, she was especially thoughtful about wheelchair access for my mum in Takachiho.

Keigo Ninomiya

Keigo Ninomiya

Leading a tour is an art, and Ninomiya-san does it right. Enjoy the finest spots of Japan while learning about Japan's rich history and the local secrets with everyone's favorite guide: Ninomiya-san!

Our tour guide was perfect to teach us about every place we saw.

Our tour guide was such a great gentlemen who made every step of the trip a breeze.

Our tour guide was very helpful and informative at each site, providing us with interesting information about the sites.

Sachiko Tanaka

Sachiko Tanaka

Here to please, Sachiko-san's reviews speak for themselves. Highly rated & always thinking about the group, your tour can't go wrong with Tanaka-san as your tour guide!

To add, everything we saw was beautiful and made better by our wonderfully well-spoken tour guide Tanaka-san.

Our tour guide Sachiko-san is a wonderful guide! She was extremely helpful and knowledgeable. I am thankful and grateful to have had Sachiko-san with me on my Japanese adventure! Thank you very much for everything!

Our tour guide Chiko did a wonderful job giving us the history when we would visit each site. She was very knowledgeable which only made the trip better.

Hiroki Watanabe

Hiroki Watanabe

Nicknamed Rocky, expect the best when he's guiding your tour group or private tour through the top spots of Japan!

Our tour guide Hiroki was absolutely incredible. I was really happy with his tour. He was so friendly and patient. I hope you pay him a lot - you want to keep him working for you!

Enjoy our tour guide, very knowledgeable, helpful, flexible, patient. Overall, great job. Rocky was excellent the best sense of humor.

I really liked Rocky, he was very intelligent, easy to understand, and a very nice person.

Hisakazu Kato

Hisakazu Kato

If humor and local secrets are what you want, Kato-san is the perfect tour guide. Bringing a sense of humor and insider knowledge, there's no better guide in all Japan than Kato-san.

Very informative and helpful. I learned a lot about Japanese culture. Very friendly and helpful.

Provided a local perspective that we wouldn't have if we weren't on the tour. Did a great job tailoring the tour with small adjustments to make everyone have a great experience.

An amazing tour guide. Was very knowledgeable about the city and very helpful with translating or giving directions.

Hiroko Rokuhara

Hiroko Rokuhara

A long-time tour guide for Japan Deluxe Tours, Rokuhara-san knows the in's and out's of Tokyo & Kyoto to give your tour experience a bit of flair with local secrets and recommendations. Travel Japan with first-hand knowledge on the best spots to explore.

Excellent tour guide who looked after the whole tour group and was very knowledgeable.

Hiroko takes care of everyone in her group and makes sure everyone understands and gets the best experience in Japan. She treats everybody as family members.

I was very pleased with our guide who was very patient and informative.

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