Guests can combine any of the following tourist destinations depending on their needs and tour time.
1) Himeji Castlea (magnificent fortress )
2) Engyo-ji temple (a unspoiled Buddhist sanctuary)
3) Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (the world's longest suspension bridge)
4) Japanese garden Kokoen (various type of Japanese gardens)
at your hotel or station
decide proper place depending on tour time
Guests can expect various patterns of combination choosing any of popular tourist spots in Himeji.
As Himeji Castle is a must-see spot and worth seeing recommanded way to enjoy your tour is to combine the castle with other spots depending on your time and interest.
With easier access from major cities like Kyoto, Osaka guests can enjoy full-day or half-day trip from those cities.
The followings are model tours combining Himeji Castle and other spots with estimated cost if the tour starts from and back to Osaka.
(A) Himeji Castle + Engyo-ji temple : round trip transportation cost-> 4500yen/adult , addmission fee -> 1500yen/adult
(B) Himeji Castle + Akashi Kaikyo Bridge : round trip transportation cost-> 3000yen/adult , addmission fee -> 1310yen/adult
If you want to add Kokoen garden to Himeji Castle the addtional fee is only 40yen !! by using its common ticket.
Pick up cost in Osaka, Kyoto city.
Transportation cost,entrance fee for each facility and meal costs for you and guide.
I can customize any private tour if you give me the information of your request in advance.
The tour guide fee does not include additional tour costs like transportation ,entrance fee for each facility and meal costs for you and guide.
As to entrance fee guide will be free of charge as a certificated guide at some facilites.
We booked Kenji for 3 days. 1 day in Nara and 2 days in Kyoto. He was extremely organized and knowledgeable of the area. He was willing to customize the tours for our specific requests. Most importantly, Kenji knew how to get around the cities, and the best lunch restaurants. Being foodies, our group was very happy with our experience with him. Recommend his tour highly! Mari
Mari-san, Thank you for your great review of my tours. I'm really glad that you liked my guiding and my lunch recommendation. I'm also glad that I could spend a wonderful time with you and your family. If you have any chance to visit Kyoto please let me know so that I can offer any tour to meet your needs. Arigatogozaimashita. Kenji
Very disappointing experience. Kenjis English is poor and he was absolutely not an enthousiastic guide. Not a lot of explanation and no interest in his guests. We stopped the tour earlier.
Igor-san, I appreciate that you gave me your honest review. I'm very sorry for you that I could not satisfy your expectation this time. I prepare many explanation materials for my guiding and use them while adjusting its volume and timing according to my guests' needs. I misunderstood your expectation this time and used less materials which may make you feel very disappointed. I'll improve my skill to catch guest's needs timely in early stage of tour so as to adjust my guiding more properly. Thank you again for your honest review. Kenji
Kenji was super nice and clearly explained each site he took is to. We would definitely like him to be our guide next time if he is available.
Sheryl-san, Thank your for your great review of our tour. I'm very happy that you liked my guiding and attractive sites we visited including some hidden spots. In Japan each season has its own charm. I look forward to your next chance to come to Japan. Arigatogozaimas Kenji
Kenji was amazing! He was very knowledgeable and provided a lot of great information about the places we went. He also booked us a spot to try our hand at traditional wood block painting which was really fun!
Susan-san, Thank you for your great review of our tour with nice photos. I'm very glad that you and your husband liked my guiding and could enjoy visiting fascinating spots and workshop of our traditional woodblock printing. Your finished products are perfect! Arigatogozaimashita. Kenji