Maya
Language(s)：English
Expertise ：Traditional industries
Fee ： 28,000 JPY／day(8hours)
15,000 JPY／half a day(4hours)
I love living in Kyoto and enjoy sharing local experiences, culture and places "off the beaten track" with visitors.
I've been in Mexico and Great Britain when I was a student. Also I traveled more than 40 times(19 countries).
As an avid traveler I love meeting people from around the world.
My tours offer unique local experiences, visiting historical areas and providing perspective on why Kyoto is such an attractive city!
My interests vary from classics to hipster, Chashitsu (tea room) to modern coffee shops, and Japanese rice wine to craft beer.
I'm also licensed in Tea ceremony and Japanese flower arrangement. Besides working as a licences guide at KVH, I work in the tea ceremony workshop for foreign visitors.
I can give you the best itinerary according to your schedule, budget and requests.
Please feel free to ask me.
I look forward to meeting you and showing you around!
[Note]
The fee includes...
・my guiding・consulting・planing the original and unique itinerary just for you・arrangement fee
(reservations or researches that you need in Kyoto).
Performance
According their requests,I made an itinerary with famous sites and unique food experiences.They enjoyed the history and culture through visiting temples,tasting a variety of unique food,feeding lovely monkeys and attending an authentic tea ceremony workshop. We were luckey to be able to see a Geiko and music performances of Gion festival in Yasaka-shrine.
We spend half day visiting highlights of Kyoto include two different types of budhism temples(Esoteric and Zen budhism) to understand the history and background of budhism in Japan.
Also we enjoy strolling Higashiyama and Gion Maiko District where still has the scenery reminiscent of the old days.We were lukey to be able see Maiko.
They enjoyed learning the history and the background of the ceremony.
I think the tea ceremony is one of the best way to feel the Japanese cultures and hospitality.
Also visiting the workshops of traditional crafts include tea utensils or of making Japanese confectionery are available in my tours. Please feel free to ask me.