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-City of Kyoto Visitors Host-
Secretariat of the City of Kyoto Visitors Host
Kyoto City Tourism Association
Kyoto Asahi Kaikan 3F
427 Kawaramachi-dori Sanjo Ebisu-cho Nakagyo-ku Kyoto 604-8005
TEL +81-75-213-0070 FAX +81-75-213-1011
9:00〜17:00 weekdays only
mailto:visitorshost@kyokanko.or.jp

City of Kyoto Visitors Hosts have undergone special training and been certified by Kyoto City.

As of November 27, 2015—per the bill to amend part of the National Strategy Special Zones Act as well as the Special Zones for Structural Reform Act—Kyoto City has been certified as a special zone for structural reform under an exception in the Licensed Guide - Interpreters Act. The Kyoto Certified Interpreter Guide System was began following this certification.
City of Kyoto Visitors Hosts are required to attend basic training to learn the basic guide skills of the program as well as specialized training to learn the more involved charms of Kyoto, including traditional industries and cultural assets. Hosts are then required to pass an oral exam. Upon passing, they become licensed special interpretation guides with regional limitations. As such, guides are only allowed to provide interpretation guide services for a fee within Kyoto City.