- City of Kyoto Visitors Host -

Traditional art crafts tour:Gold leaf

Guest from Germany.
It was his 2nd time to come to Japan.So his aim it to dig Japan deeply.
So I decided to take him to the Traditional art crafts tour:Gold leaf.
Since many workshops will let visitors observe and ask questions.
I can provide translations in these situations to help illuminate the process.
He said it was really impressive to see the craftsmanship.

Guest from Israel.
Since it was the day of JIDAIMATSURI festival.
They wanted to see the parade.
But before that, we had a time so I took them to Nishimi Inari shrine and Sake factory.
Since they've been walking a lot during their stay, I tried my best not to let them walk a lot.
They wanted to enjoy the local restaurant, so I suggested one of my favorite place.

Studio visit and Sagano tour

Guest from NY and UK.
They're working at the filed of the art restoration.
So I took him to the art restoration studio then to the Sagano area to enjoy beauty of autumn in Kyoto.Since I carefully pick the perfect time and place, we could enjoy quiet and beautiful moment.Looking forward to seeing them again.

Family from Israel,
Since they're with baby, I tried to make few break time during the tour.
We went to Fushimi Inari shrine, Sake factory and Kiyomizu temple.
I was so happy to get questions about Japanese people's life and meaning of Shinto shrine and perspective of the religion.Great to hear they said they could understood Japan deeply.

Cloisonne lover tour

Guest from LA.
I took them to the cloisonne artist's studio and had a great time looking wonderful collection.My guest's dream is to have the cloisonne studio in her house.She was so moved with the artist's story.It was really impressive to interpret their serious conversation.
Great surprise for them that I took them to see the beautiful Arashiyama area and walk through the bamboo forest.