Contact Your Japan Private Tours & Specialty Services for professional English / Spanish private tours and tour guide services everywhere in Japan (the greater Tokyo, Kyoto area, Takayama, Hiroshima, etc.)


Your Japan Private Tours & Specialty Services has been offering tailor-made private tours and travel services/consulting for the Kyoto, Tokyo area, and other popular locations in Japan for nearly 20 years.

Our private tours are competitively priced ( tour rates). And we offer quick, reliable service, even at the last moment.

Let us know how we can make your time in Japan perfect from start to finish: email us today!

We focus on giving our clients the very best regardless if it is their first time to Japan or their tenth. Every trip is a one-time chance to get it right.

The considerable communication problems and cultural barriers foreigners face in Japan usually results in a steep learning curve: i.e. a lot of precious time wasted and considerable frustration. Our tailor-made private tours and travel services/expertise for the greater Kyoto, Tokyo area and other popular Japan destinations make sure that you get the value, convenience and attention you need to have a wonderful time in Japan.

Based on nearly 20 years of travel experience in Japan, high-level Japanese skills and a great love of Japan, the Canadian director of Your Japan Private Tours & Specialty Services, Ian Ropke, and his personally selected team provide clients interested in traveling or doing business in Japan with a wide range of luxury & specialty services.

Previous Your Japan Private Tour clients include executives of BAE Systems (formerly known as British Aerospace; we coordinate their annual Japan cultural seminars), Volvo, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Fannie Mae, Prudential Financial (private tours for their 2004 board meeting in Japan), the Oklahoma City Rotary Club, and countless affluent individuals and families. Click on the following link to see a list of recent testimonials.

Enquiries

If you haven't arrived in Japan yet, we recommend that you email us and let us know the particulars of your trip (transportation & food preferences, do you like to walk a little or a lot, etc.). If you would like to discuss your trip on the phone, we would be more than happy to call you (free of charge) after we have received some information from you by email.

Email enquiries

To send us an email, click here please (japanprivatetours AT gmail DOT com )

If you are in a hurry or already in Japan, please email my cell phone (Ian Ropke, Director, Your Japan Private Tours & Specialty Services) or telephone me directly. If I am unable to answer the phone, please leave a message with your contact information and I will call you right back.

Cell phone email enquiries

For quick cell phone email (let us know your telephone # and dates of interest and we will call you right back) click here (iropke AT ezweb DOT ne DOT jp )

Telephone enquiries

NOTE: If you are connected to my answering machine you WILL HEAR JAPANESE. Simply wait for my voice and then the beep and then leave your message.

From outside of Japan: 81-90-5642-4724;
From inside Japan: 090-5642-4724).

Get the best personalized international service you can in Japan: contact Your Japan Private Tours & Specialty Services today!!!

Tokyo private tours with bilingual guides

We offer high-value customized private tours of Tokyo and the surrounding area with the guidance of our trained bilingual tour guides. In addition to guided tours of Tokyo's best attractions, including the very traditional and the supremely modern, we also offer our clients the chance to experience the world's biggest fish market at dawn, as well as fascinating side trips just beyond the metropolis (Nikko, Hakone, Machiko, hiking). Looking for a truly traditional setting to experience Japanese tea ceremony? We know just the place. We also have an excellent list of restaurant recommendations.

Kyoto private tours and private guides

Our private tours of Kyoto offer the visitor some of the most exotic scenes in the world. This is especially true if you know how to get off the beaten track. We do! Let our trained private tour guides show you the wonders of ancient Japan. Have a relaxing, fascinating time in Japan. Let Your Japan Private Tours take care of all your needs. If this is your first trip to Kyoto (or Japan, for that matter), then the experienced, guided assistance we provide will surely result in the perfect trip. Our unique Kyoto tours (full day and half day) introduce the visitor to a selection of well-known sights (a number of which you will not find i guide books) as well as a rich texture of backstreet and off-the-beaten track views of ancient, always mysterious Kyoto. Similar tours of Nara (for which a whole day is required) are also available. We are also more than happy to suggest off-the-beaten track restaurants and bars, so that you can have a really Japanese experience!

If you're looking for a memorable, effortless experience in Kyoto and the surrounding area, then we will make sure you have a fabulous time in the Old Captital. We feel that the quality and attention to detail we provide is, for lack of a better word, priceless.

For detailed information on what's on in Kyoto, visit the Kyoto Visitor's Guide homepage click here.

Nara private tours with bilingual guides

Our private tours of Nara will take you to Horyuji Temple, where you can see the wonders of the world's oldest wooden buildings (built nearly 1,400 years ago!), and Nara Park. In Nara Park you will see Todaiji Temple and its immense bronze Buddha, Kasuga Grand Shrine, Kofukuji Temple, and stroll past a number of fine scenes from the Nara period (694-794). If you come to Kyoto, then you should also plan on seeing the timeless attractions of Nara. Nara generally requires a full day. It is about 40 min. by train from JR Kyoto Station. Driving to Nara in a hired car is not recommended as it can take much longer than the train to arrive.

More information about our services

Our guided private tours of Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Takayama, etc. are a great way to see these cities without worrying about language problems. Our services are easy to use and very convenient. We have trained, professional tour guides in most major centers.

Our private tours of Tokyo, Kyoto, Hakone, Nara, Takayama, etc. are designed to make sure that you see the best of each city without wasting a lot of time in traffic. We will advise you on the best route to take with your guide. If you have things that you want to see, we will help you to combine them into a smooth experience. We also provide personalized transportation services, restaurant recommendations/reservations, as well as unique opportunities for special local experiences (night walks, shopping, handicrafts).

Every trip is a one-time chance to get it right. Contact us today!

Private tours with bilingual guides of Kyoto, Tokyo, Nara

Our private tours of Kyoto, Tokyo, Nara and other popular locations in Japan will mean more quality for you and less time wasted. Every trip is a one-time chance to get it right. That's what our Kyoto, Tokyo private tours do for you. Why waste time? Contact us today! Free telephone consultations can be arranged. Based on 17 years of travel experience in Japan, high-level Japanese skills and a great love of Japan, the Canadian director of Your Japan Private Tours, Ian Ropke, and his personally selected team provide clients interested in traveling or doing business in Japan a wide range of services.

Previous Your Japan Private Tour clients include executives of BAE Systems (formerly known as British Aerospace; we coordinate their annual Japan seminars), Hewlett Packard, Fannie Mae, Prudential Financial (2004 board meeting in Japan), the Oklahoma City Rotary Club, and countless affluent individuals and families.

Tokyo private tours with bilingual guides

We offer high-value customized private tours of Tokyo and the surrounding area with the guidance of our trained bilingual tour guides. In addition to guided tours of Tokyo's best attractions, including the very traditional and the supremely modern, we also offer our clients the chance to experience the world's biggest fish market at dawn, as well as fascinating side trips just beyond the metropolis (Nikko, Hakone, Machiko, hiking). Looking for a truly traditional setting to experience Japanese tea ceremony? We know just the place. We also have an excellent list of restaurant recommendations.

Kyoto private tours and private guides

Our private tours of Kyoto offer the visitor some of the most exotic scenes in the world. This is especially true if you know how to get off the beaten track. We do! Let our trained private tour guides show you the wonders of ancient Japan. Have a relaxing, fascinating time in Japan. Let Your Japan Private Tours take care of all your needs. If this is your first trip to Kyoto (or Japan, for that matter), then the experienced, guided assistance we provide will surely result in the perfect trip. Our unique Kyoto tours (full day and half day) introduce the visitor to a selection of well-known sights (a number of which you will not find i guide books) as well as a rich texture of backstreet and off-the-beaten track views of ancient, always mysterious Kyoto. Similar tours of Nara (for which a whole day is required) are also available. We are also more than happy to suggest off-the-beaten track restaurants and bars, so that you can have a really Japanese experience!

If you're looking for a memorable, effortless experience in Kyoto and the surrounding area, then we will make sure you have a fabulous time in the Old Captital. We feel that the quality and attention to detail we provide is, for lack of a better word, priceless.

For enquiries or reservations for our private tours of Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, please click here to enter our Japan site. For detailed up-to-date monthly information on what's on in Kyoto click here.to enter the Kyoto Visitor's Guide homepage.