- City of Kyoto Visitors Host -

Julien Savadoux
2026-02-10    
We are professional tour guides based in Paris.
We came to Japan to attend an international guides’ conference in Fukuoka and chose to spend several days in the Kansai region beforehand.

For two days of guided visits in Nara and Kyoto, we worked with Masayo-san. From our very first exchanges, Masayo-san was highly responsive, attentive, and a pleasure to communicate with. She clearly understood our expectations and designed a well-structured program, enriched with very thoughtful suggestions.

Thanks to Masayo-san, we enjoyed two truly memorable days. In Kyoto in particular, we experienced a genuine immersion during Setsubun, moving between temples, shrines, local neighborhoods and everyday Japanese life, deeply authentic experience that would not have been possible without Masayo-san.

We sincerely thank Masayo-san for the quality of her guidance, her attentiveness and her warm humanity, and we very much hope to work with her again on future trips to Japan.

Karine and Julien

Merrie Hupp
2025-12-08    
We spent a day and a half in Kyoto with Masayo. She was wonderful! We visited Sanjusangendo Temple, Fushimi Inari Shrine and the Gion area on our first day with her. The second day, she took us to Arashiyama, Golden Pavillion and Nijo Castle. These are incredible sites and Masayo was very knowledgeable about each place. She gave us the history and shared the Japanese culture as it pertained to the various locations. And finally, she went out of her way to find a restaurant for lunch that served Katsudon as I had requested. It was delicious! Masayo’s love for Japan and specifically for Kyoto was obvious. We were thrilled to have found her. Our time with her will remain our best memories of our visit to Kyoto!

Alexander Angelides
2025-09-22    
Masayo was a joy to be around with our group. She helped create an agenda for our time in kyoto and ensures places we visited were along the paths we were walking or driving to. She was very knowledgeable and will ensure your needs are met. Masayo was very flexible to work around our schedules in case of any sudden changes.

Evan
2025-09-22    
Masayo was an absolutely delightful tour guide for our large group in Kyoto! Each day, she came prepared with multiple routes in case we encountered inclement weather or in case we were too tired to walk the entire route. She was very prepared and had great presentations for us showing us the history of each location we visited. Masayo is was an absolute pleasure to hang out with, was extremely informative, and had very positive energy and a great sense of humor. I highly recommend her as a tour guide. However, if you book her, please get her to join you in singing karaoke!

Adrian, Switzerland
2025-09-17    
Masayo was a wonderful guide — a perfect balance of history, culture and storytelling. She was very well prepared and introduced me to some amazing places in her hometown. Her English is excellent, which made everything easy to follow and enjoyable. I can highly recommend her!