Fukui Tour Guides Association consists of eleven national licensed tour guides, and seven English-speaking guides will be able to do your guiding work.
Please check out below and be sure to help you choose who your travel guide should be.
| Mitsuko (English) Female | |
| Field of Expertise | FIT, Group through tour, Experieces (zen, tea ceremony, sake tasting, soba making, paper making) |
| Areas Covered | In and around Fukui, Takayama-Shirakawago-Kanazawa, Golden route |
| Guiding Experience | Fukui（Eiheiji, Lacquer/Paper/Knives/Pottery Villages, Five Lakes etc.), Takayama-Shirakawago-Kanazawa, Tokyo-Mt.Fuji-Matsumoto-Kyoto-Hiroshima |
| Interests & Hobbies | Curator certificate (Japanese art history, craft), practice tea ceremony, visiting museums, gardens and tea rooms, making pottery |
| Kumiko (English) Female | |
| Fields of Expertise | Eiheiji Temple Traditional crafts (Echizen knife, Paper, Pottary) Japanese food, Sake |
| Areas Covered | Fukui and Ishikawa Prefectures |
| Guiding Experience | Eiheiji temple stay, Obama city tour, etc |
| Interests & Hobbies | Restaurant tour, Horseback riding, and Sake and wine tasting |
| Yuriko (English) Female | |
| Fields of Expertise | Eiheiji Temple |
| Areas Covered | Fukui |
| Guiding Experience | Eiheiji, Paper village, Knife village, Lacquerware village, Pottery village, Tojinbo cliff, Yokokan, Ichijodani ruins Factory tour, Business discussion |
| Interests & Hobbies | Wellness, Zen, Spa, Soba |
| Asako (English) Female | |
| Fields of Expertise | Shrines and Temples, Traditional Culture, History, Japanese Cuisine, Education |
| Areas Covered | ・Fukui (Fukui Castle Ruins, Yokokan Garden, Eiheiji Temple, Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins, Fukui Dinosaur Museum, etc.) ・Kanazawa (Ninja Temple, Kanazawa Castle Park, Kenrokuen Garden, Higashi Chaya District, Omicho Market, etc.) |
| Guiding Experience | Experienced |
| Interests & Hobbies | Traveling, Visiting Shrines and Temples, Gardening, Watercolor Painting, Haiku Composition Learning about Japanese Traditions and Culture |
| Masahiro (English) Male | |
| Fields of Expertise | Local information on Fukui Prefecture and historical background and cultural/religious considerations of tourist attractions. (but still developing) |
| Areas Covered | Fukui Prefecture |
| Guiding Experience | Tsuruga-Katsuyama (by bus: Takefu Chrysanthemum Doll Festival and Katsuyama Dinosaur Museum) ,etc |
| Interests & Hobbies | Japanese history and historical novels, especially at Bakumatsu (the end of the Edo period) Japanese light novels, animes, and contemporary fictions |
| Taka (English) Male | |
| Fields of Expertise | FIT, Japanese food culture exploration (including sushi), Experiential tours such as cycling, low mountain hiking, Zen meditation, pottery and soba noodle making |
| Areas Covered | Fukui Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture |
| Guiding Experience | Various tourist destinations in Fukui and Ishikawa Prefectures, Factory tours, Business meetings |
| Interests & Hobbies | Cooking(inc. Sushi) & exploring local cuisine, Golfing, Traveling, Reading |
| Tomonori (English) Male | |
| Fields of Expertise | Japanese History, Regional studies, Agricultures, and Economics |
| Areas Covered | Hokuriku Region (Fukui, Ishikawa, and Toyama) Shirakawa-go, Takayama |
| Guiding Experience | Various sightseeing tours in Fukui Cruise ship excursions departing from Tsuruga Port, Kanazawa Port, Fushiki Toyama Port, etc Other guided tours in Kanazawa, Kyoto, Himeji, etc |
| Interests & Hobbies | Traveling, Driving, Karaoke |