{"id":85,"date":"2022-10-10T08:54:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T23:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuitourguides.org\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2025-03-22T14:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T05:55:34","slug":"travelguide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fukuitourguides.org\/en\/travelguide\/","title":{"rendered":"Our guide members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fukui Tour Guides Association consists of eleven national licensed tour guides, and seven English-speaking guides will be able to do your guiding work.<\/p>\n<p>Please check out below and be sure to help you choose who your travel guide should be.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table is-scroll-on-mobile\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"background-color:#8ed1fc\"><strong>Mitsuko <\/strong>(English)\u3000Female<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Field of Expertise<\/td><td>FIT, Group through tour, Experieces (zen, tea ceremony, sake tasting, soba making, paper making)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Areas Covered<\/td><td>In and around Fukui, <br>Takayama-Shirakawago-Kanazawa, Golden route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Guiding Experience<\/td><td>Fukui\uff08Eiheiji, Lacquer\/Paper\/Knives\/Pottery Villages, Five Lakes etc.), <br>Takayama-Shirakawago-Kanazawa,<br>Tokyo-Mt.Fuji-Matsumoto-Kyoto-Hiroshima<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Interests &amp; Hobbies<\/td><td>Curator certificate (Japanese art history, craft), practice tea ceremony, visiting museums, gardens and tea&nbsp;rooms, making pottery<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table is-scroll-on-mobile\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"background-color:#8ed1fc\"><strong>Kumiko <\/strong>(English)\u3000Female<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Fields of Expertise<\/td><td>Eiheiji Temple <br>Traditional crafts (Echizen knife, Paper, Pottary)<br>Japanese food, Sake<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Areas Covered<\/td><td>Fukui and Ishikawa Prefectures<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Guiding Experience<\/td><td>Eiheiji temple stay, Obama city tour, etc<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Interests &amp; Hobbies<\/td><td>Restaurant tour, Horseback riding, and Sake and wine tasting<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table is-scroll-on-mobile\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"background-color:#8ed1fc\"><strong>Yuriko<\/strong> (English)\u3000Female<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Fields of Expertise<\/td><td>Eiheiji Temple<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Areas Covered<\/td><td>Fukui<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Guiding Experience<\/td><td>Eiheiji, Paper village, Knife village, Lacquerware  village, Pottery village, Tojinbo cliff, Yokokan, Ichijodani ruins<br>Factory tour, Business discussion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Interests &amp; Hobbies<\/td><td>Wellness, Zen, Spa, Soba<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table is-scroll-on-mobile\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"background-color:#8ed1fc\"><strong>Asako <\/strong>(English)\u3000Female<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Fields of Expertise<\/td><td>Shrines and Temples, Traditional Culture, History, Japanese Cuisine, Education<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Areas Covered<\/td><td>\u30fbFukui (Fukui Castle Ruins, Yokokan Garden, Eiheiji Temple, Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins, Fukui Dinosaur Museum, etc.)<br>\u30fbKanazawa (Ninja Temple, Kanazawa Castle Park, Kenrokuen Garden, Higashi Chaya District, Omicho Market, etc.)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Guiding Experience<\/td><td>Experienced<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Interests &amp; Hobbies<\/td><td>Traveling, Visiting Shrines and Temples,\u3000Gardening, Watercolor Painting, Haiku Composition<br>Learning\u00a0about Japanese Traditions and Culture<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table is-scroll-on-mobile\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"background-color:#8ed1fc\"><strong>Masahiro<\/strong> (English)\u3000Male<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Fields of Expertise<\/td><td>Local information on Fukui Prefecture and historical background and cultural\/religious considerations of tourist attractions. (but still developing)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Areas Covered<\/td><td>Fukui Prefecture<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Guiding Experience<\/td><td>Tsuruga-Katsuyama (by bus: Takefu Chrysanthemum Doll Festival and Katsuyama Dinosaur Museum) ,etc<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Interests &amp; Hobbies<\/td><td>Japanese history and historical novels, especially at Bakumatsu (the end of the Edo period)<br>Japanese light novels, animes, and contemporary fictions<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table is-scroll-on-mobile\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"background-color:#8ed1fc\"><strong>Taka<\/strong> (English)\u3000Male<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Fields of Expertise<\/td><td>FIT, Japanese food culture exploration (including sushi), Experiential tours such as cycling, low mountain hiking, Zen meditation, pottery and soba noodle making<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Areas Covered<\/td><td>Fukui Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Guiding Experience<\/td><td>Various tourist destinations in Fukui and Ishikawa Prefectures, Factory tours, Business meetings<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Interests &amp; Hobbies<\/td><td>Cooking(inc. Sushi) &amp; exploring local cuisine, Golfing, Traveling, Reading<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table is-scroll-on-mobile\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"background-color:#8ed1fc\"><strong>Tomonori<\/strong> (English)\u3000Male<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Fields of Expertise<\/td><td>Japanese History, Regional studies, Agricultures, and Economics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Areas Covered<\/td><td>Hokuriku Region (Fukui, Ishikawa, and Toyama)<br>Shirakawa-go, Takayama<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Guiding Experience<\/td><td>Various sightseeing tours in Fukui<br>Cruise ship excursions departing from Tsuruga Port, Kanazawa Port, Fushiki Toyama Port, etc<br>Other guided tours in Kanazawa, Kyoto, Himeji, etc<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"background-color:#e5f3fd\">Interests &amp; Hobbies<\/td><td>Traveling, Driving, Karaoke<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukui Tour Guides Associa &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"http:\/\/fukuitourguides.org\/?page_id=55","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","en-US"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fukuitourguides.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fukuitourguides.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fukuitourguides.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fukuitourguides.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fukuitourguides.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/fukuitourguides.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":908,"href":"https:\/\/fukuitourguides.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fukuitourguides.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}