Explore Japan with your travel planner and private guide
Highly experienced tour guides that we work together to make sure your very best experience in Japan.
A good local guide will open up the experience for you in a way that group tours can’t and so you will not miss a thing.
They have the ability to help you experience special memories, just like traveling with a local friend.
Our private guides are all bilingual/trilingual and have live in Japan for quite a while.
You will only start to understand Japan with a guide who is someone who has lived in Japan with different experiences that they will surely share with you, both as a foreigner and a local part of the community.
It’s really great to experience Japan through the eyes of knowledgeable locals.
We are here to help and support your stress-free tours.
Who We Are
Awesome Japan is a team of Japan travel journalists, travel photographers, hikers and outdoor geeks, food lovers, travel consultants and explorers living in Japan for a decade and more!
Awesome Japan is produced by O-Some LLC, a registered company based in Yokohama, Kanagawa. The company’s main objective is to be a bridge and share both awesome cultures of Japan and other countries.
What We Do
Awesome Travel Consultant
We recommend beautiful hotels and ryokans, amazing food deals, off the beaten paths away from most tourists visited areas, farm stay experiences, language programs, amazing activities (from mountains to the sea and rivers), latest festivals that you can even join! To make it short, we provide all the knowledge and help you make your itinerary and stay in Japan memorable.
Via Zoom Meeting: 5,000yen ($50) / Hour (An hour of meeting is enough to give you all the informations that you need for your itinerary. Please note that we do not make bookings, but we can guide you.)
Private Tour Experience
We offer private guided tours to authentic Japanese experiences to make your stay in Japan much memorable. From cultural experiences such as Tea Ceremony, Wagashi making, indigo dying, soba making to local street and izakaya food experience, to hiking mountains and exploring natures to experiencing farm stays to study Japanese in a unique way, to join festivals as a local, to study making sake and much more!
Prices varies depending of the experience plan, please check our Experience page.
(Please note that we do not make hotel bookings, transportation tickets, tourist attraction or theme park tickets and travel insurances as we are not a travel agency, but we can guide you help you get the best fare.)
Awesome Travel Guide
A private guide that will help you explore the city and countryside! By train, by air, by ship, by car, we will be there for you, just like your awesome friend.
Tour only: 6,000yen ($60) / Hour (Minimum 2 hours)
Tour + Ride: 30,000yen ($300) / 8 Hours + car type fee (Fuel, toll and parking fees not included)
*Outside Tokyo/Kanagawa, an additional cost will be added.
Awesome Photographer
Need a photographer to take photos of your stay? Are you a production company who is looking for a local fixer/producer in Japan? We got you covered!
Price starts at 44,000yen ($440) / Hour (2 hours), 50 photos
*Outside Tokyo/Kanagawa, an additional cost will be added.