TADATADA

• Japanese
• English

Hi, thank you for finding me! I offer fun tours of Fukushima Prefecture, bested on Iwaki City, which is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. Iwaki city is sometimes called "the Hawaii in Tohoku. Region".
I love meeting new friends from the world, and always try to enjoy tour together with my own experiences of traveling to over 50 countries.
Let's go on adventures together, and learn together!
Also I operate a traditional old folk farm guesthouse and authentic local Japanese restaurant without additive and MSG, so I can show you them, too.
Please feel free to ask me anything! I hope to see you soon.

• Japanese Culture
• Reconstruction-related
• Agriculture
• Food Culture
• Snow Activity

• Regional Interpreter Guides

• Coastal Area
• Central Area
• Aizu Area
• All areas of Fukushima Prefecture

Koji NIHEI二瓶　浩治

• English
• Japanese

　　I would be happy to provide a tour that is as close as possible to each guest’s wishes.
　　My tours focus mainly on sightseeing in Fukushima, where you can enjoy the beauty of Japan while tasting delicious Japanese food and excellent sake.　I hope my guests will fully experience the charm of Japan and feel inspired to visit again and again.
　　I can also provide transportation by car for up to four guests from Koriyama Station or Fukushima Airport to your destination.
　　Whether you would like guidance for your entire trip, or just for part of your itinerary—such as dining or sightseeing—please feel free to contact me and discuss your plans.

• Japanese Culture
• History・Samurai
• Food Culture

• Nationwide Interpreter Guides

• Coastal Area
• Central Area
• Aizu Area
• All areas of Fukushima Prefecture

高田　富士子

• English
• Japanese

I'd like to introduce the unknown but attractive spots in Fukushima Prefecture. As I’m a volunteer guide in The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum, I can introduce bonsai trees in Fukushima Prefecture. I can also introduce Japan Heritage “The single canal that opened up the future” clearly.

• Nationwide Interpreter Guides

Kazuko Yoshida吉田　和子

• English

• Regional Interpreter Guides

MIYAZAWA Yasuhiko宮澤　泰彦

• English
• Japanese

Wishing to support you as a casual personal guide interpreter. Starting from a high-school English teacher, I've long worked for a National College of Technology as a professor. Having practiced several traditional martial arts & sports. Interested in world peace, international relations, sustainable development, and grass-roots intercultural communication. Guess my hospitable character from my profile, please.

I would like to give you a handmade guide to meet your needs. I was born and raised in a port town called Yotsukura in Iwaki. My father was a semi-professional sea urchin and abalone diver. I was good at catching clams and mussels from an early age by imitation. I still go swimming in the ocean in the summer.

I started karate when I was in college to introduce Japanese culture to the world, and I have been practicing it for more than 45 years even though I am not very good at it. I still participate in masters, expert, and old men's competitions. I have also acquired the 3rd dan in Judo, which I used to do. I have a judo physique, so I am quite thick and disadvantageous for karate.

In winter, if I have time, I go to Urabandaï to ski alone. I can help those who are interested in karate and skiing on their own trips. I will guide you with hospitality so that you will want to come back to Fukushima again.

National Professional Tour Guide Interpreter license in English
B.A. in Humanities Linguistics from University of Tsukuba
M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Macquarie University, Sydney

• Japanese Culture
• History・Samurai
• Reconstruction-related
• Snow Activity

• Nationwide Interpreter Guides

• Coastal Area
• Central Area
• Aizu Area
• All areas of Fukushima Prefecture

平野　二美子

• English
• Japanese

I’d like to show them around Aizu-area and Naka-dori area. Also, I’d like them to know how beautiful Japanese countryside and people living there.

• Food Culture
• History・Samurai
• Japanese Culture

• Nationwide Interpreter Guides

• Aizu Area
• Central Area

Katsumi Yoshida吉田 勝美

• English
• Japanese

Thank you for finding me!　I will do my best to help my guests enjoy a memorable journey exploring the Edo period, the age of samurai, which is deeply connected to Fukushima Prefecture. Fukushima Prefecture, where I can guide you to many relics related to the Edo period including: Tsurugajo and Komine Castles, stages of decisive battles at the end of the period; Nanko Park, the public park oldest in Japan, presented by the distinguished Lord, Sadanobu Matsudaira; and temples and shrines. I can provide you with expert knowledge obtained through my own experiences as an engineer, as a JICA training coordinator and as a licensed tourist guide having been subjected to lectures and trainings, of: reconstruction of Earth Quake devasted Fukushima; agriculture and livestock industries; advanced factory production procedure management technics developed in Japan. Besides, according to your taste preference, I can take you to some among rich variety of ramen shops and sake shops that Fukushima has received high evaluations.

• Japanese Culture
• History・Samurai
• Reconstruction-related
• Agriculture
• Healthcare・Science・Technology
• Food Culture

• Nationwide Interpreter Guides

• Coastal Area
• Central Area
• Aizu Area
• All areas of Fukushima Prefecture

安倍　義典

• English
• Japanese

In Fukushima Prefecture, there are buried attractive places and delicious agricultural products which are not widely known due to lack of PR etc. Therefore I would like to discover a lot of these things and transmit the charm of Fukushima to Foreigners Visiting Japan.

• Regional Interpreter Guides

Michiyo Kainuma貝沼 実千代

• Japanese
• English

I was born and bred in
Fukushima. I have more than 8 years of experience as an interpreter and guide.
Fukushima boasts its beautiful nature, wonderful history, culture, and warm-hearted people. I would like to introduce all of this to every visitor from abroad while letting them enjoy their trip.
I also want to convey Fukushima’s current situation after the Great East Japan Earthquake. We are going forward into our bright future.

• Nationwide Interpreter Guides

• Coastal Area
• Central Area
• Aizu Area
• All areas of Fukushima Prefecture