Our guide, John, Kuzel, immediately established a rapport with us. He is a Westerner who came to the East, felt at home with the Eastern religions and philosophies, as well as with the Japanese people, and stayed. This background informed our discussions and shaped our tour, which we appreciated very much. He led us in an utterly unrushed peripatetic and informative appreciation of the sights, including historical and philosophical underpinnings of the meanings of places. If you want to run around and check off the boxes of the items to see on your list, John is not your guide. If you want to think about things perhaps in a different way, he is.

We enjoyed a special trip to Nara thanks to our guide Karen. She brought the history of each of the sites to life. It made for a thoroughly enjoyable day.

Eric is extremely knowledgeable, the best guide we’ve had after 2 weeks in Japan. He was also flexible, considerate and highly personable.

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