We wanted to visit some specific places during our cruise stop in Nagoya. The tour operator gave us all the information ahead of time including the name and contact details of our tour guide. I informed him of the 3 places we wanted to visit during the day and he organized a good and precise schedule, especially knowing the importance of arriving well in advance to the cruise and avoid being left behind. Yoshii met us at the port and then we took a train to the city. During the ride he told us about the history of japan and very useful information including things like GDP for several countries, and other facts. He had it all in a map that very quickly allowed us to learn about japan and its history. We went to a shrine, then to the Toyota museum (which surpised us a lot. I thought it was a typical museum but it was INCREDIBLE!). Then we took the bus and visited nagoya castle. Before each place, Yoshii would give us all the information to read and know where we were going. After Nagoya castle, we took a cab to the train station and then back to the ship.

We booked this tour as we wanted to know more about Samurai culture and history. Tomoko met us at the cruise terminal, I had worried about the transport as we used just public transport, but everything worked really well. Unfortunately our time in Nagoya was shortened as the cruise ship changed it’s itinerary so we couldn’t see everything, but we really felt we had seen and learnt a lot during our tour.

Sammy was our tour guide and she did a great job. We used the railway for our transportation - visited the Nagoya Castle and the Railway museum. The museum is one not to be missed. At the end of our tour we visited the aquarium right at the port. Sammy very capably showed us around and was certainly very knowledgeable. Our group had a very enjoyable day.

What a fantastic guide! We had a great day with Mieko. She met us at the cruise ship and we took the subway and train to Inuyama Castle. Along the way we stopped for coffee and traditional rice sweets at local shops. She took us to a Temple with a beautiful Sakura (cherry) tree in bloom. We had the place all to ourselves. She was very knowledge, fun and spoke English very well. We highly recommend her.