We had a lovely time - girls did too! They really enjoyed traveling with you!

Thanks again for everything.

We walked to the Kyoto train this morning and now on the Haruka to Kansai airport!

Bye bye Kyoto!

Best regards,

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Thank you very much for having used me for your tour for two days. 

 I hope you enjoyed my guide.

You and your husband are very knowledgeable and polite, your daughters are very cute.                               

 I also enjoyed our tour a lot.                                                                                   

 I hope I will be able to guide you again in the near future.                                    

 Please give my best regards to your family.

Nobuaki Nagata

Tour course：Osaka Castle, Dotonbori, Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, Kiyomizudera-Temple, Ninenzaka, Sannenzaka, Kinkakuji-Temple. 

Dear Nobu-San,

Thank you for the beautiful tour of Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka.

We really enjoyed it and learning about Japan’s culture and history.

Sorry our kids were so loud (typical American children 😅). 

We actually need to remain in Kyoto one extra day due to the impending typhoon so get to enjoy it once more.

Have a great time with Soobin and Cesare’s family. 

All the best,

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Thank you very much for having used me for your tour and gratuity.

I hope you enjoyed my guide.

You and your husband are very knowledgeable and polite.

Your son and daughter are very cute.

I also enjoyed our tour a lot.

You will stay one more day in Kyoto.

If you need my information about Kyoto, please let me know.

Please give my best regards to your husband and your children.

Nobuaki Nagata

Tour course： Tenryuji Temple, Bamboo Grove, Kinkakuji-Temple, Ninenzaka Hill, Sannenzaka Hill, Kiyomizu-Temple, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Todaiji-Temple, Kasuga Taisha Shrine, Osaka Castle, Dotonbori.

We appreciate you taking us around and your patience, especially given the heat. 

We have enjoyed our stay in Kyoto. All the best.

** **** * *** * *** 

Thank you very much for having used me for your tour.

Thanks to your collaboration, I could show you all places.

Please give my best regards to your wife and your children.

Nobuaki Nagata

Tour course： Tenryuji-Temple, Bamboo Grove, Adashino Nenbutsuji-Temple, Kinkakuji-Temple, Sanjusangendo-Temple, Fushimi Inari Shrine.

Dear Nobu,

Thank you so much for being our tour guide in Kyoto.

We truly appreciate your kindness and knowledge about the culture and history of this beautiful city.

We had an amazing time! 

We are planning to visit the Nijo Castle and the Gion area today. Tomorrow we will go to Osaka.

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Thank you very much for having used me for your tour. 

 I hope you enjoyed my guide. 

All of you are very polite and friendly.

You will stay in Kyoto a couple of more days. 

If you need my information of Kyoto and Nara, please let me know. 

Please give my best regards to your family.

Nobuaki Nagata

Tour course： Tenryuji-Temple, Bamboo Forest, Monkey Park, Kinkakuji-Temple.

We very much enjoyed the tour you provided.

It is a highlight of our time in Japan. Thank you so much!

** **** * *** * ***  

Thank you very much for having used me for your tour.

I hope you enjoyed my guide.

Both of you are very polite and friendly.

I also enjoyed our tour a lot.

Kyoto has many good places to see.

I hope I will be able to guide you these places next time.

Please give my best regards to your wife.

Nobusaki Ngata

Tour course： Tenryuji-Temple, Bamboo Forest, Ryoanji-Temple, Kinkakuji-Temple, Nijo Castle

Dear Nobu-San,

Thank you very much for your email.

We just returned home (India) . Overall we enjoyed the trip to Japan and we

will cherish this memories for a long time.

Special Thanks to you for helping us tour around important places in Kyoto

comfortably. 

You are so knowledgeable and you explained the history about all those

places in detail which was really interesting. 

We hope to visit again soon. Thank you once again.

Best Regards 

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Thank you very much for having used me for your tour.

I hope you enjoyed my guide.

Both of you are very knowledgeable and polite.

I also enjoyed our tour.

We visited some important places today.

Kyoto has many good off-the-beaten tracks.

I hope I will be able to guide you these places next time.

Please give my best regards to your wife.

Nobuaki Nagata

Tour course： Tenryuji-Temple, Bamboo Forest, Kinkakuji-Temple, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine

Hi Mr. Nobu, 

Thank you so much for the incredible tour!

Your knowledge of Japan's history brought the sites to life in a way we never could have imagined.

We learned so much and will cherish these memories. 

Thank you, 

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Thank you very much for having used me for your tour.

I hope you enjoyed my guide.

Both of you have good knowledge of Kyoto and polite.

Your son is so cute.

We visited some important places this time.

I want to show them next time.

Please give my best regards to your beautiful wife and son.

Tour course： Tenryuji-Temple, Bamboo Forest, Kinkakuji-Temple, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine

We had so much fun! Thank you for being a great tour guide and making the day so fun. The kids loved it even if they were a bit crazy at times :) Definitely will be in touch next time we are here!

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Thank you very much for having used me for your tour.

I hope you enjoyed my guide.

You and your wife are very knowledgeable and friendly. Your children are very cute. I also enjoyed our tour.

I am afraid that your children are too young to understand my explanation. But they enjoyed my guide.

Kyoto has many off the beaten track places. I hope I will be able to show you next time.

Please give my best regards to your family.

Tour course： Ryuji Temple, Bamboo Grove, Adashino Nenbutsuji Temple, Kinkakuji Temple, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine

Dear Mr Nagata, 

You have been faster than me to email. I wanted to write to express our gratitude to you for your time , sharing your experience and knowledge . This really added more enjoyment to our time in Kyoto. You have taken the very best care with us . 

I also understand now why you looked shocked that I had booked the Sword and Samurai museum. I thought it would be a fun activity for the boys at the end of the day, that it would just add to our learning . On arrival at the ‘museum’ , we fully understood your reaction . I hope we can politely say , it did not look like the website images . I now appreciate I had booked a very ‘touristic’ activity , that was maybe not ideal . 

We very very much appreciate you giving up your vacation to help us. I hope Mrs Nagata doesn’t mind too much ! I do feel quite guilty to make you work on your holiday and on such an incredibly hot day. I don’t know how you manage to do it . You could have stayed in the car, but you were with us every step explaining and giving the history . We learned so much from you. We now understand how much more we can learn. 

We enjoyed everything, we all agreed on our number 1 highlight , and that was the Shoden-ji Temple. To be alone , in the peace and quiet . It is a beautiful temple and garden and the landscape around just wonderful. This will be a very special and unique memory you have gifted us. 

I really enjoyed visiting the ceramics shop and meeting your friend Robert . I was surprised by how much the boys and Franck enjoyed that as well . I wish I had time to do a tour with you on my own , and do an art based tour. Hopefully one day I will return . Your knowledge and love of art is very evident. 

You have shown us great kindness, ensured we knew how to remain respectful. I’m still horrified I stepped onto the wrong platform with my shoe, thank you for noticing so quickly and correcting me. Your patience was endless, I must have exhausted you with all my questions but you did not show it at all. You are, as your nickname states, a Nobel man. 

I must now add another gratitude, we have just discovered the water bottle of one of the boys that you have returned. That is extremely kind of you . 

We can’t thank you enough. On a day with 40 degrees heat, we would not have seen a fraction of Kyoto without you. And we would never have discovered many of the places you took us. I hope you can enjoy some time in the shade today. 

Sincerely, I thank you on behalf of us all

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永田様、

今日はお疲れ様でした。

お暑い中、家族を労りながらガイドをして頂き、心よりお礼申し上げます。きっと心に残る京都観光になったこととでしょう。

オランダに帰られた時にお会いして京都の話を聞くのが今から楽しみです。

永田さんには、事前からいろいろ細やかな準備やお心遣いをありがとうございました。

また、本日はお休みを返上して頂き申し訳ありませんでした。極暑ゆえおつかれもたまる頃とお察しいたしますので、どうぞくれぐれもご自愛下さいませ。

私たちが京都に行く時にはまた是非よろしくお願いします。その日までどうぞお元気で。

まずは、お礼まで。

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Thank you very much for having used me for your tour and the gratuity.

I hope you enjoyed my guide.

You and your family are very knowledgeable and polite.

I also enjoyed our tour a lot.

I found a black water bottle in my car when I am cleaning my car.

I will take it to your hotel and will ask a staff to keep it.

Thank you for your kind understanding.

Please give my best regards to your family.

Best Regards,

Nobuaki Nagata

Tour course： Ryoanji-Temple, Kinkakuji-Temple, Shodenji-Temple, Robert Yellin Pottery Gallery, Nijo Castle, Gion 

Dear Nobu-san,

We remember with fondness the tour you gave us of Kyoto.

In some ways we felt like deer staring into the headlights with all the new history, and physical buildings and places to explore; but now that we are home and have had time to process we realize what a privilege it was to be guided by you.

We had been to Hiroshima the week prior, and to the Iwakuni Castle and the Water Park below it that honors the Samurai, just days before.

The history tour of Kyoto Imperial palace, warlords, shoguns, the bamboo wood, the Golden Pavilion, the beautiful gardens and finally the drive through the Geisha district streets added to what we were already learning about Japan.

We went home and watched the Last of the Samurai, and decided to watch Shogun soon.

We appreciate your sense of humor, (the AC in the car being the perfection of wisdom).

I loved how you pointed out the nightingale call before we experienced the nightingale floors at the castle so we could connect the sounds.

You were willing to answer our questions that could only come from Americans who were working at connecting the historical dots.

Thanks so much for your kindness and the fun day!

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Thank you very much for your great feedback.

I am happy to hear the privilege of your tour was my guide in Kyoto.

Both of you are very knowledgeable and polite.

Before you visit Japan, you would research our culture in advance.

Thanks to your deep knowledge, I also enjoyed our tour a lot.

We visited some important places this time.

We have good off-the-beaten tracks places.

I hope I will be able to guide you these places next time.

Thank you again for your kind review.

Best Regards,

Nobuaki Nagata

Tour course：Tenryuji-Temple, Bamboo Forest, Ryoanji-Temple, Kinkakuji-Temple, Nijo Castle.

Thank you for your great tour.

We enjoyed our tour a lot.

I will contact you again when we come to Kyoto.

*** **** * *** * *** 

Thank you very much for having used me for your tour.

I hope you enjoyed my guide.

You and your wife is very knowledgeable and friendly, your children are also very polite and cute.

I also enjoyed our tour a lot.

Kyoto has many good 0ff-the-beaten tracks.

I hope I will be able to show you these places next time.

Please give my best regards to your family.

Sincerely Regards,

Nobuaki Nagata.

Tour course：Togetsukyo Bridge, Bamboo Grove, Tenryuji-Temple, Adashino Nenbutsuji-Temple, Ryoanji-Temple, Kinkakuji-Temple, and Ginkakuji-Temple.

Thank you for a wonderful tour.

We will definitely recommend you to our friends who are planning future trips to Kyoto.

*** **** * *** * *** 

Thank you very much for having used me for your tour.

I hope you enjoyed my guide.

You and your husband are very knowledgeable and your tow sons are very friendly.

I also enjoyed our tour a lot.

We visited most important places this time.

Kyoto has many good off-the -beaten track places.

I hope I will be able to show you these places next time.

Please give my best regards to your family.

Sincerely Regards,

Nobuaki Nagata.

Tour course：Tenryuji-Temple, Bamboo Grove, TAdashino Nenbutsuji Temple,, Ryoanji-Temple, Kinkakuji-Temple, and Ginkakuji Temple.

Thank you! You gave us an excellent view of Kyoto and more.

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Thank you very much for having used me for your tour. You are very polite and friendly.

I also enjoyed our tour a lot.

You will stay in Kyoto tomorrow. If you have something to know more, feel free to ask me.

Please give my best regards to your family.

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永田様

本日は誠にありがとうございました。皆さん大変喜んでいました。

今後のご活躍をお祈りいたします。

あなたにお礼状を出したいから住所を教えて欲しいと言われたので、facebookやtwiterに良い口コミを残すようにと伝えました。

娘さんの力を借りてそうすると言っていました。

ありがとうございました🙇

*** **** * *** * *** 

本日は大変お世話になりありがとうございました。お陰様でお勧めの場所を堪能して頂きました。

皆様知識が豊富で温和な方達でした。私も観光を楽しませて頂きました。

事前に色々な情報を頂いていましたのでお会いしてからもスムーズに観光させて頂きました。

また機会が御座いましたら宜しくお願い致します。

皆様に宜しくお伝えください。

Tour course：Tenryuji-Temple, Bamboo Grove, Toriimoto, Tojiin-Temple, Ryoanji-Temple, Kinkakuji-Temple, Chishakuin-Temple, Sanjusangendo-Temple

Thank you Nobu-san for a wonderful tour.

You were a joy to travel around Kyoto with!

We learned so much today! My family thanks you as well.

We'll be sure to request your guidance for our next trip in the future! Arigato gozaimasu!☺️

*** **** * *** * *** 

Thank you very much for having used me for your tour.

All of you are very knowledgeable, polite and friendly.

I showed you some of important places today.

Kyoto has many good off-the-beaten tracks.

I hope I will be able to show you these places next time.

Please give my best regards to your family.

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ご多忙中、ご連絡ありがとうございます。

ご一家はたいへん京都を堪能されたようで、非常に喜んでおられます。

こちらにも早速連絡がありました。

これもひとえに永田さんのお陰です。本当にありがとうございました。

日本を訪れたいと希望している友人も多くおりますので、今後機会がありましたらよろしくお願いいたします。

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本日はありがとうございました。

皆様京都を堪能して頂きました。

皆様日本の知識が豊富でビックリしました。

本当にやりがいのあるお客様でした。

また機会が御座いましたらどうぞ宜しくお願い致します。

皆様に宜しくお伝えください。

Tour course：Tenryuji-Temple, Bamboo Forest, Adashino Nenbutsuji-Temple, Ryoanji-Temple, Kinkakuji-Temple, Ginkakuji-Temple

Thank you. We had a great time either way you and saw so much. We also enjoyed the maiko dance at the Hyatt. 

Leaving for Nara now. 

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Thank you very much for having used me for your tour.

I hope you enjoyed my guide.

All of you are very knowledgeable and friendly.

I also enjoyed our tour a lot.

You will stay in Kyoto two more days.

If you want to know something, please feel free to let me know.

Please give my best regards to your husband and your children.

Nobu Nagata

Tour course：Tenryuji-Temple, Bamboo Forest, Monkey Park, Adashino Nenbutsuji-Temple, Ryoanji-Temple, Kinkakuji-Temple

Lotus is an important symbol of Buddhism and the national flower of India, the birthplace of Buddhism.

Growing up in murky waters such as muddy water and swamps, and blooming beautifully is considered to be in line with the teachings of Buddhism. 

It contains the teaching that people's earthly desires and sufferings should be likened to mud, and no matter how difficult things may be, let's live without making our hearts dirty.

Dear Nagata san,

Great to hear you enjoyed taking them around.

My boss and his son very much enjoyed your tour as well. 

If it’s ok with you, I would like to recommend your tour to other friends who may visit Kyoto in future. 

Best regards, 

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Thank you for letting me know they enjoyed my guide very much.

The reviews that I received from you motivate me!

I really appreciate you recommending other friends to me.

I am sure I do my best to live up to your expectations.

Nobu Nagata

*** **** * *** * *** 

We enjoyed very much the program that you arranged for us.

Looking forward to future tours with you.

*** **** * *** * *** 

Thank you for your great feedback.

I appreciate you using me again for your future tours.

Please give my best regards to your very smart son.

Nobu Nagata

Tour course：Tenryuji-Temple, Bamboo Grove, Adashino Nenbutsuji-Temple, Ryoanji Temple, Kinkakuji-Temple, and Nijo Castle.

Thank you so much.

You have been very kind.

We really appreciate your guidance in osaka

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Thank you very much for having used me for your tour.

All of you are very knowledgeable, polite and friendly. I guided you Osaka this time.

As you know, I am Kyoto local. I hope I will be able to show you my town next time.

Please give my best regards to your family.

Tour course：Osaka Castle, Shinsekai, Kuromon Market, Shinsaibashi, Namba Yasaka Shrine 

We enjoyed the tour so much.

We are very thankful you were our guide. 

We learned so much and were able to see beautiful & historical Kyoto through you.

You are absolutely the best and we wish you a wonderful and blessed year and the years to come. 

We will be thinking about you and tell our friends about you when we get back to America.

Thank you so much!

 *** **** * *** * ***  

Thank you very much for having used me for your tour yesterday.

I hope you enjoyed my guide. Both of you are very knowledgeable and friendly.

I also enjoyed our tour a lot . Kyoto has many good places, please come back again.

Please give my best regards to your friend.

Tour course：Tenryuji-Temple, Bamboo Grove, Atago Nenbutsuji-Temple, Ryoanji-Temple, Kinkakuji-Temple, Ginkakuji- Temple, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, The place where Shingon esoteric Buddhism began "Toji Temple" Monk Kukai Sacred Land

Nobu san….amazing day today. thank you so much for your incredible knowledge and understanding.

We really enjoyed the day and look forward to tomorrow with your friend.

Thank you again for everything today.

 *** **** * *** * ***  

Thank you very much for having used me for your tour.

I hope you enjoyed my guide. You have a good sense of humor and knowledgeable.

I also enjoyed our tour a lot. Please give my best regards to your very smart son and cute daughter.

Best Regards

Nobuaki Nagata

Tour course：Kyoto Imperial Palace, Kinkakuji-Temple, Nijo Castle, Kiyomizu-Temple, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine. 

永田さま

本日は大変お世話になりました。

ファミリーは永田さまのおもてなしをとても喜んでいました。

京都に来て日本の文化に触れることができ感動していました。

またこのような機会がありましたら外国の方に京都の良さを日本の素晴らしさをお伝えできるよう

永田さまに是非お願いしたいと思いますので今後とも宜しくお願い致します。

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本日はありがとうございました。

お陰様でご希望の場所をすべて回る事が出来ました。

大きなスーツケースが3個ありましたので清水寺、二年坂、三年坂を終わってからホテルへお送りいたしました。

皆さん私のご案内を楽しんで頂きました。

また機会が御座いましたらどうぞ宜しくお願い致します。

永田 信明