1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, 4=very good, 5=excellent
Aspect | Mark(1-5) | Advice or Remark | |
| Travel Consultant | Doris:5 | Very accommodating to a couple newbies who'd never even traveled internationally by themselves before. | |
| Private Tour Guides | Motoki Watanabe Tokyo,Mt.Fuji,Hakone Jul 27 - 30, 2026 | Command of English: 5 Knowledge of Subjects: 5 Ability of Explain: 5 Attitude: 5 Flexibility: 5 | Mr. Watanabe was our favorite guide hands down and not just cause we had him the longest, he knew the areas so well he knew the best times to visit them and was incredibly informative. |
| Tanimoto Taku Kyoto,Osaka,Nara Jul 31,2026 | Command of English: 5 Knowledge of Subjects: 5 Ability of Explain: 5 Attitude: 5 Flexibility: 5 | Mr. Taku was great and certainly had the best command of English of all our guides, plus his history lesson on Japan and Nijo Castle are unmatched. | |
| Nobuaki Nagata Kyoto,Osaka,Nara Aug 01,2026 | Command of English: 4 Knowledge of Subjects: 4 Ability of Explain: 4 Attitude: 4 Flexibility: 4 | Mr. Nobu was great as well, certainly knew the history but admittedly the schedule was a bit packed that day so were always on the move. | |
| Private Drivers and Cars | 4 | ||
| Hotels | Asakusa View Hotel Annex Rokku | Location: 5 Comfort: 5 | We loved the Asakusa View... after we left, the locale of being a minutes walk from anything including the breathtaking SenSoji Temple, wish we hadn't taken it for granted |
| Matsuzakaya Honten | Location: 4 Comfort: 5 | Me and my brother actually disagreed on the two ryokans, he proffered the Honten because of its two stories and I preffered Fujikawaguchico because of that stunning view of Fuji. | |
| Hotel Vischio Kyoto by GRANVIA | Location: 3 Comfort: 3 | Not really anything near that we could find, room was nice enough though. But this is where we tried to do laundry and it took twelve hours to come away with damp clothes, but we heard this is a problem with most Japanese Hotels | |
| Hotel Hankyu GRAN RESPIRE OSAKA | Location: 5 Comfort: 3 | Love the fact that its connected to the train station but I guess that drives the prices up in the surrounding neighborhood. Plus everything seems to be under construction in Osaka. | |
| Nagoya JR Gate Tower Hotel | Location: 5 Comfort: 3 | Once again cannot overstate how useful it was to have a hotel connected directly to a Shinkansen Station but navigation from Hotel to surrounding areas... not so much. | |
| Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo | Location: 3 Comfort: 5 | Keio Plaza was nice but we now prefer the Asakusa View | |
| Fuji Kawaguchiko Onsen Hotel Konansou | Location: 5 Comfort: 5 | Most magical place we stayed at our whole trip, great staff, breathtaking view of Fuji | |
| Sights or Activities | Worthiness of Visit: 5 Meet Your Interests: 5 Too Tight or Too Loose: 5 | I don't think a Pokémon Center was on our schedule once and Mr. Watanabe got us to not one but two so we love him.Plus he took us to several of the lakes around Fuji when the weather wouldn't permit us to do what was on the actual schedule. Mr Taku gave a great planned tour of Nijo Castle and a great unplanned tour of Kyoto in general when we weren't able to make it to any of our other stops. And Mr. Nobu allowed us to see the 10,000 Torii Gates after we thought that ship had sailed so great tour guides across the board. | |
| Meals | 5 | Had a great Wagyu Burger in Hakone and had my eyes opened to the goodness that is Umeboshi and rice | |
| Public Transportation | 5 | Japan is clearly beating the rest of the world in public transit and once the mag trains come online that fight will be over Japan will have won, congratulations. | |
| Any Other Aspect | Despite the heat trying to hamper us, a couple local Texans made it through. | ||
| Overall Score of the Whole Package | 5 | Great fun, los of learning, beautiful scenery. | |
1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, 4=very good, 5=excellent
Aspect | Mark(1-5) | Advice or Remark | |
| Travel Consultant | Whitney:5 | ||
| Private Tour Guides | Ivan Wu Beijing Jun 21 - Jun 6, 2026 | Command of English: 4 Knowledge of Subjects: 4 Ability of Explain: 5 Attitude: 5 Flexibility: 5 | |
| Alice wang Beijing Jun 22 - 26, 2026 | Command of English: 5 Knowledge of Subjects: 5 Ability of Explain: 5 Attitude: 5 Flexibility: 5 | ||
| Fish Lee Xi'an Jun 26 - 28, 2026 | Command of English: 5 Knowledge of Subjects: 5 Ability of Explain: 5 Attitude: 5 Flexibility: 5 | ||
| Chole Zhu Nanjing Jun 28 - Jun 1, 2026 | Command of English: 5 Knowledge of Subjects: 4 Ability of Explain: 5 Attitude: 5 Flexibility: 5 | ||
| MAY Suzhou Jul 1 - 2, 2026 | Command of English: 4 Knowledge of Subjects: 5 Ability of Explain: 4 Attitude: 5 Flexibility: 5 | ||
| Bonnie(于艳) Shanghai Jul 3 - 5, 2026 | Command of English: 5 Knowledge of Subjects: 5 Ability of Explain: 5 Attitude: 5 Flexibility: 5 | ||
| Hotels | New World Beijing Hotel | Location: 5 Comfort: 5 | |
| Novotel Xi'an the bell tower | Location: 5 Comfort: 4 | ||
| Nanjing Central Hotel | Location: 5 Comfort: 5 | ||
| EVEN Hotel SUZHOU GRAND CANAL by IHG | Location: 5 Comfort: 5 | ||
| Novotel Shanghai Atlantis | Location: 4 Comfort: 4 | ||
| Sights or Activities | Worthiness of Visit: 5 Meet Your Interests: 5 Too Tight or Too Loose: 5 | ||
| Public Transportation | 5 | ||
| Any Other Aspect | |||
| Overall Score of the Whole Package | 5 | ||