http://www.aitaijapan.com association for independent tourist assistance in Japan Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:49:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear guides, A Happy New Year. I am Yoshiko Nakakura, the second successive web-master of aitaijapan. It has been one month since I took over the role from Ms Dagmar who was the founder of this association. In the middle of November, the website was temporally interrupted by its migration, but it ... http://www.aitaijapan.com/newsletter_004.html gender: male age: 23 occupation: student I can offer guide services in the following areas: Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe languages spoken: English, German availability: basically only week-ends interests: trip, reading, movie, ice hockey, football comments: It is wonderful that someone gains the new stimulations through new activities. If that happened in unfamiliar circumstances, your feeling and sensibilities would ... http://www.aitaijapan.com/taiki-niyama.html gender: female occupation: office worker I can offer guide services in the following areas: Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Kobe (mainly west Japan) languages spoken: English, German availability: only weekends interests: My hobbies are watching movies, reading books, and listening to music. It is fun to know cultural differences and meet many people. Also, I like ... http://www.aitaijapan.com/kuri.html gender: female age: 40s occupation: housewife I can offer guide services in the following areas: Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Nara languages spoken: English availability: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday (2nd and 4th in a month), Sunday interests: Playing tennis and golf, enjoying eating and cooking comments: I have been studying English. I'd like to have communication with people who have different ... http://www.aitaijapan.com/yoshiko-n.html gender: male age: 27 occupation: travel agent / amateur historian I can offer guide services in the following areas: Kansai (Kyoto, Osaka, Nara and so on) I prefer especially to offer guide services in Kyoto. I can offer a guide of day trip to Nagoya, too. languages spoken: English and German availability: flexible interests: I'm glad ... http://www.aitaijapan.com/kazu.html gender: male age: 34 occupation: Office worker specializing in salary calculation I can offer guide services in the following areas: Nara, Kyoto languages spoken: English availability: Sunday all day, flexible on Saturday interests: Research in Japanese culture: Research in Sociology of Education: Reading the English magazine "The Economist": Cultural exchange, language exchange: Sightseeing: Hard Rock ... http://www.aitaijapan.com/kiyotaka-tsukada.html gender: male age: 63 I can offer guide services in the following areas: Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Himeji languages spoken: Chinese, English availability: morning,afternoon and evening of Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday interests: painting, music, gardening and reading comments: So far I have visited Kyoto and Nara many times and I know some interesting and beautiful spots there. ... http://www.aitaijapan.com/naohiko-matsumoto.html gender: female age: over 35 occupation: part-time teacher I can offer guide services in the following areas: mainly in Osaka, occasionally in Kyoto, Kobe or Nara. languages spoken: English availability: Mon - Fri : evening only (after 6 PM) Sat & Sun : depends on the week interests: traveling, swimming, playing tennis, listening to classic music, ... http://www.aitaijapan.com/ms-m.html gender: female age: 29 occupation: office worker I can offer guide services in the following areas: Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto languages spoken: English availability: week-ends and public holidays all day interests: Traveling Abroad (England, France, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Australia and India) comments: I visited Australia on working holiday in 2004 ( whole 1 year). I worked Japanese tour guide ... http://www.aitaijapan.com/emi-hosokawa.html gender: male age: 60s occupation: retired I can offer guide services in the following areas: Kyoto City and Otsu City languages spoken: English availability: flexible interests: exercise (swim & gym), entertainment (drink & Karaoke) exchange (culture & language), tourism, photo, movie comments: I grew up in Otsu City, Shiga prefecture, which is almost the center of Japan. Biwako, ... http://www.aitaijapan.com/toshi.html