Meet some of our guides
Imagine skiing deep powder snow in Hokkaido with an Olympic skier or diving in the emerald blue waters of Okinawa with a world champion freediver.
Our guides can show you sides of Japan you could never find on your own.
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Takuya Tabira
Takuya is a professional nature photographer who runs Gallery Tabira in Yakushima. In addition to guiding clients through the forests of Yakushima, he organizes forest photo exhibitions and forest concerts through his gallery and runs events inviting artists to visit the forest.
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Yuki Muto
Yuko represented Japan in worldwide freediving competitions from 2011 to 2021 and holds an official depth record of -62m in CWT freediving. Through her freediving and skin diving school 'Little Blue' in Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Prefecture, she works to promote the wonders of freediving and the aquatic world.
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Minami Takechi
Minami is a pro surfer who was selected as a member of Japan's junior national team for four consecutive years from the age of 13, and in her pro debut she won Rookie-of-the-Year. She is currently working as a Patagonia Surfing Ambassador and runs surfing clinics in Shikoku, Tokushima, and Anan.
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Shinya Nakagawa
Shinya runs Natures, a guiding center, in Hokkaido's Daisetsuzan National Park, the largest mountain national park in Japan. In summer, he offers day hikes, overnight traverse hikes in the mountains, wilderness walks, and water walks using SUP, and in winter, he runs backcountry tours in Hokkaido's unique dry powder.
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Kenji Kono
Kenji is the director of Nozawa Green Field in Nozawa Onsen, Nagano and a North Face athlete. He launched Green Field as a place where you can experience the nature, food, and culture of Nozawa Onsen's natural surroundings. Green Field offers SUP tours, tree camping, SUP camping stays, and other new forms of outdoor fun.
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Tomoka Fukuda
Tomoka is a PADI-licensed Freediving Instructor based in Okinawa, where she trains and promotes freediving. In 2018 she became only the fifth woman ever to make a 100 meter CWT (Constant Weight) dive in the Cayman Islands.
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Toryo Ito
Toryo Ito is the vice-head priest of Ryosokuin Temple in Kyoto, where he has been in charge of zazen training for 15 years. Through his other activities--such as 'Unze', a global meditation community he founded--he aims to connect modernity and tradition. His international activities include teaching Zen in France, Germany, and Denmark, and he also created 'InTrip', an app to incorporate Zen into daily life.