11 days Kyushu tour for Singapore Customer
Number of travelers : 8 persons
Schedule : October 21 to 28, 2024
Transportation : Chartered bus with 25 seats
Tour guide : Licenced English speaking tour guide
Where to visit : Kumamoto, Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Miyazaki, Takachiho, Aso, Yufuin
Beppu, Yanagawa, Fukuoka
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What our Customer have to say
Dear Takako & Masa-san,
Yes, we have all returned home safely with overflowing suitcases & added body weight!
We definitely enjoyed our trip even though some of us had to work very hard to conquer the
steps up & down especially for the Udo Shrine & Mt Tsurumi. These are our own physical limitations.
Kyushu is a beautiful island with the mountains, volcanoes, calderas, gorges, hot springs and lush
greenery everywhere (some autumnal colors too).
Our guide, Fumiko worked very closely with the bus driver, Sato to plan for suitable rest stops on the
longer drives & we appreciate their thoughtfulness. Sato was a very safe and careful driver and we
appreciate his skillfulness and care. Fumiko is tirelessly making sure all the arrangements for our
next stops are in order and if there is problem she tries very positively to overcome the difficulty.
She talked to every shuttle bus driver/taxi driver at the base of Takachiho Gorge to try and get us a
ride up to the bus park. Everyone said no until one driver said ok as his customers were a no show!
She is someone you can depend on and she is very fit to climb everywhere so effortlessly.
As customers, we are generally delighted as your service has exceeded our expectations.
Accommodations in Kagoshima and Beppu were excellent. Arden Hotel has its own character and
I liked it. As you can guess, those 3 hotels had outdoor onsens as well. We were treated to fireworks
at 6pm whilst in the outdoor onsen facing Sakurajima – what a nice surprise! Ibusuki Seaside Hotel was
good for our in-house black sand experience. The Kumamoto hotel was excellent for its close location
to shopping and food but we did not have much time for shopping there. Likewise Clio Court Hotel is
also located right at Hakata Station entrance – some ladies felt it was old and furniture dated but for a
short stay, most of us had no negatives as the rooms were quite large to accommodate all our big
suitcases for packing! I personally consider Clio Court Hotel much nicer than Richmond Hotel.
The food everywhere ranges from good to excellent – we managed to try almost everything on Kyushu
except those Kagoshima lobsters Fumiko mentioned as we drove away from Kagoshima!
I used to work as a Total Quality Manager (TQM sort – not the QC sort) so I have asked the ladies to
fill out a feedback questionnaire and I will summarise their feedback and send it to you possibly by
the end of next week.
A big Thank You to Hikako for patiently working all the bits and pieces of our main itinerary and my
personal side itineraries. I have given Fumiko a little bag for assorted items for both Hikako and
Masa-san – small items from Singapore. And a big Thank You to Fumiko & Sato-san too!
9 days Kyushu tour for Singapore Customer
Number of travelers : 8 persons
Schedule : October 21 to 28, 2024
Transportation : Private vehicle with English speaking driver
Where to visit : Nagasaki, Shimabara, Unzen, Kumamoto, Aso, Yufuin, Kitakyushu,
Yanagawa, Fukuoka
What our Customer have to say
Dear Takako San,
We have safely returned home on late 1 Nov 2024 after spending 5 days in Osaka.
Yes, we enjoyed the tour in Kyushu and would like to express our thanks and
appreciation to Funaki San.
He has make this trip a very memorable holiday for us (see photo).
We would also like to thank you for making all the arrangement for hotels and
train tickets.
13 days Kyushu tour for Malaysian Customer
Number of travelers : 7 persons
Schedule : October 6 to 18, 2024
Transportation : Private vehicle with English speaking driver
Where to visit : Nagasaki, Unzen, Kumamoto, Ibusuki, Kagoshima,
Takachiho, Aso, Yufuin, Beppu, Kitakyushu, Itoshima, Yanagawa
Fukuoka
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What our Customer have to say
Dear Takako,
Hopefully next year another group of guest will join me to Kyushu 😊
Thank you
8 days Christian Pilgrimage tour for Brunei Customer
Number of traveller : 23 persons, including a Priest
Schedule : October 7 to 14, 2024
Transportation : Chartered bus
Tour attendant : English speaking tour guide
Where to visit : Nagasaki, Sotome, Shimabara, Unzen, Hirado, Fukuoka, Tokyo
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What our Customer have to say
Dear Takako,
Thank you for all the good arrangements. The hotels and food were outstanding.
Even the special meal requests were catered for.
Coaches and all services were punctual. We had a very resourceful guide and
Shuji San has shared with us a wealth of information.
Be assured we will contact you again for next year trip.
6 days Golf tour for Singapore Customer
Number of traveller : 26 persons, 20 golfers and 6 non-golfers
Schedule : September 25 to 30, 2024
Transportation : Chartered bus
Tour attendant : English speaking tour attendant
Where to play : Golf at Kumamoto Kuko Country Club, Dazaify Country Club,
Fukuoka Century Golf Club
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What our Customer have to say
Masa san, Thank you very much for the arrangement, I believe most of us is very happy,
we thank you for assisting Shuji san our guide. He is fantastic.
4 days Kyushu Golf tour for Singapore Customer
Number of traveller : 8 persons, all golfers
Schedule : September 23 to 26, 2024
Transportation : Chartered bus
Tour attendant : English speaking tour attendant
Where to play : Golf at Satsuki Golf Club, Century Golf Club, Dazaifu Golf Club
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What our Customer have to say
Hi Masa san
We enjoyed very much. Thank you very much for your arrangement.
4 days Kyushu tour for Singapore customer
Number of traveller : 6 persons
Schedule : September 11 to 14, 2024
Transportation : Private vehicle with English speaking driver
Where to visit : Unzen, Shimabara, Ukiha, Fukuoka
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What our Customer have to say
Dear Takako-san & Masa-san
My group has enjoyed ourselves.
Thank you😊
10 days Christian Pilgrimage tour for Singapore Customer
Number of traveller : 8 persons
Schedule : August 25 to September 3, 2024
Transportation : Private vehicle with 25 seats,
English speaking guide
Where to visit : Nagasaki, Sotome, Shimabara, Kurume, Fukuoka
Hiroshima
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What our Customer have to say
Dear Takako san,
Thank you for checking in. Thanks to you and Masa san for all the arrangements made.
We have enjoyed yourselves. Wished it could have been longer so that we can see more
and learn more, especially on the Hidden Christians in Nagasaki.
6 days Kyushu tour for italian customer
Number of traveller : 3 persons
Schedule : August 9 to 14, 2024
Transportation : Private vehicle with English speaking driver
Where to visit : Kumamoto, Aso, Takachiho, Fukuoka
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What our Customer have to say
I’ve just arrived in Italy after 14 days in Hokkaido. The tour in Kyushu was very nice and
Tac, our driver, was excellent in driving us around the various places and very good
restaurants.
I’ll recommend your agency to my friends if they want to go to Kyushu.
10 days Kyushu tour for Singapore Customer
Number of traveller : 4 persons
Schedule : June 17 to 26, 2024
Transportation : Private vehicle with English speaking driver
Where to visit : Harazuru Onsen, Nagasaki, kumamoto, Aso, Beppu, Kitakyushu
Dazaifu, Itoshima, Yanagawa, Fukuoka
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What our Customer have to say
We would like to express our utmost gratitude and appreciation for the thoughtful itinerary and
arrangements for our group by Japan Kyushu Tourist and Takako-san 🙂
This was a family trip for the parents as they have not had a vacation 2015 til the end of the
pandemic. I found Japan Kyushu Tourist on the Internet while looking for options as our tour
of Kyushu with JTB Sg office had to be cancelled due to insufficient participants.
The process of engaging with Japan Kyushu Tourist was very personal and smooth, I was
asked if I had any themes, location or activity wish lists in mind to visit. I had very simple
wants and highlighted my mom’s vegetarian meal needs, a couple of activities like fruit picking,
and a request for 1.5days free and easy in FUK before we departed, also I stated that we are
a chill group who didn’t need a “marathon itinerary” that requires us to wake up super early
everyday and cover miles in a bus to cover everything, just good food and some sightseeing
peppered with own time to do shopping will be good.
Takako-san got the above description down pat, the itinerary’s pace was exactly what worked
for us. We would check out by 9am after a hearty hotel breakfast each morning and reach
a point of interest 1.5-2hrs away in a new city each day, 2-3 places of interest with even up to
2hrs time per place. The English speaking driver, Mr Mark Monden, assigned to our group was
always looking out for our interest too. When we couldn’t see Mt. Aso due to bad weather,
he researched on a nearby children’s petting zoo with cute activities where we could visit.
Admission fee was not included and an additional cost to us but we were very appreciative of
the effort and thought especially when we noted other bigger tour groups’ participants were just
hanging around the museum area because they were just placed there. 🤣 Sure we did not
have a tour guide attached to us unlike if we followed a big tour group like JTB but our driver
Mark-san was so considerate and always told us how much time we spend at each place was
up to us. 🥰 When it was raining at the fish market, Mark-san told us we could even bring our
purchases to eat inside the van if we liked and he always found a place close to wait patiently
in the van for us at each location, just in case we needed him at any time.
Little things like that felt big and I keep feeling grateful that I found Japan Kyushu Tourist.
I booked our own air tickets and had to figure out how to remit the deposit and final payment
as the agency did not take credit card payments, this was to me the toughest part. I was also
a little worried as SGD 12k plus was not a small sum in my opinion to remit via cash overseas
to an agency I never spoke with. in case it helps anyone’s research from SG, I found out DBS
bank and Wise had their banking info within their respective ibanking apps, (not UOB bank
though, and you’ll just need the info in Katakana for Wise app)
Takako-san and Masa-san were also always super prompt to respond. (Of course for fellow
vacation planners, please be professional even though it’s vacation planning and reciprocate
with punctuality on timelines and communication 🤪) .
I actually didn’t expect Japan to be so very crowded with tourists now as I wasn’t following the
news weeks before due to work. But the entire itinerary was so well organized we weren’t
impacted. We checked ourselves in at hotel receptions with our passports citing “Japan
Kyushu Tourist” (tip to keep the Katakana wording of that on hand too, as some places the
hotel staff may not be too proficient in English), the accommodations arranged were super
comfortable. Our best meal was the dinner at hotel on our first night in Harazuru, parents
were gushing throughout the meal! Plus the beautiful onsen!! All the other hotels with onsens,
the breakfast spreads were yum🤤. Whenever in the city area, we were placed in hotels that
are conveniently located near main train stations with malls. The entire trip was a perfect
balance of sightseeing and then personal time for shopping each evening after 5pm!!
It’s also the perfect balance between a self planned vacation and the hectic itinerary of a
tour group, I Loved that we were more in control of our time even with a planned itinerary.
We appreciate the beauty of Kyushu so much now. My sister and I had a chat and we think
should return to Japan in future, it will be back to this region via Fukuoka rather than Tokyo,
where the people are warmer and more receptive of tourists especially since the crowding
started.