Nihondaira Ropeway is closed (1st December to 30th December 2017.)

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This is Hirokane at Local Travel partners (a travel agency) in Shizuoka, Japan.

Today, I would like to inform you about the Nihondaira Ropeway.

From 1st December to 30th December 2017, 

it is closed due to annual maintenance.

Click Here to their webiste.

Please note that the slope  for wheelchair users at Nihondaira

Plateau is  under construction until the end of December, 2017.

This ropeway (cable car) is very popular with travelers 

who visit Shimizu in Shizuoka CIty.

It connects Nihondaira Plateau and Kunozan Toshogu Shrine in 5 minutes.

Nihondaira Plateau (from Nihondaira Ocha Kaikan)

Nihondaira Plateau (from observatory)

From Nihondaira to Kunozan Toshogu Shrine (5 minutes)

The view from this ropeway is spectacular!

Kunozan Toshogu Shrine

It is a spectacular shrine!

You can visit the Kunozan Toshogu Shrine by climbing up

these steps from the foot of this mountain (not from Nihondaira)

(1,153 steps)

If you are planning to visit Nihondaira and Kunozan Toshugu Shrine

in December, please keep this information in your mind.

Thank you!

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Customers' Voice (Shimizu Port private tour)

Hello, Welcome to our blog!

We are a travel agency in Shizuoka City.

This is Hirokane Ishikaki at Local Travel Partners.

Today, let me introduce our customers' voice.

(chartered taxi tour for cruise ship passengers)

Thank you so much for joining our tour!

We can arrange chartered taxi or microbus not only from

Shimizu Port but also Shizuoka Station or other spots.

Please feel free to ask us anything.

Volendam at Shimizu Port / October, 2017

Hello Hirokane, 

Thanks so much for your email and for the photo of my friends. 
I promise to forward it to them.   

I sincerely would like to thank you for the first class service that your company gave us.  Both taxi drivers of the two places were excellent. 

They were both very nice men.  Please, please tell them both that we had a very enjoyable tour with them. Promise me that you will tell them. 

It was a pleasure meeting you, although for a little time.  I can see that you are a very busy man.  Today is our first day at work.  We had a wonderful holiday in Japan and China.   

All the best.  If you are ever in Malta, do not hesitate to contact me. 

Regards 

Our guests from Malta and our reliable driver

Thank you so much for joining our tour!

And thank you so much for your warm comment!

It is our great pleasure!

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Customers' Voice / Shimizu Port excursion

Hello, Welcome to our blog!

We are a travel agency in Shizuoka City.

This is Hirokane Ishikaki at Local Travel Partners.

Today, let me introduce our customers' voices.

(chartered taxi tour for cruise ship passengers)

Thank you so much for joining our tour!

We can arrange chartered taxi or microbus not only from

Shimizu Port but also Shizuoka Station or other spots.

Please feel free to ask us anything.

Hirokane-San

Everyone loved the trip . Our guide was wonderful as well as the driver. Her English was excellent and she answered all our questions as well as providing information. I will be recommending your company on TripAdvisor as I felt you provided  a wonderful tour as well as working with wonderful people like yourself

Our guests from the U.S / Our reliable guide and driver

  (September, 2017)

Thank you so much!

(Route:Miho Pine Tree Grove, Nihondaira Plateau, Kunozan Toshogu Shrine,

Shimizu Fish Market "Kashi no ichi")

Mr. Ishikaki

I enjoyed the tour very much.  

Thank you for all your help.  

Our guests from the U.S.(September, 2017)

Thank you so much!

(Route: NIhondaira Plateau, Kunozan Toshogu Shrine)

Fantastic trip with this company, waiting at the port for us with our name displayed.
Guide excellent, minibus very clean and comfortable.
All communication on booking this trip excellent.
Would highly recommend.
Thankyou for making our visit to shizuoka very special.

Our guests from the U.K.(September, 2017)

Thank you so much for your warm review on our Facebook Page!

(Route: Lake Tanuki, Shiraito & Otodome Falls, Fujisan Hongu Sengen Shrine)

Our guests from the U.S (October, 2017 )

Our guests from Portugal (October, 2017)

Thank you so much to all our customers!

We are looking forward to seeing you again!

If you have a plan to visit Shimizu and would like to

enjoy a private excursion, please contact us! 

Inquiry

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Sake Brewery in Fujinomiya City

Hello, Welcome to our blog.

We are a travel agency in Shizuoka City

Local Travel partners, Inc.

Today I would like to introduce a Japanese Sake brewery

in Fujinomiya City (near Mt.Fuji)

Fuji Takasago Sake Brewery.

(founded in 1831)

This brewery is very close to Fujisan Hongu Sengen Shrine.

So if you have a plan to visit the shrine, it is a good choice

to visit this brewery, too.

In the store:
It is a very beautiful and relaxing space.

Pronounced "Takasago"

They accepts brewery visits.

(reservation by phone or fax will be needed.)

inside the brewery:

 Explanation of sake brewing.

The sake and liquors are made between  November and April.

After pasteurization, they are stored in a tank.

These sake and liquors will be sold and shipped between 

September and October. 

Mt.Fuji's ground water

Their well water takes about 100 years to travel underground 

from the top of Mount Fuji.

Very clear water!

You need this clean water to make delicious sake.

The veteran sake brew master!

I particularly recommend a visit of this place to sake aficionados!

For more info about this brewery
(My friend Robert-San's blog post)

(We are available to provide you an English speaking guide & a car.)
Please feel free to contact us!

Thank you!

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For cruise ship passengers,/ Shimizu Port / Thank you for your requests!

Hello, Welcome to our blog!

We are a travel agency in Shizuoka City.

Local travel Partners, Inc.

We are providing private tours for cruise ship passengers

 start from Shimizu Port　since March,2016.

 (mainly by jumbo taxi, regular taxi) 

Our popular courses are travel around Shimizu area

or

travel around Fujinomiya area (near to Mt.Fuji) 

3-5 hours private tour

A Cruise ship and Mt.Fuji / Shimizu Port

We have welcomed many many guests.

Thank you for joining our tours!

A Jumbo Taxi for a family

A Jumbo taxi for a family

A Jumbo Taxi for a group

A Regular Taxi for a couple

Our guests and our English speaking driver(very few).

Our guests, our driver ,our English interpreter guide.

Our guests and Shizuoka University students.

(volunteer English speaking guide / ※not provided for every time.)

Shimizu Port boasts Japan's biggest catch of tuna!

Lesson by professional sushi  chef working at the

No.1 fishing port in Japan. 

Sushi Making Experience at Shimizu Fish Market "Kashi-no-ichi"

Please consult us in advance if you would like to experience this plan.

(Note: Wednesday is closed. )

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Our guest from Australia and I.

Very gladly, we have already received requests for next spring.

(March, April, 2018)

If you have a plan to visit Shimizu Port and have a plan 

to enjoy a private tour, please contact us!

Contact

Nihondaira Plateau

Thank you.

We are looking forward to meeting you!

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Great Inn "Kashibaya" , Fujieda City,Shizuoka Pref,Japan

Hello, Welcome to our blog!

This is HIrokane at Local Travel Partners, Inc.

We are a travel agency in Shizuoka City, japan that can

 communicate in English.

If you need some help with traffic portation(van taxi or microbus)

 around Shizuoka Prefecture,Mount Fuji, you can count on us!

We will gladly make your travel plans around Shizuoka, Mt. Fuji.

Please feel free to ask us anything.

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Today, I would like to introduce a unique tourist attraction

in Fujieda City, Shizuoka Pref.

If you are interested in Japanese history or Japanese old style inn for

ancient travelers, this is a highly recommended place.

Great Inn "Kashibaya"
This link goes to my dear friend Robert 's blog post.
It is explained in great detail.

30 minutes from JR Shizuoka Station by taxi
about 13 kilometers
(Monday closed)

To their website

The Great Inn Kashibaya is a museum
where we can enjoy the old style inn of the  Edo era
just if we were ancient travelers.

Okabe Shyuku Station is one of the stations along
  the Tokaido 53 stationsin, Edo era.
（Edo era: 1603 to 1868)

"Tokaido  was a very important highway since Edo Era that
connected Tokyo and Kyoto.(Route E)
Edo means Tokyo.

During the Edo Era, visitting Ise Jingu Shrine from Tokyo was
 a very populartravel .
People walked all the way to Ise Jingu Shrine from Tokyo.

Travelers in Edo Era.

This is Mariko Shuku Station near  Okabe Shuku Station.

Inside  this private little museum

Very steep stairs taking you to the 2nd floor!

The tipical dinner of this time. (Oh,very simple and healthy.)

Guests Tatami bedroom

Tatami room for travelers to sleep.

Travelers enjoying their drinks (the same whatever the era!)

High grade room on the 1st floor.
In an emergency, travelers could escape more easily
than those staying on the 2nd floor.

Cherry blossoms and travelers during the spring season.

A garden in front of the high grade room.

Japanese Kimono. You can try these on!

We recommend you to relax while  enjoying
old Japanese culture!

You can download English language leaflets.(PDF)
Click Here 

Thank you!

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