Guide Profile - Itsuko KIYOKAWA

Itsuko KIYOKAWA

English Interpreter-Guide

Guiding Area: Tokyo

Background

Born and raised in Osaka. After finished MFA program majoring in painting/printmaking in New York, worked as a part time instructor at art colleges in Kyoto for ten years. Also started to engage in English related job including in-house translator/interpreter after marriage. Currently working as a tour guide as well as an artist.

Specialties and Hobbies

• Enjoy playing badminton. A member of local club team.
• Big fan of American TV drama
• Love talking, singing, and eating
• Like all kinds of handcraft such as quilting
• Sopecial interest in traditional woodblock among all Japanese art

Message

Welcome to Tokyo! I am very excited to meet you here. Tokyo is a huge city with many unique faces. Sometimes it shows handsome face of traditional cultures with several hundred years of history, but in the very next moment it turns into a modern chaos of a city of Asia.?Wherever in Tokyo you go or whenever you come, lots of surprises of the city will welcome you and you will never be bored. I am happy to guide you doing my best so as you and your family can fully enjoy a day in Tokyo.