Kansai · Driven from Nagoya
Osaka is loud, warm and completely unpretentious — the antidote to a week of temples. We spend the morning where Toyotomi Hideyoshi united the country, and the evening eating standing up in Shinsekai with someone who can order for you. The subway does the moving; your guide does everything else.
Hour by Hour
A starting point, not a script. Every stop can be swapped, dropped or lingered over on the day.
From your hotel in Osaka, Kyoto or Kobe.
The keep, and the cyclopean stones of the outer wall that nobody photographs and everybody should.
One of the oldest shrine styles in Japan, predating Chinese influence. The arched bridge is 400 years old.
Lunch grazing — uni, wagyu skewers, fugu if you are brave. Halal and vegetarian routes exist too.
Kobe beef teppanyaki, a sake brewery in Nada, Nara’s deer an hour away, or the Umeda Sky Building.
Showa-era Osaka, unchanged and unbothered. Kushikatsu, and the one rule: never double-dip.
Neon on the canal, the Glico man, and a walk through Hozenji Yokocho’s stone alley.
Hotel, Kansai Airport, or Shin-Osaka.
No — guide only is enough
Osaka is compact and its subway is excellent. Guide-only is plenty; take the car if you are pairing it with Nara, Kobe or Koyasan in the same day.
A 2h30m drive from Nagoya, or we start from your Osaka or Kyoto hotel.
Year-round. Summer evenings are made for this city; bring the appetite.
¥100,000 guide only — trains, walking and taxis at cost.
¥300,000 with the Alphard and driver, door to door — about ¥50,000 each with 6 of you.
¥500,000 guided by Master Ken himself, six days a month.
The Rate
Every one of them is one private group per day, priced for the group rather than per head.
The only question is whether you need the car — and on some days you genuinely do not.
We will tell you which.
BUSHIDO Guideガイドのみ
¥100,000per day · whole group · up to 6
Guide only · all 47 prefectures
Your own English-speaking guide for the day, anywhere in Japan. You travel by train, on foot and by taxi — we go where the rails already go well.
BUSHIDO Private車付き
¥300,000per day · whole group · up to 6
Guide + Alphard + driver
The full day, door to door. A private Toyota Alphard with its own driver, so six of you and six suitcases move as one — including the places the trains make painful.
A Day with Master Kenケン本人
¥500,000per day · whole group · up to 6
Kensuke Ueoka himself · 6 days a month
Ken guides a handful of days each month and no more. Kyudo 4th dan, calligraphy 6th dan, yabusame rider — the day is his practice, not a performance of it.
One flat price for the group — not per head. Two of you or six of you, the day costs the same.
Multi-day journeys are ¥300,000 per day, plus the guide’s accommodation (¥15,000–¥25,000 per night, at cost). Beyond 10 hours, ¥15,000 per hour.
Begin Your Journey
One private group per day — nationwide.
— dates are currently open, synced with Ken’s own calendar.
Inquiring is free. Nothing is charged until your itinerary is confirmed in writing.
We reply within 24 hours — Ken reads every message himself.
Nothing is charged at this stage. You receive a written itinerary and price first;
a 30% deposit by bank transfer confirms the date.
Guiding & hospitality by BUSHIDO LLC. Reservations, travel contracts and payment are handled by our licensed partner 有限会社ローライ (Rollei Co., Ltd.) — Aichi Prefecture Registered Travel Agency No. 3-1516. All vehicles are operated by licensed chartered-hire operators.
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