Tour Guide in Ito City
ISGG（Ito Systematized Goodwill Guide）provides a voluntary tour guide who speaks foreign language and assists non-Japanese speaking visitors to travel around Ito. Major language is English but other languages may be available.
All tour guides in our group are volunteers who are willing to guide our area to the people from foreign countries.
The service area is the central parts of Ito and surrounding areas. We accept the guide requests via-email and the assigned tour guide arranges suitable tour for you.
Let’s enjoy the view of beautiful Mt. Omuro, Jougasaki-coast etc. and temples, shrines, museums and other historical places in the central part of Ito.
Please visit Guide Service pages for more details.
Mt.Omuro has a gentle silhouette looks like upside down rice bowl from wherever it is viewed. The peak of this dormant volcano 580meters above the sea level and 300meters in diameter is covered with green Japanese pompous grass. Every winter they burn old grasses to kill insects and keep Mt.Omuro green all the year round..
Sakuranosato is located at the outskirts of Mt.Omuro . You can enjoy lots of cherry blossoms all the year round. The beginning of the April is the best season to enjoy marvelous cherry blossoms.
Jougasaki Coast area had emerged by huge volume of lava gushed down from Mt.Omuro when it erupted about 4000 years ago.We suggest you to visit a suspension bridge near the Kadowaki light house. The breathtaking view from here would surely brand on your memory of visiting here.
Mt.Komuro is about 321 meters above the sea level but no crator. Lava gushed from the volcano by the eruption about 15,000 years ago. You can enjoy full bloom of azaleas and camellias in the season of May and October.
Ippekiko is a gourd -shaped natural lake. Water is very blue and clear all the year round. You can take a walk along the promenade around the lake, about 4 kilometers. Autumn is the best season to enjoy walking around this lake.
Tokaikan is the typical Japanese style hotel. Tokaikan was built 1928, by a successful lumber merchant. He used lots of precious and unique materials to build this hotel. So you will notice the carpenters’ elaborate works here and there.
| Guide Policy |
Please accept the following ISGG guide when you request a guide.
■ Volunteer Service
１） ISGG is a volunteer guide service and can assist sightseeing tours of foreign tourists in English or other languages around Ito area.
2) ISGG does not hold any special licenses as professional tour guides.
3) Our volunteer guide staff will make your sightseeing tours much more pleasant and memorable.
■ Terms and Conditions
1) ISGG does not provide the guide service in the night and/or overnight.
2) Neither ISGG nor the guide staff of ISGG, shall be under any liability for any loss, damage, delay or expense of the tourists in whatever nature, whether direct or indirect, arising in the course of the sightseeing guide.
3) The service you request may not be provided if ISGG cannot find the appropriate guides and /or if you do not accept this guide policy.
4) Photos of the guests that are taken during the tour may be used by ISGG for the purpose of reporting ISGG activities.
5) In case of a bad weather condition, ISGG may cancel the tour guide.
■ Expenses
Our services are provided free of charge. However you are requested to pay for the following expenses of the guide of ISGG, if occurred, as well as yours.
1) Admission fee to the tourist facility.
2) Travelling expense for the guide from his/her residence to the place where you meet the guide. Estimated amount is about 2,000 yen per guide(1～4persons).
■ Guide Request
1) Guide request is accepted by an E-mail in English or in Japanese.
2) Please send your request at least 2 weeks before the requesting date.
3) Please download the form “ISGG Guide Application Form” fill in English, and send it by E-mail to <contact@itosgg.org>.
4) You may also write the following required information directly in your E-mail in English
①Name of applicant(Name, Mr/Ms, Age, Nationality)
②Other members(Name, Mr/Ms, Age, Nationality)
③ Date & time for the guide service
④ Requesting place to visit
⑤ E-mail address of the applicant
⑥ Accommodation in Ito(Name of Hotel, Telephone)
⑦ Particular request(if any)
*Please show your acceptance of ISGG guide policy written in the “Guide Policy”
*ISGG does not disclose any photos taken during guide service to public, except the limited purposes, such as ISGG Website and our Newsletter report. Please show your permission。
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