Our Guides

As of March 2024, there are a total of 29 national interpreter guides and the Koya Kumano Licensed Guide Interpreters (Koya and Kumano Local Guides).
In order to ensure that every guide has minimum necessary skills, we conduct various training programs of our own and strive to improve the level of our guides.

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Wada Yoshiho (Yoshi)

I am currently serving as the representative director of the organization.I am currently away from guiding dut […]

Misa Izuishi

When guiding, safe passage and helping clients have a pleasant time are my first priority. In order to fulfill […]

Waka Wada

Hello. My name is Waka.Most Japanese name has meaning, my name also has meaning. For example, the first part o […]

Jennifer Fujino

Mabuhay (Filipino for Hello) Im Jennifer Strebel Fujino. I was born and raised in Bacolod City, Philippines. P […]

Keigo Yasui

My name is Keigo.Pilgrimage to Kumano is like the travel from the everyday world to the heaven. You may walk a […]

Kyoko Fukutsuji

People ask me like this.    Are you in love with Kumano? In the sounds of Kumano Forest, river flow, and tides […]

Hitomi Tamaki

Hi! My name is Hitomi Thank you for visiting my profile page. I was born in Tokushima Shikoku island. I like m […]

Masahiro Yagi

Seeing one poem composed by one of famous poet “Fujiwara Teika” who is known as also an editor of famous 100 p […]

Tadaharu Mukai

I have spent many years with students as an elementary and junior high school teacher. I am interested in hist […]

Yohei Nakano

Hello!  I’m Yohei Nakano.  I live in Wakayama City, a three-hour drive north off Kumano. Like most J […]

Akemi Nakaie

Hello,I’m Akemi.Why don’t you walk with me feeling sacred atmosphere?Kumano Kodo always gives me p […]

Sato Hatsumi

My name is Hatsumi. I live in Shirahama, a city of beautiful sea and hot springs. I am not originally from Wak […]

Kazumi Yamamoto

My name is Kazumi Yamamoto. I was born and grew up in Tanabe city,Wakayama. In 1990,I studied in the U.S. I lo […]