
Japan Guide Awards Ceremony 2024
The first commemorative Japan Guide Awards ceremony was held on December, 14th 2024 at the Tokyo American Club. Yuko Kajitani was crowned the Guide of the Year for 2024!
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The next Japan Guide Awards 2025 Ceremony will be held
on December, 20th 2025 at the Tokyo American Club.
About Japan Guide Awards
The Japan Guide Awards is an award for outstanding tour guide-interpreters with the goal of fostering the growth tour guide-interpreters throughout Japan, in terms of quality and quantity. The Japan Guide Awards Executive Committee, consisting of national and regional tour guide-interpreters in Japan, is the organizer of the awards.
The Japan Guide Awards will recognize outstanding national and regional tour guide-interpreters all over Japan that are nominated by registered members. After a first and second round of selection based on a comprehensive review of each guide's experience, skills, tour itineraries, on-site responsiveness, and guest satisfaction among other factors, the final vote by registered members will determine the winners of each award, including the Guide of the Year.

Guide of the Year

Yuko Kajitani
(Hiroshima)
Award Categories

History & Culture
Award
Mayumi Kakioka
(Osaka)

Best Itinerary
Award
Kazuhiro Yoshida
(Kyoto)

Accessible Tour
Planning Award
Kuniyasu Nomura
(Tokyo)

Hospitlity
Award
Masayo Komatsubara
(Hiroshima)

Family Friendly
Award
Atsuko Ando
(Tokyo)

Hope for the Future
Award
William McMichael
(Fukushima)
Japan Guide Awards 2024
Japan Guide Awards Executive Committee
The Japan Guide Awards Executive Committee was established in 2024 and consists of mainly national and regional tour guide-interpreters in Japan. This will be the first year the committee will hold and operate the “Japan Guide Awards,” an award aimed at recognizing, fostering, and growing the tour guide-interpreter community throughout Japan.
Tour Guide-Interpreter Members

Corporate Members
