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 From USA 2012.2.3 |
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We left for the US and reached home without any problems en route on Jan.
27. It was very nice to get to meet you and learn a bit about Nara's
Huryuji temple . It was made a lot easier due to your excellent English
language skill and vast knowledge on the temple. Because of you
I enjoyed and appreciated the temple a lot more. I communicated this
to Prof. K. also. I really admire your interest in learning and propagating
Japanese history. I think it's an excellent way to relax in a fruitful
way after all the hard working years to make a living for yourself and
your family. I will remember this trip to Nara whenever I think of
Japan.
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 From Taiwan 2012.1.30 |
We returned back to Taiwan yesterday in the evening. It was such a nice
experience that we had your introduction on Horyuji history and Buddhism spreading
into Japan during Tang dynasty. The Buddhism culture property stored in
Horyuji was so plentiful that we were fascinated by those ancient
things. Your great help made our 9-day Kansai tour
glorious. We would like to convey our sincere gratitude to you, a respectable
volunteer of Horyuji. Thank you so much, our Japanese friend. Please
feel free to get contact with me when you come Taiwan. I would most like
to provide helps on Taiwanese local information in case you need.
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 From USA 2012.1.18 |
I want to write this message to thank you
very much for the wonderful personal tour of Horyu-Ji temple you provided for us
this past July. It was truly one of the highlights of our trip to Japan, made so
much better by all of the information you provided. You are truly a master at
providing a wonderful experience for people you guide through this incredible
temple. Thank you VERY much for what you did for
us.
As a result of our great time traveling in
Japan, we will surely return to your country for a visit in the future. Maybe we
will run into you again if we return to Horyu-Ji!
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 From USA 2012.1.17 |
| We would like to express our appreciation for your kind offer to provide
an English-language tour of Horyuji.
Your tour provided us with fascinating information about the history of
the temple as well as Buddhism in Japan. Thanks to your tour, we not only
appreciated the beauty of the temple buildings and the items they contain
but also gained a deep appreciation of their spiritual and historical significance.
Again, thank you, for expanding our appreciation of a world heritage site.
We had never met such an excellent English guide!
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| From France 2012.1.8 |
| For this new year we hope that the Japonese
people who suffered from the tsunami last march will quickly recover confidence
in future and that everyone will recover a home and some work!
We wish that Japan will be able to bring under
control the fukushima daiichi nuclear power station, and to fight successfully
against radioactive pollution.
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 From Finland 2011.10.26 |
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Thank you very much for the attention you gave us during our visit
to Horyuji. Your guidance brought us to appreciate even more the vast Japanese history and
culture.
You’ve also opened our eyes to see beautiful things that we wouldn’t have noticed, like the color of the beetle on that shrine. We will certainly keep you and Horyuji
between
the nice memories we cherish about Japan.
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From USA 2011.10.24
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| I"m writing to say "thank you"to a nice woman who was working
in the Tourist Informtion Office in the Horyuji Station on May 13,2011.
Her English skill was "Great"! ...... I asked you if there is
bus that goes to Yakushiji from the Horyuji Station . You said that a good
way to get there would be to take the JR train a short distance, get off
that train and walk to the other train ,then take that to Yakushiji. .........
I didn't get lost - thanks to your good advice. ..... In June I returned
to my hometown near San Francisco.I already miss Japan and I'm hoping I
can get back ...... I like Nara-ken a lot.. |
| From ISRAEL 2011.10.11 |
| We just wanted to say thank you very much for the lovely tour. Ms.H is
very nice and an excelent guide and we learnt a lot from the tour Thank's
again for everything. |
 From USA 2011.9.16 |
Just a quick note of thanks for the time and knowledge you shared with me.
Your efforts made my visit to Horyuji the most enjoyable and informative day of
my trip. I'm in San Francisco now but leaving for my winter home in Mexico in a
couple of weeks.
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| From Canada 2011.7.19 |
I would just like to say that your tour over the Horyuji temple was fantastic!
Thank you so much! My kids and I learned so much with you. We were extremely
lucky that you were there to stop us before we went into the temple. You were by
far the best tour guide we had. People like you make visits to Japan so much
more enjoyable.
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 From Canada 2011.4.14
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You made our visit to Horyuji temple very special. We were very lucky that
you were there to give us such good explanations. Your explanations actually
helped us for the rest of our trip. I hope that you are doing well and often
think of the afternoon that Philippe and I spent with you. Your kindness to
drive us to the train station was very touching. I want to thank you again and
say how much we appreciated the time you spent with us.
I have attached a few pictures of you with us as I would like to
share the good memories with you. Thank you again
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| From Ｔａｉｗａｎ 2011.3.30 In connection with Great earthquake |
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この間に日本へ旅行に行った時に、詳しくいろいろお寺の歴史をご説明いただき、誠に有難うございました。台湾へ帰って来たら、仕事がずっと忙しくて今頃返事するなんて本当に申し訳けありません。
2,3週間前に日本が大きな地震が発生しました、いままでなかったすごく大きな地震と津波が発生し、口に出せないほど、驚きました。本当に目の前に信じられない事です。ーー様とご家族と親友達が大丈夫でしょうか。一日も早く回復できますようお祈り致します。
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| From Italy 2011.3.19 In connection with Great earthquake |
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We wish to tell you our deep sorrow for the
terrible suffering of the Japanese People.
Last year, when we came to Japan for the first time, we had the opportunity
to know your marvelous Country and its extraordinary People.And we simply
love both the country and the people.Now, as everybody in the world, we
hope – and are sure – that the outstanding courage and moral strength of
the Japanese People will help it once more to overcome this disaster.
With all our sympathy to you, your family,
relatives, friends and all the Japanese People.
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| From Greece 2011.3.17 In connection with Great earthquake |
I was about to inform you today that the trip was cancelled yesterday. In view
of the tremendous problems the Great East Earthquake brought to your country and
the continuing uncertainty for a successful control of the nuclear plants in
Fukushima, none of the group members wanted to travel to Japan any more. We are
not going therefore to make use of your kind services this time but do hope to
do so in the not too distant future. Till then we want to sincerely thank you
for your promptness to be of assistance to us and to assure you that we admire
and love your country and its people. We have no doudt that Japan will manage to
recover from this tragic disaster very soon.
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| From USA 2011.3.13 In connection with Great earthquake |
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東北地震大阪は大丈夫ですか？ニュース聞いたらすごく心配なので、無事の報告を待ってます。
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| From Spain 2011.3.13 In connection with Great earthquake |
| we have watchen in TV what have happened in Japan. We are worried about
you and your family. We hope you be fine, however the earthwake. |
| From USA 2011.3.12 In connection with Great earthquake |
My husband and I
are shocked to see the level of destruction that yesterdays earthquake has
wrought on Japan. We hope that you and your family have been spared injury and
loss in this tragic event.
We pray for your
safety and for the well-being of all Japanese
people.
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| From France 2011.3.12 In connection with Great earthquake |
| Of course our mind went to you and your compatriots, when listenig to the news from Japan yesturday. We hope that yourself and your close family have not been physically concerned par the earthquake. We hope that disaster will now stop, and that people will quickly recover quietness. |
From France 2011.3.6
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I have visited Nara at 2 Feb, with my sister. We enjoy very much our visits
with you： Your knowledge about monuments and history of japan, and your
kindness. We would like to thank you.
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| From US 2010.11.27 |
| Just wanted to tell you that we had a wonderfull time during our visit
to Horyuji Of course that was because we had ichiban guide Hiroko-san made
the tour so interesting due to her knowledge and details of the many things
we saw I even felt I was walking during the actual time the buildings were
constructed Her warmth and personality made everything more special You
should be very proud to have her on your staff Once again DOUMO ARIGATO
GOZAIMASHITA Hopefully we will meet some day....maybe in NY |
| From Italy 2010.11.8 |
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We would like to tell you how delighted we were to be able to visit Horyuji
and Nara with Ms H. She is so knowledgeable, so kind so exquisitely dynamic!
Ms Hattori really made our day a perfect day.
Thank you again and, again, all our congratulations for giving
visitors such excellent opportunities.
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| From Hong Kong 2010.10.5 |
I and my wife have memory when travelling Japan about a week ago. Sachiko
has guided us the visit to Horyuji temple. We were very impressed and her
hospitality was very thankful.
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| From Canada 2010.9.19 |
Thank you for taking the time to give us a guided tour of Horyuji on 2 Sep 2010. My wife and I really appreciated your insights into the origins of the temple, its history, and relevance to Buddhism in Japan. I have attached one of our best pictures of that visit so you can share in our memories.
If you ever come to Vancouver again, please drop us a note so we can meet again.
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| From Canada 2010.7.２８ |
We are deep into our busiest tourism season now and many Anne fans from Japan
are arriving. If you ever happen to come to our Island we'd love to host you
(Lodging and guide service). Do not hesitate to consider this. We feel deeply
appreciative of all our Japan volunteer guides and would love to do the same for
someone else coming to our region.
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 From USA 2010.7.８ |
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It was a pleasure meeting you
today.
Joannie and I felt that your guiding us was
the height of our trip.
I’m attaching a copy of our photo and a shot from the Katsura Imperial
Villa yesterday.
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| From UK 2010.7.6 |
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I would just like to say thanks very much for organising Ms H to be our guide when we visited Nara 9th June. We had the most wonderful day with Ms H and she was a very organised, knowledgeable and fabulous guide. We would
really like to say thanks to Ms H for making the children's toys and being so helpful to us,
could you please let Ms H know how grateful we are?
Kindest regards and many thanks,
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 From Canada & USA 2010.7.4 |
We are glad having you as our guide today at Horyuji, and we really
appreciate our time with you, which made our trip so wonderful,
and let us know more about Japan's history. We, interns from
U.S. and Canada , want to say thank you so much again for your help. Attached
please find our group photos with you, as well as our best
wishes to you, to your family, for every happy day.
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I am writing this letter to thank you for your kind guide today. Your amazing
explanation not only helped us understand the remarkable achievement of Horyu-ji
Temple, but also brought us the great interest to learn Japanese history and
Buddhism. Above all, this is the best trip I had ever had in Japan. Again, thank
you very much for your effort and time.
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 From France 2010.5.31 |
Konnichi wa; o genki desu ka?
These two photographies, in memory of very pleasant moments passed together
(sorry, but for the moment I am not so sure of my japonese speaking, and
prefer to speak in english).with kindly regards. |
 From USA 2010.5.11 |
Since our return from Japan several weeks
ago we have been overwhelmed with pressing tasks that have severely distracted
us. We have been particularly delinquent in sending this note of gratitude to
you.
We enjoyed our entire visit to Japan,
however, the highlight of our trip was the splendid tour you provided of
Horyu-ji Temple compound on March 25th, 2010.
You may recall that it was particularly unpleasant day, cold and wet. But
you enthusiastically conducted my husband and I through the entire temple
complex. We want to thank you again for your generous effort. Japan
is a beautiful country and your personal hospitality enhanced our visit
immeasurably.
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| From USA 2010.4.14 |
My husband and I wanted to thank you both for your tour of Nara.
We really appreciate that you both found time to spend the day with us,
and give us so much wonderful background and insight into the sites we
were visiting. It certainly made the visits so much more meaningful
that they would have been otherwise. We especially enjoyed our conversations
with the two of you on many aspects of Japanese life, besides those that
related to the specific places we were visiting.
Most of all, we appreciate your kindness. Our time with you
made our trip that much more wonderful.
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 From France 2010.4.2 |
I hope that you are doing fine and that you keep enjoying walking through
the beautiful temples in your area.As promised, please find attached the
two pictures we took with you ! I hope it remembers you good memories just
like it does for us.
We thank you so much for all the things you teached us during
the visit. You made it so interesting !
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| From US & Germany 2010.3.19 |
We wanted to send you our warm greetings, and to thank you for your excellent
guidance at Horyu-ji. You provided us with information and a context that we
certainly did not have before.
As I know you are interested in the
precise meaning of the English terms, one small point: often, in distinguishing
between Buddhism and Shintoism, you used the word "polygamy" to describe the
Shinto belief in multiple deities. Polygamy refers to the ability to take
multiple wives; with respect, I believe that the word you meant to use was
"polytheism"--the belief in multiple deities.
It was a pleasure to have
met you, and I hope our paths cross again.
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 From France 2010.1.11 |
We had chance to have you as guide last september and at the beginning of the new Year ,we send you our best wishes for a happy and prosperous 2010 for you, your family and your friends.We kept a nice souvenir about our trip in JAPAN and still thank you for your help.
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| From Sweden 2010.1.9 |
| I was the Swedish women that you so kindly guided before New Year's Eve.
My Japanese fiance was together with me. For me it was the first time to
see this wonderful sight, and your experienced guiding made it so much
better. I'm very grateful for this, thank you ever so much ! It's the
kindness of you and other people that make the world a nicer place. |
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| From Spain 2010.1.4 |
We wanted to thank you very much for the very good Horyuji tour you have
given us. Thanks to your tour, Horyuji is the place in Japan we have learned
most about. Tomorrow is our last day and we have to return to Spain.We
liked Japan very much . Beautiful landscapes, very friendly people, good,very
good food. We hope you recieve this letter with the Spanish sweets we sent.
Many,many greetings from us, and again thank you for the excellent tour!
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| From Participants of International Institute under the auspices of the
Osaka City University （52- Foreigner and 26-Japanese) |
| With your kind help, We had a very pleasant trip. Moreover, we had known
much about the history of Japan. We would like to thank you very much.
衷心感謝 From China |
| I was very much impressed with voluntary guide for a small group. We can
hear the precise explanation of the historic side of the temple. Especially,
the guide were very kind and was willing to answer the questions. It was
very nice!! From Korea |
The lady, who was our guide at Horyuji , has been excellent. She was very
well prepared, she had two folders with photographs of the treasures, diagrams
and other useful materials. The photographs were very often useful because
the original treasures were in dark. Our guide answered very well questions
from the group. She was very knowledgeable , very enthusiastic about her
job, even it was her voluntary job.
I strongly recommend her for other tours, and, I think, it was very hard
to find a better guide than her. I would like to thank her very much for
her excelent guide she provided to us. From USA |
| We were impressed by your enthusiasm yesterday. Our tour was not only interesting,
it was also very nice to have such a personal approach ( in small groups).
Considering the fact that you are doing this voluntary, we would like to
express a sincere. DOMO ARIGATO GOZAIMASU From Belgium |
| I am cordially thankful to the organizers and to guides for this EXCELLENT
excursion to one of the most famous and most important place in the history
of Japan. From Israel |
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