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Experience
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Adventure Everywere
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San Francisco, CA. USA ....now, 2013 and beyond
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Tour Director/Interpreter - Japanese - English
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Dec 1976 - Present
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San Francisco, CA. USA ....now, 2013 and beyond
Over 30 years of tour director/guide experience in English and Japanese....seven years teaching English in Japan, travelling to main cities, off the beaten path from Hokkaido to Kyushu, Towadako (Lake Towada and hot springs in Aomori Pref) with much left to be visited, though not including hiking to the top of Mt. Fuji (Fujisan) which, while they say only fools do it twice, I would happily repeat, and leisurely exploring Yufuin and its extroadinary natural setting (Kyushu); Most outstanding part of Japan: its people and their hospitable nature. Mexico, Teotihuacan, Collegio Nationale de Agricultura, The Bahamas and.....in USA, Florida (Panhandle to the keys, Keywest-Jr.College and Tennessee Williams Mem. Theatre), Georgia (Cumberland Island, and....), the Southeast, the Eastern Seaboard, our Nation's Capital (and environs), historical cities and villages of original Thirteen Colonies, the Midwest, Great Lakes states ...including, in Michigan, Detroit, Lansing, Grand Rapids...and the Cherry Capital, Traverse City, its many surrounding lakes, many with Winter ice fishing)..as well as the U.P. (Upper Peninsula) Escanaba and Lake Michigan shore....Wisconsin and its many knooks and cranies.National Parks: Day visits, students' camping sites or luxury suites if available in:Muir Woods/Yosemite/Grand Canyon/Sequoia/King's Canyon/Redwood (Humboldt and Mendocino); San Francisco Bay Area City/Museum/University Tours; Wine Country; Monterey/Carmel; California, Nevada (Lake Tahoe, Reno, Las Vegas) ...tech visits: computer r&d; SF Water Dept., GG Bridge conferencing tours; Guide Dog Center.Southwest, including New Mexico (Santa Fe, Taos, Los Alamos (Atomic Research Lab/ Museum), Albuquerque(Sandia Atomic Bomb & Military Museum), Alamogordo (Atomic Bomb White Sands Testing Site Museum); By Air, Bus, Auto, Japanese Shinkansen (Bullet train) WooHoo, and my favorite airline: AMTRAK...all aboard!.......< :-) ... Thank you for your perusal.Cheers!
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Education
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1971 - 1973Naganuma Tokyo School of Japanese
Fluent, Japanese Language -
UC Berkeley
AB, History, French, Anthro, Econ
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