Personal expertise
I know every private onsen in the mountains, every chef who reserves one table for trusted guests, every ryokan that never appears in a guidebook. Eight years of personal visits — not internet research.
- Trips planned
- 243
- Average rating
- 4.99
- Experience
- 8 yrs
- Return clients
- 98%
Japan
South East Asia
Oceania
Yuki Tanaka
★ 4.99
8 years experience
243 trips planned
Japanese · English · French
About Yuki
I know Japan the way most people know their own neighbourhood.
Eight years of personal visits, hidden discoveries and extraordinary relationships — every place I recommend comes from experience, not a database. I don't suggest places I haven't stood in myself.
Why choose Yuki?
I've spent 8 years finding the places in Japan that most people never discover. Every recommendation I make comes from personal experience — not a list, not a website, not a guidebook.
Extraordinary access
After-hours entry to Arashiyama bamboo grove before anyone else arrives. Private tea ceremony with a master who usually only hosts Japanese guests. A ryokan that has never been listed online. I know these doors.
End-to-end care
Your flights, hotels, restaurants, transfers, reservations — all arranged before you arrive. A single message away if anything changes. You travel, I handle everything else. That is the promise.
Browse Yuki's favourite places
Place of the week
teamLab Planets
You walk barefoot through water, then into a room where your body disappears into an infinite field of light. teamLab Planets in Toyosu is one of the most disorienting and beautiful experiences in the world. Yuki arranges entry before the crowds arrive.
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Featured experience
Nara at dawn
For three weeks each April, the sacred deer wander through clouds of cherry blossom in Nara Park. Most visitors arrive by bus at ten. Yuki arranges entry at first light — when the park belongs only to you, the deer and the silence.
Add Nara at dawn to a Japan trip →What our travellers say.
Every extraordinary journey leaves a story. Here are a few from people who travelled with Hideaway.
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Tokyo & Kyoto, 2026 "One of the most extraordinary dinners of my life — eight seats, one chef, a kaiseki menu that changed with the season. Yuki's recommendations were absolutely perfect."
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Japan Grand Tour, 2026 "This is what travel should feel like. Every detail was considered. I've already booked my next trip with Yuki."
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Naoshima & Yakushima, 2025 "Worth every penny. Not a single moment felt ordinary. Hideaway changed how we travel."
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Hidden Japan, 2025 "I asked for something no guidebook could offer. Yuki delivered places I didn't know existed. The most memorable two weeks of my life."
Ready to travel differently?
Tell us where you want to go — your curator will do the rest.