Our team at Inside Japan Tours
The sun never sets on the InsideJapan Tours team (well, maybe on Sundays) as we have offices in Bristol (UK), Broomfield, (USA), Brisbane (Australia) and Nagoya (Japan). On this page you can meet the people behind our Japan holidays and tours.
We have a wide range of backgrounds and interests, but you can be sure that the one thing that ties us all together is a love of Japan, Japanese culture and a passionate desire to share that with other people.
From the accounts department, through the travel consultant teams to the tour leaders and guides on the ground, you can rest assured that everything we do is to make sure you have the best possible experience of Japan.

- Tomoko Ishikawa
- Senior Finance Assistant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
Though her roots lie in Niigata, Tomoko has lived all over Japan - including Toyama, Kanazawa, and her current home: Nagoya.
Tomoko has plenty of experience in the travel industry - both from within and without. Before joining the InsideJapan team in 2013, Tomoko spent two years working at a hotel in Kanazawa and three at a hotel in Nagoya. Prior to that, she studied for a degree in English and Chinese, giving her a broad insight into two very disparate languages and cultures - an advantage that has thus far served her well in her work with foreign visitors to Japan.
It was as part of her college lacrosse team that Tomoko first became interested in the tourism industry. While competing in the International Friendship Lacrosse Game in Nagoya, she made sightseeing plans and gave guided tours of Nagoya to American players - showing them Nagoya Castle, the port aquarium, taking them to izakaya and giving them a crash course in Japanese karaoke! This experience made a big impression on Tomoko, and seeing her American friends getting such enjoyment from Japanese food and culture is what encouraged her to enter the travel industry.
Tomoko's favourite travel experiences to date have been visiting Korea's Jeju Island, where she loved trying Korean foods, getting a proper Korean body scrub and hiking at Halla Mountain; and spending four months in Alberta, Canada, as a student. At a freezing -27 degrees, this was the first time Tomoko experienced real cold!
Today Tomoko continues helping foreign visitors to discover Japan through her work at InsideJapan Tours. In her spare time she loves watching movies, playing football and lacrosse - as well as having an interest in kimono, calligraphy and Cath Kidston!
What would you say to persuade someone to visit Japan?
"Japan has such a unique culture, and absolutely delicious food. I highly recommend staying at traditional Japanese inns (ryokan and minshuku), and eating out at an izakaya - the Japanese version of a pub. You're guaranteed to have a wonderful experience that you can't get anywhere else in the world.
"On top of all of this, it is only by going to Japan that you can experience true omotenashi - Japan's famous hospitality."

- Simon King
- Director
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- Call: UK 0117 370 9371
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Alastair Donnelly
- Director
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- Call: UK 0117 370 9732
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Ayako Koide
- Japan Office Manager
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- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- James Mundy
- PR Manager
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- Call: UK 0117 370 9733
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Harry Sargant
- Sales and Marketing Manager
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Tetsuko Furusawa
- Head of Booking Delivery
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- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Tyler Palma
- Head of Operations
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- Location (Japan)
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- Matt Spiller
- Trade Marketing Manager
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- Call: UK 0117 370 9739
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Akiko Imaizumi
- FIT Operations Manager
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- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Ilona Michalska
- Senior Finance Assistant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9736
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Rie Johnson
- Finance Assistant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9730
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Mark Johnson
- Senior Travel Consultant
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- Call: UK 0117 370 9744
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Amy Tadehara
- Senior Travel Consultant
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- Call: US 303 242 5506
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Tom Weston
- Sales Director
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- Call: UK 0117 244 3371
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Vivienne Boyack
- Interim Head of Sales
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- Call: UK 0117 370 9754
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Ali Muskett
- Senior Travel Consultant
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- Call: UK 0117 370 9746
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Halley Trujillo
- US Branch Sales Manager
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- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- John McMillen
- US Trade Marketing Manager & US Sustainability
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- Call: US 720 316 0191
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Mana Fukada
- Senior FIT Operations Coordinator
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- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Claire Brothers
- Sales Team Leader
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- Call: UK 0117 370 9752
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Richard Farmer
- Insider
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- Location (Japan)
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- Yuki Hunter
- Booking Delivery Manager
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- Call: UK 0117 370 9747
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Mark Rawlins
- Insider
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- Location (Japan)
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- Phil Wilmot
- IT Manager
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- Call: US +1 719 321 3511
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Tomoko Ishikawa
- Senior Finance Assistant
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- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Katrina Cordery
- Senior Sales Team Leader
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- Call: UK 0117 244 3378
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Sophie Walker
- Global Sustainability Manager
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- Call: UK 0117 244 3376
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Rachel Rykala
- Senior Travel Consultant
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- Call: UK 0117 244 3379
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Kayuki Takei
- FIT Operations Team Leader
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- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Brett Plotz
- Insider
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- Location (Japan)
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- Kumiko Smith
- Senior Product Administrator
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- Call: UK 0117 244 3271
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Rachel Grainger
- Senior Product and Operations Executive
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- Call: UK 0117 2443279
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Benjamin Guest
- Senior Travel Consultant
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- Call: UK 0117 244 3278
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Shirley Payne
- HR Manager
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- Call: UK 0117 244 3275
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Grant Ekelund
- Senior Travel Consultant
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- Call: US 720 465 5301
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Tim Grisbrooke
- Japan Product Executive
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- Call: UK 0117 244 3471
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Fergal Fox
- Insider
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- Location (Japan)
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- Kinga Ciupak
- Insider
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- Location (Japan)
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- Brandon Valenzuela
- Insider
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- Location (Japan)
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- Yu Mizuno
- Operations Assistant
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- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Kayako Fukaya
- Finance Assistant
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- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Van Milton
- Insider
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- Location (Japan)
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- Tim Oakes
- Australia Branch Manager
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Anna Sears
- Global Projects Executive
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- Call: US 720 316 7365
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Shino Kuroda
- Senior Sales Support Administrator
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Samantha Barrow
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9734
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Paul O'Brien
- InsideAsia Programme Manager
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- Call: 0117 244 3372
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Aya Davies
- Senior Sales Support Administrator
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3460
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Samantha Hall
- Learning & Development Manager
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- Call: 0117 370 9741
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Claire Swithinbank
- Global Marketing Projects Coordinator
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 244 3384
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Lachlan Woodland
- Travel Consultant
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Robert Kodama
- Field Operations Manager
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- Location (Japan)
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- Aaron Boothe
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9749
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Holly Brown
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3380
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Arielle Schlickman-Elak
- IT Support Engineer
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 303 952 0379
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Ai Ishida
- FIT Operations Assistant
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- Call: JP (0)52 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Kye Jewell
- Senior IT Support Engineer
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- Call: 0117 244 3479
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Imogen Lacey
- HR Generalist
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- Call: 0117 244 3387
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Jeff Krevitt
- Vice President of Marketing, Americas
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- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Michael Trombold
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 791 5535
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Becky Barry
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 244 3473
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Sora Jang
- Travel Consultant
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Sophie Dowdeswell
- Travel Consultant
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- Call: 0117 370 9766
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Kristen Elrod
- Customer Support Assistant
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- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Lauren Handlon
- Customer Support Assistant
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- Call: JP 81 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Bruno Carrillo
- Marketing Executive
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- Call: AU 07 3703 3838
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Saeko Yuda
- Senior Sales Support Administrator
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- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Tim Supplitt
- Senior Travel Consultant
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- Call: US 720 463 3551
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Chantel Furbert
- Insider
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- Location (Japan)
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- Rob Moran
- Insider, Sustainability Global Manager
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- Location (Japan)
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- Rory Burgin
- Travel Consultant
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Lachlan Miller
- Travel Consultant
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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