Shop & Guide information (About us)

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We have been operating as tour guides on Iriomote Island for 15 years since we opened in February 2010. 
We belong to the Iriomote Island Canoe Association and the Okinawa Prefecture Kayak and Canoe Guide Association, 
which have been built and maintained by senior guides for over 30 years to protect the nature of Iriomote Island. 
We value our horizontal connections with our fellow guides from each organization on Iriomote Island, 
help each other out, and strive to improve our skills in terms of safety.

All tours that make you feel like you're walking around Iriomote are full-scale outdoor activities. 
Please rest assured that we don't do tours that just gather a lot of customers and do a little something and then finish! 
We have a wide variety of tours available, from tours that the whole family can participate in with peace of mind, 
from small children to grandparents, to tours for those who want to go into deeper fields or try paddling the ocean in a sea kayak.

Our staff is always striving to provide tours that allow guests who join our tours to experience the beauty and preciousness
 of the nature of Iriomote Island, a World Heritage Site, and the joy of interacting with nature through an authentic outdoor experience,
 leaving them with big smiles and the best memories!! 

If you have any concerns about the tour, please contact us.

Meet the team

Naoya Ojima (Owner & tour guide)
Blood type AHe was born in 1976 in Saitama. After graduating high school, he lived in Michigan and Oregon US. After coming back to Japan, he helped his friend’s business and after that worked at jewelry brand. Then he moved to Iriomote with his wife, Reiko. He is the father of two wild sons! He has been working as a tour guide over fourteen years in Iriomote island, as certified guide by Okinawa kayak guide association. He takes rescue training session by Okinawa kayak guide association, CPR and AED training session, and kayak rescue and skill training session every year for multiple times continuing to improve his skill and make sure the safe tour.
He met canoe( sea kayak Canadian) when he was in high school helping the nature center in Shikaribetsu Hokkaido, then he got fascinated with the job in wildness.
Let’s play in Iriomote’s nature together!I’m looking forward to seeing you!!

2004 interpretation association/CES interpreter training seminar completion.
2004 project wild educator seminar completion
Certified kayak guide by Okinawa kayak guide association.
OMSB life guard
Registered Attendant Guide A
Taketomi Town Tourist Guide

Reiko Ojima (Hotel NEST Owner/Office Administrator)

She is a mother of 2 boys. She loves swimming at beach and takeing walk around with big dog ”Fico” and also drinking with everyone. Her goal is to make you want to come back to Iriomote again!

2004 interpretation association/CES interpreter training seminar completion.
2004 project wild educator seminar completion.

Kotaro Suzuki (Tour guide ＆Hotel NEST Staff)

He decide to work here as tour guide and Hotel staff. He just graduated University from Tokyo. Everything are new living Iriomote Island for him, so his interest is everything. He had an experience studying abroad in Australia when he was in th University, so he could communicate foreign tourists by English.
He enjoy tour guide and meet people from the world.

＊OMSB Snorkeling Instructor

＊Taketomi Town Tourist Guide

＊Registered Iriomote Island Guide B

＊Certified kayak guide by Okinawa kayak guide association.

Shinya Takemoto (Tour guide ＆Hotel NEST Staff)

He is a friend of owner Nao from High school. He lived in Kanagawa and worked as a fisherman. Finally, he decide to move Iriomote Island with his wife and 3 years daughter. He is training with a harpoon fish for his daughter now. He loves being in a nature.

＊OMSB Snorkeling Instructor

＊Taketomi Town Tourist Guide

Ono Hinari (Tour Guide, Hotel NEST Staff)
Her father is an acquaintance of the owner, and when she was in elementary school, 
she participated in a Osanpo tour with her family. 
She became interested in the outdoor tour guide business, 
and came to Iriomote Island after graduating from high school.
She joined the canoe club in high school and participated in the Inter-High School Championships. 
She is a talented athlete! She is easygoing, and kind.
She is also active at NEST Iriomote.

・PADI Snorkel Instructor
・Taketomi Town Tourist Guide
・Registered Iriomote Island Guide B