Guide Dispatch
National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter Dispatch
What is “National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter”?
Under the Interpreter Guide Law, a National Guide Interpreter is “a person who, for remuneration, provides guided travel services to foreigners in a foreign language. After passing the national exam, you will be registered as a “National Interpreter Guide” with the local government. Not only do they have excellent knowledge of the language, but they also have a broad knowledge of the history, geography, and culture of Japan and have an important role in introducing Japan to foreigners. (Quoted from the JNTO Website)
The rates listed on this webpage are our new pricing, effective September 1, 2026.
For bookings received before September 1, 2026, including tours taking place on or after September 1,
the rates in the tariff available from the URL below will apply.
Please download the price table from the following URL:
https://nbs-truejapan.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/【Guide-Dispatch】For-AGT-until-Aug-31th-2026.pdf
This webpage lists only the Standard Grade guide service rates for English-language guides.
A tariff containing the rates for all languages and guide grades can be downloaded from the link below.
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【TJT】Guide-Dipatch-Service-260802【English】
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【TJT】Guide-Dipatch-Service-260802【French-＆Spanish】
【TJT】ガイド派遣サービス料金表 260802【フランス語＆スペイン語】
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【TJT】Guide-Dipatch-Service-260802【German-Italian-and-Portuguese-】
【TJT】ガイド派遣サービス料金表 260802【ドイツ語、イタリア語、ポルトガル語】
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Using the quotation Excel sheet below, you can calculate the guide service fee (including tax) for each tour date.
【True Japan Tour】Guide Dispatch Fee Quotation Format 260802【For Agent】
【True Japan Tour】ガイド派遣料見積書 260802（エージェント様向け）
1. Guide Grade System
We have classified our guides into six grade levels based on their skills, experience, and qualifications.
When requesting guide services,
you may specify your preferred guide grade for each tour or for each tour date.
We will then assign and introduce a guide who meets the criteria for the requested grade.
The rate will be calculated by applying the applicable grade multiplier (as shown in the Grade Table) to the Standard grade rate listed on this webpage.
[Policy]
1. The guide grade of assigned guides
We will assign a guide whose evaluation meet or exceed the grade you request.
Therefore, the selected grade should be regarded as the minimum standard of qualifications and experience for the assigned guide.
In some cases, you may have a higher-grade guide—for example, a Premium-level guide—while paying the Standard rate.
2. a pre-assignment interview with the guide and/or the submission of the guide’s résumé/CV
【For FIT bookings】If you require a pre-assignment interview with the guide and/or the submission of the guide’s résumé/CV, please request Advanced Grade or higher.
【For group bookings】Requests for a pre-assignment interview with the guide and/or the submission of the guide’s résumé/CV are available starting from the Standard Grade.
3. Specific Guide Request
If you wish to request a specific guide by name, the assignment will be made at the Advanced Grade level or higher.
| Guide Grade (for FIT) | Rate | General Evaluation | Qualification Requirements | Comparison with the Previous Rate | |
| ★ | Developing | 85% (-15%) | • Limited knowledge, language proficiency, and customer service skills. • Lacks sufficient guiding experience. | includes non-licensed guides | |
| ★★ | Standard | 100% (±0%) | • Meets the average professional standard expected of a licensed guide. • May have difficulty handling diverse clients or challenging situations. | National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter | This rate is 10% lower than our previous Standard Rate. |
| ★★★ | Advanced | 115% (+15%) | Our recommendation • Performs somewhat above the average standard of licensed guides. • Can handle diverse clients and challenging situations with confidence and without major mistakes. | ||
| ★★ ★★ | Excellent | 140% (+40%) | • Performs well above the average standard of licensed guides. • Can manage diverse clients and challenging situations accurately and without mistakes. | Guides assigned under this grade will meet the same qualification standards as those previously assigned under our former VIP Rate. | |
| ★★ ★★★ | Premium | 170% (+70%) | • Demonstrates an excellent balance of knowledge, language proficiency, and customer service skills. • Can be entrusted with highly diverse clients and exceptionally demanding situations. • Fully capable of serving most VIP clients. | ||
| ★★★ ★★★ | Elite | 200% (+100%) | • Demonstrates exceptional knowledge, language proficiency, and customer service skills in every respect. • Can be relied upon even in the most demanding situations with highly diverse clients. • Capable of serving any level of VIP client. | ||
| Guide Grade (for Group) | Rate | General Evaluation | Qualification Requirements | Rate | |
| ★★ | Standard | 100% (±0%) | • Meets the average professional standard expected of a licensed guide. • May have difficulty handling diverse clients or challenging situations. | National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter | This rate is 10% lower than our previous Standard Rate. |
| ★★★ | Advanced | 115% (+15%) | Our recommendation • Performs somewhat above the average standard of licensed guides. • Can handle diverse clients and challenging situations with confidence and without major mistakes. | ||
| ★★ ★★ | Excellent | 140% (+40%) | • Performs well above the average standard of licensed guides. • Can manage diverse clients and challenging situations accurately and without mistakes. | ||
| ★★ ★★★ | Premium | 170% (+70%) | • Demonstrates an excellent balance of knowledge, language proficiency, and customer service skills. • Can be entrusted with highly diverse clients and exceptionally demanding situations. • Fully capable of serving most VIP clients. | ||
※For guide requests in languages other than English, the Qualification Requirements shown in the table do not necessarily apply.
If we propose a guide without a National Government Guide License for a Standard grade or above, we will inform you of this in advance and explain the guide’s qualifications before confirming the assignment.
2. Notes on TJT’s guide dispatch
The guide service fee for a specific date is determined by several factors, including:
- Requested Guide Grade
- Season
- FIT or Group(Number of guests)
- Dispatch Area
- Requested Language
- Working Hours (Tour Duration)
The applicable guide service fee will be calculated based on these criteria.
| Criteria | Note |
| Season | 【Peak season】March 10 – April 20 and October 10 – November 20 【Regular Season】Dates other than Peak season For bookings that span both the Peak Season and the Regular Season, the applicable rate for each tour date will be based on the season in effect on that particular date. |
| FIT or GROUP (Number of guests) | 【FIT rate】 applies to groups of 9 or fewer people. 【GROUP rate】applies to groups of 10 or more people |
| Dispatch Area | The dispatch area is divided into “Tokyo/Around Tokyo” （Eastern Japan）area and “Kyoto/Osaka Around Kyoto and Osaka” area（Western Japan） However, for destinations where it is particularly difficult to secure a suitable guide, we may provide a separate quotation based on availability and local conditions. |
| Guide Rates for Languages Other Than English | (French and Spanish) Rates listed in the table.* 1.3 (Portuguese, Italian and German) Rates listed in the table.* 1.4 |
1. FIT（Standard Grade）
The table below refers to a one-day guided tour
for a group of 9 or less people with English Spealing Guide.
| Duration | Tokyo/Around Tokyo | Kyoto/Osaka Around Kyoto andOsaka | ||
| Regular | Peak Season | Regular | Peak Season | |
| Within 3 hours | JPY 12,600 | JPY 15,300 | JPY 15,300 | JPY 18,000 |
| 3 hours to less than 5 hours (half day) | JPY 18,000 | JPY 21,600 | JPY 21,600 | JPY 25,200 |
| 5 hours to less than 8 hours (Full day) | JPY 26,100 | JPY 31,500 | JPY 31,500 | JPY 36,900 |
| 8 hours to less than 10 hours | JPY 31,500 | JPY 37,800 | JPY 37,800 | JPY 44,100 |
| 10 hours to less than 12hours | JPY 36,000 | JPY 43,200 | JPY 43,200 | JPY 50,400 |
| Overtime charge (beyond 12 hours) JPY / per hour | JPY 3,000 | JPY 3,600 | JPY 3,600 | JPY 4,200 |
2. Group（Standard Grade）
The table below refers to tours of 10 or more people or tours
by chartered bus with English Spealing Guide.
| Duration | Regular | Peak Season |
| Within 3 hours | JPY 20,400 | JPY 22,950 |
| 3 hours to less than 5 hours (half day) | JPY 28,800 | JPY 32,400 |
| 5 hours to less than 8 hours (Full day) | JPY 42,000 | JPY 47,250 |
| 8 hours to less than 10 hours | JPY 50,400 | JPY 56,700 |
| 10 hours to less than 12hours | JPY 57,600 | JPY 64,800 |
| Overtime charge (beyond 12 hours) JPY / per hour | JPY 4,800 | JPY 5,400 |
3. Remarks
(1) Transportation
The guide’s transportation costs from/to their homes are not included in the guide fee.
※Should a proposed guide candidate require the use of the Shinkansen or other long-distance transportation, we will notify you in advance and assign the guide only upon receiving your approval.
(2) Accommodation
If overnight accommodation is required for the assigned guide to carry out the tour, we kindly ask the client requesting the guide arrangement to either arrange the guide’s accommodation directly or cover the cost of the guide’s accommodation.
※Should a proposed guide candidate require overnight accommodation, we will notify you in advance and assign the guide only upon receiving your approval.
(3) Meals
The following meal allowances for the guide/interpreter will be charged when the guiding starts during breakfast/lunch/dinner time.
Breakfast: JPY 1,000 Lunch: JPY 1,500 Dinner: JPY 2,000
[For FIT bookings] If the guide is required to stay overnight, please also cover the cost of the guide’s breakfast on the tour day.
[For Group bookings] If the guide is required to stay overnight, please provide or cover the cost of the guide’s breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
4. Additional Fees
In the following cases, a surcharge will be charged in addition to the base guide fee.
| Case | Details | Surcharge |
| Advance preparatory meeting | A separate charge for cases in which an advance preparatory meeting with the guide are necessary or requested. | JPY 3,000／1 hour ＊Transportation costs will also be charged” |
| Early morning/late night service | A surcharge for duties requested between 10:00pm ~ 6:59am. | JPY 2,000 / 30minutes |
| Reserved Day Allowance (standby fee) | When a guide is assigned as a through guide and there is a free day (a day without Guiding Service) within the itinerary, the guide will still need to be reserved and remain unavailable for other assignments on that day. In such cases, we kindly ask for the standby fee.e who passed our company’s standards to handle VIP clients. | 【FIT bookings】 JPY 10,000 per day (excluding tax) 【Group bookings】 JPY 18,000 per day (excluding tax) |
| Last-minute arrangements | A handling fee for requests received the day of or day prior to the tour day. | 2-day prior：10% of base guide fee 1-day prior：15% of base guide fee Same day：25% of base guide fee” |
| New Year’s Dispatch Allowance（Jan.1st-3rd） | For guide dispatch from January 1 to January 3 | Additional JPY 10,000 (Jan. 1st) 20% of the total fee (Jan 2nd /3rd) |
5. Cancellation Policy
Cancellation charges will apply when the notification of cancellation is received:
- 14-3 days before the tour day: 20% of the total fee
- 2 days before the tour day: 50% of the total fee
- 1 day before, on the tour day, or cancellation without notice: 100% of the total fee.
＊With regards to the cancellation of multiple tours, the cancellation policy will apply to the date of the first tour.
For example, if a guide has been booked for a 10-day assignment at a fee of JPY 30,000 per day (excluding tax), the cancellation for a same-day cancellation would at a total be calculated as follows: (excluding tax)
| Calculation | Cancel Fee | |
| Day 1 (Same-day cancellation) | 100% of JPY 30,000 | JPY 30,000 |
| Day 2 (Cancelled on the previous day) | 50% of JPY 30,000 | JPY 15,000 |
| Day 3 (Cancelled two days prior to the service date) | 20% of JPY 30,000 | JPY 6,000 |
| Day 4 (Cancelled three days prior to the service date) | 20% of JPY 30,000 | JPY 6,000 |
| Day 5 (Cancelled four days prior to the service date) | 20% of JPY 30,000 | JPY 6,000 |
| Day 6 (Cancelled five days prior to the service date) | 20% of JPY 30,000 | JPY 6,000 |
| Day 7 (Cancelled six days prior to the service date) | 20% of JPY 30,000 | JPY 6,000 |
| Day 8 (Cancelled seven days prior to the service date) | 20% of JPY 30,000 | JPY 6,000 |
| Day 9(Cancelled eight days prior to the service date) | 20% of JPY 30,000 | JPY 6,000 |
| Day 10(Cancelled nine days prior to the service date) | 20% of JPY 30,000 | JPY 6,000 |
| Total | JPY 93,000 |
