Private guiding · Training · Video
Telling Japan in English, from the inside.
Hi, we're ENTAIN. Sho Igarashi guides your guests himself, in English. We also train guides, work with tourism organizations, and make videos for audiences abroad.
Tours, guests and reviews: MagicalTrip's public guide profile (2018 through Sept. 17, 2026)
Guiding
Explore Japan with Sho
Four or eight hours, usually for groups of up to six. Sho chats with shop owners and staff in Japanese along the way, and interprets for your guests.
What's included
- Sho as your guests' guide and interpreter
- Guiding within an area agreed in advance
- A written quote before you confirm
Not included
- Hotel and restaurant reservations (made by the guests or their travel advisor)
- Driving (Sho does not drive, but he can ride with your guests in a chauffeured car)
- A substitute guide
Need a car?
For guiding requests, ENTAIN provides the guide only and doesn't arrange vehicles. If you need a car, we're happy to put you in touch with a registered Japanese travel agency that can arrange one. You get the quote and sign the contract directly with them; ENTAIN takes no referral fee.
- Areas
- Anywhere in Japan: Tokyo, Kamakura, Kyoto, Nara and beyond. Tokyo is where Sho knows best.
- Rates
- Four hours from USD 1,000; eight hours from USD 2,000 (tax included). Transportation, hotels, meals and admission fees are not included and are paid by the guests at cost (outside Tokyo, this includes Sho's own travel and hotel). For groups of seven or more, or other durations, please ask.
- Payment and cancellation
- Full payment by bank transfer or Wise at least 14 days before the guiding date (bookings made later are paid on confirmation). Free cancellation, or one change of date, up to 14 days before; no refund after that. If Sho cannot guide, we refund in full.
- Inquiries
- Just send the dates, group size and where your guests are staying via the contact form or to info@en-tain.com.
Guest reviews
What guests say about Sho
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Unedited excerpts from Tripadvisor reviews of MagicalTrip's Shibuya bar-hopping tour (Magical Bar Hopping Japan), from nights Sho guided.
What we do
Beyond guiding
Guide training and lectures
Classroom sessions, field walks and teaching materials for people who guide visitors. For tourism associations, local governments, schools, guide groups and companies.
Work with tourism organizations and local governments
Developing tourism talent, outreach to overseas audiences, and research and planning for welcoming visitors. We can provide estimates for budget requests.
Video for audiences abroad
Planning, filming, editing and on-camera work in English. ENTAIN handles filming and editing with partner crews.
Everything is quoted per project. Say hello through the contact form or at info@en-tain.com.
Track record
- 2026Instructor and course materials for a Tokyo tourism foundation's nighttime guide training (a 27-page course text plus field-walk materials)
- 2026Instructor for preparatory training before a tour-guide work-experience program at a Japanese distance-learning high school (materials co-developed with MagicalTrip)
- 2023–Sho appears on an English-language YouTube channel (about 45,000 subscribers, 314 videos, 928,000 views on the top video; as of Sept. 17, 2026)
- 2018–Guiding in English (MagicalTrip)
Company
ENTAIN, LLC
- Name
- ENTAIN, LLC (合同会社ENTAIN), a Japanese limited liability company (godo kaisha)
- Founded
- August 18, 2023
- Representative members
- Sho Igarashi, Ryo Kobayashi
- Address and phone
- Provided by email without delay on request
- Corporate number
- 7021003013492 (Japan Corporate Number issued by the National Tax Agency)
- Business
- Guiding in English (accompanying guests as their guide)
- Guide training, lectures and classes
- Projects for tourism organizations and local governments: developing tourism talent, outreach to overseas audiences, and research and planning for welcoming visitors
- Planning, production and on-camera work for video aimed at audiences abroad
ENTAIN is not a registered travel agency. We do not arrange transport or accommodation.
- Contact
- info@en-tain.com
Contact
Let's talk.
A few lines about your dates and ideas is all we need to get started: guiding, training and lectures, tourism projects, or video.
You'll hear back from ENTAIN within two business days (Japan time). Or email us at info@en-tain.com.