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Big Apple Guide
NYC TOUR & INTERPRETER · EST. 1985
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Since 1985 · New York City

See New York
like a local,
in your language.

Years running40+
InterpretationFree for casual use
BookingBy e-mail
BIG APPLE GUIDE ★ NEW YORK CITY ★ EST. 1985
Subway Day Tour · 9AM–4PM

One route, eleven stops, one full day of New York.

A local guide rides the subway with you through Chelsea Market, the Village, SoHo, Ground Zero, and up to Lincoln Center — at your pace, in Japanese or English.

1–5 guests, transit fare separate
The Signature Route

The house line

Every guide has a route they know by heart. This is ours — eleven stops woven into one day of walking, riding, and looking up. Private car available for the same route, door to door, for up to four guests.

1 Chelsea Market 9AM START 2 Greenwich Village 3 SoHo 4 Ground Zero 5 NY Stock Exchange 6 Statue of Liberty viewed from Battery Park 7 United Nations 8 The Met 9 Natural History 10 The Dakota 11 Lincoln Center 4PM FINISH
7 hrson foot & on the subway
11 stopsChelsea to the Upper West Side
1–5guests per guide
$2.90per subway ride, paid on the day
What we do

Interpretation and guiding, built around what you actually need in New York.

01

Interpretation

Business meetings, buying trips, and research — quoted by the job. Everyday interpreting for shopping and daily errands.

02

Subway day tour

7 hours, your route or ours, entirely by subway and on foot. Available for up to five guests, transit fare separate.

03

Private car tour

The same day, door to door by car instead of subway. $499 for up to four guests.

04

Tickets, delivered

Musicals, ballgames, and concerts booked and brought straight to your hotel.

05

Gospel & Harlem

Sunday mornings only — a gospel service followed by a walking tour of Harlem, lunch included.

06

Dinner cruise & skyline

An evening on the water, or a table at a restaurant chosen for the view.

Beyond the city

Day trips out of New York, there and back the same day.


By bus, guide included

Washington, D.C.

Capitol Hill, the Washington Monument, and the White House, with a guide who speaks your language the whole way.

  • Departs Port Authority, 42nd & 8th
  • Return to New York same evening

By bus, guide included

Boston

Quincy Market, the Harvard campus, and the USS Constitution — a day of New England history.

  • Comfortable for first-time or senior travelers
  • English not required

By bus, guide included

Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Museum of Art's famous steps, the Rodin Museum, and the Liberty Bell.

  • Paired well with Barnes Foundation visits
  • Minimum two guests

By van, lunch & tasting included

Long Island Wineries

A drive out to the North Fork's harbor town of Greenport, then three boutique vineyards — The Old Field, Lenz, and Pindar — with a tasting at each and a sandwich lunch in between.

  • $99pp (3+ guests min) · $139pp for two
  • May–Sept: daily, 3+ guests / Oct–Apr: weekends only
  • Tasting requires ID, 21+
⚠ NOTICE BOARD — READ BEFORE YOU GO
Practical, not paranoid

Four things worth knowing before you land.


Airport

Only use the marked taxi line at JFK

Drivers who approach you inside the terminal are unlicensed. Use the official yellow cab line, a pre-booked car service, or the airport shuttle bus into Manhattan.


Times Square

Costumed characters expect a tip

A photo with a costumed character or a "free" CD handed to you usually comes with a $20–30 request afterward. It's fine to say no and keep walking.


Restaurants

Check for tip already added

Some checks add gratuity under a different name — service charge, MSC — before you tip again. Read the bill once before adding anything.


Everywhere

Keep bags on your lap, not the floor

Hotel lobbies, fast food counters, and busy sidewalks are the most common places for bags to disappear. Keep valuables in front of you, not in a back pocket or at your feet.

40 years of notes

Everything else we've written down, in English and Japanese.

Getting oriented / まず知っておくこと

01NYC basics & school info for families
02Annual calendar of festivals & events
05Flights, hotel etiquette & banking basics
06Getting around: subway, bus & The Ride
16Health plans, hospitals, insurance & pet care

Seeing the city / 見どころ

00Illuminations & landmark lighting nights
04Free museum hours & galleries
13Harlem gospel, Chinatown & Little Italy
21Statue of Liberty, New Jersey & film locations
22Brooklyn's neighborhoods & sights
23Hudson Valley & upstate weekend trips

Eating, shopping & nights out / 食・買物・夜

17Restaurants New Yorkers actually recommend
17Sushi, ramen, street food & Flushing
18Shopping guide, plus baby & kids gear
20Jazz clubs, concerts & nightlife
09Theater, ballgame & opera ticket booking
15Niagara Falls, Disney World & weddings abroad
Booking is by e-mail

Tell us what you
want to see.

Write in Japanese or English — tours, interpretation, tickets, or a question about the city. We'll reply with a plan and a price.

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