The Guide - Five Stars in Kyoto
An original sitcom from YTV, revolving around the employees of a travel agency in Kyoto whose job is to respond to tourist customer complaints. Once called the “Travel Master” Kyoka Takase was transferred to a different office after a conflict with her superior. However with her expertise in planning and numerous connections, she uses her skills to create the perfect travel plan one customer at a time!
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In the past, Kyoka was an excellent employee at travel agency Sunset Tours. She was called the "legendary travel master," but a conflict with her boss led to her transfer to a free department. Now, Kyoka works at a branch office for Sunset Tours in Kyoto. She teams up with rookie employee Ichiro and divorced taxi driver Tetsuo. Tetsuo is familiar with the roads in Kyoto.
- Ep 1
1.Episode 1
09-01-2015Satake is a recent hire in the Kyoto Sightseeing Section of a travel agency. Tired of busywork, he longs for the challenge of leading a tour, but is overwhelmed when his boss foist...
- Ep 2
2.Episode 2
16-01-2015Satake goes running to Kyoka and the other Central Management Center members for help when a client comes to Kyoto with his wife and daughter, only to find out that his "mistress"...
- Ep 3
3.Episode 3
23-01-2015Unbeknownst to her husband, a housewife in an unhappy marriage goes on a "breakup tour" in Kyoto hosted by a famous fortune teller and conducted by Satake. But the husband catches...
- Ep 4
4.Episode 4
30-01-2015Kyoka's favorite actor comes to Kyoto, but his innocent image is nothing like the selfish jerk who verbally abuses Kyoka even as he relies on her services for a fan-and-paparazzi-f...
- Ep 5
5.Episode 5
06-02-2015When Kawabata's ex-wife comes to Kyoto with her much-younger boyfriend, Kawabata wants to put the kibosh on their relationship before a marriage proposal is made, so he enlists eve...
- Ep 6
6.Episode 6
13-02-2015Satake is in trouble with the boss again when the spouse-hunting tour he's in charge of is a romantic bust thanks to the mood-killing antics of one of the participants. Unfortunate...
- Ep 7
7.Episode 7
20-02-2015Satake gets the first opportunity to create a tour plan from scratch for two clients, a father and daughter, but the challenge is the father is a blind curmudgeon. Nevertheless, th...
- Ep 8
8.Episode 8
27-02-2015Satake is in charge of a small company's trip, but the day before, the president calls and demands the price be reduced to 5,000 yen a person! What secret is he hiding from his emp...
- Ep 9
9.Episode 9
06-03-2015The president of a major cosmetics company and her assistant come to Kyoto for an "eating tour", but Satake is disconcerted when she takes one bite of a dish and then insists on go...
- Ep 10
10.Episode 10
13-03-2015Satake's friend from university and his girlfriend come to Kyoto and share the news that they plan to be wed soon, but they don't plan for the sudden appearance of his mother, a no...
- Ep 11
11.Episode 11
20-03-2015When the managing director from the Tokyo Head Office comes to Kyoto for a week, it seems preordained that heads are going to roll. Section Chief Miyata guides a tour to score poin...
- Ep 12
12.Episode 12
27-03-2015Managing Director Sanada decides to shut down the Central Management Center, also Satake has to successfully accomplish one more tour to get his promotion.
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