A 75-year old relative of mine is visiting Japan for the first time. She is all set for Kyoto and Osaka where we have relatives. (Flight will be in and out of KIX.)

She does not speak any Japanese, wants to visit several places and will need a tour guide even for cities as close to Kyoto as Kobe,

Can you recommend any tour guides or suggest a strategy of setting this up? Booking a package tour from our home country Germany seems poor value. You may spend EUR 10k for 3 weeks and this is not even including a business class ticket.

I can't impose on our Japanese relatives to help beyond the planning for Osaka/Kyoto. Of course, I do not want to impose that on the forum, either, but your quick ideas, links, and so on would be highly appreciated.