I am planning a trip to Tokyo and would like to hire a guide to take me around the city. I have not had much luck finding a guide online and was hoping some of you may be able to help me.

I don't care as much if the person has a car/driver, just that they can speak English and know Tokyo very well. So far the only one I've found is $500/day - I have no idea if this is a fair price, but it seems a bit high.

An unrelated question ... I booked a room at the Tokyo Strings by IC and thought it sounded pretty nice. I was told today by someone else that it's actually in the suburbs (Shinagawa?) and not a good choice. Any thoughts?

As well, I tried searching the forum for this ... apologies if the info is already on here.

Thanks very much.