Series synopsis
The Guide - Five Stars in Kyoto, also known as 五つ星ツーリスト〜最高の旅、ご案内します!!〜 is a Japanese drama comedy television series that premiered on YTV on January 9, 2015. It ended on March 27, 2015. It stars Hidetoshi Hoshida, Naomi Watanabe, Sara Takatsuki and Yusuke Yamamoto.
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!
Premise
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!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Hidetoshi Hoshida as Tadashi Miyata
- Naomi Watanabe as Kyoka Takase
- Sara Takatsuki as Momiji Sawamura
- Yusuke Yamamoto as Ichiro Satake
- Toshiki Ayata as Hyoichi Sakuraba
- Narimi Arimori as Yuri Oogawara
- Susumu Terajima as Tetsuo Kawabata
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 12 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | January 9, 2015 | March 27, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Satake 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 foists upon him a VIP tourist who's seemingly impossible to please. |
January 9, 2015 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Satake 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" has also shown up. |
January 16, 2015 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Unbeknownst 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 wind of his wife's plan to break up their marriage through supernatural means and tries to stop her, since he's still deeply in love with his wife. Kyoka agrees to help him by infiltrating the tour herself so she can find out the wife's side of it. |
January 23, 2015 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | YTV |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 9, 2015 |
| Last aired | March 27, 2015 |
| Runtime | 43 minutes |
| Status | ended |