Hi, I’m Zarina
Hi, I’m Zarina
I’ve lived in Sapporo for 3 years
I speak English, Russian and some Japanese
I am Researcher
Hello, my name is Zarina, and I study environmental science in Sapporo. I like this city, as it is full of modern life, but surrounded by beautiful forests and mountains. I like everything about nature and culture — traditional japanese theater, hiking, spending time in the zoo with my friends’ kids and search for traces of past life on river stones. I am a «vintage shopaholic», so I know almost all major flea markets in the city — on one of them I bought my favorite japanese flute.
My knowledge & interests
Master, 1st year
Arts
Nature / outdoors
Local cuisine
Food markets
Theater
Parks
Gardens
Wildlife
Hikes
Social history
Religious history
Cityscape photography
Classical architecture
Vintage shops
Street markets
Traditional culture
Religious customs
Lifestyle culture
Rituals & ceremonial customs
Geology
My reviews
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5* GYGFWWYRX8VQ
April 2025
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This personalized walking tour was amazing. I lived in Japan and coming back we wanted to see non tourist local spots. Snowy and icy we easily navigated through Nakajima Koen (park) and viewed the sun through a telescope. We saw carp in local streams, enjoyed a local favorite curry soup, two stories underground. We met local dog owners and pet several Shiba Inu. Mostly though, our guide knew so much history and cultural context that Sapporo came alive for us. Thanks Zarina.
February 2025
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Zarina was well versed at Sapporo history and culture. She also was able to save us considerable time and money steering us clear of the tourist traps and showing us alternate stores and restaurants that were cheaper and closer to our hotel. She was also extremely flexible and was able to meet us at a different location as the original meeting place did not get relayed to her. Overall she was a wonderful guide I would higher recommend who was kind, considerate, knowledgeable, flexible and spoke English and Japanese very well! She was a 10 out of 10 guide. Strongly recommend!
February 2025
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We had a wonderful time with our tourguide Zarina. She was extremely kind and patient. We started our tour much later than it was originally scheduled for because of the weather delay on the way from Tokyo to Sapporo. She was very accommodating and tried very hard to make us see and fall in love with Sapporo the way that she does.
February 2025