History
Yamato Travel Bureau® was founded in 1957 by Eddie K. Yamato.
Eddie was born in Hawaii and he ventured to California to find there
was a part of the population that required help in immigration,
accounting, insurance and many other service matters. He started
the Yamato Service Bureau in 1923 to meet these needs. With various departments in his company, Mr. Yamato strived to provide service
to anyone who needed assistance. The travel division was an outgrowth
of the employment division. After his passing in 1960, Peggy Yamato Mikuni, the oldest daughter, having been with Yamato Travel Bureau® since its inception, has carried on the business.
Yamato Travel Bureau® was established with the motto, "Our reputation
is built on courteous service." All sales agents are trained to handle each request courteously with clients' special requests and desires in mind.
Many satisfied and repeat clients give us the gratification and incentive
to continue servicing our valued clients.
Along with the necessary ARC and IATAN business, bonding and
insurance qualifications, Yamato Travel Bureau® is a long-standing member of the American Society of Travel Agents, Pacific Area Travel Association, Cruise Lines International Association, as well as a member
of the nation-wide consortium, Vacation.com.
What we do
Yamato Travel Bureau® is a full-service travel agency handling all
phases of individual, group, and corporate travel. Not only do we
package our own tours, we sell all nationally-advertised programs
with companies such as Abercrombie and Kent, Collette Vacations,
Disney Vacations, General Tours, Globus Tours, Maupintour,
Pleasant Holidays, Tauck Tours, to name a few. As an official agency member of the Cruise Lines International Association, we sell all the
major cruise companies, a few of which are Carnival, Crystal, Cunard, Disney, Holland-America, NCL, Princess, Regent Seven Seas. As a
member of a national consortium, Yamato Travel Bureau® can offer
very attractive prices on many cruise sailings and tours. With our experienced and knowledgeable staff, we feel we can be of service in helping select the right tour or cruise for you.
Yamato Travel Bureau® will continue to offer our selection of
in-house tours, which are escorted by a Yamato Travel Bureau® representative. We are very proud of the success of our tours and
the wonderful following we have maintained throughout the years.
We hope one or more of our tours will be of interest to you.
Please take advantage of the many services Yamato Travel Bureau®
can provide. We look forward to hearing from you!
President: Peggy T. Mikuni
Leisure and Corporate Department: Grace Sakamoto, Manager
Masako Kakimoto,
Japanese Division
Lois Kageyama, Sales Agent
Sandy Abe, Sales Agent
Group and Incentive Department: Noreen Tanamachi-Liu,
Manager
Lilly Nomura,
Sales Agent & Tour Escort
Sharon Seto,
Sales Agent & Tour Escort
Accounting Department: Shari Masuda, Manager
