Introduction

*My service is exclusive to traveling families who are staying at hotels. Sorry, but NO Airbnbs.

<I offer an ordinary care at higher rate. There are a lot of others, within the CareFinder’s list, who are extraordinary care providers at lower costs.>

I am a 56 year old mom of two college age children. Lived a half of my life in US/Canada. Babysitting since HS in US.

FREE last minutes changes/cancellation.

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*Rate: 5000 yen for one child and 5500 yen for two children.

*Booking is on a first booked first served basis.

*Last minute changes and cancellation are WELCOMED with NO CHARGE, unless if I am on my way, I need to ask for my transportation fee; We can advance/postpone the original starting and/or ending time at the very last minute, just let me know.

*Minimum service is 1 hour, then charged by hourly increments; 0-1 hour=4000/4500, 1:01-2 hours =8000/9000 …and so on.

*I only watch children while parents are not present.

*I CAN travel to your location if transportation is fully covered (hourly traveling fee might be applied).

*You can stay out as late as you would need, but if I miss my last train, I need to ask you to cover my taxi fee.

*English Language lessons are NOT offered.

*I DO NOT work under multiple nanny setting.

*I CANNOT take kids out to the playgrounds (unless your child is an infant). I am 56 years old and no longer quick enough and not confident to be able to save them from sudden incidents.

*I CAN stay Over night.

*I am allergic to cats and dogs.

*I do not look at my iPhone during care, except for playing music and when they are asleep. Your family screen time rule is honored ;).

If you wish to have frequent contact, please let me know.

For infants, I will try my best to give you updates every hour or after having some events.

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Dear Traveling Parents,

I am a married Japanese/English speaking female reside near Tokyo Dome. I have a son who lives in US preparing for a grad school and a daughter who is an art major student.

"I would like to be your child's Japanese grandma figure and offer unconditional love, but firm when necessary."

I started babysitting when I was in high school in US. I have lived in Toronto, Canada where I went to elementary school (the exact school in the movie Disney's Turning Red!). I am graduated from HS in California and college in Pittsburgh, PA.

After graduating from college, I worked in Tokyo as an English instructor for kids, translator/interpreter for satellite development projects, project manager and localization engineer at Apple Japan until my marriage, then, relocated to Cupertino, CA from 1999 until 2011.

I was working in Orlando, FL for one year from May 2024.

My experiences are volunteering and chaperoning to field trips and events at my children's schools since they were in preschools to current. Volunteering includes leading art class, story book reading, introducing my cultural background, and library organization, classroom mom, graduation committee, and school event helper.

I have worked at Tokyo Disneyland for 2 years.

Experience

Babysitting experience in US. Have two children of my own, one in US and one iis an art major in Tokyo. Have worked at Tokyo Disneyland.

Can Babysit

Children

  • 0 - 5 months old
  • 6 - 11 months old
  • 1 year old
  • 2 years old
  • 3 years old
  • 4 - 6 years old
  • 7+ years old
2 Children

Skills & Services

Languages

  • Japanese
  • English
Learning Danish and Chinese on Duo and Learned German, French, and Spanish in college

Services

  • Pick up children from
  • Care with foreign language
  • Events
  • Overnight
  • Travel
  • Care for sick children
  • New born baby care

Certificates

  • Finished Babysitter course
  • Raised own children
  • Not Completed Government Approved Babysitter Training

Availability

 
6am - 9am
9am - 12pm
12pm - 3pm
3pm - 6pm
6pm - 9pm
9pm - 12am
12am - 6am
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
This schedule may not be up-to-date.

Reviews

5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi is absolutely amazing! Our 2.5-year-old son, who doesn’t even speak English or Japanese, adored her from the very beginning. Even with the limited awake time they spent together, he kept talking about Ayumi and how much he loved her.

She always arrived with wonderful toys and games, and somehow managed to make our son incredibly calm and comfortable around her. He even picked up a few English words during their time together.

What impressed us most was how quickly he bonded with her: when he woke up during the night, he would happily fall back asleep in her arms without any issue.

Thanks to Ayumi, we were able to enjoy our evenings and nights out after our son went to sleep, which made our trip to Tokyo so much more relaxing and enjoyable. We truly couldn’t recommend her more highly.

Tuba
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi is the only treasure our family cannot bring back to America! We love her so much. She is so attentive and caring to our 7 months son and always had detailed notes for us after every baby sitting day! Our son would always smile brightly whenever she would come. We are so thankful for her and we hope to see her again soon on our next trip.

Tran
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi was the very best baby sitter we’ve ever had in any country ever including in the US. She took such great care of our baby and even helped us out when we got in a bind in Japan. We highly recommend Ayumi and can’t wait to see her again next time we visit. It’s hard to leave your baby with someone on an International trip, but Ayumi instilled great trust and comfort. Thank you Ayumi for being so intentional, you helped make our journey in Japan exceptional!

Peyton
5
Your rating: 5

Excellent service from Ayumi, she was on top of communication and is a very kind and warm person who did an excellent job of watching our 9 month old child so we could go out for a date night. Highly recommend.

William and Jacqueline
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi was wonderful! She quickly connected with my 16-month-old and knew exactly how to keep him comfortable, engaged, and happy. She was also very thorough about keeping a daily log of their activities and sending updates throughout the day, which made it easy to stay informed while we were out. My son really enjoyed his time with her, and we would absolutely book her again the next time we visit!

Elisabella
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi watched our 6 month old several times over two weeks. She is caring, punctual, and responsive. Ayumi played with our son, put him down for naps, soothed him, fed him, and changed his diapers. She took note of any instructions we left and kept detailed logs of the days activities. We had a great experience and will definitely seek her out the next time we're in Tokyo!

Janice
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi is professional, reliable, and great with kids! She was very gentle and kind to our daughter.

Jae
5
Your rating: 5

Best baby sitter ever! My two kids wanted to hang out with her everyday! Thank you!

ahyoung
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi was the best babysitter for our 11-month old daughter. Our daughter was going through separation anxiety and Ayumi handled it very well and showed tremendous patience toward her. Ayumi brought different books, toys, and instruments to play with our daughter and our daughter enjoyed making music with Ayumi. Ayumi updated us when our daughter went to bed, left notes detailing the activities they did together, and recorded breathing checks every 10 minutes when our daughter was asleep. It was easy to communicate with Ayumi and she responded to our messages promptly.

We highly recommend Ayumi and would love to have her babysit our daughter the next time we are in Japan!

Lily
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi is so professional and took very good care of my girls kept them entertained with toys and activities while she watched them in our hotel room

Nadine
5
Your rating: 5

Amazing! Visited from out of town and Ayumi went above and beyond so my wife and I could go out for dinner. Highly recommend Ayumi.

Sean
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi was an angel. She went above and beyond in making things fun for our son. She was kind and professional and we highly recommend her to anyone looking for a caring sitter.

Jaime
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi has been absolutely incredible. She has helped us out last minute for daytime naps, and our son was completely at ease when waking up to her at our hotel. She even made sure to check his breathing every 10 minute whilst he was asleep and left us a record on our return. She’s the most caring and kind babysitter I couldn’t recommend her more highly. Thank you again Ayumi

Jesseca
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi was amazing with our children and just wonderful all around. Our children range from age 4 to 11 and they all loved her. She was easy to work with, extremely prompt, and very communicative. Would book her again 100%!

Dan
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi was absolutely magical with our 5 year old daughter. She brought a huge bag full of supplies and spent an afternoon playing and working with my daughter on ingenious and fun craft projects. My daughter proudly showed me all of their creations which are lovely souvenirs from our trip. Ayumi provided clear, professional and prompt communication. It can be a little stressful leaving your small child with a new person in a different country but Ayumi put me entirely at ease and was a wonderful caregiver.

Amanda
5
Your rating: 5

Great professional babysitter fluent in English. Highly recommended

Yuri
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi was so prepared and came with big bag of toys and other supplies to entertain my 24month old and 6 year old. They both loved their time with her. My 6 year old daughter definitely wants to do this again.

Mia
5
Your rating: 5

I can’t say enough great things about ayumi. She was incredibly lovely and spoke very good English. She brought all kinds of activities with her for the kids to do, and genuinely spent the entire day playing with them. When we got back, the kids had all kinds of crafts made and she gave us a summary report of everything they had done. The kids said she is the best babysitter they have ever had!

Thank you so much again and we hope to come back soon

Luke
5
Your rating: 5

Thank you Ayumi! We had the best time leaving our little one with you and were so impressed by your work. We will definitely love to have you around again in the future!

Sarika Takigawa
5
Your rating: 5

We were visiting Tokyo for the first time and Ayumi helped take care of our two kids at the hotel room for an evening. She’s a sweet and loving lady and our kids felt perfectly at ease with her the moment they met. She was just perfect and the kids had a great time. We would absolutely not hesitate to work with her again!

Srichand
5
Your rating: 5

We are so grateful for Ayumi. She helped babysit our kids on two nights in tokyo so we can go out for dinner. Kids (5 and 7) absolutely adored her. She brought so many fun crafts for the kids to do, and wrote down everything they did for us. After the first night, kids were so happy to have Ayumi back for another night.

Lian
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi is an incredibly kind, patient, loving babysitter — we were so lucky to have her watch our 3 year old daughter for a few nights when we visited Tokyo. She’s fully fluent in English, incredibly punctual and communicative, and brought snacks and SO MANY arts and crafts for my daughter! She even leaves a log of all the things they did at the end of the session. They sang and made arts and crafts projects for hours in the hotel room — we couldn’t believe how focused our toddler was.

Ayumi takes care of children like a teacher would — with so much dedication, patience, and gentle firmness. We will absolutely use her again next time we’re in Tokyo — and cannot recommend her enough to anyone that is visiting. I wish she could come back to New York and watch our daughter fulltime!

Lisa X.
5
Your rating: 5

If I could give her 100 stars I would. I very fussy toddler adored her. He can be difficult and doesn’t warm to people easily but Ayumi was magnificent with him. Our older 2 children absolutely loved her too. We had her for 3 days at Disneyland and DisneySea and she is very knowledgeable on the parks which made her even more of a gem. We LOVE Ayumi

Ebony
5
Your rating: 5

Wow! If you are lucky enough to see that Ayumi is available for dates you need babysitting, don't wait and book her immediately--she is amazing. I don't have enough words to tell you how fantastic she was with my seven year old boys. She stayed in our hotel room for two evenings that we had plans and in the short amount of time the boys were awake, Ayumi did origami and created so many other treasures, I can't begin to explain it. She was like Mary Poppins!

Ayumi also took diligent notes about what the boys did before bed, sleeping routine, etc., and her communication before the jobs was stellar. I had zero worry leaving them in a foreign country in her capable hands. Thanks again Ayumi for being an amazing babysitter! We hope to be in touch with you!

Ben
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi was amazing with our 11 month boy. We highly recommand her for your babies. She brought creative toys, create "Diy" toys and seems really patient with our son. She speaks really well english and is really punctual and nice. Perfect japanese / american nanny !

LAURA
5
Your rating: 5

She was amazing! Would definitely recommend and use again

Chris
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi-san is a highly skilled and compassionate babysitter. The level of detail and attention she paid our son was extremely high.

She sent us hourly status updates and left us hand-written notes detailing every event that occurred, from feeding, bath time, nap, and 10-minute breathing checks, among other such details.

We would consider ourselves highly fortunate to secure Ayumi-san's services in the future and recommend her very highly.

Dexter
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi is fantastic. She's sat for our kids (age 3 & 5) a bunch of times and they always request that she come back. She brings crafts each time which they love and she has a nice calm energy about her that is perfect for bedtime. Because she's fluent in English & Japanese I never worry about any emergencies arising that she couldn't handle.

Lizzie
5
Your rating: 5

The absolute best! She watched our son for two nights while we had dinner with coworkers. We were coming from the United States and she made us feel beyond comfortable. Brought so many things for him to play with. I wish she lived in the US so we could use her every time!

Natalie
5
Your rating: 5

Our daughter had so much fun with her. Ayumi-San had lots of little activities to keep her entertained. And the summary update at the end was very detailed.
Look forward to having her sit for us again.

David
5
Your rating: 5

Very lovely and kind yet firm with the kids. My kids respect and like her and want her to come back and play with them and do experiments with them. Super prepared and brought her own toys to amuse the kids. Thank you!

Tracy
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi was great with our 3 year old. Very engaging and she brought fun activities to do. Our daughter was very sad to see her go and asked if “her new friend can come play soon!”

Quintana
5
Your rating: 5

Our experience with Ayumi san was wonderful. Our children took to her instantly and she kept them busy, calm and happy. Our goal was to improve our kids Japanese language skills and we feel that it has been achieved. Ayumi san was speaking with them proactively covering many everyday topics and they seemed to have a lovely time with her. She also
Came prepared and brought her own crayons, books and balloons. We highly recommend her!

LM
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi is so wonderful! It was as if Mary Poppins walked into my house and watched my kids. She was so kind, considerate, warm to our family. It is so difficult to feel like it is ok to leave your children with someone, and really she was fabulous! I am so grateful we found her.

James and Nica
5
Your rating: 5

She was so lovely, caring and experienced. I felt so comfortable leaving my son with her!

Ursula
5
Your rating: 5

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING ♥️ Truly like our Japanese mother in law. Ayumi is very caring, nurturing and a complete natural at catering to your needs. Ayumi helped watch my daughter and also helped me translate Japanese to English and assisted me while I was in hospital giving birth to my second daughter. I wish I could give you 10 stars!!! Arlow (my daughter) misses you already! We can’t wait to see you again. Amazing amazing! ♥️♥️

Nykala
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi was absolutely wonderful. Our son always has a tough time when we leave and she handled him with so much care. Ayumi brought some of her own toys which our son loved. She even brought a balloon for him and he’s still playing with it almost a week later. Ayumi was also thoughtful enough to leave us detailed notes on their activities and our son’s sleep/wake times. Thank you Ayumi!

Jasmine
5
Your rating: 5

My kids loved playing with Ayumi-san!

Pia
5
Your rating: 5

She is so sweet, kind, and caring. I will definitely use her services again. The kids loved her. Thank you again for being available on such short notice.

Shay
5
Your rating: 5

She definitely exceeded my expectation. My daughter and I were very lucky to have her. She is a very responsible and capable person that anyone can trust.
Thank you for coming to help us!

soyeon
5
Your rating: 5

The reviews don't do Ayumi justice, she's amazing. Our son, who doesn't like people, instantly warmed up to her and played with her. Ayumi is the perfect babysitter.

Daryl
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi-san is both knowledgeable and professional, and very punctual. Our child had some incident at the last minute before the babysitting day, yet Ayumi-san is still willing to come and take care of him. Unlike the other babysitter who makes their way to the top spot by playing the CareFinder system but who actually knows very little about babies and babysitting, Ayumi-san is truly experienced with hard knowledge from her own parenting experience. On top of all that, Ayumi-san speaks native level American English. Also my child reports that he had a great time with her throughout the day.

We look forward to hiring Ayumi-san again in the future.

Family near Shirokanedai
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi was lovely! She was very sweet with my 4 month old and came well prepared with crafts for my 7 year old. My older girl said it was fun to play with Ayumi, and I feel comfortable leaving even such a young baby in her capable hands for future jobs.

Andrea
5
Your rating: 5

A fantastic babysitter. So trustworthy and wonderful with children. My kids are 11mo and 3yrs and they both adore her.

Rose
5
Your rating: 5

If I could give Ayumi more stars, I would! She has a wonderful energy about her... kind, sweet and calming. I instantly felt reassured/relieved after meeting her in person that we had made the right decision in choosing her to watch our son - you can tell she really enjoys children. My 2 year old son took an instant liking to her and waved my husband and I out the door - no tears. She was punctual and came prepared with a bag full of fun for the evening. My son is an active one and she kept him safe and entertained the entire visit.

I highly recommend choosing Ayumi to care for your child/children - I know we will absolutely be using her again!

Cortney
5
Your rating: 5

ありがとうございました

秀人
5
Your rating: 5

She is wonderful! My daughter loves her! One of the best ever!

真弓
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi is perfect. Our kid likes her very much.

Lily
5
Your rating: 5

Ayumi san knows whats up! I didnt need to give her too much direction on what to do. My son usually can sleep on his own but he was upset after I left and probably didnt feel comfortable taking his nap. Ayumi san dealt with this by building a relationship with him and eventually gaining his trust. She was able to get him to sleep for a good 2 hours! She left me a note with the times that she checked his breathing, the time he ate his snack. She also sent me a couple of text messages giving me updates on how he was doing. She even changed his nappy before he slept too!

When I came home, instead of running towards me, he acknowledged my return but continued to play with Ayumi san- shows that she gave him a lot of attention and that he was comfortable with the environment.
I am truly thankful that she came to help me so that I could work. I would love to have her come over again to play with my son.

Ariel
5
Your rating: 5

Both our girls liked Ayumi immediately and were looking forward to her visit each evening.
Was such a great experience to have someone you trust looking after the little ones, whilst giving us as parents an opportunity to enjoy some time out in Tokyo.
Thanks Ayumi!

Tim & Sandy
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