Kyoto Customized Tour

Itinerary

Feel free to personalize this offer with Tamotsu.

• Choose some from more than 30 places in 9 categories,

• 1 TEMPLE

• Ginkakuji Temple... Zen temple featuring wabi-sabi aethetic beauty, panoramic view of the ground from the top

• Kiyomizudera Temple ...Spectacular view of Kyoto City from stage, drinking stream from Otowa Waterfall for good luck and countless souvenir shops on both sides of approach

• Kinkakuji Temple ... Main Hall, Golden Pavilion, covered in brilliant gold leaf　with a pond in front reflecting inverted image of the hall and mountains in back as borrowed landscape each.

• Ryoanji Temple...Rock garden enclosed by earthen walls and verandah and 15 rocks rising up from white sand suggesting mountains in sea, and Japanese garden with path around pond

• Kozanji Temple...Four painted scrolls from the Heian Period, the first manga in Japan, view of the Kiyotakigawa River Valley from the balcony and Japan's oldest tea field

• Ninnaji Temple...Goten, the former residence of a head priest built in an imperial palace style featuring elegantly painted sliding doors,five-storey Pagoda and entrance gate san-mon guarding the entrance

• Tenryuji Temple...Traditional Japanese garden with a central pond surrounded by rocks and pine trees and large painting of Bodhidharma, founder of Zen Buddhism

• Toji Temple...Kondo, the temple's main hall and largest building, housing wooden statues, Kodo Hall or lecture hall housing 19 statues arranged according to a mandala with a main statue at the center, surrounded by others and five storey pagoda of 57 meters tall

• Enryakuji Temple...Temple's complex, located atop 848m-high Mt.Hiei, is divided into three sections, Tōtō containing the most important building Kompon Chū-dō (Primary Central Hall), Saito housing a sculpture of Historical Buddha and Yokawa 4Km away

• Byodoin Temple...A striking example of Buddhist Pure Land (Jodo) architecture together with its garden

• 2SHRINE

• Fushimiinari Taisha Shrine...The head of 40,000 Inari Shrines nationwide, famous for 10,000 Trii gates and visited most by foreigners

• Kamigamo-jinja Shrine...The Kyoto’s oldest Shinto shrine containing Honden (main shrine) and Gonden (temporary main shrine). Famous for two sand cones to ward off disasters and for a vast open lawn

• Shimogamo-jinja Shrine...Complex featuring a striking two-storied gate, an arched bridge, small shrines dedicated to the Chinese Zodiac and a surrounding forest

• Ujigami-jinja Shrine...Honden or sanctuary, the oldest Shinto shrine in Japan, characterized by its asymmetrical curved roof to offer shelter for worshippers

• Heian jingu Shrine... A partial 5/8 scale replica of the original Imperial Palace from the Heian Period , a big Toriigate of 24m high and a Japanese landscape garden

• 3CASTLE AND PALACE

• Nijo Castle...Gorgeous palace consisting of six connected buildings with its interior decorated with wall paintings, carved transoms and metalwork fittings, which shows Shogun’s power over feudal lords, and a Japanese garden

• Imperial Palace ...Former emperor's official residence consisting of historic buildings built on large grounds with 1.3kms long and 0.7kms wide

• Fushimimomoyama Castle...Replica of the original castle built in the late 16th featuring twin keeps admired from the outside only

• 4 IMPERIAL MAUSOLEUM

• Imperial Mausoleum of Emperor Meiji... Circular-shaped mound of 60 meters long and 6.3 meters high for the Emperor who contributed to modern Japan and Spectacular view of Kyoto city

• 5SCENIC BEAUTY

• Togetsukyo Bridge...Bridge crossing the Oi River with a beautiful mountain range in the background

• Bamboo Grove... One of the world’s most beautiful forests and famous for its natural beauty and distinct rustling sound from the bamboo swaying in the wind

• Philosopher’s Walk...Beautiful stone path along the canal offering some pleasant relief from the heat of downtown Kyoto

• Kyoto Botanical Gardens...The oldest and most comprehensive public botanical garden in Japan

• 6MUSEUM

• Kyoto National Museum...One of four top-level national museums focusing on traditional Japanese art

• Kyoto Railway Museum...One of Japan's three great railway museums covering the history of railways from steam locomotives to the shinkansen

• Lake Biwa Canal Museum...Display of the construction of the seven kilometer long Lake Biwa Canal, comparative to the Suez and Panama Canals

• Kyoto International Manga Museum...Massive collection of manga and special exhibitions

• 7ENTERTAINMENT

• Toei Uzumasa Eigamura...Film studio displaying sets for Samurai movies

• Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama ...Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama ...130 Japanese monkeys which children can get up close to by feeding. Even angry children begin to smile after seeing the animals and playing with them.

• 8FACTORY TOUR

• Sake and Beer Brewery...Sake and Beer brewing and filling processes

• 9LUNCH

• Gakushoku...Buffet style university cafeteria known for a wide variety of foods and good taste

• Other places upon your request