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Eastern Highlights in Kyoto for the first time visitor - Full Day Tour -

Art, Culture, & Historical
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Kyoto is a big and traditonal city full of attractive things from old times to present day such as Zen temple gardens,Shito shrines, traditional café, local cuisine loved by Kyoto people, museums and so on. I think Kyoto is a kind of "Theme Park". You may encounter local people who pray to a deity in a small shrine next to shopping arcade. On this tour I would like to show you not only major sightseeing spots but also small tips. Let's discover the charms of Kyoto together with me.

Kyoto Tour Guide - Koichi W.
Koichi W.
4.94 / 5
(49 reviews)
07:00 AM

Meeting Point

At your hotel or JR Kyoto Station

09:00 AM

Your hotel or JR Kyoto Station

Pick you up at your hotel or meet up at JR Kyoto Station

09:40 AM

Fushimi-Inari Shrine

It’s famous for many orange gates called Torii. We walk through Torii Tunnel, so your wishes come true. I will tell you the reason why!

11:00 AM

Sanjusangen-do Temple (We would like to have lunch around here.)

Famous for the traditional Japanese archery contest called Toshiya. I would like to show you the incredible history of it. You may also be mesmerized by numerous Buddhist statuses in the old wooden hall.

01:00 PM

Kiyomizudera Temple

It's famous for wooden hall and stage, the layout of buildings with its green mountain background, established in the 8th century.

02:30 PM

Sannenzaka, Ninenzaka, historical preserved area

These are stone pavement streets lined with many shops and cafés. You can feel the atmosphere of ancient Kyoto. Even Japanese people also like this nostalgy.

03:30 PM

Gion

It's the biggest amusement quarter of female entertainers. You may encounter Geisha.

04:00 PM

Nihiki Ichiba Food Market and Depachika food floor of Daimaru Department Store

We walk around Nishiki Ichiba food market and the food corner of a famous department store. You can enjoy various kinds of Japanese food and drink.

05:00 PM

Downtown(Shijo Karasuma or Kawaramachi) in Kyoto

See you off in downtown Kyoto or at your hotel

Ending Point

At your hotel or Downtown Kyoto

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Guiding Services, Hotel pick-up

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What‘s not included

Personal Expenses, Souvenirs, Public Trasportation Tickets, Food, Drinks, Snacks, and others

Tour Important Information

On this tour, we will use public transportation such as JR train, Subway, Bus or Taxi.

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I usually use public transportation systems such as trains, buses, taxi, and so on.

I like outdoor activities. If you would like to do hiking, cycling etc., please feel free to ask me in advance.

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Kyoto Tour Reviews

Day in Osaka

Koichi is very charismatic and enthusiastic Guide. He changed our itinerary to accommodate our wishes. We had a wonderful day together.

Svetlana I.

Hi! Lana san, Thank you for using my guiding srvice this time and giving me such a nice review. Arigato very much!! I hope to see you and your lovely friends in th near future. Please enjoy the rest of your journey!! Koichi

Best guide we had during our trip to Japan!

We had a few tour guides during our Japan trip and Koichi was definitely the best! He really cared and took pride in his job. He went the extra mile and we learned so much with him during our 2 day tour. I highly recommend Koichi!

H

Hayley N.

5 / 5
Dec 9, 2023

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Koichi-san! My husband and I had such an amazing time in Kyoto with Koichi-san for our 3 day tour. He is very knowledgeable. I loved all the experiences he showed us and food recommendations. We definitely saw parts of Japan we never would have seen otherwise! We even got try the first sushi! He really went the extra mile to show us Kyoto area. I highly recommend, Koichi-san! Ookini!!!!

$202/ per group

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