Ichijou street has a meth that ghosts were walking on the street.

Ichijou street is located in northern part of old Kyoto capital. The length is around 4.5km and it will take about 5 hours, but it depends on how many shops or temples you visit.

Ichijou street is a quiet and historical street.

There is Raku ware museum close to this street. Raku ware is a type of Japanese traditional pottery which is used in tea ceremony.

This shrine is a guardian of north-west direction for Kyoto Palace.

It is a Yuba(soy milk skin) shop. Kyoto is famous for Yuba.

This Miso(fermented soy beans paste) shop has over 200 years history. But it is not so old as compared with average in Kyoto shops' history.

It is a typical Kyoto Roji in old days (Typical blind alley having a lot of houses for commons along it) . There are apartments inside of the gate.

From upper left to right, Ichijou Modoribashi(peolpe in old time thouhgt it was boundary between this world and another world), Cat cafe using old style Kyoto house(Kyo Machiya), Two ghosts are staring at you from 2nd floor, Tirimen Sansho(dried sardines with chinese pepper) shop. From middle left to right, Rise vinegar shop, Tofu(Soybean curd) shop, Noh theater. From bottom left to right, Kyo-Machiya(Kyoto style house) coffee shop. Japanese Sweets shop Toraya, Hamaguri-gomon(Historical gate in Imperial Palace).

[Ichijou street] Hanging around east-west street in Kyoto

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Yoshiharu

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Kyoto

5 Hours

up to 4 people

Japanese ( Native ), English ( Business )

Private tour (only you and your guide)

Walking / Public Transportation Tour
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There are many old streets in old capital Kyoto area. I design a walking tour set of 31 streets.You can see the true Kyoto in this tour which is not in tourism like 30 years ago.In some streets, You could see traditional dying shops for Yuzen which is a traditional dyeing Kimono method of Kyoto.You can visit some of the shops and I will interpret between the shop owner and you.

Itinerary

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9:00 AM Our tour start at Demachiyanagi station or your hotel and we walk to the west along Ichijou street.
12:00 PM We have lunch at some restrunt along Ichijou street.
14:00 PM We will get Kitanohakubai-tyou station, but it depend on how many shops you visited.

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Departure & Return

Starting time 09:00 AM ( recommended ) Flexible

Meeting Point At the lobby in your Hotel (in Kyoto city only)

Ending Point Kitano hakubai tyou station (Keifuku railway)

Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

guide fee, Guide's transportation fee between guide's house and Kyoto, hotel pick-up in Kyoto city

What‘s not included

lunch, dinner, entrance fee(Raku ware museum : around 3000yen)
Public tansportation fee for you and guide during tour

Important

In this tour, you can drop into your favorite shops and guide gives the basic explanations in the shops and interprets between you and shop clerks.
You will walk long(the length is around 4.5km from Ginguu-marutamai station to Kitano-hakubai station).
So you have to wear suitable shoes for walking.
The tour hours are fixed, so when we are in the middle of tour, we finish the tour.
If we leave hours, we can go a neighbor street.

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Free cancellation - 30 days prior to meeting time
50% Refund - 15 to 29 days prior to meeting time
No Refund - Within 14 day(s) prior to meeting time

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Reviews ( 6 )

3.8 (6) Reviews

Excellent		33%
Very Good		17%
Good		50%
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Jeff ( Family ) United States

Jeff United States ( Family )

Good

1 year ago

“ Osaka and Kyoto day tours ”

Yoshiharu is a good tour Guide. He was at our hotel on time and was willing to do anything to make our tour good. He still a little new right now and everything didn't go as planned. Most of the time it was our group fault because some people in our group wanted go to a place that Yoshiharu has never been before and never told him about it before hand but Yoshiharu did his best to find the places and get us there. The only thing I can think of that might improve the tour is in the subway. I think yoshiharu might figure out the total Subway ride fare before hand so we could just pay one time instead of every single time we went to the subway. Overall Yoshiharu is a Good Guide and will get you to see the sights you want to. I would use him again next Time I visit Japan.

Yoshiharu:

Thank you for your evaluation. I was very surprised to get there and could not have expected there. And I am sorry for having troubles when we bought tickets to get subway. We should have buy 1 day pass for subway but the pass is more expensive than buying tickets one by one, so we did.(Next time we will but 1 day pass) Next time you come to Japan, I will be ready for more interesting tour according to your interests. Thank you.

Gil ( Couple ) Israel

Gil Israel ( Couple )

Good

1 year ago

“ Vacation in Japan ”

Yoshi is a new tour guide. He is doing its best to make the tour interesting.

Peter ( Couple ) Australia

Peter Australia ( Couple )

Excellent

1 year ago

“ Osaka good times ”

Very friendly and helpful

Yoshiharu:

Dear Peter and Derek Thank you for your evaluation. It is undeserved for me as a beginner's guide. If you come to Japan again, I want to guide you in Kyoto or Nara which has more than one thousand years long history. Yours sincerely, Yoshiharu

Constantinos Japan

Constantinos Japan

Very Good

1 year ago

“ Great tour of Kyoto ”

Great tour of main sightseeings in Kyoto, great guide, recommended.

Katiya ( Couple ) United States

Katiya United States ( Couple )

Excellent

1 year ago

“ Yoshi made our Osaka tour the best day in Japan for us! ”

Yoshi is like a breadth of fresh air. He’s got a great attitude and personality - he made us feel like old friends! We booked him for 9 hours but he arrived early to our Kyoto hotel so we got a head start to our all day tour of Osaka. Our goal was to visit as many top attractions as possible and he kept us on task with our complex itinerary. We visited Osaka castle, temple, many geek stores (toy vehicles, electronics, parts, etc.), the longest shopping road in Japan, had some excellent local food along the way (Japanese seafood pizza/meatloaf over a skillet), walked thru 300 meters of so many variety of cherry blossom trees (our timing was perfect as the trees were at its peak), multiple connected shopping alleyways, and saw many beautiful river scenes. We appreciated Yoshi adjusting our ... read more

Yoshiharu:

Dear Katiya Thank you for your lavish praise. I did my best as a beginner guide. I want you to like Osaka and Japan. Have a nice trip.

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