Kyoto Downtown Walk Main Sights
This tour covers main sights of Kyoto’s downtown. Starting at Nishiki Market, continuing through Gion and Yasaka Shrine, stopping at Pontocho and finishing at Kiyomizu Temple.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Nishiki Market
- The Kitchen of Kyoto. It finds its place inside the most important shopping district of Kyoto and combines cuisine with ancient temples and shrines all within few blocks.
Yasaka Shrine
Yasaka Shrine is the guardian of Kyoto as it prevented a plague from happening in the 9th century. It combines features of shrines and temples and by that it is unique.
Maruyama Park, Sannenzaka, Ninenzaka, Ishibe Koji Alley
Continuing in Yasaka Shrine’s backstreets, we will delve into the area of Nene’s path, named after famous wife of even more famous warlord, one of three renowned unifiers of Japan.
Kiyomizudera Temple
A temple of the clean water, established thanks to a holy dream, a golden vision. This first-class temple, possibly the most visited temple in all of Japan, is an unprecedented A-lister and must see not only for the remarkable views, but also for the amazingly stunning architectural jewels and otherworldly atmosphere.
Ending Point
Gojozaka
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Inclusions & Exclusions
Guide fee included
Entrance fees not included
(Kiyomizudera entrance fee costs about 700¥ per person, if we decide for alternative plan with less incline, Kenninji entrance fee costs about 750¥ per person)
Food not included (snacks range from 200-2000¥), lunch is not counted with as this is only a three hour tour. If you decide to have lunch during the tour, lunch may cost about 1000-2000¥ per person.
Transportation expenses not included (taxi fare may cost about 2000¥ from your hotel to the meeting place, subway ticket usually around 400¥ per person), walking is for free.
Tour Important Information
This tour involves moderate amount of walking (about 4 kilometres) and also involves relatively moderate climb on the way to Kiyomizudera.
Important message from the supplier
Hello everyone! Please feel free to send me requests with dates and your travel schedules. I’ll do my best to accommodate your wishes.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
About Tour Guide Ondrej R.
Dear Travellers! My name is Ondrej and I have been living in Kyoto for six years. I’m currently conducting tours in English and Czech languages.
My hometown is Prague, Czech Republic, but I have left it behind years ago to live in Japan forever.
In my young years, I did a wide portfolio of various sports including soccer, futsal, skateboarding, cycling, boxing and athletics (both competition/ hobby level), so I can say that I am a sportsman. However, I reached my biggest successes at chessboard - playing the highest youth chess league of my country and finally attaining a chess coach licence.
At the academic level, I studied Human Sciences combined with Natural Sciences at University.
My primary goal is to satisfy your needs in a new city as for what you’d like to see. Based on a given venue, I focus on incorporating its meaning into a complete/ bigger picture of the whole culture and historical system.
If you’re not sure, I’m always happy to build a convenient tour plan involving appropriate amount of walking and transfers.
I have been raising my children in Kyoto for six years and realizing that traveling with children may sometimes be a challenge, I invite tours with children as well.
I have experience working with and guiding people from all over the world. Kyoto is a precious Japanese artifact and it is filled with unique places and cultural values and heritages.
Osaka offers a wide array of cultural meanings and cuisine delicacies, as well as hidden corners and pleasurable views.
I also love to take my clients to cities of Nara and Uji as they are so important for understanding the core of Japanese soul.
Please contact me to book, customize or just inquire regarding tours.
Once you are ready, we can discuss which of yours or mines favorite places we visit. Until then, have a good day and travel safe wherever you go.
$83/ per person
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