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Let's enjoy early morning Kyoto and maiko experience
Kyoto is one of the most popular places to visit, but so crowded. If you want to enjoy quiet Kyoto, I recommend you visit there early morning. In this tour, you can enjoy bamboo grove, morning coffee at a Japanese style coffee shop and beautiful river and mountains scenery from a wooden bridge. After that, why don't you try 'washoku', or Japanese cuisine and maiko, or cute apprentice geisha's dancing? My special early morning tour will give you wonderful and unforgettable memories in Japan!!
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Kyoto JR station
- at the taxi stand
Kyoto JR Station
Meet at the station and enjoy beautiful quiet station
Arashiyama
Enjoy walking through the bamboo grove and visiting an old shrine
Coffee shop of traditional Japanese house
Enjoy morning coffee
Togetsu-kyo bridge
Enjoy crossing the wooden bridge, you can see clean river and mountains
Togetsu Bridge
Please enjoy beautiful bridge and scenery of Arashiyama.
Monkey Park
Please enjoy feeding to cute monkeys.
Maiko Experience with Japanese cuisine
Please enjoy maiko dancing and tea ceremony with Japanese cuisine.
Ending Point
Kyoto JR station
Want to personalize this tour?
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This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
guide fee, transportation fee for guide
lunch with maiko dancing for you, entrance fee for you, transportation fee for you
Tour Important Information
Admission fee of Tenryuji Temple and Japanese cuisine with maiko dancing costs are not included in my guided tour.
※admission fee of the temple is 500 yen per a person (if you want to see inside the temple, you have to pay 300 yen for additional charge), 500yen is for enjoying the temple's garden
※Japanese cuisine with maiko dancing cost is 8950 yen per a person.
Important message from the supplier
I will guide you every day except for the day that my schedule is not vacant.
I'm a local guide of Gifu, Nagoya and Aichi, but I can guide you around Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Kanazawa, Takayama and Shiga if you pay my transportation fee.
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 Yuriko S.
I am Yuriko from Gifu Prefecture. I was an assistant English teacher at junior high school. I started to work as a National Certificate tour guide in 2019.
I'm very interested in kimono, tea ceremony and Japanese castles. I sometimes guide in kimono. There are so many nice places to visit in Gifu and Nagoya! I also guide around Takayama, Shirakawago, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and Kanazawa if you pay my transportation fee from my hometown. Let's enjoy Japan with me!
Reviews
Corrine P.
“Highly recommend ”
Yuriko is amazing, she is very knowledgeable and friendly. She explained to us about the histories of place of interest and we learned something new. Oh! Lunch is very nice and tasty. Thank you once again.
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Yuriko S.
Thank you for your nice comments and excellent review. I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed Nagoya Tour. Nagoya has other interesting places to visit. Also, there are beautiful places in my hometown, Gifu, such as Gujo-Hachiman, Mone's Pond, Seki City, Gifu Castle, Takayama and Shirakawago Village. Please come to Nagoya and Gifu again. I'm looking forward to seeing you. Your guide, Yuriko(Lily)
Linna W.
“Amazing Guide”
She could accommodate our last minute change. Our guest had a wonderful trip with her. Thank you so much Yuriko san, hope can work with again!
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Yuriko S.
Thank you so much for an excellent review and nice comments!! I'm happy to hear that our guests enjoyed Nagoya Tour with me. You supported me a lot. Thank you for your kindness.I also look forward to working with you again, Linna san!
Trang B.
“Above-and-Beyond Service from an Exceptional Guide”
Yuriko (also known as Lily) was outstanding. She was well organized, friendly, and proactive in her communication. Before the tour, she shared helpful information, including a same-day reminder to bring extra socks because of the snow. She even provided hand warmers and wipes, which was a thoughtful and much-appreciated touch. Yuriko guided us through Shirakawago and Takayama, sharing interesting historical background along the way. She also handled train and bus reservations, which made the experience stress-free since we were unfamiliar with the area and do not speak Japanese. We highly recommend Yuriko and would gladly book her again if we return. You won’t be disappointed.
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Yuriko S.
Thank you so much for an excellent review and wonderful comments!! I'm so happy to read your comments and also your comments encourage me a lot. It was so chilly, but you were so lucky to see beautiful snowy scenery of Shirakawago Village. In Takayama, even though very crowded, you looked enjoying local food, such as Hida-beef sushi and taiyaki(but very small, only one-bite…) You were always very kind to me and I also had a wonderful day with you and your nice family. Shirakawago &Takayama Tour with you was a year-end bonus present for me. Please enjoy winter Japan and come back to Japan again! Arigatou gozaimashita, thank you!!
$261/ per group
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Enjoy sightseeing in Nagoya on route bus
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Wondeful one-dayTakayama tour from Nagoya
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Local classic train-ride and silk-screen printing in Gujo
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Local classic train-ride and silk-screen printing in Gujo
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I want all my guests to be able to relax completely. It is very important to me that my guests find peace and quiet and can forget the stresses of everyday life. I avoid large crowds of people on my tours.
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Half day Guided tour and memorable Photo shooting in Kyoto
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Hear the Hidden Sounds of Demachiyanagi • Sound Walk
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Nishiki Market & Gion District including Yasaka
Let's walk around Nishiki Market and Gion District, including Yasaka Shrine & Kenninji Temple. Nishiki Market is 6 block long and offers you dellcious food in Kyto, and at Gion District,you realize traditional wooden houses of Geisha houses, restaurants. Yasaka is Guardian Shrine of Gion and Kenninji temple offers several beautiful gardens and cultural assets.
Nishiki Market & Gion District including Yasaka
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