Hohryu-ji Temple, located in Southwest of Nara city, was registered as a World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO in 1993. We will visit this historic temple first. Then we will move to Nara city to see the Great Buddha and a traditional Japanese Garden Isuien. When you visit these places, adorable deer will be welcoming you. After enjoying old culture of Nara and playing with tame deer, we head back to the train station by way of Kofuku-ji Temple precinct.
At your hotel in Osaka city, or JR Kyoto Station.
Besides the oldest wooden buildings in the world, Hohryu-ji Temple keeps 38 national treasures. Among them, Kudara Kannnon statue used to be exhibited at the Louvre in Paris.
At a local restaurant near Hohryu-ji Temple.
Tame Deer will come up to you to welcome you. You can feed Shika-senbei, or deer cracker, to them.
A pair of gigantic guardians with fearful facial expressions are waiting for you at the gate.
The Great Buddaha's height is 15 meters, though he is sitting, and the facade width of the Buddha Hall is 57 meters long.
Isuien Japanese Garden is a good example of how a typical Japanese Garden is composed of.
We get back to Nara Train Staion on foot by way of Kohfuku-ji Temple precinct.
At your hotel in Osaka city, or JR Nara Station.
Guide fee, hotel pick-up in Osaka city area.
・Transportation fee (you and guide), lunch, dinner, entrance fee,etc.
・Hotel pick-up fee, if your hotel is located in an area other than Osaka city.
・Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes.
・Do not forget to bring either a camera or a smartphone.
* Toshi will charge actual transportation fee (R.T.) to get to your hotel from his home in Osaka at the end of the tour.
* Duration of guiding service : minimum 6 hours and maximum 10 hours during the period of March 20th ~ November 31st.
* If you are working for a travel agency, please note that my guiding service is not available for your tour program, thank you.
Kimberly N.
Kyoto : Fushimi Inarii ・Kiyomizu-dera・Geisha District
“Amazing day learning about Kyoto”
We had a wonderful day with Toshi as our guide. We got to visit both shrines and temples with facts around the history of the locations. Toshi was very friendly and really made our day enjoyable. I would highly recommend!
Toshi M.
(36 reviews)Hi Kimberly and Alex, Thank you for enjoying your tour today with me. Weather was nice, cherry blossoms are nice, your review is very nice, you guys were really nice. I' myself enjoyed the tour a lot too, as a guide. Excellent guests! Merci beaucoup Toshi M.
“Young & old … perfekt ”
It was a nice Tour thru some hotspots of Osaka. Toshi is a very friendly guy. He gives me every Information i ask for. Domo arigato!! :-)
Toshi M.
(36 reviews)Hi Jorg, Osaka castle had maybe too many visitors that you did not feel like going up there. But seemingly you enjoyed visiting the 1860s museum. I'm glad that you enjoyed that place with Kimono on you. I felt like I was with one of close friends of mine. Very nice review. Thank you for that. I really appreciate it. Hope you will continuously have a fun time while you are in Japan. Take Care, Toshi M.
“Trip to old Osaka ”
My day with Toshi was a lot of fun. We went to some interesting temples and shrine were he told me there history. We also went to parts of the city that are the same as years ago and had a really good lunch. If you want an interesting and easy to talk to guide go with Toshi. Randal
Toshi M.
(36 reviews)Hi Randal, Thank you very much for your review. Unfortunately, we could not visit The Museum of Housing and Living due to the corona virus.If you have a chance to come back here, I would like to show you nice small cities in the Kansai region. Hope you had a safe and easy trip getting back home. Best regards, Toshi