This tour includes central area of Kyoto such as Imperial Palace,
Nijo castle and Gion street,
where you can enjoy traditional Palace, historical castle and traditional town atmosphere.
To meet with you at your staying hotel in Tokyo,
To move to Kyoto by JR Shinkansen bullet train,
To move Imperial palace by public transportation,
Kyoto Imperial palace is located with 250 meters from east to west and 450 meters from north to south.
Current palace was re-built in 1855 around the end of Edo era.
Inside the palace, there are six gates of four directions and several court palaces where previous emperors had been ascended.
Also, there is an elegant garden with large pond.
Kyoto Imperial Palace where you can feel the architectural styles of aristocratic residence in the Heian period had been the royal residence before the Meiji Restoration. The main feature of this elegant palace is the Shishinden, where solemn enthronement ceremonies have been held for more than 1,000 years. The other important landmarks include the Seiryoden and Otsunegoten where the earlier and last emperor had lived, respectively, along with a strolling style Oikeniwa Garden.
Nijo castle: During this Edo era (1600 – 1867), another center of culture in Edo had started in parallel with that of Kyoto as capital of culture.
Nijyojo-castle was built in Kyoto in 1603 for the use of Edo government interim staying place in Kyoto where the capital had lasted more than 1000 years history.
In the ground chamber of this historical castle, the last shogun Yoshinobu announced the return of government power to the emperor just before the Meiji restoration in 1868.
The Ninomaru palace in the castle is famous for its floor that give a squeaky sound just like a nightingale’s song while people walking through the floor. This palace is also well known for a strolling-style garden with pond containing three small island.
You can the atmosphere of the residence and meeting places for Tokugawa Shogun had continued to use and meet with many local feudal loads who the Shogun had controlled.
Gion town to see and enjoy traditional town and buildings atmosphere where there are many bars and taverns and You may run across Maiko and Geisha.
To move to Kyoto station by public transportation,
To move to Tokyo by JR Shinkansen bullet train,
At your staying hotel in Tokyo
Guide fee (11.5 hours),
Pick-up fee at your staying hotel in Tokyo,
Transportation fee inside Kyoto city for a guide,
Transportation fee between Tokyo and Kyoto by JR Shinkansen bullet train for you and a guide: JPY27940/adult,
Public transportation fee inside Kyoto for you: About JPY1100/adult,
Entrance fee for you: Nijo castle: JPY1300 per person,
Lunch fee,
1) For fairly long walking of sight -seeing, please put on the shoes to walk with ease.
2) Please prepare the cash to spend any train riding, lunch and souvenir.
3) Please let me know in advance if you have any food allergies or other dietary restrictions.
4) According to the traffic jam situation, taxi might be required.
I am now focusing tour guide area for East Japan area such as Tokyo, Yokohama, Hakone, Kamakura, Mt.Fuji, Nikko, Gunma, Saitama and Kanazawa.
However, I can support you for one day trip of Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Nara and Himeji from Tokyo.
Keith W.
One day Hakone tour for your great experience
Customized
“A trip to Hakone with Kashima well worth it”
Kashima expertly guided my son and I with a day tour of Hakone. All the logistics for the day were smooth and exactly as promised, and Kashima matched his pace to ours. He was very attentive to detail, and spent a lot of effort to explain the history and geology of Hakone in a very useful and interesting way. Hakone itself was beautiful, and I especially enjoyed visiting the checkpoint on the former Tokkaido Road and the replica waystation there. Kashima took care to optimize our time with him, and returned us exactly where we needed to be to continue our onward trip. Excellent day in Hakone with Kashima, and I would recommend!
Kashima H.
(75 reviews)Keith san, thank you very much for your upmost review for me. I am very much pleased that you and your son could very much enjoyed this tour. Hakone is located in a big Caldera and 4 small calderas created inside the big caldera which had been created by repeated eruption from 40k years ago to 3k years ago. Those nature power had created lots of good hot springs and enormous beautiful nature such as Oowakudani valley, Lake-Ashi and small mountain accumulated by lava where Hakone shrine located. As such, Hakone is the nature and historical culture theme park with well prepared original transportation such as Hakone Tozan railway, cable car, Ropeway, Pirate cruising on Lake-Asi and Tozan bus. Thanks to you and your son strong curiosity, we could exchange various information and interesting conversation. I hope that you visit Japan again with your family in near future so that I can introduce other nice tour spots in Japan for you. Thanks, Kashima
Sanjay A.
Tokyo tour of traditional and modern spots (case1)
“Excellent ”
Honest and hardworking person despite his age. Strong recommend.
Kashima H.
(75 reviews)Sanjay san, thank you very much for your upmost review for me. We visited the most advanced and sophisticated town of Shibuya and Ginza. I am pleased that you could enjoy there including lots of various shopping at Ginza area. Also, we could exchange various information and funny conversation. I hope that you visit Japan again with your family in near future so that I can introduce other nice tour spots in Japan for you. Thanks, Kashima
Bruce B.
One day Kanazawa tour for your great experience
Customized
“Enjoyable Day!”
We really enjoyed our tour of Kanazawa with Kashima. He knows the area well and was able to streamline the sights for us. Also, he is has a very pleasant personality and speaks English well. We highly recommend booking a tour with him.
Kashima H.
(75 reviews)Bruce san, thank you very much for your upmost review for me. I am very much pleased that you could enjoy the Kanazawa tour with me. Kanazawa is said to be little Kyoto by the tour spots of Kanazawa Castle remains, Kenrokuen garden, Samurai residence, traditional shrine, fish market and so-on that are all related to the biggest feudal load as Maeda family during 16th century to 19th century. I think you could relax to see Kanazawa which are not so much jammed compared with Kyoto. We could make funny communication for various interesting topics. Thank you very much for your strong interest for Japanese culture and history. Kashima,