Kyoto Half-Day Walking Tour to Higashi Honganji & Gojo Rakuen with Tea Time

tour of old town Kyoto

Reviewed by: Alan

Walking tour of a group of 5 with local english speaking Japanese lady who eagerly shared her enthusiasm about Kyoto history, religion, and culture. We went through old town Kyoto where no tourists roam, visiting important shrines and temples large and small, ornamental shops, tried hand made authentic tofu at a centuries old tofu shop, centuries old shops, historical sites and info, had a tea break, roam through Kiyomizu, and endng up at Kiyomizudera temple which is stunning in the Fall. It was a peaceful and enjoyable walk. Better than getting stuck in tourist traps and figuring out the public transportation system.

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Kyoto Walking Tour to Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Tenryuji Temple & Jojakkoji

Lovely walking tour but outstanding lunch

Reviewed by: FirsttimeinKyoto

The bamboo grove is breathtaking but we struggled to keep up with our guide through the train station because our group was larger than expected and she made no concessions for the crowded conditions.
The highlight was the lunch on a long boat. We expected a bento box but got a banquet which you cook yourself on a little stove. You have to be able to sit on the floor of the boat for the hour’s cruise but it’s worth it for the views and the experience. Boat capacity 16. Lots of nice places to eat next to the river if boarding a small river raft and sitting cross legged is not for you.

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Nishiki Market Walking Tour & Sake Tasting with Maki Sushi Roll Making

Nishiki Market Walking Tour and Mini Sake Tasting with Maki or Kyoto Obanzai

Reviewed by: Heather

It was a fun experience getting to walk around the market, learn about sake, getting to try various sake types, and then taking all the items we gathered as a group and used them to create our dinner meal. Everyone was very friendly, patient and knowledgeable. We have taken this tour before a few years ago and we enjoyed just the same as the first time.

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Traditional and Modern Night Food and Shrine Tour of Kyoto

The best way to see Kyoto!

Reviewed by: NicG

our guide - and my sincere apologies I have forgotten his name was very knowledgeable.

Highly recommended.

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Kyoto Half-Day Walking Tour to Arashiyama, Gion & Tofukuji

Great tour!

Reviewed by: Hibiki

とても良いツアーでした！
お寺や神社、穴場観光スポットを（ガイドは日本人でしたが）ネイティブ並みの英語で紹介していただけました。本物の芸者さんにもお目にかかれてアメリカ人の友人も喜んでおりました。
丘や雑木林等の裏道も歩くので歩きやすい服装とスニーカーがマストです。虫が多い季節は虫よけスプレーも必需品です。
またお願いしたいです。

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Traditional and Modern Night Food and Shrine Tour of Kyoto

Reviewed by: Kok Kwan

Pepijn our guide is Dutch and spoke immaculate English. He is knowledgeable and made sure the walk was both enjoyable and not too tiring for the seniors in the group. The walk into the dark lanes and alleys was most interesting and I am sure I would not dare to venture without a guide.

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Nishiki Market Walking Tour & Sake Tasting with Maki Sushi Roll Making

Cool experiencie, very funny and friendly guide!

Reviewed by: Patrick

We went as a couple to the market and sushi tour in Kyoto. To begin with the class takes you across the Kyoto Market area in wich you can taste, learn and see a lot of different stores, products, food, arts and crafts of culinary style. Along the way we tasted different things and had a quiz about the market at the end after learning a lot of the history. Afterwards we went to an old sake brewery where we tasted water from the well, 2 different types of sake and 2 types of homebrew beers, all of them delicious! And to finish off the day, we got to the cooking lessons where a couple of very friendly ladies took us tru the basics of some of the typical dishes in Japanese cooking like miso and cucumber salad, as well as making a sushi roll from scratch. It was a fun experiencie, the guide was very fun and friendly, all around a very pleasing tour, worth it if you are in Kyoto and are eager to see the market and understand some of the things that are not so easy to understand without a Japanese person explaining along the way!

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Kyoto Half-Day Walking Tour to Higashi Honganji & Gojo Rakuen with Tea Time

Great experience of the real Kyoto

Reviewed by: Francesco

This tour was awesome. We got exposed to some great hidden gems of Kyoto and learned a lot about the Japanese culture. Highly recommended.

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Traditional and Modern Night Food and Shrine Tour of Kyoto

Reviewed by: CAROLYN

Great little tour, our guide Juriaj, was really knowledgable and he took us to some places of interest. It was raining a little and he was so considerate. Just the right amount of time and gave us an overview so we could go back the next day.

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Traditional and Modern Night Food and Shrine Tour of Kyoto

Reviewed by: hoy shan

the tour guide Pepijn Cox was very familiar with the area there, done a good job for us even we were in a hurry, we got to see everything we wanted to see, and infact, we saw more than what were prescribed in the itinerary.

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Kyoto Half-Day Walking Tour to Arashiyama, Gion & Tofukuji

Reviewed by: simos

This is a well thought and designed tour to give you a glimpse of Kyoto. This is indeed a small group tour (6 in total) and that made it very personal. The tour guide (apologies I forgot the name - the Dutch guy) was very informative. We walked and took the train when needed. We have seen an amazing Zen temple, walked to the Fushini-Irani Shrine, and then visited Gion by night. We were lucky enough to spot a geisha and a maiko. All and all a nice day in Kyoto. Highly recommended.

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Kyoto Half-Day Walking Tour to Arashiyama, Gion & Tofukuji

Reviewed by: CityDiscovery traveler

Our guide Rebecca did a great job on our tour. She was full of excellent knowledge about our tour sites and Japanese culture more broadly speaking.

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Kyoto Half-Day Walking Tour to Arashiyama, Gion & Tofukuji

Reviewed by: CityDiscovery traveler

Had a very wonderful experience, thank you! Our guide Kiran was amazing.

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Kyoto Half-Day Walking Tour to Arashiyama, Gion & Tofukuji

Reviewed by: CityDiscovery traveler

Rebecca had heaps of knowledge and graciously answered a million questions. She did great!

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Nishiki Market Walking Tour & Sake Tasting with Maki Sushi Roll Making

Fun crash-course to the market, sake and sushi making!

Reviewed by: Heather

It was an interesting and fun crash-course through the market. We learned a lot of fun little facts along the route while we were picking up done ingredients for the sushi making part of the tour. It was nice to know what the various shops had along the way instead of just guessing.

The sake museum was a fun little experience and crash course about the history and making of sake. We got to taste some different sakes and rice beers, and my fiancé and I purchased their best bottle of sake and some yuzu as well from the museum.

Finally the sushi making was very fun and entertaining. We got to put together the ingredients for our sushi meal and it all came out very nicely. We even got a little cookbook to keep as well.

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Kyoto Half-Day Walking Tour to Arashiyama, Gion & Tofukuji

Reviewed by: CityDiscovery traveler

We were expecting a walk with a guide, not with other travellers. But that was a mistake by our travel agent. The guide was thankfully not the type with an umbrella and a megaphone.

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Kyoto Half-Day Walking Tour to Arashiyama, Gion & Tofukuji

Reviewed by: CityDiscovery traveler

Two guides are really awesome! Just two small pieces of advice, when gathering, I had trouble in finding the guide. I don't know which group is urban adventure group. It will be a better start to spot the guide easily. And our group has two guides, if they can all introduce themselves before the walk instead of during the walking process, it will be great! Thank you all. I had a wonderful afternoon even it was a rainy day.

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Kyoto Walking Tour to Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Tenryuji Temple & Jojakkoji

could have been better

Reviewed by: Aldi

Weather was terrible, raining all the way through, but no mention in the first few days before the trip the trip that would suggeat the condition. We could've dressed more appropriately. Tour guide was very nice, but she should've stayed in the boat with us. Food was average, nothing special...and we didnt even know what we we were eating!

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Kyoto Half-Day Walking Tour to Arashiyama, Gion & Tofukuji

Reviewed by: CityDiscovery traveler

We wished that the tour guide would bring us back to near Central Post Office where the tour started as everyone was not familiar with the public transportation from Gion district to Kyoto Station.

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Reviewed by: suzanne

I was fortunate enough to be the only person on this tour so had a personalised tour! Tour guide was excellent, clearly intelligent person. As somebody with experience of living both in Europe and Japan she was able to reflect on cultural characteristics and differences between east/west ideologies which led to interesting/easy flowing conversations. She allowed a good balance of directed information but also gave me time to myself for contemplation i.e. of gardens. She was clearly responsive to my interests and needs and I'm sure would be flexible where possible to suit the requests of the group.

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Nishiki Market Walking Tour & Sake Tasting with Maki Sushi Roll Making

Nice tour and fun making sushi

Reviewed by: GOTM

It's a good tour to get to know the central area of Kyoto.
Our guide did a good job guiding us through the market to the Sake tasting and then the Sushi making.

We did the afternoon tour and it can be crowded in the Nishiki market at that time.
We went back on a morning and it's much nicer then.

The highlight of the tour was the Sushi making.
2 lovely ladies explained and taught us how to make sushi.
After making the sushi we had a nice meal.

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Kyoto Half-Day Walking Tour to Arashiyama, Gion & Tofukuji

Reviewed by: CityDiscovery traveler

Hiro was fantastic! Of the three days spent in Kyoto, our UrbanAdventures tour was the best part. He was incredibly knowledgeable. Since the three of us were the only ones on the tour, he customized it to our needs and even helped us find a place in Gion for dinner that night.

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Kyoto Half-Day Walking Tour to Arashiyama, Gion & Tofukuji

Reviewed by: CityDiscovery traveler

Great tour. Very knowledgeable and friendly guide. I recommend the experience.

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Reviewed by: CityDiscovery traveler

Our guide was great, her local knowledge of customs and history was good, she was very friendly and welcoming. The places we visited where excellent we would never have found them by ourselves and are very pleased we booked this adventure and the best thing was it was our own private adventure just the 4 of us and our guide.

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Kyoto Half-Day Walking Tour to Arashiyama, Gion & Tofukuji

Reviewed by: CityDiscovery traveler

I enjoyed my 1/2 day tour in Kyoto very much; my guide was great and spoke beautiful English. She had good knowledge of the sights and also gave me insight to the Japanese culture.

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