Reviewed by: Leilani W
The opportunity to see the Gion Odori was such a lovely and unique pleasure. The dance was beautiful, and the costumes and sets were spectacular. I highly recommend this to anyone wanting to see into the traditional and exquisite world of Geiko and Maiko.
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Packages: | Tea Ceremony and Performance Plan (First Come First Serve: Picture Postcard) |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2016/11/18 |
Activity Date: | 2016/11/10 |
Reviewed by: Grover
It's great that Veltra offered this service which allowed me to buy the ticket in advance. The tickets of this performance were actually only sold at the theater
As I bought it in advance via Veltra, I just collected my ticket at the entrance without worrying about the queue and out of tickets. The show was actually full house when I arrived there! So I highly recommended to buy ticket online in advance.
Before the show, there was a brief tea session in a big room with Maiko performing tea ceremony. The dance performance was like going back in time and totally immersed into Japanese culture!
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Packages: | Performance Only |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2016/11/12 |
Activity Date: | 2016/11/03 |
Reviewed by: Leika Ejiri
The show was perfect, but my seat had a partial view of it! I was disappointed because I paid the same amount as other people but couldn't enjoy 100% of the show.
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Packages: | Tea Ceremony and Performance Plan (First Come First Serve: Picture Postcard) |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2016/11/11 |
Activity Date: | 2016/11/09 |
Reviewed by: Victoria
This is the meaning of it all, this is what the Geiko & Maiko are trained for. And this might be one of the very few opportunities that a tourist can see a Geiko perform. Not to be missed if you are in Kyoto during this period.
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Packages: | Tea Ceremony Plan |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2016/11/11 |
Activity Date: | 2016/11/09 |
Reviewed by: Sarah
It was a really good experience, definitely worth doing. We had really good seats right at the front, and thoroughly enjoyed each performance. One of the highlights whilst staying in Kyoto.
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Packages: | Tea Ceremony Plan |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2016/11/10 |
Activity Date: | 2016/11/01 |
Reviewed by: Nobody
Beautiful show of gheishas dancing singing and displaying beautiful kimonos and other costumes
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Packages: | Tea Ceremony and Performance Plan (First Come First Serve: Picture Postcard) |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2016/11/08 |
Activity Date: | 2016/11/06 |
Reviewed by: Bob
We went to the tea ceremony and geisha performance in Kyoto and thought both weee wonderful. The geisha doing the tea was stunningly graceful- beautiful to watch. Re the performance, the Kabuki in Tokyo had finished the October sessions and the place in Kyoto was still not open after renovations but this performance was fabulous alternative. Beautiful costumes, live musicians, well designed sets etc made for a dramatic performance- not just beautiful girls moving around to recorded music.
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Packages: | Tea Ceremony Plan |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2016/11/08 |
Activity Date: | 2016/11/06 |
Reviewed by: Carlos Eduardo
Everything was perfect. The tickets were reserved by the time we checked in and the place of the seats were very good (third row quite near to the stage).
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Packages: | Tea Ceremony Plan |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2016/11/07 |
Activity Date: | 2016/11/01 |
Reviewed by: Alina
It was very beautiful and interesting show. As foriegner I didn't understand anything from songs, but I want to mention orchestra, very beautiful melodies. I enjoyed the show. Thank you!
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Packages: | Performance Only |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2016/11/07 |
Activity Date: | 2016/11/02 |
Reviewed by: Stefan
As my heading states the show was great and the seats were perfect, we were sitting on the wing with a perfect eye level view of the stage.
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Packages: | Tea Ceremony Plan |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2016/11/04 |
Activity Date: | 2016/11/02 |
Reviewed by: A.Liang
We were very happy with the show and even more pleased we had the opportunity to be a part of the annual dance performance. The final act was beautifully done with Maikos and Geishas. The tea ceremony was quite rushed and did not resemble a traditional Japanese tea ceremony. Overall a real authentic cultural experience, without any pictures as they were not allowed.
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Packages: | Tea Ceremony Plan |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2016/11/03 |
Activity Date: | 2016/11/01 |
Reviewed by: Claire
Great evening , very authentic and a lovely experience .
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Packages: | Standard Plan (Until Dec 2017) |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2016/06/04 |
Activity Date: | 2016/05/14 |
Reviewed by: Luanne
Guide was excellent and we plenty of time to tour the attractions! I would recommend this tour. We found it very reasonable in price, also.
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Packages: | Standard Plan (Until March 17, 2019) |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2016/01/06 |
Activity Date: | 2015/12/30 |
Reviewed by: Nan
I wanted to be sure to see a geisha performance while I was in Kyoto, and I was lucky that this one was on while I was in town. It was perfect. There were 6 different short dances. The costumes were beautiful, there was live singing, the location was very convenient, and the venue was good. The tea ceremony was like the "fast food" version, as they needed to get everybody in and out quickly to accommodate an entire theater full of people in the 1 hour before the show. But it was fine. No need to get there an hour early. 15 minutes is probably enough, and you'll still have time for your "fast food" tea ceremony. And they give you the plate as a souvenir. No photography is allowed, so I can't post any pictures.
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Packages: | Tea Ceremony Plan |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2015/11/13 |
Activity Date: | 2015/11/10 |
Reviewed by: Savvy808
There are so many temples in Kyoto but this tour took us to the 3 temples I wanted to see and the guide also pointed out all the temples along the way from the bus. It was just enough stops to maintain my 13 year old daughter's interest without getting bored. Audio headset for English and other languages were only used in the bus so we couldn't understand the guide's explanation at all the stops, which was disappointing to us and the rest of the non-Japanese speaking people on our tour. The time spent at each stop was perfect with enough time to quickly browse through the shops and try popular snacks sold near the temples. We received small omiyage or souvenirs from each temple which was a nice surprise! Although it's a ways down a lot of steps, you should take the time to drink the water flowing down 3 channels to a fountain at Kiyomizudera. They say it has wish granting powers for love, academic success and longevity. This was a great tour but would've been perfect if it was in English!
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Packages: | Standard Plan (Until March 17, 2019) |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2015/06/03 |
Activity Date: | 2015/06/01 |
Reviewed by: teddy85
First time went to Kyoto alone, we didn't know where to go, we found on the internet about this tour. We had a wonderful time and enjoy tour, tour guide is really friendly and closer with travellers. But only each sightseeing places too much travellers, and the time for sightseeing is limited, so that we have not lot of time to sightseeing as well.
If have change to travel again, we will chose this tour. Thank you
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Packages: | Standard Plan (Until March 17, 2019) |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/26 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/23 |
Reviewed by: Tatjana
It was an interesting tour. The guide was lovely. Evening show was interesting, the dinner was delicious and the ceremony lovely.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Posted on: | 2013/11/30 |
Reviewed by: Luke
I had a great experience and would recommend this to anyone that is going to Kyoto.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Posted on: | 2010/09/17 |
Reviewed by: Pattie
Best thing we did while visiting Japan! LOVED it - from the tea, to the tempura dinner to the plays at the Gion Center.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Posted on: | 2009/09/07 |
Reviewed by: Eva
Every one involved in the evening was very friendly and pleasant. We really enjoyed the evening.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Posted on: | 2009/08/30 |
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