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Kyoto: Private Tour with Local Licensed Guide

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Activity provider:JGA Inc.
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Kyoto: Private Tour with Local Licensed Guide

Activity provider:JGA Inc.
4.7  / 5
121 reviews

From US$ 100.64 per person

Explore the best of Kyoto with a private guide on a 4 or 6-hour tour. Enjoy the full freedom and flexibility of customizing your own itinerary.

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Duration 4 - 6 hours
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Live tour guide
English, Japanese
Pickup included
Your guide will be waiting in your hotel lobby, outside the train station, or at your requested pickup address 10 minutes before your scheduled pickup time.
Wheelchair accessible
Private group

Experience

Highlights
  • Discover the best of Kyoto on a private guided walking tour
  • Enjoy a personal and professional experience with a licensed local guide
  • See some of Kyoto's most important and famous highlights
  • Customize to your route or let your guide take care of the itinerary planning
  • Learn fascinating insights about Japan’s history and culture
Full description
Discover Kyoto’s historical sites, favorite local spots, and hidden gems on a private walking tour with a nationally licensed guide. Choose from a 6 or 4-hour tour, whose itinerary can be customized to fit your interests. See both the modern and traditional sides of this dynamic and ancient city as well as some of the best sightseeing areas, restaurants, and shops. Visit places like the Fushimi Inari Shrine, famous for the Torii Gate Corridor. Explore the filming location for the film “Memoirs of a Geisha”, displaying a colorful crimson scenery with a mysterious atmosphere. Walk through the shrine’s corridors that were erected as a symbolic continuing gate from the current world to the world of the dead inhabited by the gods. Go to the Kinkaku-ji Temple (Temple of the Golden Pavilion), which was given its name from the golden color of its reliquary hall. Admire its simple yet bold structure that features beautiful mountain views in the background. Enter the ancient Kiyomizu-dera temple to get panoramic city views from its large veranda. Walk from the path from the temple to Gion, to find many Kyoto-esque shops filled with unique souvenirs. Grab a snack or enjoy a delicious dinner at one of the many fine restaurants in the Gion district. Your guide will give you dining recommendations that are sure to delight your palate.
Includes
  • Private and personalized walking tour
  • Licensed local guide
  • Pickup from your accommodation on foot (if within reasonable distance)
  • Food and drinks
  • Any entrance fees
  • Public/private transportation fee during the tour

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  • This tour is not confirmed until your guide contacts you regarding your tour. Most guides will contact you within 7 days
  • In the unfortunate case that a guide is unavailable, the activity provider will contact you
  • If you choose to cancel, no cancellation fees will be applied if you cancel 24 hours before the start of your tour
  • This experience will take place rain or shine
  • This experience can be personalized to meet your requests and preferences
  • The activity provider will contact you prior to your tour taking place to confirm the logistics of your booking
  • All guides hold The Nationally-licensed Tour Guide-Interpreter certification which is issued by the Japanese government. This certification requires good knowledge and understanding of Japanese culture and history

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4.7 /5

based on 121 reviews

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  • Guide
    4.7/5
  • Value for money
    4.6/5
  • Service
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Great day in Kyoto with Emi, she was very knowledgeable about every sight we wanted to see. Made great suggestions for little extra places along the the way. Even helped me find a few places to go in Kyoto for after the tour. I could not recommend her enough!

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September 22, 2023

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Mike – United StatesVerified booking

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Our guide Yoshi was the perfect companion for this tour. Weeks before he asked us for our wishes an prepared the perfect tour for us. Knowledgeably he showed us Gion, a wonderful Zen temple and the Nijo castle. In between we had time to eat and to buy water. Yoshi was very considerate with all of us and shared a lot of valuable information about Japan.

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September 7, 2023

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Christine – GermanyVerified booking

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We had an excellent tour day with Kazuko! She planned the day based on our interests and took the extremely hot weather into account, which we appreciated. Kazuko is incredibly knowledgeable and shared so much information with us that we would not have gotten on our own at the sites. This was a wonderful way to start our time in Kyoto!

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July 31, 2023

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  • Japan
  • Kansai Region, Japan
  • Things to do in Kyoto
  • Fushimi Inari Taisha

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