Kyoto Cultural Tour: Historic Sites and Samurai Stories

Embark on a 3-hour private walking tour in Kyoto, Japan with JAPANDAS. Discover the city’s rich history, immerse yourself in the samurai story, and experience the level of civic culture and order firsthand.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Kamogawa River - The tour begins at SANJO-OHASHI bridge station, where we will take a brief stroll along the KAMOGAWA river. You’ll hear tales of how Kyoto rose to become Japan’s capital and one of its most significant cities.
  • Gion Shirakawa - Next, we will visit the enchanting Geisha District (GION), renowned as the most beautiful place in…
What's Included
  • Activities and souvenirs
  • Cultural tours
  • City walking tours
Additional Information

Get to know one of the cities where dreams come true, great industries like Nintendo were born, and be part of a great adventure full of colorful landscapes, geishas, samurai, temples, and much more.
During the tour, we will enter HISASHI-YAMA, one of the most historic areas of Kyoto where you will be delighted with fascinating stories of the ancient…

Location
Sanjo Station
if you get the train get exit number 6, I will be in front of the river Kamogawa. I will be with a slide of JAPANDATOUR.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(102 Ratings)
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878harumia
Feb 1, 2025
Nara deers cuteness overload - The tour is easy. Enough history, too keep it interesting but . Hugo our guide is great, open to answer all kind of questions related or not to the tour. I'm sure I'll join the tours for Osaka and Kyoto. As a solo traveler I ought my photos with the deers to him as well. ARIGATO
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L7938eychristineh
Jan 10, 2025
Life changing experience - We had an excellent tour guide called Ayumi she was so informative explaining the history behind every place we visited . All the places we went to were so beautiful and breathtaking I can recommend Ayumi and Kyoto tour 100%
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Dee_m
Jan 7, 2025
Once in a lifetime - It was an amazing tour, full of authentic moments. I would highly recommend people experiencing this tour.
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108anakarenp
Dec 13, 2024
Excellent tour with Hugo - Everything was perfect! Hugo is an excellent guide! All very clear, enjoyable and lively! We really enjoyed: 100% recommended!!
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Z7243xljosem
Nov 30, 2024
Hugo key to Nara's tour - We did the Nara tour with HUGO, a luxury Madrider who made a mind-blowing tour of Nara, leaves you your time with the deer because it is obvious that it is super cool, but it explains the history and why of everything there, as well as taking you to one of the most charming temples there. Good advice and above all very helpful, helped me with a medicine I needed. A 10/10 come on, Mr. Hugo 100% recommended
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Evelienbo
Nov 25, 2024
Nice! - it was a private tour that we were informed about the day before. we really liked this. That way we could ask a lot of questions. Cem explained everything very clearly, also knew a lot to tell. Got a lot of nice information about Kyoto. About history, culture and food.
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450erickam
Nov 11, 2024
Excelente experiencia! - Cem and Reyna did an amazing and engaging tour, they told us about the traditions and history of Kyoto. The were friendly and made everyone be involved in the tour!
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Clarasl1803ia
Nov 9, 2024
Cem TOP - Cem was a great t guide! I recommend him 100%. Ours was a free tour with only 5 people and it was totally worth it. Thank you!! 😊
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Nhagay
Nov 11, 2024
Kyoto tour with Koki - Koki was fluent in English and knowledgeable with Japanese culture and tradition. We went to a few interesting places, I wish we could avoid the most touristic spots and get to see some "off-road" real and hidden local sights. All in all a very nice tour.
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Sophie
Jan 1, 2025
There was no tour! Very unprofessional service!! - Our tour guide did not show up! We waited an hour at the pick up area and tried several to contact the tour operators with no response !
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