Kyoto Early Morning Private Tour

Discover Kyoto’s ancient traditions with a private early morning tour. Explore temples, shrines, and tea ceremonies with an expert guide. Book now for a personalized experience.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine - We are here to help you discover new things, the Fushimi Inari Shrine is so more than its famous tunnels of vermillion-red torii gates. Most people are satisfied by a scenic view of it. But this has a lot of stories to tell that will connect you to the Japan’s history and culture and your guide will show you deeper….
What's Included
  • Meet up with guide on foot within designated area of Kyoto
  • Licensed Local English Speaking Guide
  • Customizable Tour of your choice of 2-3 sites from ‘What to expect’ list
What's Not Included
  • You cannot combine multiple tour groups.
  • Guide Entry fees are only covered for sights listed under What to Expect.
  • Private Vehicle
  • Transportation fees, Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
Additional Information

In this tour, we start early to beat the crowds. Temples, shrines, and tea ceremonies. The traditions of ancient Japan are still alive and well in the old capitol, Kyoto. Walking around this beautiful city can feel like you are in a time machine as its architecture has been preserved for centuries. There is much history in this city that you don’t want…

Location
Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine
68 Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi-ku,
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Karen_h
Jul 13, 2025
Highly Recommend This Tour! - Yasu was a fantastic guide! He picked us (two adults and two teens) up at our hotel and took us to three locations of our choosing (Bamboo Forest, Monkey Palace, Fushimi Inari Grand Shrine). He shared the history of each location and showed us areas we wouldn't have seen without his guidance. It was a very hot day and we needed to take many breaks- Yasu was very patient with our pace. We learned a lot, saw everything we wanted to, and it was so easy to follow our guide and just enjoy the sites. Highly recommend this easy private tour!
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Voyage09839817691
Jul 7, 2025
Wonderful tour of Kyoto area! - Yasu was an amazing tour guide! Not only was he patient and knowledgeable, he took a keen interest in us and what we would like to see. He brought us to some great places and was so accommodating because it was a hot day. I highly recommend him for any future tourist
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David
May 1, 2025
Excellent tour in Kyoto with tour guide Satoko. - Our guide was Satoko and she was amazing. We hit all the big spots to see and she was very accommodating and knew a lot of the history and gave us great insights on the places we visited.
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Mary
Apr 10, 2025
We saw beautiful sites that he selected, and he very graciously put up with all 5,000 photos we felt we HAD to take! - Yoshi is a very knowledgeable guide. Good English. We completely enjoyed his info on Japanese history, Japan today, and all he knew about the sites we visited with him.
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Susan_f
Mar 31, 2025
Personalized Service - Our guide was very flexible and responsive to what we wanted to see and ensured our time together was what we wanted to focus on. She also did a great job of helping us know how to navigate to the things we were visiting after our time with her. Very helpful orientation to Kyoto!
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Robert_g
Mar 26, 2025
Mayumi was wonderful! She... - Mayumi was wonderful! She reached out way in advance to discuss our interests; she was highly knowledgeable, engaged, very sweet and attentive, and added an extra half hour to help my wife, who was having ankle problems. We saw Kiyomizudera Temple Fushimiinari-taisha Shrine Arashiyama (Bamboo Forest, Tenryuji Temple and Togetsukyo Bridge), and went on ourselves to the monkey forest (big climb but well worth it). We can give this tour our highest recommendation, and Mayumi in particular!
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660anney
Mar 4, 2025
Wonderful guide! - Masaaki was a wonderful guide. Very knowledgeable and kept us going at a perfect pace! The morning private tour was just right.
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Louise_h
Feb 26, 2025
A must to book when in Kyoto! - Nabet our tour guide was fantastic in his knowledge and experience of the areas we visited. His English was excellent and he explained each activity well. The great thing about this tour is that you get to choose where you want to go (within time and travel restrictions). The early start meant there were little or no crowds where we went. I would highly recommend this tour as it’s a great way to see the main attractions in the 4 hours time frame. Well worth it!
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Gabrielact9244iw
Jan 17, 2025
Amazing care - Amazing kazz attention, explains in detail the places, very good recommendations and the best is the attention we loved the tour
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Frequentflier362903
Jan 15, 2025
Informatique, caring, helpful - This was one of the best walking tours we had. Michi is very knowledgeable and skillful guide, enthusiastic about Japanese history and culture, very helpful and caring person. He was very efficient, we managed to visit three major sites, and also very caring and helpful, abl to address ou specific needs.
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From $38
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).