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Kyoto Imperial Palace and Nijo Castle Walking Tour: Explore Japan's Historical Sites
4.9
7 Ratings
Kyoto
Immerse yourself in the rich history of Kyoto with a walking tour of the Kyoto Imperial Palace and Nijo Castle. Discover the faith, food, and residences of the people of Japan while exploring the iconic sites of the city.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Higashi Hongan-ji Temple - Buddhism has the most believers out of all religions in Japan. It has several sects, and one of the largest sects in Japan is Shingon Otani whose believers are said to be about 8 million. Most of them used to be ordinary people like merchants and farmers.
Higashi Honganji is a head temple of about 9,000 temples of Shingon Otani and its Founder’s Hall is the largest wooden building in the world with over 900 tatami mats laid and able to hold 3,000 people at once.You will be struck by Japanese people’s deep faith and the majestic atmosphere of this hall.
What's Included
- Guide services included
What's Not Included
- Public Transportation Fee, Food&Drink, Admission fee 800yen/p
Additional Information
This luxurious tour introduces all the important spots in Kyoto in one day: you can get to know the faith of the commoners of Japan, the characteristic food of Kyoto, the residence of the shogun, the palace of the Emperor, and also take a stroll through the geisha street.
With this tour, you can deeply understand the lives and thoughts of the people of Kyoto and Japan.
- Quite a bit of walking involved
Location
Higashi Hongan-ji Temple
Karasumadori Shichijo-Agaru, Shimogyo-Ku,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Z_284
Apr 19, 2024
Excellent tour - Michi was an excellent guide. She knew so much about all the spots, led us to some excellent udon noodles and we even learnt some basic Japanese :)
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Desiree_m
Jan 2, 2024
This was an excellent... - This was an excellent tour with a knowledgeable and charming guide who spoke very good English. The walking tour format offered an up-close look at Kyoto's history, architecture, and culture with enough time to enjoy shopping and refreshments. I highly recommend this tour.
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Sandra_m
Nov 15, 2023
Wonderful guide and quite a tour! - Fuji was a great guide! I had lots of questions about history and culture…he answered them all or got me the answers. Took us places on the tour we would not have seen if we were on our own. Made great recommendations on food at the Nishiki market. Very cool tour!
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Arthur_g
May 18, 2023
Best first trip to Kyoto - This was an awesome experience for myself and my family! My guide did a great job explaining things to myself and my family! The dinning restaurant that the guide recommended was Perfect and tasted really good!
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Susan
Oct 14, 2019
Kyoto Imperial Palace and Nijo Castle Walking Tour - I would recommend this walking tour tour to those who want to see the most of Kyoto but don't have much time. The tour company was excellent. After making teh booking they kept me informed with a detailed itinerary of sites and times, pictures of meeting point with the guide (including her name, Meg, photo and phone number). Meg was an excellent guide. She spoke English well and had a very good knowledge of each sight. She was mindful of the comfort of her guests in such humid conditions. The Imperial Palace, Higashi Honganji Temple and Nijo Castle were amazing.
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Stacey
May 6, 2019
Excellent Personalized Tour of the Palaces in Kyoto - We had an excellent tour with it guide Komi. He did an amazing job of getting all the highlights of the tour in despite the fact we were running quite late due to our mix up in where we were meeting. He took us to the main Imperial Palace, the Nijo-jo Castle, a kimono show, then got us tickets in to see Sento Palace gardens, which were very lovely! Sento Palace gardens are limited so we were very lucky to get entrance tickets and would not have known to ask without Komi's suggestion.
I will not that this tour does have a good deal of walking as part of it. We registered almost 9 miles by the end of the day.
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Curt
Oct 3, 2019
Very Interesting and an Excellent Tour Guide - Our favorite was Nijo Castle but the comparison to the Palace was very interesting. Our guide was friendly, informative and interesting. There was a lot of walking so be prepared for that too.
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