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Kyoto Walking Tour: Explore Top Attractions Quietly
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330 Ratings
Kyoto
Experience the tranquility of Kyoto’s famous attractions on our exclusive Early Bird Tour. Beat the crowds and explore in peace and depth. Limited availability!
Experience the tranquility of Kyoto’s famous attractions on our exclusive Early Bird Tour. Beat the crowds and explore in peace and depth. Limited availability!
Duration:
5 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine - The beautiful tunnel of thousands of vermilion torii gates is so famous and picturesque. These torii gates are offered by worshippers in appreciation for the good fortune they received from the deity enshrined here. Why don’t you, too, offer a prayer and change your luck?
- Kinkakuji Temple - This famous Zen temple…
- Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine - The beautiful tunnel of thousands of vermilion torii gates is so famous and picturesque. These torii gates are offered by worshippers in appreciation for the good fortune they received from the deity enshrined here. Why don’t you, too, offer a prayer and change your luck?
- Kinkakuji Temple - This famous Zen temple is an icon of Samurai culture. You enter this venerated temple right after it opens in the morning, when few people visit. At this hour it is possible to get a good look at the gilded building and its beautiful appearance reflected in the pond and to take pictures at your own pace.
- Arashiyama - In the fresh early morning air, we walk through the renowned bamboo forest before the site gets busy. The beauty of the bamboo grove in the morning sun is exceptional. Let’s stop and close our eyes. We can hear the bamboo trunks and leaves touch each other in the morning breeze and making sounds that heal our heart tenderly.
What's Included
- Guide fee included
- Guide fee included
What's Not Included
- Admission fees. 500yen@Kinkaku-ji Temple
- Drink and Food
- Public Transportation fare. 760 yen for JR Lines, 460 yen for City Bus
- Admission fees. 500yen@Kinkaku-ji Temple
- Drink and Food
- Public Transportation fare. 760 yen for JR Lines, 460 yen for City Bus
Additional Information
Kyoto is the most famous tourist destination in Japan. There are plenty of wonderful sites, but it is always bustling with tourists from all over the world, so it’s hard to enjoy Kyoto’s natural beauty quietly and in depth.
Here we offer a luxurious tour that enables you to visit three of the most famous tourist attractions in Kyoto with fewer people in…
Kyoto is the most famous tourist destination in Japan. There are plenty of wonderful sites, but it is always bustling with tourists from all over the world, so it’s hard to enjoy Kyoto’s natural beauty quietly and in depth.
Here we offer a luxurious tour that enables you to visit three of the most famous tourist attractions in Kyoto with fewer people in half a day till noon. After this tour there is time for you to spend on other activities.
This tour is a walking tour. Let us remind you that you’ll take about 15,000 steps through this tour.
- Accessible for those with limited eye sight
- Accessible for those with limited mobility
- Animals or pets allowed
- Infant seats unavailable
- Not recommended for people with heart conditions
- Not wheelchair accessible
- comfortable shoes for walking; quite a bit of walking required
Location
Kyoto Station Building
Kyoto Station
in front of the central ticket gates of the JR lines on the ground floor.
They are on the north side of the station where Kyoto Tower is located.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(330 Ratings)
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Kenneth_w
Dec 29, 2024
Early morning tour - Ungodly hour but worth it. - Our guide was amazing, he was warm and friendly, spoke excellent english and provided us with important contextual knowledge of the places we visited. Yes the tour does start at an ungodly hour (and Kyoto Station is honestly quite terrifying at 6am) but it becomes worth it when you go to the Tori Gates and its practically empty. Worth every penny and time. I would highly highly recommend.
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Revis_j
Dec 25, 2024
Kyoto big three highlights (early edition) - Beat the crowds! This tour, while early, was one of the highlights of our time spent in Kyoto. Sumiko, our guide, was amazing, caring, knowledgeable, and great with our teenage kids! Sumiko knew just how to navigate the public transit system so we could visit all of the sites the tour offers. We enjoyed getting to know Sumiko, and we would recommend her for this tour.
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Annagrace_j
Dec 1, 2024
Highly Recommend if You Don’t Mind Walking and Waking Up Early - I think my group didn’t realize how early they needed to get up for this because they’re not early risers… that being said, it’s literally in the name lol. I loved this tour and our tour guide, she was a very kind and lovely person! I also appreciated greatly that we went to the Inari Shrine early. I was able to get some great photos! It gets crowded fast, so I definitely recommend going in the morning. I liked that our guide was flexible with the schedule as well and messaged us beforehand to confirm the schedule. She was very informative and patient with us if we wanted to buy souvenirs which was nice too!
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Katy_c
Nov 28, 2024
A fabulous tour - A great morning spent with Mr Koichi- we saw and learnt so much more than expected. Highly recommended. Thank you Mr Koichi for a memorable tour!
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Justin_b
Nov 14, 2024
Great Morning Tour of the Kyoto Highlights - Kaz our guide was great! He is very knowledgeable about the sites, was able to take us to a few bonus sites that weren’t on the itinerary and helped give us advice on places to eat and shop! Would give him 10 stars if I could.
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Jorgeef931
Oct 28, 2024
Great First Time Tour of Kyoto - Highly recommend booking a guided tour, this one in particular, to anyone visiting Kyoto for the first time. Transportation can be tricky in Kyoto; we had to hop on multiple trains and buses to get to the different temples. It helps a lot to have someone who knows how to move around the city. Our guide was great and very friendly. We got to beat the crowds and cram a lot into one morning: Inari shrine, Kinkakuji, Arashiyama bamboo forest. The tour was informative, if anything a bit light on historical details, but still good enough for a first time tour of the city.
Lastly, we ended the tour in Arashiyama instead of being guided back to our original starting point of Kyoto Central Station. After eating, we visited the monkey park nearby, which I think was worth the visit.
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Mobile35507107928
Oct 20, 2024
Fantastic tour - Amazing walking tour with our guide who was so kind, warm and knowledgeable. We were given so much insights and information on the spots we visited and local culture. Thank you so much for the experience and memories.
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Theron_l
Oct 18, 2024
Great guide and enjoyable tour! - Wow! We did a lot on this tour! This was a great way to see some of Kyoto's most popular sites. I liked how we got to see the Thousand Torii Gate shrine earlier before the crowds started coming in. Be prepared to do A LOT of walking on this tour, but it was fine. There is so much to see and you will enjoy every minute of it. We stopped for matcha ice cream and went through a train museum. This was all enhanced with a very sweet and informative guide named Hiroko. She was so kind of knowledgeable of everything around us. This was a very enjoyable tour. Thank you so much, Hiroko!
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517garretts
Oct 16, 2024
Kyoto tour - Great tour, got to see all the highlights before it was too crowded. Helped having a guide to get to all the places and give some great insight
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Roseann_v
Oct 14, 2024
Wonderful Early Morning Walking Tour - We thoroughly enjoyed our Kyoto Early Bird Walking Tour. It did become crowded as the morning went on, so being early was the ticket for us. Our guide, Tomoko, was very friendly, knowledgeable, and was wonderful! There is a lot of walking so a pair of comfortable shoes is a must! Would definitely recommend this tour!
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