Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below
Overview
Your guide, Ai, is a Japanese government-certified English tour guide interpreter since 2015; an award-winning, magazine-covered photographer; and holds graduate degrees: MA in Japanese Pedagogy from Columbia U (Class of 2025) and MBA in tourism and hospitality management from Kyoto U (Class of 2020). After graduating from Columbia, she has taught Japanese language in higher education in the US mainland and is available in every summer and winter for tours in Japan.
Ai: This is a private, customizable tour by a luxury chauffeur-driven limousine that will visit UNESCO World Heritage sights-KinkakuJi Temple (Golden Pavilion), Kiyomizu Temple, and Fushimi Inari Shrine (with thousands vermillion Torii gates).
For lunch and/or dinner, I will arrange the top-notch Tempura or Kobe Beef restaurant in Gion. The only additional cost on the tour day would be your meals.
Pick up and drop off at Kobe/Osaka Cruise Port, Kyoto Sta, and any hotels in Kyoto/Osaka/Kobe/Nara are available.
What's included
Entrance fee to Golden Pavilion & Kiyomizu-dera Temple 8, 000 JPY/group
private taxi 91,000 JPY, incl pick up/drop off
Free unlimited photography by a professional photographer
Parking Fees
Lunch
Dinner
What to expect
Kinkakuji Temple
1h · Admission ticket not included
First, we will visit Golden Pavilion -a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is not only a temple but also a resort for the Shogun in the 14th century.
Arashiyama
1h
Bamboo forest and scenic Togetsu Bridge will be colored in each season's flavor-cherry blossoms in spring, fresh green in summer, autumn foliage in fall, and occasionally snowflakes in winter
Gion
2h
Lunch
Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine
1h
One of the most popular tourist destinations in Kyoto. We can enjoy walking through thousands of vermillion Torii gates.
Kiyomizu-dera Temple
1h · Admission ticket not included
Another UNESCO World Heritage site that we cover during the tour. The East Hills Side is close to the famous Gion, Maiko and Geisha district, therefore we can stroll around typical Kyotoite streets in the evening.
Meeting and pickup
Pickup details
I'll ask the front desk to call you.
Additional information
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
