Get to know the city through the eyes of a local guide. With no set itinerary, you can customize the tour or leave it to the local for an enlightening introduction to the city. With our private walking tours, you'll skip the mundane historical tours and experience the city through the eyes of a real local. Our local guides are passionate about their city and eager to share their knowledge and insights. The will offer an authentic and personal experience. By the end of the tour, you will feel comfortable navigating the city and confident that you have all the information you need to make the most of your stay.
- Private tour for just you and your group
- Your guide customizes your tour to your interests and personality
- Get a deeper insight into Kyoto life than possible alone
- See Kyoto through the eyes of a local and discover its hidden gems
Choose from 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8-hour tour options.
Posted By : Lau A
Visits to the temples of the Golden Pavilion (magnificent but too crowded), Toji-in (the real temple as we imagine it with only 3 visitors), the Hanamikoji-Gion district. Our guide Mr. Kokoro was excellent with a presentation of the places and an impeccable knowledge of the history. And all this in a warm atmosphere and attentive to our wishes. He also found us a very good restaurant 🙏
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Posted On : 2024-06-16 06:50:45 
Posted By : Adam T
Wow, we had the perfect 4 hr tour with Qianyu (Ian) In Kyoto. Ian’s guiding was excellent . The places he took us were incredible and his knowledge, style, pace and humour was perfect. We discovered shrines, temples and hidden gems during the visit that were simply priceless.
The recommendations he also made for our family for the rest of the trip was also really helpful.
A great tour that anyone visiting Kyoto for the first time should book. Thanks Ian.
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Posted On : 2024-04-27 05:08:46
Posted By : Sarah S
We couldn’t say enough good things about Ian and our time together. He was truly so wonderful to be around it felt like we knew him for years. It was like we met up with a friend to show us around Kyoto. He’s a gem of a human and anyone would be lucky to spend their afternoon with him.
We were able to cater the tour based off of what we wanted to see. Ian met us at the train station and off we went. Ian was so knowledgeable and stopped to explain things along the way. Halfway through he took us to a French pastry cafe (where he frequents regularly) and enjoyed coffee and pastries before heading to our next stop.
Please book this tour. It will be the highlight of your trip. Thanks Ian for an unforgettable day! We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. Cheers!
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Posted On : 2024-04-19 00:46:41
Posted By : Ericacwest
Our guide Ian (Quianyu) created a great tour of Kyoto for our family. He took into account our interests and group needs as one of my family members has mobility issues and uses a wheelchair. He took care to spend time with all of us (6 people) and get to know us on the tour. He even took special care with my mother and spent time with her when she was tired and sitting in the wheelchair. We so appreciated his expertise, time, and attention as we wandered around Kyoto. Thank you Ian!
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Posted On : 2024-04-07 05:24:03
Posted By : Erica_W
My family and I had a wonderful experience with our guide in Kyoto, Ian (Quianyu). He planned a trip that let us see the sites that interested us, but took into account our groups needs as one of my family members has limited mobility and uses a wheelchair. He was very attentive and spent time with every group member getting to know us all. Wonderful experience, Thank you Ian!!
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Posted On : 2024-04-07 04:58:16 
Posted By : Martin_L
Kokoro is a very knowledgeable guide with a passion for Kyoto and Japan. He is immensely considerate and kind and delights in surprising you with off the beaten track discoveries, as well as navigating you around the well known, must do sights. He went above and beyond to try to fit in everything we had targeted, even if that meant breaking into his own time. We are very grateful and can recommend him highly.
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Posted On : 2024-04-03 08:18:48
Posted By : barbarabI5542AT
Qianyu is one of the best guide we ever had!!!! Extremely professional, informative, knowledgeable, adorable, sympathetic, intelligent. Really top notch guide! We highly recommend Qianyu (Ian)
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Posted On : 2024-04-01 08:34:44
Posted By : AlexA621
We had a great day in Kyoto with Qianyu. He is knowledgeable, delicate, easy to be around and his english is very good.
He adjusted the tour to our needs, our two children liked it as well and didn’t get bored.
It rained in the evening so we changed plans last minute and went to Kyoto Tower which was great.
Finally Qianyu recommended absolutely delicious ramen for us to finish the day.
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Posted On : 2024-03-29 01:22:59
Posted By : Darren_J
Our guide, Qianyu, was fantastic, he was very knowledgeable and took us to areas of Kyoto that we wouldn’t have visited. Would highly recommend this tour as it’s tailored to your requirements
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Posted On : 2024-03-26 02:07:01
Posted By : Gilles G
the guide Laurence is a remarkable person
attentive and professional
very enriching visit
everything was perfect
gilles
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Posted On : 2024-03-20 05:21:36
