Kyoto Highlights and Hidden Gems Private Tour

Itinerary
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Stop At: Higashiyama Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3-70 Higashiyama Motomachi, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-0804 Aichi Prefecture

Pass by the Zoo and get to see this neighborhood, which preserves the look and feel of feudal-era Japan in a wood-built historic quarter of narrow lanes lined with traditional pottery stores, tea houses, and restaurants for multi-course kaiseki meals.


Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Yasaka Shrine, 625 Giommachi Kitagawa, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0073 Kyoto Prefecture

Hokanji temple was built in the Asuka period (538 - 710)

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Kongoji Temple, 390 Kinencho, Higashiyama, Kyoto 605-0828 Kyoto Prefecture

Learn more about the folk faith, which says that to have a wish granted, you must sacrifice one desire.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Kiyomizu-dera Temple, 1-294 Kiyomizu, Higashiyama, Kyoto 605-0862 Kyoto Prefecture

Over 1200 years have passed since the foundation of Kiyomizu-dera Temple. Halfway up Mt. Otowa, one of the peaks in Kyoto’s Higashiyama mountain range stands the temple

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Yasaka Shrine, 625 Giommachi Kitagawa, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0073 Kyoto Prefecture

Before getting to see another shrine, you will have a coffee. This is one of the most famous shrines in Kyoto. Founded over 1350 years ago

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Gionmachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0001 Kyoto Prefecture

Gion is Kyoto's most famous geisha district

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Kamogawa River, Kyoto Kyoto Prefecture

Another unmissable place in Kyoto is Kamo-gawa river. This is probably the most famous and arguably the most popular river in Kyoto.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Nishiki Market Shopping District, 609 Nishidaimonjicho Tominokoji Dori Shijoagaru, Nakagyo, Kyoto 604-8054 Kyoto Prefecture

Explore a 400-year-old market, sample local Japanese goodies and shop for souvenirs


Duration: 20 minutes