Kyoto Free Walking Tour
Kyoto Free Walking Tour
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Come join us on the original Kyoto Free Walking Tour, through the historic streets of the ancient capital of Japan! With a lot of information about the ancient capital's history and culture, geisha world, religion, local food, and life. Visit our homepage for schedule and needed information.
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
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2023
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travelswithhappy
10 contributions
Mar 2024 • Family
This was a fantastic walking tour led by Quentin. Lasting around 3 hours, we got a fun, extremely informative tour which was both respectful of the city and its people and thoughtfully curated. Quentin was a great guide! Thoroughly recommend!
Written March 18, 2024
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Karen A
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Mar 2024 • Friends
Mana was amazing! Excellent tour, super sweet attitude, lots of knowledge. 10/10 would recommend! We visited some incredible streets and amazing spots! Learned from shrines to geishas, parks and temples! It had it all
Written March 13, 2024
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Solene R
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Mar 2024 • Solo
Youri's tour of Kyoto's Gion district was incredible. For a novice to Japanese culture, I was able to learn a lot. Youri takes the time to explain and shows us places full of history. Having loved this first tour, I signed up for the night tour of Fushimi Inari Taisha given by Youri accompanied by Quentin. This tour and the stories were amazing . Thanks again guys !
Written March 12, 2024
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GaryB
Tel Aviv, Israel10 contributions
Mar 2024 • Solo
I always try to take a walking tour in a new city for me.
Our guide Dominic was so knowledgeable.
Originally from Switzerland and here to study martial arts he gave us a tremendous amount of info and insight in to Kyoto - history, culture, Geisha, religion...
Time just went flying by.
Highly recommended
Our guide Dominic was so knowledgeable.
Originally from Switzerland and here to study martial arts he gave us a tremendous amount of info and insight in to Kyoto - history, culture, Geisha, religion...
Time just went flying by.
Highly recommended
Written March 7, 2024
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Giorgia V
2 contributions
Mar 2024 • Couples
Very interesting tour. Our guide, Quentin, was excellent. He answered all of our questions and was clearly super passionate about Japanese culture. We loved especially going round the small roads in the Gion district. We were very lucky and spotted 6 maiko walking around!
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
Written March 6, 2024
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Daniel W
17 contributions
Feb 2024 • Couples
A great tour. Our guide, Quentin, was enthusiastic and knowledgeable about Kyoto and Geisha culture. He was able to tell us which of the passers by were Meiko. He was also attentive to our enjoyment, and lent us his own umbrella, which we had foolishly left at home. Good education also around Shinto and Buddhism.
Written February 27, 2024
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Beth C
7 contributions
Feb 2024 • Couples
Our guide was fantastic. We learnt so much about the district and Kyoto in general. The pace was excellent. Small group size
Written February 22, 2024
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Jack L
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Dec 2023 • Solo
Great tour of Gino with Mana. Learned a lot about Kyoto, its history, culture and people. Great option to those first time in Gino and not sure where to begin exploring (like myself). Highly recommend!
Written December 26, 2023
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Paige V
5 contributions
Dec 2023 • Couples
We went on the gion walking tour with Sena and had a lovely time! Sena is super knowledgeable and a fun guide. She taught us so much about kyoto, along with japanese culture also. It was the perfect introduction to the area and i would recommend this to anyone who’s just arrived!
Written December 23, 2023
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Ria P
10 contributions
Dec 2023 • Friends
We were led on an incredible tour with Sena. She was charming and fun. The tour gave us a great introduction to the history of Kyoto.
Written December 9, 2023
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Adrianchonghs
Singapore, Singapore56 contributions
How do I book Kyoto Free Walking tour?
Janice C
San Ramon, CA10 contributions
They have a Facebook page which tells you dates and times. They also have a Facebook page for the Osaka Free Walking tours.
alexito15
Barcelona, Spain3 contributions
Buenas tardes,
Somos una pareja que estaremos en kioto del 3 al 5 de diciembre, y es para saber como podemos reservar, para poder hacer el tour con vosotros.
Saludos.
Buenas tardes!
Somos una pareja de arquitectos que estamos en Japon de luna de miel.
Estaremos en Kyoto del 19 al 22 de julio. Por la p?gina web no deja reservarlo antes. Habr?a alg?n inconveniente en hacer una visita por Kyoto alguno de estos d?as? Que disponibilidad tienes?
Muchas gracias! Un saludo!
Yasera88
Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina29 contributions
Creo que pueden sumarse con solamente darle cada participante un like a la página Facebook
Imagonnadoit
Paris, France17 contributions
What time do the afternoon tours start please?
smvueno
Kyoto, Japan19 contributions
Hi there!
You can find all needed info on our Homepage and Facebook page.
briAuckland
Auckland33 contributions
I am not on facebook. How can I book for tomorrow 5 June please?
Please get back to me ASAP in order to plan the day/evening. Thanks!
Brigitte
ling4dj
New York City, NY27 contributions
The website only has one date listed (3/25, which is tomorrow). No dates for the following week. Is this normal? I’m looking for a tour on 3/27 or 28.
Susan E
7 contributions
Hiya, can you tell me how to get in touch with Yori or where do you go to joint the walking tour