15 Best Kyoto Walking Tours

“Our guide Michael was very friendly and extremely knowledgeable, providing many historical facts and stories of life throughout history in the Gion District, taking us to a variety of historical places. We weren’t lucky enough to see any Geisha but would highly recommend this walking…”

“Sho was an absolute delight! Showed us pictures and videos of differences between geishas and maikos! Took some wonderful pics along the way! Thank you sho!”

“Excellent tour in Gion, learned a lot about the Geiko and Maiko history across the years and the importance they have in the japanese culture. Highly recommend!”

“The BEST tour of our trip, Karim, was so much fun, informative and easily answered all our questions. Would highly recommend him as your tour guide in Kyoto.”

“Really informative and enjoyable tour, our guide Ben seemed very knowledgeable, was obliging and answered all our questions . He showed us the sites of Gion, Ponchoto and Kyoto by night - what a beautiful city. Weather was arctic cold, and we seemed to do…”

“We had a great time learning about three of Kyoto’s most famous sites with our friendly and knowledgeable guide, Haruki.”

“It was a great food experience, lots of stops for samplings of food in Nishiki Market. The lunch was delicious and we had several to chose from. Reiki, our tour guide was knowledgeable and thorough. She spoke excellent English. It was a really worthwhile tour,…”

“Teri, our tour guide, was very knowledgeable giving us insights on the history of each place we visited. I highly recommend taking this tour!”

“Naoya was great! Super informative. Also very patient. We ended up getting on the wrong bus and was a little late. His patience really decreased our stress levels. Also we stopped to get pictures of us along the way, showed us some interesting places. We…”

“Moto was amazing! So friendly and kind. Also super knowledgeable. I highly recommend booking if you’re down to meet new people and chat with them and your guide. No need to be nervous at all!”

“We enjoyed our tour with Danny. The visit to the sake museum was very interesting as we knew very little about how sake was produced. The tasting at the museum was also helpful as the staff there provided helpful information about the different styles of…”

“Our guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. We had a great time.”

“Mia was a terrific guide and taught us to respect the culture of the geiko-san and maiko-san. We saw many women on the tour who Mia knew by name. You will learn about the house mothers, the education the women receive, how a tea house…”

“This tour took us to so many beautiful locations including the Arashiyama bamboo forest. In addition to the bamboo forest, we were guided through so of the most stunning and peaceful zen gardens that you don’t want to miss. Our guide Hiroko was so kind,…”

“Annie was a very knowledgeable and kind tour guide who helped us find a local ingredient (matcha salt) for us to bring home as a souvenir. It’s not always easy to know what to order so this was a great introduction to Japanese local cuisine.…”