15 Best Tours in Kyoto with a Licensed Guide

“We had a private walking tour with Yuji. He was so friendly and knowledgeable. We used both public and private transportation. Our silos took us to the Eastern side of Kyoto: Fushimi Inari Shrine (1000 Tori Gates) Sanjusanjendo Temple (10001 Buddhas) Kiyomizu Temple (Pure Water)…”

“Tomy was a fabulous tour guide. Our guide went above and beyond to make our experience in Kyoto, Japan wonderful! He met us at our hotel and began the tour. We navigated Kyoto seamlessly! Tomy gave us great history and information throughout the tour and…”

“incredible. our guide was very kind and extremely knowledgeable.”

“JGA tour guide Olive was fantastic! I communicated with her before I got to Japan through Whatsapp to tell her what we wanted to see. She met us with a car and driver at the Kyoto train station and we saw so many sites including…”

“Tour guide did a serviceable job of explaining the interesting facts surrounding the different temples and sites. Tour started over an hour later. If you spend a little time reading about the sites you will visit, you can do this without a Tour. Massive crowds…”

“Having both local currency and transportation cards beforehand, allowed our group to commence our journey immediately. Our guide, Karkoo Tanigawa was so helpful and accommodating to our party of 6 adults. Our journey was pRead more”

“Our tour was excellent. It was a very hot day and it was very tiring. Ken was a great tour guide. He was very informative and he even gave us a 1 page info sheet about Kyoto history. My children were able to go to…”

“We had the most amazing day with Dhanush. He was at our hotel on time. He was very knowledgeable about the city and knew all the attractions wells. What’s special about him is that he is a very astute photographer and takes some very good…”

“Start early, it can get busy and hot. Yasu was very helpful and informative. He was able to take me and 3 friends all over by public transportation. It was an excellent tour.”

“A nice guided walk in a pretty neighbourhood with a lot of history. Informative guide and nice small group size which makes it easy to hear and follow. Recommended!”

“Amira-san was like an energizer bunny and had us on it the entire time. Wonderful tour so we could get oriented to Kyoto and see some of the must sees.”

“Shun was an excellent tour guide. He was flexible and lovely to hang out with all day. I changed the itinerary several times throughout the day and Shun was great at accommodating our every whim. He also has a great sense of humor aRead more”

“Lily have open our eyes to the culture, tradition religion and meaning of the different aspects of Japan. She chose for us a tour that was interesting and educational for all - young and old - to enjoyed. We certainly recommend her for a wonderful…”

“Ken was friendly, knowledgeable, and accommodating. His English was excellent we did a 4 hour private tour which included my wife and I. Highly recommend this. He picked us up at our hit and we paid for a taxi to get to first location. We…”

“Se recomienda ampliamente a Roberto. Nos compartió su conocimiento sobre la historia de Tokyo de una manera muy amena. Es muy agradable y te resuelve cualquier duda o comentario que le hagas. Inspira confianza y pudimos hacer un tour muy completo de la ciudad en…”