Kyoto Heritage Path - Fushimi Inari's Mystery to Kiyomizu Temple

After meeting up with your guide. Board the train to Inari Station and visit the Fushimi Inari Shrines through the world famous Senbon Torii ("thousands of torii gates)

Sample some of the local delicacies with your tour guide and learn about the history and traditions of the nicknamed "Kyoto's Kitchen" shopping street. Followed by some time for lunch (not included in the tour price)

Founded in 1202 AD, Kenninji claims to be Kyoto's oldest Zen temple. Zen Master Eisai, who is said to have brought Zen to Japan, served as the founding chief priest of Kennin-ji Temple and is buried within the temple grounds.

As you pass through the Gion area, you will see all the old buildings of Kyoto’s old entertainment district, allowing you to imagine what it was like in its heyday. We walk slowly through this area until we reach our next destination, Kodaiji Temple. It was built in 1606 by Hideyoshi’s wife Nene in memory of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of the great figures in Japanese history.

Our final destination is Kiyomizu temple. Its name comes from the waterfall within the complex that cascades down from a nearby hill. Shimizu means clear or pure water. This temple was founded in 778 in the late Nara period by Enchin Shonin, a monk from Nara. Many of the current temple buildings were built in 1633 by order of Tokugawa Iemitsu.