Kyoto One-day Taxi Tour by an Ivy Leaguer Guide & Photographer
Your guide, Ai, is a Japanese government-certified English tour guide interpreter since 2015; an award-winning, magazine-covered photographer; and holds graduate degrees: MA in Japanese Pedagogy from Columbia U in 2025 and MBA in tourism and hospitality management from Kyoto U in 2020. After graduat
Your guide, Ai, is a Japanese government-certified English tour guide interpreter since 2015; an award-winning, magazine-covered photographer; and holds graduate degrees: MA in Japanese Pedagogy from Columbia U in 2025 and MBA in tourism and hospitality management from Kyoto U in 2020. After graduating from Columbia, she teaches Japanese language at one of the liberal arts colleges in US mainland. Ai: This is a private, customizable tour by a luxury chauffeur-driven limousine that will visit UNESCO World Heritage sights-KinkakuJi Temple (Golden Pavilion), Kiyomizu Temple, and Fushimi Inari Shrine (with thousands vermillion Torii gates). For lunch and/or dinner, I will arrange the top-notch Tempura or Kobe Beef restaurant in Gion. Since all transportations and entrance fees are included in the tour price, the only additional cost on the tour day would be your meals. Pick up and drop off at Kobe/Osaka Cruise Port, Kyoto Sta, and any hotels in Kyoto/Osaka/Kobe/Nara are available.
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What To Expect
Stop 1
⏱ 1hFirst, we will visit Golden Pavilion -a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is not only a temple but also a resort for the Shogun in the 14th century.
Stop 2
⏱ 1hBamboo forest and scenic Togetsu Bridge will be colored in each season's flavor-cherry blossoms in spring, fresh green in summer, autumn foliage in fall, and occasionally snowflakes in winter
Stop 3
⏱ 2hLunch
Stop 4
⏱ 1hOne of the most popular tourist destinations in Kyoto. We can enjoy walking through thousands of vermillion Torii gates.
Stop 5
⏱ 1hAnother UNESCO World Heritage site that we cover during the tour. The East Hills Side is close to the famous Gion, Maiko and Geisha district, therefore we can stroll around typical Kyotoite streets in the evening.
What’s Included
- ✓Entrance fee to Golden Pavilion & Kiyomizu-dera Temple 8, 000 JPY/group
- ✓In-vehicle air conditioning
- ✓Free unlimited photography by a professional photographer
- ✓Parking fees
What’s NOT Included
- ✗Lunch
- ✗Dinner
Additional Info
- ♿Wheelchair accessible
- 👶Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- •Service animals allowed
- 🚇Public transportation options are available nearby
- •Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- •All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- 🚶Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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$2,610.31