The beautiful old city view spreads out in the northern Kyoto that are undiscovered by 99% of tourists. The guide is very passionate to deliver rare experience with up-to-8 pax big van ride.
This tour will provide you with a chance to go to off the beaten path spots rather than doing completely crowded touristy places. Those are usually inaccessible by public transportation.
This northern Kyoto exploring tour accompany an English-speaking Japanese guide. Guide's passion cover the insigts into arts and tradittion.
The tour will kick off picking you up at your hotel. And the guide will show a variety of hidden historic heritages. Some of the spots are too secret to be suggested in the Itinerary. We don't share those with anybody out of the tour. Also if you want to start your early 7:30, 8:30 etc, we will offer you at an additional price.
Finally, we are happy with your custom tour request! Ask our availability quickly before someone else book! e.g. Nara tour & Osaka tour from Kyoto
Posted By : Melaney_L
From the Viator website, I liked the picture of Takashi who was our guide for the day and his description “let’s uncover secrets of majestic Kyoto history” does just as he says and more. Takashi was hands-down, the best experience my son and I had for the duration of our stay in Japan (Tokyo to Kyoto and back to Tokyo for a total of 10 days). We did a number of tours through Viator including a trip to Mount Fuji, Teamlab Borderless, Go-karts plus our own exploration. At the end of it (May 5, 2024), my almost twenty-year-old son concludes that, “my experience with Takashi in Kyoto has changed my life and as a result, I’m okay with the transition out of my teenage years into my twenties”. Thank you from both of us now that we are back home. We continue to say to friends, family and colleagues that our day with you was simply the most remarkable. And, as said Takashi, we welcome you to our Calgary home, should you ever choose to come back to Canada. For anyone who sees Takashi through Viator or other – DO THIS TOUR WITH TAKASHI. You will spend a day with a remarkable, intelligent, gracious young man, and be delighted with the unique venues that he chooses to share with those who choose this tour with him. In conclusion, the ease of just being with Takashi combined with his willingness to meld his itinerary and ours, plus having the ease of a vehicle at our disposal, we saw everything and so much more than we could have ever imagined. I will be forever grateful to have shared this experience with my son, and with Takashi. Melaney and Dante.
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Posted On : 2024-05-12 16:25:30 
Posted By : Jessie_C
Excellent tour, we want to many places and saw many things that the “busy tourist” never gets to see. The place, the food and our guide were awesome. I would highly recommend to others.
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Posted On : 2024-05-03 17:28:23
Posted By : Seaside179446
Exceptional young man who did research and organized tour itineraries of Kyoto and Nara based on our requests.
Takashi Kikuchi is a self made tour guide with a spacious and comfortable minivan.
Highly recommended to any one interested in getting a tour of hidden locations that are off the regularly visited tourist sites.
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Posted On : 2024-04-10 19:32:32 
Posted By : lanka95
Exceptional young man who did research and organized tour itineraries of Kyoto and Nara based on our requests.
Takashi Kikuchi is a self made tour guide with a spacious and comfortable minivan.
Highly recommended to any one interested in getting a tour of hidden locations that are off the regularly visited tourist sites.
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Posted On : 2024-04-10 19:23:02
Posted By : Malcolm_R
Takashi and his student chicka were brilliant they made our tour really personal and took us off the touristy track
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Posted On : 2024-03-25 08:46:43
Posted By : Alexis_H
Takashi was an excellent guide who showed us the hidden gems of Kyoto and Osaka. He was kind enough to share interesting facts and insights about life in Japan. He was also very flexible and accommodating to our needs and preferences, especially since we had a senior in our group. We highly recommend Takashi to anyone who wants a flexible and authentic Japan experience!
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Posted On : 2024-02-23 13:29:37
Posted By : Yuno_S
Visited great sites, all with minimal people, just as impressive all the main temples.
Lunch stop was delicious and at unexpected location, a pleasant surprise.
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Posted On : 2024-01-05 18:19:03
Posted By : SUZANNE_W
This was a great tour. The guide, Takashi, was very friendly, knowledgeable and accommodating. He spoke very good English. We went to one more visited shrine and then to three temples which were smaller, less visited and absolutely beautiful. With this tour, I feel I have seen some of the best that Kyoto has to offer and have been left with wonderful memories.
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Posted On : 2023-12-21 13:39:04
Posted By : Mustapha_O
I liked the way the tour guide chose the locations to go to. Also, the tour guide is good and speaks English fluently. We also experienced the usual Japanese lifestyle as well as their authentic foods and snacks. Highly recommend the tour guide Mr. Takashi, he is very friendly and very accomodating even though we didn't feel well because of the climate, he still managed to entertain us. Two thumbs up.
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Posted On : 2023-12-10 17:32:34
Posted By : Michael_V
We were picked up from our hotel at 9:00 AM by Takashi, who speaks very English very well. We headed to one of the larger shrines in the that had stunning views of the shrine gates and bamboo forests. We then drove to a few different temples, go inside each time. The temples all had different historical significance, which made them special to us. For example, on of the temples had only Women monks, which is very rare, but the reason why is a powerful story. It was truly humbling to learn more about these places. We then went to another temple where my hobbit feet could barely fit in the slippers, which gave everyone a good laugh, but we made it through just fine. We observed pieces of historical artwork from the 7th and 8th centuries of incredible detail. We also had lunch at one of Takashi’s favorite ramen places in town, and my Wife and I both agree it was the best ramen we’ve ever had in our life. We also tried some local eats along the way, including some caramelized miso mochi across from the shrine, and a sampling of some pickled mushrooms and bamboo from one of the local families.
The shrine was the most crowded place we went to, but the temples were very calm and serene. It was truly an amazing experience. My only recommendation to Takashi would be to speak to the context a little more about the destinations on the way there, but otherwise you’ll learn much while at each location. Hint — Stop and read the signs at the temples and shrines, they’ll give you a lot of info as well and many have English translations next to them.
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Posted On : 2023-12-06 19:25:45
