Kyoto Walking Tour: Discover Hidden Gems

Experience Kyoto like never before with a private custom tour led by a passionate local guide. Customize your itinerary and discover hidden gems while gaining a deeper insight into Kyoto’s culture and lifestyle.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Kyoto - Kyoto can sometimes feel inaccessible to foreign visitors. Take the mystery out of your visit by exploring with a local on a private, customized tour. Your guide contacts you beforehand to get a feel for your interests and tastes to ensure that you only visit the places you are interested in. As you explore the city, your guide shares…
What's Included
  • Pickup from your local city accommodation
  • Exclusive Private Walking Tour
  • Assistance with booking visit tickets
  • Personalized tour experience
What's Not Included
  • Tickets to any attractions ( Optional )
  • Drink or Food ( Optional )
  • Tips (Optional)
  • Local or Public transportation (it’s a walking tour, car transportation isn’t included)
Additional Information

Get to know the city through the eyes of a local guide. With no set itinerary, you can customize the tour or leave it to the local for an enlightening introduction to the city. With our private walking tours, you’ll skip the mundane historical tours and experience the city through the eyes of a real local. Our local guides are passionate about their…

Location
Kyoto
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Eval1754
Jul 2, 2025
Travel to an exotic and exciting world. - Perfect, very enjoyable, and highly recommended. Our guide was very friendly and showed us some beautiful spots, as well as learning a bit about this fascinating culture. Thank you.
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C_linedb9681bq
May 19, 2025
Two beautiful days with Kokoro - We visited Kyoto and Osaka in 2 days with our guide Kokoro. 2 beautiful days well planned and well organized in time thanks to Kokoro. He knows these 2 cities very well and he planned the trip so as not to waste time (we had favored public transport) and everything went perfectly. Nice experience of buses, trains, trams and even Shinganzen. Kokoro had booked us 2 restaurants in advance, so no waiting, 2 very nice culinary experiences. Kokoro is a well-organized guide, very competent and above all very attentive to his clients. He is generous with his knowledge and time and is pleasant company. We have always felt safe with him despite the crowds on public transport and the language barrier. Many thanks to Kokoro. Céline and Pierre du Canada
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Maria_v
May 14, 2025
Totally recommend - We booked the 6-hour tour starting at 3:00 PM, and we’re so glad we did. Alessandro was an absolute pleasure — friendly, accommodating, and incredibly knowledgeable. It was clear he genuinely enjoys what he does, which made the experience even more enjoyable. Despite the rain, we managed to see so much, and he even helped us find great restaurants and assisted with ordering. We wholeheartedly recommend this tour!
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V2611fjwilliamm
Apr 25, 2025
Nonomiya shrine and surrounding area tour - Qianyu (Ian) was extremely helpful in helping navigate all the temples, gardens and monkey reserve. He shared interesting facts about the sites and made sure we saw all the most important landmarks.
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Pioneer13769334985
Mar 28, 2025
Quianyu is the best tour guide ever! - Qianyu showed us around Kyoto and it was magical! Showing us temples and holy sites while stopping and taking many pictures along the way, what an amazing way to spend the day. I highly recommend getting a tour with them. Very punctual, very knowledgeable and very professional. Would love to book another tour again!
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Stacy_r
Dec 30, 2024
Kokoro in Kyoto was awesome! - Kokoro’s tour of Kyoto was awesome! He was knowledgeable, interesting, flexible, fun! Highly recommend.
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Annettelh3952zg
Nov 5, 2024
Short walking tour through ginza - Francine spoke great English and was friendly and so easy to ask information, she also told us which train to take on our return trip
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905fabienned
Oct 29, 2024
Perfect. - It was perfect! The guide was able to adapt to our request and answered all our questions on the practical and cultural side! Thank you!
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Barbaracq481xg
Oct 27, 2024
Amazing your - highly recommend - Omar was amazing. He was very knowledgeable and was able to answer all of our questions. He went at our pace and was always very kind. Almost felt like a family member was touring us around Japan! Thank you Omar!!
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Brian_e
Apr 27, 2025
Disappointed - Our guide did not seem to know the area well and her knowledge of Japanese history was poor. We did not learn anything about the sites we visited.
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From $34
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).