Kyoto Private Walking Tour
Built around what you're curious about — shrines at first light, craft lanes, the market's counters — with someone who knows Kyoto as home.
from¥36,000
for 1–2 guests
- Private for
- up to 10 guests
- Length
- 4, 6 or 8 hours
One day, as we ran it
What your day looks like.
One day as it actually ran, hour by hour — not a set route, and not your itinerary. There isn't one until we build it: yours is shaped around what you're curious about — shrines at first light, craft lanes, the market's counters — and your guide reshapes it as it runs. Shorter days trim it, longer ones linger.
Early morning
Fushimi Inari, before the mountain wakes.
The thousand gates at opening pace — climb as far as the mood takes you, while the corridors are still empty enough to hear.
the gate corridor empty, first light through vermilion Mid-morning
Kinkaku-ji, while the reflection holds.
The Golden Pavilion soon after its gates open — seen across the pond in the morning stillness the postcards are shot in, before the car park fills.
gold under a grey sky, the pond to itself Midday
Nishiki, the city's kitchen.
The market grazed properly — your guide points, you taste, and lunch assembles itself counter by counter.
a plate coming over the counter, the arcade behind Early afternoon
Nijo Castle, the shogun's floor.
Nightingale floors that chirp under your feet by design, painted chambers, and a garden built to impress envoys — power, preserved.
the long corridor's shine, gold at the far end Late afternoon
Higashiyama, and the craft streets between.
Stone lanes between temple walls, potters and tea merchants in their third century — the Kyoto that still makes things, walked when the buses are leaving.
maples over the approach, the gate at the end Dusk
Gion, then Pontocho as the lanterns come on.
The Shirakawa canal and the machiya fronts — and if the hour is kind, a geiko hurrying to an appointment — then the alley that narrows to lantern light.
lanterns doubling in the Shirakawa, a silhouette mid-step
That was one day. Yours doesn't exist yet — tell us what you're curious about.
From the day
What it looks like.
The team behind this day: 5.0/5 across 71 reviews on our Tokyo walking day — read them.
Who you'll be with
One of ours, start to finish.
Your day is led by one of the team — matched to your date and what you're into. You'll have their name and their number the moment your day is confirmed, and from first hello to goodbye they're yours alone: one guide, your people only, nobody else joining.
One price, all of you
What the day covers.
- Your guide, start to finish — your people only, nobody else joining.
- One price for everyone with you — quoted for who's coming and how long your day runs.
- The day planned around you before you arrive, and re-planned on the day if you want it to be.
- Entry to the temples and shrines on your route — those tickets are on us.
And what it doesn't.
- Food and drink, and tickets beyond the temples and shrines — museums, galleries, attractions. You pay at the counter and at the door, at what they cost — nothing goes through us and nothing is marked up.
- Trains and taxis on the day — your guide plans every route; the fares go on your own IC card.
- Hotels, flights and transfers stay yours to book — though we will happily tell you where we would stay.
Good to know
Where we meet
Your hotel lobby, or anywhere in the city that suits you better — you tell us where when you book your day.
How many can come
See how many this day takes, above. More of you than that? Tell us — we will shape the day for it and price the day accordingly.
What if it rains
Rain doesn't cancel the day — Tokyo has a great deal to do indoors, and your guide knows all of it. If genuinely severe weather makes the day impossible, we move it or refund it in full — decided with you, on the forecast.
How you pay
A single day is paid in full when you book — and nothing is owed on the day itself. Booking several days? Those confirm with a deposit, settled before you travel.
Can we do this as a day trip from Tokyo?
It works — the shinkansen puts Kyoto around two hours from Tokyo, and guests with limited time do exactly this. We'll help you choose trains and buy tickets — yours to purchase, not included — and shape the day around your arrival and your last train home.
The other days
Any of them can be the first draft of something else.
Tokyo Private Walking Tour
Built around what you're curious about — temples, markets, the streets between them — with a local guide who reshapes the day as you go.
from ¥36,000
Tokyo Night Tour
Yakitori under the lanterns of Omoide Yokocho, a standing izakaya, a jazz basement, and the good end of Golden Gai — with someone the owners already know.
from ¥72,000
Mount Fuji Day Trip
The pagoda view at Arakurayama, Kawaguchiko's quiet north shore, and a houtou lunch under the mountain — out early, ahead of every coach.
from ¥84,000
Nikko Day Trip
Toshogu's gold under the cedars, the ghost Jizo by the river — or up the forty-eight hairpins to the lake. Two tested ways north; both leave the coach crowds below.
from ¥98,000
Plan your trip
Tell us what you're curious about.
Take one of our days — confirmed the moment you book — or start a custom one, built with a person who usually replies the same day.