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Overview
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Visit Tenryu-Ji temple and its majestic garden once owned by aristocrats, officially recognized as a world heritage site by UNESCO.
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Make everlasting memories in the Kyoto's bamboo forest, with knowledge and insight from an Arashiyama insider.
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A traditional sho-jin style lunch at the UNESCO World Heritage, Tenryu-ji temple.
What's included:
Full dinner course with a dessert
Vegetable menu available (fish broth is still used) ※vegan and gluten-free menu are not available.
3 drinks
Alcohol and Non-alcohol available
3.5 hours with a local guide
An english-speaking guide
Tour photos
You'll get photos taken during the tour by your guide after the tour via email.
Try Kyoto's traditional, seasoned dishes at a hidden restaurant in Gion
The tour's meeting spot is in front of the Izumo no Okuni statue at Gion Shijo station. After meeting up, we'll walk around the Gion area where many old Kyoto-style buildings can be seen. Our local guide will provide insight into how locals enjoy their nights. If you are lucky, a geisha may pass by! While strolling through the streets of Gion, you'll come across the first place we'll stop by; a Japanese traditional restaurant. It is host to a restaurant that, unless you know about it, you would never find. We will enjoy simple, seasoned Kyoto appetizers like obanzai (cuisine native to Kyoto), oden (Japanese stew), or yuba (tofu skin) in a traditional atmosphere with Japanese sake!
Enjoy many kinds of Kyoto sake with guide's explanation.
In this course meal, we offer Kiki sake, which provides 3 different kinds of Sake produced in Kyoto. Therefore, you can enjoy Japanese sake while having authentic Kyoto dishes! After tasting Kyoto traditional foods at the first location, we'll walk to the second cafe in the Ponto-cho area!
Finish the tour with Kyoto's local dessert or even more foods!
After trying many traditional dishes, we'll round things up with the tour to the Kyoto's cafe around Pontocho, where you can taste Kyoto's local dessert in traditional building!