Top Kyoto Full-day Tours - page 3

My husband and I did the full day tour with Den and loved seeing all the sites in Nara Park and Uji. Den was lovely, kind and knowledgeable. She answered all of our questions and was very patient with us. The temples, the shrine, feeding the deer, the delicious traditional Japanese lunch and the matcha tea ceremony were highlights of our time in Japan. I do have some recommendations to make the tour smoother: the coordinates on the app lead us to the back of the building. Just Google the Tully coffee house location for a less confusing map. Den was very good about giving an overview of our day, however, the map she used was not to scale and Nara Park is quite large and the crowds made it hard to navigate at times. We missed our meeting point and were lost for about an hour. The phone number provided for support did not work, but we were able to quickly communicate with the company via text messages on the app. It would have helped if we had specific pre-arranged ranged meeting times and locations so when we did get separated, we knew where next to be. Also, when we were walking next to Den, we got great information, but it was otherwise hard to hear her in the crowded streets. On the bus, she gave great explanations. Overall, we would recommend this full day tour!

Long day , but life changing as we need to put our world perspective in place. The calm and understanding of Mito helped everyone take in the enormity of the events of the first atomic bomb snd how the residents still live with the ghosts of the event.

The tasting was both very informative and fun. Kyoko was our host, she's super knowledgeable and friendly, her hints for us non-Japanese speakers for how to remember the different types of sake have been very useful for the remainder of our Japan trip.

Wow! This was amazing. We got to hold ancient Samurai swords, learn about Zen meditation and its importance in focusing the mind for Samurai. We then learned proper sword technique and did real sword practice! So much more in depth than we had imagined. Must do!

Amy was a fabulous guide. She was early to meet us, very knowledgeable and got us everywhere we wanted to go. She was responsive to our needs and flexible when we needed her to be. Very grateful for our day in Kyoto and highly recommend her and this tour.

This trip is well organized. You have assigned seats on the bus based on when you book the tour and the pickup location. We were in the third row. Scarlett, our tour guide, was very organized. She made sure we always knew where we were going, what time to be back and where the bus was. She was fun and personable. She gave good explanations of the sites while we were on the bus and then once we got off the bus, she explained exactly where to go and what to do. All of the sites had self guide materials in English, so it was easy to self tour the sites. There was a lot of street food to try along the way. Overall, this was a good value for the money and Scarlett made it a memorable day.

This was a great tour to visit places that you might not stumble across yourself. We had a great time and would recommend anyone wanting to check out new places and just relax into the night. Highly recommend this tour and our guide was also very accommodating and friendly.

We were extremely lucky to have very sparse crowds at both Fushimi Inari and the Golden Pavilion - definitely worth getting up early! Akiko was delightful and added valuable insights that helped us get more out of the experience, including for our children. She also took lots of photos which was an absolute bonus. The whole family thoroughly enjoyed the experience and Akiko’s approach to the morning!