All Kyoto Prefecture Tours & Excursions in 2026

Discover Osaka your way with a 100% personalized private tour designed around your interests, schedule, and travel style. Before your tour, tell us where you would like to go and what you would like to see or experience. We’ll create a customized itinerary and share it with you in advance for review and confirmation. Explore Osaka’s historic sites, vibrant neighborhoods, local food, shopping, and cultural landmarks. Visit Dotonbori, Osaka Castle, Kuromon Market, Shinsekai, Umeda, and more. Enjoy local food, explore lively streets, and discover Osaka’s history and culture. You can also request assistance with restaurant reservations, cultural experiences, shopping, or special activities. On the day, your private guide will meet you at the agreed location and accompany you according to your itinerary. Perfect for solo travelers, couples, families, and small groups who want to explore Osaka at their own pace. Your interests. Your itinerary. Your Osaka experience.

The tour is designed to give travelers more than just sightseeing — They offer a true local experience that is personal, cultural, and unforgettable. Instead of rushing through crowded spots, they guide you through the best viewpoints, hidden corners, and peaceful paths that most visitors never find on their own.

Craft Your Own Keepsake: Hand-plane authentic Japanese wood using traditional tools like the "Kanna" plane to create your personalized set of chopsticks. Endless Personalization: Choose from a rich variety of quality woods with distinct colors, grains, and scents, then engrave your name for a truly unique souvenir! Fun for Everyone: Perfectly located just a 5-minute walk from Kyoto Station, this beginner-friendly workshop is ideal for couples, families, and groups. Take Home Memories: Walk away with a practical, hand-crafted souvenir that commemorates your hands-on journey in Kyoto!

・Experience a quiet, refined eight-seat counter overlooking a Kyoto City-designated scenic garden, within the grounds of a normally closed Zen temple. ・Choose seasonal flowers and herbs inspired by Japan’s 24 solar terms and distill your own Scented Water in a small glass still. ・Slow down as each drop forms, enjoying Uji matcha and a traditional Japanese sweet while taking in the garden view. ・Take home your Scented Water, inspired by Edo-period fragrant-water making, as a memory of your time in Kyoto.

Discover the fascinating world of Uji tea at Chazuna Museum and enjoy a hands-on matcha-making experience using a traditional stone mill. Unlike a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, this experience focuses on understanding Uji tea itself, from tea leaf cultivation and production methods to the unique qualities that make it famous. Grind high-quality Uji tea leaves yourself, whisk your own matcha, and savor its fresh aroma and delicate flavor. Explore the history and culture of Uji tea through engaging museum exhibits and discover the traditions behind one of Japan’s most celebrated teas. This experience is ideal for travelers interested in Japanese culture, tea lovers, and anyone looking for an authentic and interactive cultural activity in Uji.

Discover Kyoto's culture and nostalgic nightlife in one evening. Start with a short walk through historic Pontocho and learn about its history. Then visit two local Japanese snack bars for live shamisen music, geish party games, karaoke, drinks, and friendly local hosts. At the first bar, enjoy live shamisen and Japanese folk songs performed by your host, a shamisen teacher. Learn about the shamisen, a traditional Japanese three-stringed instrument, and even try playing it yourself with guidance from the host. Join traditional ozashiki-style (geish) party games connected to geisha culture, then enjoy karaoke. The bar has many songs, including English hits, anime songs, and Japanese favorites. Next, visit a retro-style snack bar for karaoke and drinks in a relaxed, nostalgic atmosphere. Your guide stays with you throughout the evening to help with communication and explain local customs. Please note: Geisha and maiko do not participate in this experience.

Most travelers come to Uji for matcha and Byodo-in, then leave without realizing the town was once the countryside retreat of Kyoto's most powerful aristocrats. This walking tour connects the sites that tell that story, from the Fujiwara clan's vision of paradise built in 1052 to the oldest shrine building still standing in Japan. You'll finish with a clear sense of the area and plenty of time to explore its tea shops and restaurants at your own pace. - See Byodo-in's Phoenix Hall, the temple featured on Japan's 10-yen coin - Visit Ujigami Shrine, home to the oldest surviving shrine building in Japan - Cross Uji Bridge, a setting in the final chapters of The Tale of Genji

Unlike a typical tea ceremony experience, we'll takes you on a fascinating journey through Japanese tea history, culture, and tradition. Discover the surprising connections between matcha, samurai, and shoguns through the remarkable story of the historic tea jar procession. Watch a traditional tea jar opening ritual and experience grinding tea leaves into matcha using a stone mill. Then, enjoy an authentic tea ceremony in a peaceful Kyoto machiya, where you will watch a traditional demonstration and prepare your own bowl of premium Uji matcha. Your host has over 10 years of tea ceremony experience and is both a certified Japanese Tea Instructor and a Kyoto City Certified Interpreter Guide. With a maximum of five guests and no other groups, this fully private experience offers a deeper, more personal introduction to Japanese tea culture. Feel free to ask questions and discover the stories behind every tradition.

A forest trail across Mount Kurama connects Kurama-dera Temple with Kifune-jinja Shrine. On this private hike, follow your guide up through the temple grounds, along root-covered paths in dense cedar forests, and down to the riverside village of Kibune. Discover the legends of Kurama’s mountain paths and the traditions of Kibune’s water worship.