Kyoto · HALF-DAY

8 Half-Day Tours in Kyoto Worth Setting an Alarm For

Good half-day tours vanish in cherry and maple season alike. The 8 best sit below, priced and timed, with a line on who each suits.

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Kyoto Arashiyama Bamboo forest & Garden Half-Day Walking Tour - Sagaogurayama offers a slower side of Arashiyama

1.Kyoto Arashiyama Bamboo forest & Garden Half-Day Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · from $129Our pick

Explore Arashiyama’s bamboo grove, quiet gardens, Tenryuji Temple, and a Kyoto-style lunch on a five-hour small-group walking tour.

“Ayuri is amazing! She was very attentive and gave great knowledge along the tour and hands on experience at the temples is what you're probably looking for. The bamboo forest was amazing, a couple hidden relaxing spots to try to the acidic yogurt drink and a kanji lesson. Ayuri explained everything well with an amazing lunch at the end!”

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Half-Day Private Walking Tour in Kyoto - Shopping and snacks on Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka

2.Half-Day Private Walking Tour in Kyoto

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · from $95

Explore Kyoto’s Kiyomizu-dera, Gion, Nishiki Market, and old streets with a private guide on this flexible 3.5-hour walking tour.

“Spectacular tour with Phil. He was incredibly knowledgeable abt everything we saw. He shared information in a way that made the past come alive. We needed some accessibility modifications and he was considerate abt how to make that happen. Phil made our stay in Kyoto an experience we will long remember.”

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Kyoto: Half-Day Private Tour Gion Geisha District & Kiyomizu - Meeting your guide beside Pontocho Street

6.Kyoto: Half-Day Private Tour Gion Geisha District & Kiyomizu

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 4 hours · from $77

Walk Kyoto’s Gion lanes, Yasaka Shrine, Ninenzaka, Yasaka Pagoda, and Kiyomizu-dera on a flexible four-hour private tour.

“We had a very nice guy who speak very good English she took us really around everything that was planned in the program and try to find ways where there was less tourist and easier for us to come through Thank you very much for a very nice afternoon together”

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Rural Brewery Town Walk: Half-Day Private Tour Near Kyoto - Tomita Shuzo, four centuries of sake making

7.Rural Brewery Town Walk: Half-Day Private Tour Near Kyoto

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · from $106

Explore Kinomoto near Kyoto on a private half-day walk with sake and soy sauce tastings, old breweries, a temple, and local train travel.

“It was a highlight of our vacation to be able visit a small town known for breweries by a local guide who lived there. Asami navigated the trains and scheduled the visits to two Saki and soy breweries that we would have never been able to find on our own. We also learned abRead more”

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Ninja Trekking half-day tour at Mt.Daimonji Kyoto - From NINJA DOJO and STORE KYOTO to Keage

8.Ninja Trekking half-day tour at Mt.Daimonji Kyoto

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · from $347

Learn ninja breathing, movement, and mountain skills on a private 7.5 km trek from Nanzenji to Mt. Daimonji and Ginkakuji in Kyoto.

“my visit to the ninja dojo left me with an indescribable good heart energetically but also mystically. not only training in the dojo, but also an amazing performance, a trek to Mount DAIMONJI in Kyoto. As a long-term practitioner of martial artRead more”

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