Kyoto's Soul Revealed: Exclusive Private Guided Masterpiece

I had an excellent experience on my private tour. My guide Kazu Akiyama was very professional, well prepared, and extremely knowledgeable. I was nervous about navigating the transportation between cities and let me seamlessly through the experience, explaining things on every step of the way. He was easy to understand and answered all of my questions in detail. What I appreciated most was how flexible he was — he adapted the itinerary throughout the day to match my interests and made sure I got the most out of the experience. I highly recommend him to anyone looking for a personalized and engaging tour.

We had a thoroughly enjoyable and informative tour with Shu yesterday. Shu had prepared, and communicated with us beforehand a great itinerary, to see as much as we could of Kyoto in 6 hours. There's no way we could have achieved what we did by ourselves. Thank you Shu, great day!

Ito san, was flexible with our tour and our needs, Patient, helpful and informative. We learned a lot from his tour and enjoyed his company .he is the best tour guide.

We had such a brilliant tour with Yuka. She took us to some of the highlights of Kyoto, gave us lots of interesting information at each site, and was a friendly, chatty person with a great sense of humour. By the end of the day she truly felt more like a friend than a tour guide, and our tour with her is something we talk about as a special aspect of the whole holiday. Thank you, Yuka!

Ito San was a wonderful knowledgeable guide for our walking tour of Kyoto. He let us take several stops along the way and documented our entire tour with photos that he shared with us after he walked us back to our hotel. We requested special shops to visit that he located for us. A lovely man with a beautiful personality. We thoroughly enjoyed our time. Thank you Ito San

Nori was a great guide in Kyoto. It was a long day with lots of walking, but there was always enough time for short breaks, a nice lunch, or a cup of coffee between the different sights. What we learned from him was very useful for the rest of our trip through Japan. He paid attention to details and explained everything in an interesting and engaging way — never boring. We moved partly on foot and partly by taxi, depending on the distance. Almost at the last moment, we asked to finish the tour at a different location, as we wanted to visit the Monkey Mountain. Nori kindly adjusted the plan and made sure we arrived at the entrance right on time. Thanks to his flexibility and kindness, the day ended in the best possible way.

Akira was an outstanding guide—knowledgeable, funny, and full of great insights. We explored Fushimi Inari Shrine and Arashiyama, including a taxi ride to the peaceful Giouji Temple followed by a scenic walk down to Tenryu-ji Zen Temple and the Bamboo Forest. Akira made the day smooth, engaging, and memorable. Highly recommend him to anyone visiting Kyoto!

Our tour guide was wonderful and incredibly knowledgeable. Would absolutely recommend him to anyone looking for a tour of the town before taking a day or two to explore on their own. It was very helpful to get a good bearing of the city and its amazing history.

Shu was so gentle, kind, respectful and even took care of us in the rain and throughout this tour. We had an extensive itinerary and he made sure we got to see it all even in the inclement weather and we ran overtime due to the rain. We saw Fushimi Inari, Kiyiomizudera, Niko Castle, the Golden Pavilion and Nishiki Market. In order to have more time at Kiyomizudera and walking the streets of Ninenzaka, and Sannenzaka we would have omitted Niko Castle since we didn’t see the gardens, but this is no fault this was not the guides fault at all. Shu’s English is good to above average. Knowledgeable of his craft and professional. He was willing to allow us to take plenty of pictures and answer our questions. Would recommend him without any reservations.

Our guide spoke fantastic English, very knowledgeable and made each venue we visited more rewarding than if we experienced on our own. Thank you!