Kyoto's Soul Revealed: Exclusive Private Guided Masterpiece

We started early to miss some of the crowds and had a very informative, and interesting walking tour with Bell to beautiful temples, shrines and shops. She is a very well informed and knowledgeable guide. English was good. She responded to our requests and showed us a side of Kyoto we couldn't have done by ourselves.

Shu is a wonderful guide and a kind human. He made arrangements well in advance of our trip date and tailored our tour to our interests. He gave us facts and details of all the places he took us to that we wouldn’t otherwise have known about. Kyoto is a beautiful place made more fascinating by and with Shu. Highly recommend this city tour.

We had an absolutely wonderful day with Shuichi Manya (Shu) touring some highlights of Kyoto. Shu took very good care of us and designed our itinerary to suit our needs. He had lots of information on the sites we visited, provided lots of general information on Kyoto, and answered all of our questions. We couldn’t have asked for a more wonderful start to our Kyoto visit.

Shuichi (Shu) was an extremely knowledgeable and gracious host - adding color and context to the many sights and historical elements of Tokyo. A wonderful and highly-recommended way to spend a day in Kyoto.

Shu is an exceptional professional—patient, knowledgeable, and deeply rooted in local culture and traditions. He shares his insights generously, making every interaction enriching. You’d be remiss not to hire him.

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