Kyoto City Highlights & Hidden Gems Private Custom Tour with a Local

A super tour, with a good mix of culture and street food/market. Austen was a great guide who speaks excellent English, guided us competently, and helped us with shopping. It was a great introduction to/in Kyoto that we never could have achieved on our own with just "onboard resources".

With one day to spend in Kyoto a guide was the best way to go. Michael was fantastic and Kyoto was breathtaking! Michael showed us many highlights was engaging, energetic and communicative well before we ever arrived. He connected with our 10 and 11 year old which enriched their experience as well. Thank you Michael for introducing us to one of your favorite restaurants. Our mouths are still watering. Kyoto is abundant in beauty, landscape, architecture and history. We cannot wait to return.

We had a great experience touring Kyoto with Alex! We learned so much at a very enjoyable pace. We spent time seeing sites we prioritized and saw many other unexpected places too! 100% Recommend!

Highly recommend booking with Alex Oberti, it was like being shown around Kyoto by a friend. He was so knowledgeable about the history and the best eats around town.

Kenta was an insightful and knowledgeable tour guide. He designed the itinerary around our Kyoto ‘must sees’ and provided advice on what are really the key things to do. He also took us to a great restaurant which we would never have found on our own plus made sure we were able to do the things that we really wanted to do like also buy a set of great Japanese knives.

Austen was a fantastic guide and we highly recommend this tour. The itinerary was made up to our wishes, we had a wonderful day and Austen's knowledge was fantastic!

Miki was wonderful! Designed a great itinerary for the day. Tailored to our needs and requests. Very knowledgeable. Also, very curious about our culture. Even helped with IC card. Would thoroughly recommend!

Kiyoto is an amazing and knowledgeable guide. He would answer our questions,and if he didn’t know the answer, he would find out in a matter of minutes. He took great pictures and taught us some Japanese phrases. I would recommend this tour as it is designed to your interests and your pace.

Miki was a wonderful and cheerful host who provided us with valuable information about Japanese culture, restaurants, and sites. She was flexible and willing to adapt our schedule to meet our wishes and interests. We enjoyed some delicious food and learned about each temple and shrine we visited. Additionally, we explored shopping districts and food stands. I would highly recommend Miki as a tour guide.

Kenta was outstanding. Hugely insightful and interesting on each of the locations we visited and great at getting the best out of each site (such as avoiding the crowds sometimes). A nice blend of the obvious main attractions and a couple of the lesser known places worked really well. Excellent lunch location in the market too! Kenta was so easy to get along with, attentive to our pace and interests, and hitting just the right balance of talking and letting us look around on our own. Faultless as a guide - but more importantly, really helpful and friendly too. Thank you Kenta! Very highly recommended!