Jojakkoji tours

It’s truly an eye-opening experience to be here at the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest—especially when shared with your loved ones. unfortunately the boat was cancelled due to the rain.

This was a truly wonderful trip, especially great for friends who love natural scenery and landscapes (best to visit in spring and autumn for cherry blossoms and autumn leaves). The journey started with a scenic train ride overlooking the Hozugawa River from above, followed by a relaxing boat ride back to Arashiyama – a truly fulfilling experience. The Hozugawa River boat ride is powered entirely by boatmen hand-rowing the boat for an hour and a half. You can tell it's hard work, but they're all very enthusiastic and try their best to create a lively atmosphere. They kept sharing interesting stories along the way and even tried their best to communicate in English and Chinese when they realized we didn't understand Japanese. Although it was simple, we were all able to understand and had a great time. The free time in Arashiyama was also very enjoyable. We visited the dry landscape garden of Tenryu-ji Temple, bought many souvenirs, and enjoyed delicious snacks along the way. Finally, I would like to thank our tour guide, HuaHua. Seeing that I was traveling alone, he took extra care of me and was very responsible. He provided us with detailed explanations of various matters throughout the trip, communicated clearly, and connected with each person. He was very responsible, and even sang us a song on the way back, haha. Thanks to him, I found this trip very relaxing. I hope to see you again next time! If I have the opportunity to come to Japan again, I think I will definitely visit Arashiyama again!

Amy was out guide and was wonderful! she explained everything and answered all our questions. she was kind and considerate to our needs and was flexible. she was also genuinely caring obout our experience and sharing the Japanese culture and traditions was a joy for her. highly recommend

We had a great time during this tour. we really get the geisha experience. A you g geisha explained everything the group asked and performed a dance. next to that we played a game en went to a shrine.

all the guides were amazing. the instructions to get to the bus stop for the meet up was super easy to follow. the guide was super attentive and easy to follow and the river boat guides were super entertaining. Definitely one of the highlights of our trip. loved that we had so much free time to explore on our own. highly recommend.

Received msg from tour guide Apple the night before tour. Instructions for pick up was clear with pictures and Google maps link. Love Kachi Daruma at Katsuo-ji temple most! We started early as all arrived on time thus tour ended earlier too. Will introduce to others!

very nice choice to pick this tour. First they have a very good tour guide name Tracy.. She walk fast but she is very nice to everybody. She is polite, And very hands On to every guest. Arashiyama bamboo forest os our first destination and i can say... It was amazing... The Nara park was the second spot. The deer were very active and would butt the guests if they were not given crackers. The third was the Fushini Inari Temple, The last spot was the Fushimi Inari Temple well it give me an explainable feeling. The Torii gate was so beatiful it was huge and the feeling walking inside torii gate was a different feeling.

I’m 30 and I took this tour with a teenager and a senior, and we all had a great time! Our guide was Ted Chan, and he was wonderful. Ted remembered all our names and faces quickly, and did a great job making sure we were having a good time and no one got lost or left behind. For this tour you get driven by bus to the attractions and the guide will take you to the entrance of each place to let you explore on your own. Ted was great at recommending things to do for every energy level, and this tour in particular had a nice variety of places. Ted kept us entertained during the bus ride and it was wonderful to have an air conditioned bus to drive us between places. We had a great time talking with Ted and the other tour members, and it felt like we were all friends by the end. Ted told us about the history of all the places and also shared his personal stories. You can tell he’s passionate about his job. Highly recommend this tour and it’s extra lucky if you get Ted as your tour guide!