Kyoto Nishiki Market Food and Culture Walking Tour (5 Tastings)
Reviews Summary
Generally positive, highlighting tasty food, cultural insights, and fun experiences. Some found it underwhelming for the price, suggesting independent exploration might be better.
Features
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
3 hours
- Food tasting (Special Kyoto seasonings, cracker, Japanese flavored honey, etc)
- Local insight of Kyoto culture
- an English-speaking local guide
- 5 Local Street Foods (WAGYU steak skewers, Tofu skin, Local home cooking, Hamo Tempura and more)
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transportation fee to meeting point
- Other personal expenses
- Extra foods
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- We are unfortunately unable to accommodate dietary restrictions, including vegetarian, halal, kosher, gluten-free, or allergy-related requests.
Experience Kyoto’s food culture without the stress of restaurant reservations or language barriers on this small-group Nishiki Market food tour.
Explore Nishiki Market, known as “Kyoto’s Kitchen,” with an English-speaking local guide who helps you navigate the lively 400-year-old market and choose the best bites along the way. Sample a...
- Duration 3 Hours
- Group Tour
- Max 12 people in the group
- 1
Nishiki Market Shopping District
Soak up the sights, sounds, and smells, and learn about local food culture in this 400-year-old market with 130 shops all along a narrow five-block long street. This market still functions as an important place for both locals and professional chefs. Many chefs of Michelin-star restaurants and hotels/ryokans buy their...
- Duration 1 Hour and 40 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 2
Nishiki Tenmangu
Visiting a local Shinto shrine. You will learn about things you often find at a shrine and how to pray at a Japanese Shinto shrine.
Also, you could know the basics about the worships among Japanese People.
If you like, you can try a fortune paper.
- Duration 15 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 3
Shinkyogoku Shopping District
This pedestrian-only shopping arcade street is a great spot for tourists as it blends traditional Kyoto culture with modern commercial trend.
You will feel the life of the local people while walking through this local shopping street, where various shops from long-established shops to the latest shops line up.
- Duration 20 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 4
Takoyakushido Eifukuji Temple
A small Buddhist temple located at the corner of the shopping street. There are temples everywhere in Kyoto, so this is something local experience that you can feel temples close to you in everyday life.
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 5
Teramachi-dori Street
You will feel the life of the local people while walking through this local shopping street, where various shops from long-established shops to the latest shops line up.
- Duration 15 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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