混雑しない京都 : 伏見稲荷、二条城、金閣寺

I am shocked and felt really scammed by Viator which has a good reputation for organized tours. The tour does not cover transportation, tickets or food and it ended being a total drag on time. I literally had to pay out of pocket from uber for every attraction. While the guide who happened to be an immigrant college student who has spent just two years in Japan tried her best, this a far cry from what I reasonably expect from a standard tour operator like Viator. It is an outrageous price on a relative basis in Japan to spend $360 for a 4-hr personal guide. The added problem was there was no prior information that we should be bringing for this and had to run to ATM. I have had wonderful experience with Viator in all my previous use and this one was a complete disappointment.

This was a fantastic tour with our guide Tom. He was knowledgeable, sharing insights about the history, culture, and significance of each place we visited. He made the experience unforgettable, engaging, and enjoyable. He was very personable and friendly and even went out of his way to help us figure out how to bus to our next location when the tour was done. He went above and beyond by enthusiastically taking photos of us at all the best spots! The tour itself was incredible and Tom made it that much better!!

Ken was a great historian as well as a wonderfully pleasant guide. He communicated his plans and was punctual.

Excellent collection of important sites to visit in Kyoto: Buddist temple, Shinto Shrine and Shogun castle. Gino Litian Luo was a great guide. Many thanks to Gino for his attention to detail.

The experience was fantastic. We learned about the history of shoguns and emperors. It was a great day.

After having taken this tour I cant imagine doing Kyoto any other way! Tom got to know our interests for the tour ahead of time and really studied up so that he could customize the tour to what we were looking to do, making sure to get the big ticket items in as well. He took us all around the town, where I felt we were constantly beating the crowds and never on our feet for too long. He even stayed a little bit longer just to make sure that we had time to view the zen buddhist rock garden in Kyoto as well. One thing that I think you will not get anywhere else is a guide who is so good at taking photos! He was constantly making sure that we got the best pictures we could while we were on our tour and has definitely made sure that we have good, lasting memories of this tour in particular. If we come back, we might make Tom take us on a food tour of the city as well! Seriously well done tour and I dont think you can go wrong if you book this!

Natsume was a very prompt and pleasant person to shepherd us to the different locations. This NOT a guided tour though where you will get local and historical insights.

We had an amazing time experiencing Fushimi Inari, Nijo and Kinkaku-ji. It was great seeing Fushimi Inari in all of its glory before it got very crowded. Tom was our guide and he was impeccably wonderful! His expertise of the cultural history of Kyoto, very positive vibes and enthusiastic energy made the tour very enjoyable. Great job, Tom and thank you for taking care of us!

We had an excellent experience on this tour.This tour is I think perfect if you wanna see Kyoto's most famous spots in one efficient day. especially, the tour on fushimi-inari was so exciting.There were approximately one thousand red torii (tbh,it's much more lol) and walked thorough under of them.It def made me tired but I'll never forget that view from the top of there and the price of water bottle on the top (It's 300yen even only for common 500mL water bottle in the vending machine lol)

I joined this tour, and it covered all the must-see places in Kyoto. I was very satisfied; the guide, Ryu, was very friendly and entertaining. I recommend it if you want to explore Kyoto efficiently!