Explore “Kyoto’s Kitchen,” where even local restaurant chefs come to buy ingredients. Eat and sip your way through the market while learning about Kyoto’s unique 1,000+ year-old food culture. Enjoy lunch local-style at 7+ street food & sit-in eateries, sampling local favorites and hearing the stories behind the shops and Kyoto’s culinary traditions.
In demand: 16 of the next 26 departures are already sold out.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 16.
Explore “Kyoto’s kitchen,” where even local restaurant chefs come and buy ingredients! Eat and sip your way through the market while learning about Kyoto’s unique food culture through multiple food tastings. We will walk through the local Nishiki food market street while sampling various food that represents the Kyoto food culture.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Nishiki Market Lunch Tour lasts about 2 hours. The itinerary has 1 stop.
Prices start at $71 per person for this Kyoto experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, starting at 11:00 AM.
Children aged 4–17 pay from $55, adults from $71. Infants go free.
It can: 16 of the next 26 departures are already sold out, so booking ahead is a good idea.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is In front of Apple Store Kyoto, you will find a guide holding a beige tote bag that says Ninja Food Tours. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 6 participants.
Specialized infant seats are available
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
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We had a great food tour with Shun! We really enjoyed all the food he introduced us to. Everything was delicious, and he made the experience fun and enjoyable. Highly recommended!
Thanks for the recommendation, and for taking the time to write it. Shun will hear every word of this from us, especially that the food was all delicious and the day was fun. If Japan brings you back this way, we'd love to have you at our table again. Ninja Food Tours Team
We had the best food tour and our guide Shun was so friendly and informative. We tried so many yummy dishes and had the best time. Thank you!
Writing a review when you could be resting off a day of eating is a real kindness, and we're truly grateful you did. Shun will see every word of it. Thank you for spending your day with us. Ninja Food Tours Team
Shun was amazing and so knowledgeable of Kyoto food. We had a great time! Definitely recommend.
Mariana, this is going straight to Shun, who will be happy to read it. Thank you for taking a few minutes to write it, and for recommending us to others. For a small company like ours, a word from a guest does more than any ad could. Ninja Food Tours Team
It was an amazing experience with a kind and charming guide. We were introduced to delicious food and received wonderful explanations along the way.
Our guides put real work into the stories behind each stop, so I'm happy to hear the explanations landed as well as the food did. Thank you for taking the time to write this. A few kind lines from a guest are what keep a small company like ours going. I'll make sure your guide reads it, and I hope the rest of your time in Japan is as good as this day was. Ninja Food Tours Team
Our food tour of Nishiki Market led by Chika was great! We learned so much not only about the market and food we tried but also Chika was so helpful in explaining other parts of Japanese food culture and area specialties. The tour itself gave us an opportunity to try things we wouldn’t have tried on our own and we had a nice time with our small group experiencing the market together.
Josiah, Nishiki Market has so many stalls that it's easy to walk straight past the best ones, so it's lovely to hear Chika helped you taste things you wouldn't have picked out on your own. Thank you for writing about the food culture side of the day too, and for being such good company as a small group. Each review genuinely makes a difference to a company our size. Ninja Food Tours Team
Chika was amazing, she showed us the most original places to see in the Nishiki Market and showed us food that we would never think of ordering ourselves! The group is small, up to 6 people but we were lucky to only have two other people with us. It was really busy in the market but the tour was very well organised. We will definitely look to book with ninja tours in the future!
Nishiki Market is packed at the busy hours, so it's a relief to hear the tour still ran smoothly for you, and Chika will love that you noticed the places she chose. A group of three also made for an easy pace, with room to taste everything and ask whatever came to mind. Thank you for sitting down to write this, and for the plan to book with us again. Ninja Food Tours Team
Sora was our fantastic guide- he was so knowledgable and shared some really interesting facts as we went through the market- thoroughly enjoyed this fabulous tour- thank you!
Sora's knowledge of the market is something we're proud of, and I'm happy he had a few surprises for you along the way. Thank you for taking the time to write this, it genuinely brightens our week. We'd be glad to see you again next time you're in Japan. Ninja Food Tours Team
Sora was incredible - so helpful, knowledgable,friendly, and kind. Wonderful host!
Sora will read this with a big smile, and so did we. Thank you for stopping to write it, and for putting so much kindness into a few lines. We hope the rest of your trip treated you just as well. Ninja Food Tours Team
This was genuinely one of the best guided tours I’ve been on. When I go to a city/country for the first time I love to take a guided tour to learn and emerge myself in the culture. And this tour provided just that. Not only did I get a super educational food guide - Sora was able to explain the history of the market, the vendors and their skills (some who had been there for more than 100 years) and also any questions I had about Kyoto in general. And the food. So much delicious food. We started at one end of Nishiki markets and had little bites and tastes from almost 10 vendors as we wandered through to the other end. I probably would have just walked past and missed most of these vendors if I wasn’t on the tour. And to miss out on them would have been so sad, they were all truly masters of their craft, and the food they made - a lot of which they sourced produce from their own family farms, was truly such a wonderful new experience for me. I definitely recommend going in with an open mind and trying all the things suggested. There was nothing crazy or scary to eat, it was just all passionately made food by people who are truly skilled at what they do. I left with an extremely full stomach and had to spend the next few hours walking it off. There’s no need to book for lunch afterwards- this was lunch! Sora was a knowledgeable and kind guide and at the end I was sent a comprehensive guide to all his favourite places to visit and things to do. This tour is well worth the money and I’d highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning more about Kyoto style cuisine and culture.
Dear Stella, thank you for taking the time to write all of this. The vendors you met would be glad to hear a visitor noticed them, whether they've stood at the same counters for over a century or grow what they sell on family farms. We're happy the tour doubled as your lunch, and we'll pass your words on to Sora, who sent you that list of his favourite places. Enjoy the rest of your time in Kyoto. Ninja Food Tours Team
Amazing tour with Mana, she was very knowledgeable and very sweet. Excellent food tour, food was lovely and very tasty even if it was our 4th trip in Japan, we discovered a lot of new delicious specialities. Thanks again Mana (your are very talented in your flower arrangement art)
Four trips to Japan and still finding new specialties on this one says a lot about how much there is left to taste here. Mana will love hearing that her flower arrangement art got noticed, that's a side of her most guests never get to see. Thank you for taking the time to write it all out for her. Ninja Food Tours Team
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