Your guide, Ai, is a Japanese government-certified English tour guide interpreter since 2015; an award-winning, magazine-covered photographer; and holds graduate degrees: MA in Japanese Pedagogy from Columbia U in 2025 and MBA in tourism and hospitality management from Kyoto U in 2020. After graduating from Columbia, she teaches Japanese language at one of the liberal arts colleges in US mainland.
Ai: This is a private, customizable tour by a luxury chauffeur-driven limousine that will visit UNESCO World Heritage sights-KinkakuJi Temple (Golden Pavilion), Kiyomizu Temple, and Fushimi Inari Shrine (with thousands vermillion Torii gates).
For lunch and/or dinner, I will arrange the top-notc...
Highlights
From 4 hours to 6 hours
Offered in Japanese & 2 Others
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
From 4 hours to 6 hours
Offered in Japanese & 2 Others
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Entrance fee to Golden Pavilion & Kiyomizu-dera Temple 8, 000 JPY/group
private taxi 91,000 JPY, incl pick up/drop off
Free unlimited photography by a professional photographer
Parking Fees
Lunch
Dinner
Kyoto One-day Taxi Tour by an Ivy Leaguer Guide & Photographer
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About
Your guide, Ai, is a Japanese government-certified English tour guide interpreter since 2015; an award-winning, magazine-covered photographer; and holds graduate degrees: MA in Japanese Pedagogy from Columbia U in 2025 and MBA in tourism and hospitality management from Kyoto U in 2020. After graduating from Columbia, she teaches Japanese language at one of the liberal arts colleges in US mainland.
Ai: This is a private, customizable tour by a luxury chauffeur-driven limousine that will visit UNESCO World Heritage sights-KinkakuJi Temple (Golden Pavilion), Kiyomizu Temple, and Fushimi Inari Shrine (with thousands vermillion Torii gates).
For lunch and/or dinner, I will arrange the top-notc...
Highlights
From 4 hours to 6 hours
Offered in Japanese & 2 Others
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
From 4 hours to 6 hours
Offered in Japanese & 2 Others
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Entrance fee to Golden Pavilion & Kiyomizu-dera Temple 8, 000 JPY/group
private taxi 91,000 JPY, incl pick up/drop off
Free unlimited photography by a professional photographer
Parking Fees
Lunch
Dinner
Itinerary
1
Kinkakuji Temple
First, we will visit Golden Pavilion -a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is not only a temple but also a resort for the Shogun in the 14th century.
1 hour
2
Arashiyama
Bamboo forest and scenic Togetsu Bridge will be colored in each season's flavor-cherry blossoms in spring, fresh green in summer, autumn foliage in fall, and occasionally snowflakes in winter
1 hour
3
Gion
Lunch
2 hours
4
Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine
One of the most popular tourist destinations in Kyoto. We can enjoy walking through thousands of vermillion Torii gates.
1 hour
5
Kiyomizu-dera Temple
Another UNESCO World Heritage site that we cover during the tour. The East Hills Side is close to the famous Gion, Maiko and Geisha district, therefore we can stroll around typical Kyotoite streets in the evening.
