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Private tour in Kyoto Akira M
The old part of Kyoto and Ten Thousands Trii gate shrine
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Hello ! My name is Akira. Please call me Aki. I am a national licensed tour guide in English for 9 years. I am specialized in Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Kobe and Hiroshima. When you have a plan to visit those area, please contact me. In those area, you can find a traditional and cultural Japan. I will guide you wherever you would like to visit and you can enjoy Japan with me for sure. I worked for an export company for more than 30years and met many people from overseas who were interested in Japanese culture, history and buildings. So after I retired, I decided to become a tour guide. Please let me know what and where you are interested in so that I can arrange it for you, and make your itinerary which you will be satisfied with. In my spare time, my hobby is Japanese martial art Aikido (black belt 2nd grade). If you are interested in Japanese martial art, I am pleased to talk about it with you. Looking forward to your inquiry. Thank you so much for reading my introduction, and I look forward to sharing my country with you. - National guide certificate (registration number EN00593) English - Certificate of Authorized Tour Conductor (registration number 05-15-D043954) I am not a driver. I can accompany you in your vehicle which you book. Please make sure that rented vehicles have taxi license for me to be able to conduct a tour.
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Let`s explore Kiyomizu temple, Gion and Fushimi Inari shrine
Overview of your Kyoto tour
We visit the old part of Kyoto which is situated in eastern part of Kyoto . Kiyomizu temple is Unesco world heritage site. From Kiyomizu temple you can see the view of Kyoto Higashiyama slope is famouse east mountaine district and we walk Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka where there are a lot of shops. Yasaka Pagoda is the oldest five story pagoda and the current building is from 16th century. Yasaka shrine is from 8th century and the building is from 16th century. The famous festival called Gion festival in July starts from this shrine. Gion is the famous Geisha district. Lots of old houses is remained there. Fushimi Inari shrine is famous for the ten thousand trii gate(shrine gate). The torii gate lines up till the top of mountain. If you walk up to the top and come, it takes about 2 hous.
Your Kyoto tour itinerary
From our meeting place we take a bus and walk up to Yasaka shrine. It takes about 10 miutes from the bus stop. After there we walk up to Kiyomizu temple for about 20 minutes. We stay there for about one hour and we walk down to Yasaka shrine through Higashiyama slope. it takes about 30 minutes. And we go to Gion. We walk in Gion area about 30 minutes and we take a train to Fushimi Inari shrine. If you would like to walk up to the top of mountain, our tour ends there.
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Type: Public Transportation / Category: Train
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Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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