Kyoto Nishiki Market Food and Culture Walking Tour | 3 hours

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Nishiki Market and Gion District Cultural Walking Food Tour
2 Adults x $80.00
$160.00
Approx Total
$160.00

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Lunch (Tofu skin, Local home cooking, Hamo Tempura, Minced beef cutlet, Probiotic drink, and more)
  • Local and Professional guide
  • Food tasting

Overview

This local guided tour takes you to food adventure in the heart of Kyoto! Gain a thoroughly enjoyable introduction to Kyotoā€™s authentic food culture with a small-group guided tour for the cityā€™s best eating spot, Nishiki Market. In addition, you will see different faces of this town while walking around the neighborhood and you will learn about not only foods but more about Kyoto such as religion, tradition and history. Your friendly guide will also give you a lot of tips about Kyoto, such as useful information to travel around, cultural clues which makes your stay more enjoyable. Let's enjoy one step deeper and get into the local.

Meeting points

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Tachiuri Nishimachi, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, 600-8007, Japan

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[Meetup]10:15 am in front of the South West Main entrance of DAIMARU KYOTO. *In front of the "Shijo Takakura bus stop" along big Shijo street. *This is NOT FUJII Daimaru.

End point

Rissei Garden Hulic Kyoto
310-2 Bizenjimachō, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, 604-8023, Japan

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Itinerary

  • 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 ingredients from this market everyday. Locals come to the market when they want real atuhentic ingredients with best quality. While wandering through the market and sampling various kind of foods, you will learn about Japanese foods, local specialties, and food culture. Let's enjoy the market, not only foods but also all food related shops such as kitchen knives, tableware, and chopsticks.

    1 hour 40 minutes

  • 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.

    10 minutes

  • 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.

    20 minutes

  • 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.

    10 minutes

  • Rissei Garden Hulic Kyoto

    Have some drink and sit in an open space in this renovated elementary school. This place is filled with the modern history of Kyoto; how this area was once important and lively, the time of modernization, and how this elementary was built. The guide will tell you the story about this place and Kyoto while you are enjoying a cup of drink.

    20 minutes

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Additional Info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Minimum drinking age is 20 years in Japan
  • Unfortunately, we do not accommodate vegetarian, halal, gluten-free requests, or allergy-related requests.
  • If you will come with a stroller, please let us know in advance. Nishiki market is very crowded sometimes.
  • If you have severe dietary restrictions, it may not be possible to arrange food for you.
  • The tour will take place rain or shine.
  • Services not listed (For example : Hotel pickup and drop-off, Transportation to/from attractions, Extra food and drink, Other personal expenses) are not included in the tour.

Free Cancellation

February 05100% refund
February 06No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experienceā€™s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experienceā€™s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experienceā€™s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experienceā€™s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If itā€™s canceled due to poor weather, youā€™ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Nishi market food tour

Published on Dec, 2024

We had a great Nishi market tour with Shinsuke where we explored amazing food places and had very nice conversations. He patiently answered all our questions, explained local food and culture and made us feel very welcomed. We joined with our 9 months old son and a stroller and it worked well. I would highly recommend this tour for everyone who is looking for an authentic experience.

A great introduction to Kyoto

Published on Dec, 2024

I greatly enjoyed my tour of Nishiki Market and nearby temples with my guide, Annie, who introduced me to several new tastes. She was knowledgeable and personable with a good sense of humor. I highly recommend this as an introduction to Kyoto food and culture.

Solo traveler explore culture through food!

Published on Dec, 2024

Nagisa was a fantastic tour guide! I love doing food tours when traveling solo so that you get to try a little bit of everything. She made the market so much more manageable and you could tell she loved giving tours! Highly recommend.

Best guide!

Published on Nov, 2024

Nagi was the most fantastic guide and this was one of our favorite experiences throughout our trip. Would recommend to anyone for cultural and food experiences!

1000% Recommend! Thank you Miho!

Published on Nov, 2024

We loved our tour of Nishiki Market with Miho so much! The market can be a bit overwhelming if you are on your own so weā€™re glad we had Miho to guide us. She taught us so many interesting things about Kyoto and the market plus we had great food! I would highly recommend this tour.

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