Walking Tours in English

Geiko/Maiko Party (Class Plum)

Half Kaiseki Dinner course with one Maiko at Japanese restaurant with partition: The minimum, yet still truly private and authentic, dinner arrangement with a privately arranged maiko-san for around two hours. Includes one-hour guided tour in the geisha district to be followed by two-hour Japanese kaiseki dinner course at Japanese restaurants with partition. (total 3-hour program)

Geiko/Maiko Party (Class Bamboo)

Full Kaiseki Dinner course with one Maiko at Japanese restaurant's private room: Private and authentic, dinner arrangement with a privately arranged maiko-san for around two hours. Includes one-hour guided tour in the geisha district to be followed by two-hour Japanese kaiseki dinner course at Japanese restaurant's private room. (total 3-hour program)

Class Pine - Geiko & Maiko Party

Private tea house arrangement with both Geiko and Maiko: This is what we truly call a Geiko and Maiko party - More authentic, more private, Tea house arrangement including full Kaiseki Dinner course, both maiko-san and geiko-san playing musical instruments. Guided tour on the way to the tea house is also included. (total 3.5 hours)

Kyoto Highlights by private guide

Highlighted Kyoto tour with a privately chartered English speaking guide: In order to closely feel the local atmosphere of Kyoto, our highlight tours use public transportation to experience the everyday life of Kyoto locals, unlike other tour groups hastily hopping from one location to another on chartered buses.

Evening Street Food Hopping in downtown Osaka

Osaka, the city of merchants, is the place with the nickname "the kitchen of Japan" since the Samurai age. In the evening, neon billboards light up every corner of the city. Lured by the smell of our comfort food, countless number of people appear, frolicking here and there. You will have a chance to hop about the street food stands and shops.

Night walk in Gion

Night-time Exploration in Gion, the Geisha district - is world famous and one of the most popular walking tours in Japan. As the pioneer of such walking tours since 2007, more than 100,000 guests have joined the tour since then.

True story of the last samurai

How he lived, how he fought and how he died in Kyoto: The tour is about the dawn of Japan's modernization movement which had started in the beginning of 19th century in Kyoto, led by an outstanding samurai, Sakamoto Ryoma.

Let's talk about the Showa era (1926-1989)

its sub-cultures, fashions, economy and its relations with the world, including a visit to a retro-cool café from that age: This unique tour involves an occasional visit to a Showa-style café to talk about a highly influential and energetic time in Japanese history: the Showa Era.

Nishiki Market Tour

to find out about the culinary traditions of Kyoto people: Nishiki Market, a 400-meter long arcade lined with 130 grocery shops and stores, is now a world famous destination for tourists. The 100-minute guided tour covers the entire street of the market.

Kyo-Machiya, town house tour

The Kyoto-style townhouse: Kyo-machiya reminds us Japanese people of good old days, when people followed a daily routine at a relaxing pace and had their work place and residential space in the same building. This tour includes an interesting visit to traditional Kyo-machiya.