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Kyoto Nishiki Market Food and Culture Walking Tour
With local staff in Pike eel store
Kyoto Nishiki Market Food and Culture Walking Tour
Kyoto Nishiki Market Food and Culture Walking Tour
Kyoto Nishiki Market Food and Culture Walking Tour

Kyoto Nishiki Market Food and Culture Walking Tour

By Japan Wonder Travel
9.8 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is P 4,720 per adult
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Overview

This local guided tour takes you to food adventure in the heart of Kyoto! Gain a thoroughly enjoyable introduction to Kyoto’s authentic food culture with a small-group guided tour for the city’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.

Activity location

  • Nishiki Market Shopping District
    • Nakauoyacho, Nakagyo Ward,
    • 604-8054, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 四條東洞院内裏跡
    • Tachiuri Nishimachi
    • 600-8007, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

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Nishiki Market and Gion District Cultural Walking Food Tour
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h3h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 10:15
Price details
P 4,719.60 x 1 AdultP 4,719.60
Total
Price is P 4,719.60
Until Wed, Nov 27

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch (Tofu skin, Local home cooking, Hamo Tempura, Minced beef cutlet, Probiotic drink, and more)
  • What's includedWhat's includedLocal and Professional guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedFood tasting

Know before you book

  • 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.

Activity itinerary

Nishiki Market Shopping District
  • 1h 40m
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.
Nishiki Tenmangu
  • 10m
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.
Teramachi-dori Street
  • 20m
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.
Takoyakushido Eifukuji Temple
  • 10m
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.
Rissei Garden Hulic Kyoto
  • 20m
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.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESNishiki Market Shopping District
    • Nakauoyacho, Nakagyo Ward,
    • 604-8054, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE四條東洞院内裏跡
    • Tachiuri Nishimachi
    • 600-8007, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

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