2023 January. Happy New Year!
On the first tour day, I saw the monks wearing the traditional monk style walking on the street of Kyoto. They walked for the religious mendicancy at the beginning of the New Year. They prayed and blew a conch‐shell horn in front of the houses and shops. I felt this is the New Year in Kyoto.
(Yamabushi)
Yeah, this month I did such tours like them.
My tours Jan 2023
4 times “Food tasting tour at Nishiki market”
3 time “Higashiyama tour”
2 times “Bike tour”
1 time “Full day customized tour”
“Food tasting tour at Nishiki market”
(Sea Urchin)
Everytime this food tasting tour is fun. My guest could find ‘New’ taste and could knew about the Japanese culture, But most important thing is ‘FUN’. I always try to make the tour fun for my guest.
(Japanese Pepper on the Ice Cream)
(Taseting Seafood at the backyard of Seafood shop)
(Tasting Japanese Sake)
(Washing hands at the unique Soap shop)
“Higashiyama tour”
(Moss Garden at Kenninji Temple)
This Higashiyama tour plan includes 1 temple and 1 local food. But I usually recommend the plan B. This plan B is 2 different types of temple, no food. Of course if my guest find some interesting food in this tour, my guest can buy food by himself(herself).
And sometime my guest ask me optional tour just after this Higashiyama tour. If I have enough time for the optional one, I’ll take them to some secret places with few more guide fee. If you book me and you want more, please ask me it. This time we went to other places. My guest was amazed with the places where I took them. It’s my pleasure!
(In front of the picture of Zen Founder’Daruma’)
(Coffee break at the museum cafe)
(Burning Incense at Kiyomizu temple)
“Bike tour”
(Bike rental shop)
Bike tour is a kind of an adventure. But don’t worry. It’s quite safe because I’m with you. We will go through some famous places and some of just local places. If you explore Kyoto just by walk and bus and train, you couldn’t visit some places. But with bicycle, you could go anywhere you want!
(Heian Jingu shrine)
(Walking trough the local market)
“Full day customized tour”
(Fushimi Inari shrine / 1000 Red Torii Gates)
Of course there is the original plan for the Full day tour. But I think I should talk with the guest and customize the plan for them. This time my guest was a family with a little boy, he likes Pokemon. So I made the best plan for them. Of course there are some places for the adult people. It is the plan that kids can enjoy, parents can enjoy.
(Monkey Park)
(Kyoto Pokemon Center)
(Samurai and Ninja Museum)
“LUNCH”
By the way, in the long hours tour I take a lunch with my guest. Such a lunch is important for the traveler so I always find some nice and reasonable food for them.
Obanzai lunch at Arashiyama
Obanzai is Kyoto-Style Side Dishes. This menu includes 15 dishes obanzai and a cup of rice. We can taste many foods. Under the dishes, there is a sheet of handwriting of what are the each dishes. Of course there is an English version. 2500 JPY.
(Obanzai (Kyoto-Style Side Dishes))
Shojin ryouri lunch at Higashiyama
Shojin ryouri is Buddhism Monk’s Vegetarian Food. Buddhism Monk couldn’t eat meat and fish. So monk have to eat only vegetable. It’s so healthy food for the contemporary person. And of course it tastes good. 2420 JPY.
(Shojin ryouri (Buddhism Monk’s Vegetarian Food))
