This is a half day tour of visiting Nijo castle and Kinkakuji Temple,representative tourist spots in Kyoto. Nijo was the Castle built in 1603 (the Edo period) and registered as UNESCO World Heritage Site. Also Kinkakuji, the "Golden Pavillion," is a temple shining in the sunlight, which is the center of tourism in Kyoto.
Posted By : Shilpi_B
Our guide was very knowledgeable and explained about the history. He also had entertaining stories to add about Japanese history.
Thank you Hiroshi-san!
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Posted On : 2023-07-10 20:20:47 
Posted By : 699erii
Even it was a rainy day, it was a great experience. Thank you very much for your excellent guiding.!
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Posted On : 2023-05-20 19:48:51 
Posted By : NCMH
Stunning temple seemingly suspended in a perfect setting....however Japan has a terrible problem; the “tourist trudge”. Yes, I’m one of them, but when I pay so much to visit all these wonderful heritage sights, I expect some crowd control, both quality (spitting, pushing, shouting, littering, the ubiquitous selfie stick) and quantity; (hundreds of coaches, so many bodies crushed into one space, no sense of the spiraling destruction of this experience).
As ever, no other language interpretation, so much of the nuance is lost.
I’ve chosen not to go to several sites in Kyoto after hearing reports of poorly managed crowds....it’s like the Sistine, I don’t think it’s entirely driven by greed, just a failure to make policy to curtail the unsustainable “box ticking” visitors who have no real appreciation or desire to understand theses ethereal spaces and places...
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Posted On : 2019-04-13 20:30:12
Posted By : AmyT2901221609
Our tour guide, Hiro, had a vast amount of knowledge to share. When we first met him, he asked us what our main interest in the sites was, and we told him the history. He tailored his tours to the history of both locations, and he knew a lot of interesting facts and stories. Very nice tour!
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Posted On : 2019-02-28 13:13:31
Posted By : Sydney1981
Please be aware that this tour is a walking tour with transportation by public bus. You must pay ¥690 (US$6) in bus fares for each member of your group and this includes your guide's bus fare. Not sure why they didn't include this in the price. Buy a 24hr bus pass to save time and money.
The two sites visited were spectacular and the guide was excellent. The tour was a private tour so only those in your party attend.
We did two tours on this trip and both guides were retired Japanese men in there 70s. We were surprised to have guides of such an age however they were both very good.
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Posted On : 2019-01-17 02:42:14
Posted By : kauai-dog
We really enjoyed touring Golden Pavilion and Nijo Castle. Our guide Hiro was informative and kind. What stamina! He knew the history and really he was the perfect guide. As an experienced traveler, if you want a soft-spoken, gentle, highly intelligent, knowledgeable and patient guide, this is the tour. His English was quite good. There is a significant amount of walking on this tour. Hiro met us at our hotel. His shepherding us from the hotel to the site was very kind. On other tours we struggled a bit to find our designated meeting spots. We then taxi'd with him (at our expense) to the entrance where the tour began. Just a superb tour.
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Posted On : 2017-10-28 21:45:10
Posted By : Anke M
We loved this tour and particularly so because our guide Hiro was a truly lovely person who taught us a lot
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