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Two people eating pizza at a table with a camera and a bottle in the background. 1
A pedestrian crossing with people walking, a Starbucks Coffee shop, and a modern building with a large column. 2
A room with shelves of figurines and a wall of postcards. 3
Two dishes of tempura on a red table with chopsticks and condiments. 4
A wall with multiple signs featuring Chinese calligraphy and text. 5
By Secret Food Tours

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Free cancellation available
Price is AU$204 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Kyoto is known to have about 2000 temples and shrines but did you know that Kyoto has about 12000 restaurants among which 110 are Michelin Stars. In Kyoto there is a time to pray and then there is a time to eat. With Secret Food Tours and your host,we will focus on the second part.
    Our local guides will teach you the traditions and social functions of Japanese food and how it is important to the Japanese. They will share with you their knowledge about the local food with some unique flavours and textures. Eating in Kyoto is more than providing substance for the body, it also includes an appreciation for custom and tradition for how the food is sourced, prepared, and enjoyed by the local Japanese people.
    By booking our Kyoto Karasuma to Gion Food Tour, our food experts will take you on a journey with delicious and mouth-watering local delicacies. As with all our tours, there is a secret dish, which you will only find out about on the day of the tour.

Activity location

  • Starbucks Coffee - Sanjo Higashi-Shimbo
    • 16 9
    • 955-0863, Sanjo, Niigata, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Starbucks Coffee - Kyoto Sanjo Karasuma Building
    • ＫＤＸ京都烏丸ビル Mikurachō
    • 604-8166, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

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Kyoto Small Group Food Tour

  • Activity duration is 3 hours and 30 minutes3h 30m
    3h 30m
  • English

Small Group Food Tour: Choose this option to join our Secret Food Tour Kyoto in a group of 12 people or less!

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:45 AM
Price details
AU$204.04 x 1 AdultAU$204.04
Total
Price is AU$204.04
Until Thu, 30 July

Private Kyoto Food Tour

  • Activity duration is 3 hours and 30 minutes3h 30m
    3h 30m
  • English

Private Tour Upgrade: Choose this option to upgrade to a private food tour of Kyoto “Karasuma to Gion” for only you and your group

Language options: English
Price details
AU$660.97 x 1 AdultAU$660.97
Total
Price is AU$660.97
Until Thu, 30 July

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    A glass of draft beer | A tasting of a various Sakes from Kyoto
  • Inclusions
    Yuba Tofu — Kyoto’s most renowned preparation | Katsudon — with a sweet local twist
  • Inclusions
    Japanese Tea Tasting (hot or cold)
  • Inclusions
    Daifuku Mochi — with a seasonal fruit filling
  • Inclusions
    Our Delicious Secret Dish!
  • Inclusions
    Okonomiyaki — traditional Kyoto-style savoury pancake | Wagyu Sushi — seared to perfection
  • Exclusions
    Hotel Pick up and Drop Off
  • Exclusions
    Service charge

Know before you book

    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • *Please note: the itinerary and menu is subject to change, based on the locations’ availability, weather, and other circumstances.
    • *Please ensure to contact us in advance of the tour for any dietary requirement, to ensure we can cater for them the best we can.
    • *This tour involves a fair amount of walking; comfortable shoes are recommended.

Activity itinerary

Starbucks Coffee - Sanjo Higashi-Shimbo

  • 10m
We'll meet in front of the Starbucks across the street from exit 5 of the Subway Karasuma Oike Station. Our guide will be wearing an orange umbrella will introduce himself and give an intro about the whole Tour.

Kyoto Tonkatsu Katsuda Shijo Kawaramachi

  • 30m
We will enjoy our first bites with a traditional japanese dish and it's regional flavouring twist.

Nishiki Market

  • 1h 30m
Along the 400m of the market street we will teach you about the local artisans and their trades, tasting Kyoto's unique YubaTofu, enjoying some local sake, discovering freshly made fish cakes with different flavour selection, enjoying a wagyu sushi, picking our dessert for later on and of course our secret dish. We'll stroll around teaching you how to avoid the tourist traps and will end the Nishiki visit by a brief stop at the Tenmagu Shrine

Gion

  • 30m
Walking through the streets and enjoying the view of Pontocho and the Kamo river before reaching the Gion area

Gion

  • 30m
A well deserved rest and hearty and tasty okonomiyaki prepared the Kyoto way in a very quaint restaurant

Kyoto

  • 20m
The Japanese Capital of tea ceremony, we could not not stop by one of the most renowned matcha venue of Japan there upon the season you will enjoy a hot or cold tea within a selection. The tour finish after the tea tasting a few steps away from the entrance of the Southern Gion District and 5 minutes away from the Sayaka Temple!

Location

Activity location

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    Starbucks Coffee - Sanjo Higashi-Shimbo
    • 16 9
    • 955-0863, Sanjo, Niigata, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Starbucks Coffee - Kyoto Sanjo Karasuma Building
    • ＫＤＸ京都烏丸ビル Mikurachō
    • 604-8166, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

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