Kyoto Geisha Walking Tour: Gion District & Hidden Gems
1.Kyoto Geisha Walking Tour: Gion District & Hidden Gems
A 2-hour Gion walk in Kyoto to spot Geiko and Maiko, learn geisha culture, visit Kennin-ji and Chion-in, plus get photo help.
KYOTO · WALKING TOURS
The ones worth booking.
The 10 kyoto walking tours travellers book the most. We walk you through what each one covers on the ground, who guides it and what it costs, so you can pick the right one before you lace up.
A 2-hour Gion walk in Kyoto to spot Geiko and Maiko, learn geisha culture, visit Kennin-ji and Chion-in, plus get photo help.
Kyoto’s Gion at night in a small group. Walk from Minamiza Theatre, learn geisha trivia, and visit lit shrines and a pagoda.
2-hour night walk in Gion & Pontocho. Meet your guide at Ben’s Cookies, see geiko/maiko, and learn Gion culture and kabuki links.
A 2-hour night walking tour through Gion and Higashiyama, with shrines, lantern streets, a lit pagoda, and respectful geisha insights.
Walk Gion by lantern light and learn the geisha story through kabuki links, shrine rituals, and the quiet codes of Kyoto.
“Deborah is a great guide with in depth knowledge of the subject and related history. A very enjoyable walk and great pictures for the evening.”
Kyoto’s lantern-lit Gion night walk from Minamiza Theatre. Small group, geisha insights, shrine views, and included photo help.
“Wonderful tour with our guide, Gion neighborhood is magnificent”
Kyoto Arashiyama tour with Bamboo Grove, Tenryu-ji, Okochi Sanso, Togetsukyo Bridge, and Monkey Park. Small group, guided.
“Such a fun bamboo forest tour with Marie! 🎋🎍☺️ Her energy and knowledge made the whole day fly by. She also took awesome photos and knew all the best spots. We saw beautiful shrines, a Japanese garden, and had amazing tempura fRead more”
Walk Kyoto’s Gion with a local guide on a 2-hour route through geisha culture, old streets, shrines, temples, and riverside views.
“I had a wonderful time on the Gion Tour today with our guides Soyo and Uta. They were very friendly guides and very much knowledgeable about the Gion District. I learned a lot about the Geishas and Maikos. I would definitely do this tour again in the future”
Kyoto izakaya bar-hopping walk from Kawaramachi to Kiyamachi. Small-group English tour, local guide, sake stops, ends at a hidden bar.
A small-group Kyoto sake walking tour in Fushimi with museum history and tastings of 18 Kyoto-style sakes, plus brewery-district strolling.
“It was very fun. Matt, our tour guide, was great. Perfect person to have a Sake with as he truly enjoys a good Sake. His historical knowledge of the area and of the process behind the brewing was impressive. Be prepared to enjoy a good amount of Sake!”
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