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Kyoto Food Tour of 10 Tastings with Wagyu, Mochi & More Surprises
About This Tour
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.
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.
What's Included
✓ Included
- A glass of draft beer | A tasting of a various Sakes from Kyoto
- Yuba Tofu — Kyoto’s most renowned preparation | Katsudon — with a sweet local twist
- Japanese Tea Tasting (hot or cold)
- Fresh Fishcakes — handmade and flavorful | Daifuku Mochi — with a seasonal fruit filling
- Our Delicious Secret Dish!
- Okonomiyaki — traditional Kyoto-style savory pancake | Wagyu Sushi — seared to perfection
✗ Not Included
- Hotel Pick up and Drop Off
- Gratuities
Itinerary
1
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.
2
We will enjoy our first bites with a traditional japanese dish and it's regional flavouring twist.
3
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
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
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Walking through the streets and enjoying the view of Pontocho and the Kamo river before reaching the Gion area
5
A well deserved rest and hearty and tasty okonomiyaki prepared the Kyoto way in a very quaint restaurant
6
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!
Good to Know
- Public transportation 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.