Kyoto · Food & Drink Tour
Seven tastings through the kitchen of Kyoto, with someone who knows the stalls.
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¥10,000 per person
approx. US$63
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A Nishiki Market food tour through the covered arcade Kyoto has shopped in for four centuries. Seven tastings from stalls chosen by your guide, plus Nishiki Tenmangu shrine and a walk through Pontocho and Kiyamachi on the way. You are told what each thing is before you eat it.
We begin away from the market, in the narrow lane of Pontocho and along the Takase canal at Kiyamachi. Both are quiet in daylight and give you the shape of central Kyoto before the market's noise starts. Your guide explains what happens here after dark.
Nishiki Tenmangu sits at the end of the arcade, wedged between shopfronts, and most people walk past it. It is worth stopping for. Your guide explains its connection to learning and to the market itself, and what the ox statue is for.
Nishiki has over a hundred shops and a good number of them exist for tourists. Your guide takes you to seven that do not — pickles, tofu, tamagoyaki, whatever is right that day — and tells you what each one is, how it is made and how Kyoto actually eats it.
Meet your guide at the FamilyMart on the corner.
The narrow lane, quiet in daylight.
Along the Takase canal.
The shrine at the end of the arcade.
Seven tastings through the covered market.
FamilyMart at Shijo Kiyamachi Minami, in central Kyoto. Your guide carries a Travel Japan Together sign and will contact you on WhatsApp beforehand.
Seven tastings, your English-speaking guide and the guided walk. Anything you buy beyond the tastings is your own, so bring some cash.
It is closer to a substantial lunch than a snack. Most guests do not need a meal straight afterwards.
Yes, with notice. Nishiki has plenty beyond fish — pickles, tofu, tamagoyaki, sweets. Tell us when you book.
Yes. Nishiki is a covered arcade, so weather makes very little difference.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start time. Bookings are confirmed instantly.
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