Kyoto · Day Tour
Two hours north of Kyoto, houses stand with their front doors on the water.
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¥112,500 per person
approx. US$712
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A private day trip from Kyoto to Amanohashidate and Ine, on the Sea of Japan coast. You walk the pine-covered sandbar counted among Japan's three great views, then continue to a fishing village where the boathouses sit directly on the water. Private car and hotel pick-up included.
Amanohashidate is a sandbar three kilometres long, covered in several thousand pine trees, dividing a bay in two. It has been on the list of Japan's three great views for centuries. You can walk its length, and at the viewpoints people traditionally bend over and look at it upside down, which is how it earned its name.
Ine is a fishing village of around two hundred boathouses built at the waterline, boat garage below and living quarters above. The bay is unusually calm and the tidal range small, which is why they could be built this way and why nowhere else in Japan looks like it. The village is still working rather than preserved.
Neither place is straightforward by public transport, which is precisely why the coach tours do not come and the crowds are absent. A private car makes it a comfortable day out of Kyoto, and your guide can adjust the timings to whatever the weather and the light are doing.
Pick-up by private car.
The pine sandbar and the viewpoints.
The funaya boathouses and the harbour.
Drop-off at your hotel in Kyoto.
Your hotel in the Kyoto area. Tell us the hotel name in advance. Your guide will contact you on WhatsApp beforehand.
Your English-speaking guide, the private car for the whole day and hotel pick-up and drop-off. Entrance fees, meals and anything you buy are paid as you go.
Around two hours each way from central Kyoto. Allow a full day.
Yes. Local boat trips run from the harbour and your guide will arrange one. The fare is paid on the day.
Yes, though the coast is cold and the sea rough. Fewer visitors, and the crab season is one reason locals go.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start time. Bookings are confirmed instantly.
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