Ready to taste the best food in Kyoto? Satisfy your cravings for local food and culture with highlights along the way, together with a foodie host. Enjoy 10 delicious and typical tastings that range from sweet to savory as well as drinks on a tasty food tour in Kyoto.
Make your trip a wholesome experience by seeing what other cities outside of Kyoto have to offer. On this private day trip, you don’t need to worry about anything! Follow your local host to Nara and be back in Kyoto the same day but with more unforgettable experiences than before.
Welcome to Kyoto! Want to know the best places to eat? Cool events in town? Which places to go to and which to avoid? Or simply get some help to navigate the city? Book this private tour with a local and get the perfect introduction to Kyoto to start your city trip on the right foot.
Want to see the best of Kyoto? We got you covered. But as you can expect from a Withlocals experience, the real excitement is its hidden gems. Join your favorite local and get a feeling of the city's real vibe on a tour that has it all, so you can say: I experienced the real Kyoto!
Ready for a jam-packed tour, full of history, culture, stories, and sights? Checkmark from your travel bucket list all your must-sees of Kyoto, because if there’s a Withlocals tour that shows you all the city's ins and outs, it’s this complete and personalized tour of Kyoto.
We had a wonderful morning with Ryuki visiting temples and hidden gems. It was a wonderful intro to Kyoto and he even tailored our time to manage the heat of late July by visiting a delicious cherry blossom ice cream shop (our 9 year old loved it). I would absolutely recommend Ryuki to anyone visiting, he is born and raised in Kyoto making this a true "with locals" experience! Thank you Ryuki!
Best of Kyoto Tour: Highlights & Hidden Gems
Tamara
About local
14 July 2025
Fantastic day with Eiji
We thoroughly enjoyed our tasting tour with Eiji. He was friendly, informative and accommodating to the fussy needs of our teenager. He also took loads of fantastic photos for us. I highly recommend booking a tour with Eiji, you won't be disappointed.
The 10 Tastings of Kyoto: Street Food
Khatera
About local
8 July 2025
Fantastic guide!
Tiro was the best guide! He was very knowledgable and interactive with our kids, kept everyone engaged, yet learning tons of information about Kyoto and Japan. Highly recommend Tiro!!!!
Best of Kyoto Tour: Highlights & Hidden Gems
Danupa
About local
3 July 2025
Friendly and helpful service.
Allysa is such a wonderful lady. She’s very polite and helpful. She talking care of the client very well. You will feel like you travel with yoir friend that taking really good care of you. Thank you for the great service!
Withlocals Your Way! - Osaka City Tour
Steve
About local
26 June 2025
10
Shohei was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic sharing the Japan experience with us.
90 Minutes Kyoto Kickstart Tour
Sara
About local
17 June 2025
Amazing tour!
Great day with Ted. Very informative and great food choices. Highly highly recommend!
The 10 Tastings of Kyoto: Street Food
Dr Bruce
About local
9 June 2025
8 hour City tour
She was very informative and she knew a lot of hidden secrets about Kyoto. Also went to really cool Japanese sword shop. Had food a great restaurant and walked a lot and enjoyed every minute.
The Complete Kyoto Highlights & Must-Sees Tour
Ray
About local
7 June 2025
Wonderful tour in Kyoto
As soon as you meet Tiro you can see he is a nice person, very comfortable in his role as guide. He also has huge passion for Japanese history and culture. We had a great afternoon and learned so much. It is a wonderful thing to do and you can see that there is such a difference between a personalised tour versus ambling around yourself
Best of Kyoto Tour: Highlights & Hidden Gems
Craig
About local
29 May 2025
Friendly, Helpful, knowledgeable!
We had a great tour. Guia gave us the highlights filled with a ton of cultural info. We got a real sense of history and place! She was super friendly and even gave us many restaurant recommendations which we loved!
Best of Kyoto Tour: Highlights & Hidden Gems
Matt
About local
Great tour with Ryuki
Ryuki was a great guide for our 3 hour tour of the Gion area of Tokyo. He took a group of 5 adults (23-56) and kept us entertained and informed while showing us memorable shrines, hidden gems and the Geiko region of Gion. We even had time to stop for delicious cherry blossom ice cream - highly recommended!
