Explore Nishiki Market: Food & Culture Walk

This local guided tour takes you to food adventure in the heart of Kyoto! Gain a thoroughly enjoyable introduction to Kyoto’s authentic food culture with a small-group guided tour for the city’s best eating spot, Nishiki Market.

In addition, you will see different faces of this town while walking around the neighborhood and you will learn about not only foods but more about Kyoto such as religion, tradition and history.

Your friendly guide will also give you a lot of tips about Kyoto, such as useful information to travel around, cultural clues which makes your stay more enjoyable.
Let's enjoy one step deeper and get into the local.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Nishiki Market Shopping District, Nakauoyacho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto 604-8054 Kyoto Prefecture

Soak up the sights, sounds, and smells, and learn about local food culture in this 400-year-old market with 130 shops all along a narrow five-block long street. This market still functions as an important place for both locals and professional chefs. Many chefs of Michelin-star restaurants and hotels/ryokans buy their ingredients from this market everyday. Locals come to the market when they want real atuhentic ingredients with best quality.
While wandering through the market and sampling various kind of foods, you will learn about Japanese foods, local specialties, and food culture. Let's enjoy the market, not only foods but also all food related shops such as kitchen knives, tableware, and chopsticks.

Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes

Stop At: Nishiki Tenmangu, 537 Nakanocho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8042 Kyoto Prefecture

Visiting a local Shinto shrine. You will learn about things you often find at a shrine and how to pray at a Japanese Shinto shrine.

Also, you could know the basics about the worships among Japanese People.

If you like, you can try a fortune paper.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Teramachi-dori Street, Uematsu-Cho, Nakagyo-Ku, Kyoto 604-0000 Kyoto Prefecture

You will feel the life of the local people while walking through this local shopping street, where various shops from long-established shops to the latest shops line up.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Takoyakushido Eifukuji Temple, 503 Higashigawacho, Kyoto 604-8046 Kyoto Prefecture

A small Buddhist temple located at the corner of the shopping street. There are temples everywhere in Kyoto, so this is something local experience that you can feel temples close to you in everyday life.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Rissei Garden Hulic Kyoto, 310-2 Bizenjimachō, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, 604-8023, Japan

Have some drink and sit in an open space in this renovated elementary school. This place is filled with the modern history of Kyoto; how this area was once important and lively, the time of modernization, and how this elementary was built. The guide will tell you the story about this place and Kyoto while you are enjoying a cup of drink.


Duration: 20 minutes



Informacion Adicional
"Not wheelchair accessible"
"Near public transportation"
"No heart problems or other serious medical conditions"
"Most travelers can participate"
"Minimum drinking age is 20 years in Japan"
"Unfortunately, we do not accommodate vegetarian, halal, gluten-free requests, or allergy-related requests."
"If you will come with a stroller, please let us know in advance. Nishiki market is very crowded sometimes."
"If you have severe dietary restrictions, it may not be possible to arrange food for you."
"The tour will take place rain or shine."
"This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund"
"This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers"
"Confirmation will be received at time of booking"



Start Time: 10:15 AM
Duration: 3 Hours
Start location: Daimaru Kyoto Store, ７９番地 Tachiuri Nishimachi, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, 600-8511, Japan

Cancellations and refunds: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.

Included

• Local and Professional guide
• Food tasting
• Lunch (Tofu skin, Local home cooking, Hamo Tempura, Minced beef cutlet, Probiotic drink))

Not Included

• Hotel pickup and drop-off
• Transportation fee to meeting point
• Other personal expenses
• Extra foods

Facilities