Kyoto: Arashiyama Customized Rickshaw Tour & Bamboo Forest Introductory Tour: 45 Minutes - Morning
ID: GYG101705-336786
Category:
Country: Japan
Duration:
45 min.
Description
Together with your personal guide, enjoy a rickshaw tour through Arashiyama, one of Kyoto's greenest, most picturesque and historic neighborhoods.
Your guide and chariot await at Kyoto’s iconic Togetsu-kyo bridge in Arashiyama, a nationally designated historic site and place of scenic beauty on Kyoto’s western fringe. Be amazed by the district’s main attraction, a towering grove of thick bamboo stalks with a pedestrian and rickshaw path cutting through it.
Seeing its beauty, you’ll understand why the Japanese have a fond appreciation for nature. Admire the scenery, which is a blend of serene nature, tended gardens, and dazzling shrines, as your rickshaw driver pulls you up the mountain. Next you’ll see the beautiful Nonomiya Shrine, a Shinto site. If you’ve chosen the 45-minute tour, at this point you’ll end back at the starting point. But if you choose a longer tour, up to 3 hours and 10 minutes, you’ll continue through more of Arashiyama’s wealth of sites.
Explore Rakushisya’s cottage, a rustic thatch-roof cottage that was once the home of one of Japan’s revered poets and haiku masters. Those continuing on will be pulled to spots not seen by many tourists. Explore more ancient temples, including Shinto shrines and the Buddhist Nison-in, as your guide whisks you through some amazing places before returning to Togetsu-kyo bridge.
The Kyoto Arashiyama Tour is available in four different options: 45 minutes, 1 hour and 10 minutes, 2 hours and 10 minutes, and 3 hours and 10 minutes.
Highlights
- Enjoy an informative, private, and fully customizable rickshaw tour through Arashiyama and the bamboo forest
- Relax at the sight of Kyoto's lush nature
- Explore the charming and quiet neighborhood streets of Arashiyama
- Have access to an exclusive rickshaw path through the bamboo forest
- Visit unique temples and gardens
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• Adult pricing applies to age 7 and over
• A maximum of 2 adults per rickshaw
• Up to 2 children, 6 years and under, can ride with 2 adults (children have to ride on ad adult's lap)
• While rickshaws are able to fit 2 adults, each rickshaw is 21.1 inches (74 centimeters) wide, but sometimes it might be more comfortable to book individual rickshaws for each passenger
• If a child 6 years will be using one of the 2 seats of the rickshaw, it must book as an adult (full fare paying guest)
• Wheelchair- and stroller-friendly
• Not recommended for expecting mothers in their first 16 weeks of pregnancy
• This tour can be customized depending on your interest
All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
JR SAGA-ARASHIYAMA Station: Your guide(s) will be waiting for you just outside the SOUTH exit of the JR Saga-Arashiyama train station, right next to the red mail box and telephone booth.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
