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Kyoto Nishiki Market Food and Culture Walking Tour
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Kansai, Japan
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Overview
Experience Kyoto’s food culture without the stress of restaurant reservations or language barriers on this small-group Nishiki Market food tour.
Explore Nishiki Market, known as “Kyoto’s Kitchen,” with an English-speaking local guide who helps you navigate the lively 400-year-old market and choose the best bites along the way. Sample a variety of authentic Kyoto specialties that many visitors wouldn’t know how—or where—to order on their own.
The tour includes multiple tastings at carefully selected local shops, offering a well-rounded introduction to Kyoto’s culinary traditions. As you walk through the market and surrounding neighborhood, your guide shares insights into Kyoto’s food culture and everyday eating habits.
Ideal for first-time visitors, or anyone love different food culture, this small-group tour lets you explore confidently while discovering the flavors that define Kyoto.
Explore Nishiki Market, known as “Kyoto’s Kitchen,” with an English-speaking local guide who helps you navigate the lively 400-year-old market and choose the best bites along the way. Sample a variety of authentic Kyoto specialties that many visitors wouldn’t know how—or where—to order on their own.
The tour includes multiple tastings at carefully selected local shops, offering a well-rounded introduction to Kyoto’s culinary traditions. As you walk through the market and surrounding neighborhood, your guide shares insights into Kyoto’s food culture and everyday eating habits.
Ideal for first-time visitors, or anyone love different food culture, this small-group tour lets you explore confidently while discovering the flavors that define Kyoto.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
Walking Tour from Takashimaya
Start from Kyoto Takashimaya department store.
End at Daimaru Kyoto.
Starting point:
Shijo Street Sidewalk Expansion Project Memorial, Shincho, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, 600-8001, Japan
Start from Kyoto Takashimaya department store.
End at Daimaru Kyoto.
Starting point:
Shijo Street Sidewalk Expansion Project Memorial, Shincho, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, 600-8001, Japan
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 3 hours
Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
Check available dates by emailing us at [email protected]
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Food tasting(Special Kyoto seasonings, cracker, Japanese flavored honey etc...)
- Local insight of Kyoto culture
- Local guide
- 5 Special Street Food(Tofu skin, Local home cooking, Hamo Tempura, WAGYU steak skewers, and more)
Meeting point
[Meetup] 10:15 am in front of the South West Main entrance of DAIMARU KYOTO.
*In front of the "Shijo Takakura bus stop" along big Shijo street.
*This is NOT FUJII Daimaru.
[Meetup] 09:45 am in front the Shijo Main entrance of KYOTO Takashimaya department store. *In front of the "Street Clock" with a Maiko Statue.
Return details
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Nishiki Market Shopping DistrictSoak 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.
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Nishiki TenmanguVisiting 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.
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Shinkyogoku Shopping DistrictThis pedestrian-only shopping arcade street is a great spot for tourists as it blends traditional Kyoto culture with modern commercial trend. 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.
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Takoyakushido Eifukuji TempleA 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.
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Teramachi-dori StreetYou 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.
If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Kyoto Nishiki Market Food and Culture Walking Tour
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Kansai, Japan
Experience unavailable
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!