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Kyoto Nishiki Market Food and Culture Walking Tour

Small Group
Digital
180 minutes
English

Get an introduction to Kyoto’s renowned cuisine on this small-group guided tour of the city's best food spots. Start at the vast 400-year-old Nishiki Market, nicknamed 'Kyoto's Kitchen,' where hundreds of food shops and stalls beckon. Stroll through the market with your guide, learning about Kyoto’s culinary history and sampling dishes unique to Kyoto. ・Spend time wandering around Nishiki Market, home to 130 food stalls ・Enjoy 5 carefully selected local specialties like tofu skin, WAGYU steak skewers, and Hamo tempura ・Get insider knowledge from a local Guide

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Walking Tour from 10:00

Walking Tour from 10:30

NIshiki Walking& Tea Ceremony

Walking Tour from 10:00

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

From¥647.28Per Person
Available from 1st Aug 2025

What's included in Kyoto Nishiki Market Food and Culture Walking Tour

(Subject to Option Inclusions)

Itinerary

Nishiki Market Shopping District

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.

Nishiki Tenmangu

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.

Shinkyogoku Shopping District

This 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.

Inclusions

  • 5 Special Street Food(Tofu skin, Local home cooking, Hamo Tempura, WAGYU steak skewers, and more)
  • Local guide
  • Food tasting
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • We are unfortunately unable to accommodate dietary restrictions, including vegetarian, halal, kosher, gluten-free, 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.
  • Services not listed (For example : Hotel pickup and drop-off, Transportation to/from attractions, Extra food and drink, Other personal expenses) are not included in the tour.
  • Legal drinking age is 20 years in Japan

Meet

Pickup and Dropoff

You will make your own way to the meeting points

Meeting Points

  • Walking Tour from 10:00 [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.
  • Walking Tour from 10:30 [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.

End Points

  • Walking Tour from 10:30 [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.

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-If you have any food allergy or you couldn’t eat anything, please let us know. We will do our best, but there is a possibility that we could not accommodate your acceptable food if you have a severe allergy. -This is a group tour -This tour does not accept Wheelchair -If you have a stroller, please let us know in advance -We will leave at start time sharp, so please make sure to be there on time! (We could not wait!) -During the tour, the guide will take a photo and we may upload it on our SNS. If you do not like it, tell us in advance. -Please come with comfortable walking shoes as this tour is mainly a walking tour -There could be a delay at when tour ends, if you have an appointment or plan right after this tour please let us know in advance ================================= On the day of your tour, our guide will be waiting at the meeting place with a board saying "Japan Wonder Travel". Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/uNDBBUogdhUUB3jX6

Operator

Japan Wonder Travel