Sagano Romantic Train ＆ Hozugawa River Boat Tour by KYOTO Sightseeing“OKOSHI”Bus

Lovely day bus and train trip (cancelled boat ride due to weather)

The tour guide was lovely. She didn’t speak much English but she had a book of phrases she needed to tell us written out so we knew what was going on. The bus ride had an English audio guide which was generally interesting. The train was beautiful, and the scenery was amazing. The boat trip was unfortunately cancelled due to the heavy rain the day before, so we had a long coach journey instead. The bamboo forest was incredible but very busy so if you want quiet maybe go by yourself instead of on a tour. we had three hours at Arashyama which was actually perfect, if we’d had a boat trip too it would have only been an hour which would have been too short!

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

Beauty of Kyoto and Nara Highlights Full Day Tour

The tour was worth spending money. They cover many things. The guide of tour Mr KC was very good, well informed and sense of humor. Tour covered many things with enough time spending at each location. I am so happy that I decided to take this tour.

Classic Kyoto Half Day Tour by KYOTO Sightseeing“OKOSHI”Bus

Great Tour to see three of the most popular sights.

Finding the starting point was easy as it was very easy to see at the train station. It was nice that there were translations available as one of us spoke English and the other spoke Chinese. Despite rainy weather the tour was great. The tour obviously runs on a schedule so lingering to meditate will not work. There was enough time to follow the trails and get a number of photos but be aware that there will be crowds as these are very popular tourist places. This is an easy way to see the temples and to avoid numerous train and subway changes.

Classic Kyoto Half Day Tour by KYOTO Sightseeing“OKOSHI”Bus

Great!

It was great! The guide seemed very knowledgeable, however she did not speak English and we felt that we missed some information. She did have some videos in English and signs. Overall the tour was good and would recommend it!

Kyoto 1-Day Bus Tour to Fushimi Inari, Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkakuji & Nijo Castle

Ancient City Kyoto

Took morning tour. Guide was full of information and tour was very relaxing. Pace was just right and we stayed on schedule. Bus was comfortable. Easy pick up and drop off points. All fees were included in the tour price. Online booking was easy and we would do it again.

Classic Kyoto Half Day Tour by KYOTO Sightseeing“OKOSHI”Bus

None

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Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

Great way to see many of the areas sights in a day!

Tour was exactly as advertised.

Great mix of tour information, mixed with opportunities for a few minutes to explore on your own at each stop.

I was traveling alone and wanted to see the highlights of Kyoto and Nara in one day.

Tour group size was good.

Sagano Romantic Train ＆ Hozugawa River Boat Tour by KYOTO Sightseeing“OKOSHI”Bus

Great tour, could have better meeting sites

This tour begins at the Saga-Arashiyama station and ends in Arashiyama. However, the meeting location is at the Kyoto station, approx. 35 min away by train. As guests at the Suiran Kyoto in Arashiyama, it was discouraging to travel the distance for this tour. Suggestion...It would be nice for those staying in Arashiyama to have the opportunity to meet at the tour departure station...the Saga-Arashiyama. As for the tour itself, our family had a fun and exciting time!

Sagano Romantic Train ＆ Hozugawa River Boat Tour by KYOTO Sightseeing“OKOSHI”Bus

Perfect timing to see the sakura trees in full bloom.

It was nice to have all transportation to and from set. It can be a little complicated getting out to Kameoka from Kyoto. The entire experience was worth the cost.

Kyoto 1-Day Bus Tour to Fushimi Inari, Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkakuji & Nijo Castle

Kyoto is such a beautiful city and have a lot to offer

- The tour guide is excellent
- Learn a lot about the Japanese history
- The palace is very nice
- Nijo Castle is a must see
- Nara tour is interesting

Kyoto Half-Day Bus Tour to Fushimi Inari & Sanjusangendo with Audio Guide

OK tout

The company need to hire a proper guide who can speak English for the entire tour. The tour is more like self exploring.

Kyoto Half-Day Bus Tour to Fushimi Inari & Sanjusangendo with Audio Guide

Nice tour

It was nice tour but lack proper dedicated English speaking tour guide. There should be more time for tourist to visit the full fushimi inra shrine.

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

Delivered what was expected

Overall, pleasant

Time allocated was short and sweet at each location. I enjoyed this tour.

Classic Kyoto Half Day Tour by KYOTO Sightseeing“OKOSHI”Bus

Crowds and delays

The positives: bus transportation and pre-paid access into shrines and temples. The negatives: It was initially described as a Fall excursion but it was more like a highlights tour. They did not address any of the autumn trees or traditions for that time of year. Because of the Fall season is so popular, all of the places were very crowded, leading to a near race at each site just to get there and back in time for the bus. It also lead to a more than one hour delayed return, which, to be fair, they said might happen, but an update as the day progressed would have been better than announcing it at the tail end of a long day. We had plans to get back to JR station by a certain time so we had to depart the bus early and catch our own cab ride back which cost nearly $40.

Kyoto 1-Day Bus Tour to Fushimi Inari, Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkakuji & Nijo Castle

Una excelente presentacion del Kyoto Antiguo

Muy buena organizacion. La guia muy organizada y conocedora del tema .

Kyoto 1-Day Bus Tour to Fushimi Inari, Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkakuji & Nijo Castle

We love Yoshi!

We weren’t used to such a large tour group but Yoshi did a great job of keeping everyone excited and in tune with what was necessary. Great tour! It was super hot so we were dehydrated and tired but over all a great experience

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

Don't miss, a convenient way to experience Kyoto and Nara

We thoroughly enjoyed this excellent tour of beautiful Kyoto and the amazing Todaiji Temple, and Nara deer park. The buffet lunch was very good with plenty of choice and many vegetarian options. The guides were both knowledgeable and helpful. Plenty of time was allowed at each location.

The tour office at Kyoto station is a bit difficult to find but the staff at Veltra gave us clear instructions and a google link on request. The tour office is at the basement level just opposite the basement entrance to the Avanti building.
Veltra also helped us sort out our voucher by emailing it directly to Sunset tours as we couldn't print it.

Highly recommended!

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

Kyoto / Nara

it was a beautiful sunny day, the english speaking guide was nice but hard to understand his english, it will be better when the company provides free wi-fi on the bus like in Tokyo and the Lunch buffet was poorly for this price. Next time will be greater if the company, organise for the Tour Groups separat room with Lunch buffet, look up much better as mixes with others. Lunch time was to short.

Classic Kyoto Half Day Tour by KYOTO Sightseeing“OKOSHI”Bus

Well worth doing the trip.

Beautiful Temples and wonderful gardens and scenery. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots of people!
The English translation device, which is available on the bus, only worked for the journey to the Kinkakuji Temple. After that there was no English explanation of where we we going or what we were seeing. Pity!

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

Hard to find meeting place

Tour is great but getting to meeting place requires 1hr ...if you miss it, good luck. Tour guide was very knowledgeable and fun. Overnight, it was great experience.

Kyoto 1-Day Bus Tour to Fushimi Inari, Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkakuji & Nijo Castle

Morning Kyoto Tour

Far too large of a group. We could never hear the guide speaking unless we managed to get directly next to him. He had a microphone but never seemed to speak into it properly. I’d recommend just hopping a taxi and doing an audio tour instead of this. To be fair, the guide was incredibly nice and polite, as most Japanese we encountered were and the Nijo Castle and golden pavilion were lovely spots. I’d recommend skipping the ex-imperial palace unless you get advanced tickets with access to the interior.

SKY BUS Kyoto Drive Around Tour by KYOTO Sightseeing“OKOSHI”Bus

Despite rain great tour

WE booked the tour a day before , spontaneously. On the day of the tour we were not able to print out our vouchers as it was requested in the booking. yet, the colleagues from the office made it possible for us to change the date for our tour and forward our booking to the service provider.

The day of the tour was a greyish and rainy one. Hot green tea and blankets made our stay on board very comfortable. We enjoyed the tour (used English translation).

SKY BUS Kyoto Drive Around Tour by KYOTO Sightseeing“OKOSHI”Bus

Quick Open Top Tour

This was the second tour that my husband and I booked using Veltra. The app is so easy to use. I was sitting in the hotel lobby waiting to go to our train. In less than 20 minutes we found a tour for Kyoto, purchased and confirmed tickets. The quality of tour that Veltra books for is consistent. We like that we can search for tours in English or that have English support. The open top bus company went above and beyond. The weather the day of our tour in Kyoto was weird. The day started with a mix of snow/hail which transitioned to full sun only to be followed by torrential downpour. We decided to go ahead a brave the 1.5 hour tour anyway, justifying that rain is only water and we could very easily dry off or change to dry clothes if we really need to. Veltra provided clear directions on our ticket confirmation for where to find the correct bus terminal. The Open Sky Bus tour guides greeted us at the bus terminal and were very friendly. They gave us ear buds for the English audio for the tour. As we entered the bus we were given rain ponchos, hot green tea, and instant hand warmers. This was amazing service and something that really made the tour. Even though it was cold, the sun came out and it ceased raining. The hot drinks and hand warmers really eased the cold of our January tour. Seat numbers were assigned. Knowing this now, I wish I would've asked the ticket counter if could have the seats in the very front of the bus. We had great views of some amazing sites in Kyoto. We felt like we got a great highlights or best-of tour. The audio had great music between talking bits. The information in the audio provided great history and insight into the city of Kyoto. It gave us some great ideas about which places we wanted to go back and visit. As it was our time in town was limited, so after the tour we actually took a local train down to Fushimi Inari shrine, which is not included in the tour, but a quick two-stop local train ride.

Kyoto 1-Day Bus Tour to Fushimi Inari, Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkakuji & Nijo Castle

Excellent

It was fun and very interesting afternoon with our tour guide Kay Zee (I hope I spelled his name correctly). He’s very knowledgeable about the temples we visited and also very engaging. He’s also a good story teller and knows a lot of trivia about Kyoto. I also learned something about geisha as relayed by our guide.
Overall great tour and great experience with our guide.
Highly recommended.

Kyoto 1-Day Bus Tour to Fushimi Inari, Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkakuji & Nijo Castle

Excellent

I enjoyed this half day tour. The bus is comfy. Our tour guide nicknamed Kay Zee is a knowledgeable and cheerful guide. His funny lines make stories about Kyoto a very engaging sharing of anecdotes about the city.
I wish I have done a full day tour then I could have seen more attractions.
Highly recommended. Thank you to Kay Zee and thank you to JTB sunrise tours

Kyoto 1-Day Bus Tour to Fushimi Inari, Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkakuji & Nijo Castle

Great morning tour!

We took the monring tour only, with friends and family. The tour was fast, but informative. It really gave you a taste of Japan, that made you itch for more. There is a lot compressed into this tour so time is really of the essence, still we did have time to enjoy and walk around the tour sites. Very good and would definitely recommend.

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

Obviously you're packing a lot into one day so you don't spend ages at each place, but this is a great way to see the main highlights and get a feel of the places. Tour guides were great and knowledgable, coach was new and comfy and cool!

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

Wonderful experience !

It was really outstanding to go and see the temple with the giant Buddha. It is really impressive and the explanation the guide made of the casting processs and to see the deers it was really fun!

SKY BUS Kyoto Drive Around Tour by KYOTO Sightseeing“OKOSHI”Bus

Skybus

Not enough English information. Japanese participants learned much more than did those listening to the translation audio

Kyoto 1-Day Bus Tour to Fushimi Inari, Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkakuji & Nijo Castle

We would have preferred to spend more time at the attractions and less time at lunch. The tour guide was very informative, although at times it was hard to hear her at the attractions over background noise.