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All Reviews for Sagano Scenic Railways in Kyoto

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4.13 4.13 / 5

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8 reviews

Kyoto Sagano Scenic Railway & Hozugawa River Boat Ride Tour

Fantastic time, value for money. Very well looked after.

Reviewed by: Lorraine

Value for money. Easy to find start location outside Kyoto train station.
Very welcoming with checks of passengers so we don't get left behind.
Great communication in different languages with earphones.
Train ride with great views nice to get out the big cities. Boat ride great. Rickshaw added extra but discount vouchers given. Brilliant staff. A trip for everyone, people with walking difficulties may find the boat ride difficult but speak to staff as the opportunity to stay on the coach.

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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None, nothing you can do about a bit of cold weather.

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Packages: Standard Plan
Attended as: Friends
Weather: Cloudy
Posted on: 2025/11/15
Activity Date: 2025/10/21

Kyoto Sagano Scenic Railway & Hozugawa River Boat Ride Tour

Amazing just book!

Reviewed by: Me@

Nothing to say bad this was an amazing experience especially due to the staff!!

Local customer service: 5

Location & environment: 5

Schedule & duration: 5

Equipment & facilities: 5

Comfort & well-being: 5

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Packages: Standard Plan
Attended as: Families
Weather: Sunny
Posted on: 2025/11/01
Activity Date: 2025/10/29

Kyoto Sagano Scenic Railway & Hozugawa River Boat Ride Tour

Pathetic tour

Reviewed by: disappointed

The river cruise was cancelled the last few days because some work was being carried out. however, they told us this only on the morning of the trip. We should have been advised a couple of days earlier. The tour is only in Japanese, so if you don’t understand the language don’t use this tour provider. Even basic instructions in english are not provided, nor are your questions understood.

Local customer service: 1

Location & environment: 1

Schedule & duration: 1

Equipment & facilities: 3

Comfort & well-being: 1

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Rating:
Packages: Standard Plan
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2024/11/30
Activity Date: 2024/11/08

Kyoto Sagano Scenic Railway & Hozugawa River Boat Ride Tour

Enjoyable and memorable

Reviewed by: kim

The train trip was really romantic with some imagination. It passed through various gorges ,bridges and rivers in a small scale open red train roared with non stop wow and laughter. The river boat trip was another realm , you got so excited all along down the rapid that you heard the tour guides shouting in Japanese that imprinted in your mind some daily words. The boatmen
were magnificent and friendly.

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Packages: Standard Plan
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2024/06/18
Activity Date: 2024/06/11

Kyoto Sagano Scenic Railway & Hozugawa River Boat Ride Tour

Quite an adventure

Reviewed by: Catherine

Train was cool, was nice to let someone else handle the details for the day. River was gorgeous, wear Sun protective clothing and you are sitting on a wooden bench with no back for 2 hours. And finishing with the bamboo Lane (not really a forest) and shops were great. Highly recommend.

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Packages: Standard Plan
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2024/06/16
Activity Date: 2024/05/23

Kyoto Sagano Scenic Railway & Hozugawa River Boat Ride Tour

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

Reviewed by: Ellen

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!

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Packages: Standard Plan
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2024/04/06
Activity Date: 2024/04/04

Kyoto Sagano Scenic Railway & Hozugawa River Boat Ride Tour

Great tour, could have better meeting sites

Reviewed by: Ali

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!

  • Sega-Arashiyama station

  • Views from boat

  • Hozu-gawa River ride

  • Ends in Arashiyama near Togetsu-kyo bridge

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Packages: Standard Plan
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2019/04/21
Activity Date: 2019/04/19

Kyoto Sagano Scenic Railway & Hozugawa River Boat Ride Tour

Perfect timing to see the sakura trees in full bloom.

Reviewed by: Glenn

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.

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Packages: Standard Plan
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2019/04/20
Activity Date: 2019/04/12

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