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Kyoto · Culture
Kyoto in Bloom
Temples, tea and the art of paying attention.
6 days
★ 4.9(94) From 1,690 USD / person
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Highlights
- ✓Fushimi Inari before sunrise with a photographer guide
- ✓Private tea ceremony in a machiya townhouse
- ✓Kaiseki dinner in Gion
- ✓Arashiyama bamboo grove by bicycle
- ✓Day trip to Nara's deer park and Tōdai-ji
Day by day
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Bullet train from Osaka or Tokyo. Check into your ryokan-inspired hotel; evening stroll through Pontocho.
📍 Kyoto
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Dawn at Fushimi Inari, then Tōfuku-ji gardens and lunch in a soba house.
📍 Higashiyama, Kyoto
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Private tea ceremony, kimono-fitting option, and a guided evening walk through Gion.
📍 Higashiyama, Kyoto
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Cycle the bamboo grove and river paths; Tenryū-ji zen garden; monkey park for the views.
📍 Arashiyama
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Great Buddha at Tōdai-ji, the deer park and a mochi-pounding demonstration.
📍 Nara
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Morning at Nishiki market before your onward journey.
📍 Nara
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Included
- ✓Hand-picked accommodation
- ✓Private airport transfers
- ✓Daily breakfast
- ✓Local expert guides
- ✓24/7 in-destination support
- ✓Rail passes for included transfers
- ✓Tea ceremony & kaiseki dinner
Not included
- –International flights
- –Travel insurance
- –Visa fees
- –Personal expenses & gratuities
What travelers say
★★★★★ 5/5
Fushimi Inari at dawn
Having the gates almost to ourselves was unreal. The tea ceremony was quietly moving.
★★★★★ 5/5
Autumn colours were perfect
The team adjusted our Arashiyama day for peak foliage. Thoughtful, precise, warm.
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