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Small Group, All-Inclusive Kyoto Night Food and Culture Tour
Experience the vibrant nightlife of Kyoto! This intimate tour takes you along the cobbled walkways of the geisha district of Gion, and along the historic streets of Pontocho, stopping for dinner and drinks at cool local restaurants and niche bars.
from¥13,125
With 2 drinks
Food Tours
KYOTO
Kyoto Tea Ceremony and Sweets Experience
A Japanese cultural practice that originated in Kyoto, take part in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony with a licensed tea ceremony instructor. Enjoy high-quality Kyoto matcha and intricate Japanese sweets, as you learn about tea ceremony etiquette.
from¥8,800
With dessert
Food Tours
KYOTO
Bar Hopping in Downtown Kyoto
Kansai region residents will guide you through the streets of Kyoto, sharing the city's rich and beautiful history and culture. Drinking alongside the locals, you can experience Japan in a way most tourists can only dream of.
from¥6,000
With sake
Cooking Classes
KYOTO
Bento Making Class in Kyoto
Learn about the essential components of washoku (Japanese cuisine) during this bento making class in Kyoto. Make a balanced meal of six different dishes including tempura, teriyaki chicken, and miso soup, with your friendly cooking teacher.
from¥10,000
With green tea
Food Tours
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Evening in Kyoto Pontocho Food Tour
Strolling through Kyoto’s Pontocho and Gion is like entering another era—all cobbled streets, amber lighting, and traditional architecture. Visit 4 stops and taste the delicate Kyoto cuisine, notable for its seasonal ingredients and presentation.
from¥21,200
With sake
Cooking Classes
KYOTO
Ramen Noodle Making Experience in Kyoto
If ramen noodles aren’t accessible in your home country, how about learning how to make it from scratch? At a ramen shop in Kyoto’s historic Gion district, you’ll mix, roll, and cut your dough, and compare 3 different styles of ramen noodles.
from¥5,000
Private Experience
Cooking Classes
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Authentic Japanese Sushi Cooking Class in Kyoto
In historic Kyoto, renowned for its picturesque temples and shrines, learn how to make two types of sushi (sushi rolls and round temari-zushi) and the soup stock dashi, which forms the foundation of many Japanese dishes.
from¥7,800
Learn etiquette
Food Tours
KYOTO
Kyoto Tea Farm Tour, Tasting, and Lunch in Scenic Wazuka
Visit the town of Wazuka-cho, recognized as a Scenic Property of Kyoto Prefecture. Producing nearly half Kyoto’s tea, at Wazuka-cho, you can tour the farm and factory, have a tasty lunch featuring tea soba, and join a tasting with 9 types of tea.
from¥15,400
Regional food
Food Tours
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Kyoto Sake Brewery Tour in Fushimi Sake District
For over 400 years, Kyoto’s Fushimi Sake District has been producing some of Japan’s most premium sake. During this sake brewery tour, visit a sake museum, tour a historic brewery, and taste a variety of sakes with a guide.
from¥21,200
Shopping time
Cooking Classes
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Izakaya Food Cooking Class in Kyoto
Love izakaya (Japanese pub) foods? This cooking class in Kyoto will teach you how to make a variety of dishes that pair perfectly with sake and beer! Enjoy the cozy, homey atmosphere and learn about the foundational ingredients of Japanese cuisine.
from¥10,000
Food Tours
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Geisha Show & Lunch in Gion (Kyoto)
Join Ken, a professional guide, to uncover Gion's history, culture, & landmarks during this walking tour. Experience a Japanese lunch (tempura, sushi, or karaage) & a captivating geisha show on this journey through Kyoto's historic district.
from¥17,350
Cooking Classes
KYOTO
Kyoto Decorative Sushi Cooking Class
Learn how to make creative decorative sushi rolls called “kazarimaki” at your cooking teacher’s traditional Japanese-style home in Kyoto. Using plant-based ingredients, these colorful sushi rolls are vegetarian and vegan-friendly.
from¥6,600
With recipe
Food Tours
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Nishiki Market and Gion Tour in Kyoto
This tour combines the geisha district of Gion with Kyoto’s famous Nishiki Market, home to hundreds of shops selling everything from premium sakes to crunchy pickles to savory rice crackers. Sightsee and snack your way through the area with a guide!
from¥13,000
With sake
Food Tours
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Kyoto Nishiki Market Tour
Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of Nishiki Market, Kyoto’s 400-year-old culinary hub, stopping at several shops offering fresh seafood, local products and intricate sweets. Get deep insights into Kyoto’s cuisine from a local guide.
from¥21,200
With lunch
Food Tours
KYOTO
Create a Handcrafted Sake Cup and Visit a Kyoto Sake Brewery
In Kyoto, the prefecture renowned for its sake production, learn about traditional methods used in sake making, then you’ll make your own sake cup out of cedar or cherry blossom wood, under the tutelage of a local craftsman.
from¥10,125
With sake
Cooking Classes
KYOTO
Traditional Japanese Wagashi Making Class in Kyoto
Japan’s cultural capital is the perfect place to learn to make “wagashi,” the traditional Japanese confections made of sweet bean paste and mochi. Join this workshop with an experienced wagashi teacher and make your own artistic and delicious sweets!
from¥6,300
With green tea
Food Tours
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Private Tea Ceremony Next to a UNESCO World Heritage Site
At a teahouse located next to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Ryoan-ji, experience a private tea ceremony overlooking a Japanese garden. This immersive and restorative ritual will leave you feeling relaxed and zen.
from¥8,800
Private Experience
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Arashiyama Food Tour in Kyoto
Known for picturesque bamboo groves, Arashimaya is a must-visit place in Kyoto. With a local tour guide, come taste regional specialties like matcha tea and yuba (a soybean product like tofu) and visit a number of significant monuments and temples!
from¥15,000
Regional food
Cooking Classes
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Traditional Kyoto Udon Making from Scratch
Experience making Kyoto udon and savoring it in the same prefecture where the dish’s name originates. Fun, family-friendly hands-on cooking class.
from¥3,300
Regional food
Tastings
KYOTO
Uji Matcha Tea Picking Experience in Kyoto
Experience the beginning of the process that takes tea leaves to the vivid green cup of matcha that’s loved by Japan and across the world.
from¥3,300
Dining Experiences
KYOTO
Luxury Plan: Byodoin Temple, Illuminations, & Tea Ceremony
Partake in an exclusive experience at Byodoin Temple in Uji (Kyoto). Enjoy a premium tea ceremony, taste high-quality Japanese tea, creative performances, illuminations, & more. Limited to 40 guests/day from 18-21 October.
from¥6,000
Tastings
KYOTO
Kyoto: Sake Tasting at Local Breweries near Fushimi Inari
Taste the heart of Kyoto's sake culture and explore Fushimi's sake legacy. Guided by a certified sake sommelier, visit historic breweries, shops, and a food hall to savor diverse flavors. Uncover the secrets of sake making, and enjoy sweet sake.
from¥11,000
Food Tours
KYOTO
Authentic Kyoto Tea Ceremony near Kiyomizu-dera Temple
Located near the UNESCO World Heritage Site Kiyomizu-dera Temple, this traditional tea ceremony is held in Kyoto, the city where tea culture first emerged in Japan. Amid all the sightseeing, take a moment to slow down with a bowl of matcha.
from¥3,300
Learn etiquette
Dining Experiences
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Gion Tour with Kaiseki Meal in Kyoto at Night
In the geisha district of Kyoto, join a local guide as you stroll the cobbled streets and take in the atmosphere and local history. After learning about Kyoto’s culture and the role of geisha, sit down to an elegant, multi-course kaiseki dinner.
from¥25,000
With dessert
Food Tours
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Kyoto Tea Town Tour for Matcha Lovers
Come to Uji, Kyoto–the birthplace of tea in Japan–for a hands-on tea experience. Grind tea leaves, whisk your own bowl of matcha, attend an authentic tea ceremony at a beautiful tea house, and indulge in a meal of tea soba and matcha rice cakes.
from¥14,000
Cooking Classes
KYOTO
Making Cha Soba with Sencha in Kyoto
Experience the process of making cha soba in the Kyoto countryside and savor the traditional Japanese dish. This area is known for its world-class sencha and noodles.
from¥3,300
Regional food
Cooking Classes
KYOTO
Tea Ceremony in a Traditional Kyoto Machiya
Discover the warmth of Japanese “omotenashi” (hospitality) during this traditional Japanese tea ceremony at a renovated townhouse in Kyoto. Join tea master Randy Channell for a peaceful tea ritual featuring Kyoto matcha and local sweets.
from¥5,500
Tea experience
Food Tours
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Tea Ceremony, Etiquette, & Japanese Food in Kyoto
Uncover a world of Japanese traditions with a tea ceremony and etiquette experience in Kyoto! Alongside an expert host, you’ll witness a tea ceremony, learn about surrounding customs and manners, and enjoy a delicious meal.
from¥12,000
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Recent Reviews from Guests1 / 3
This is a must-do tour when you visit Kyoto! Our guide, Soma, is friendly, funny and knowledgeable. Also other people who joined the tour were amazed. The places Soma took us to were amazing, like the Izakaya, sake restaurant and local bars that I wouldn’t have found on my own without joining this tour. This tour is suitable for everyone, whether you’re a couple or traveling solo.
Thank you, Soma! I look forward to joining this tour again when I return to Kyoto!
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Bar Hopping in Downtown Kyoto
Food Tours
We thoroughly enjoyed our wagashi cooking class. It was a highlight of our trip to Kyoto. Yasue was a lovely and patient instructor. Highly recommended.
Tsikaris
Traditional Japanese Wagashi Making Class in Kyoto
Cooking Classes
First time solo travelling to Japan and thought a bar tour would be a great way to socialise. Met a great group of people and Mio our guide was very nice. We definitely went to places we would have never entered/ found on our own. Food was great at the first spot (get the karage and cucumbers), but you do have to take off shoes so come prepared. Sake bar was really nice, we did a sampler of 3 but the cloudy sake was the best! The last spot was a hidden gem with an amazing owner and drinks. Recommend the Whiskey Green tea and Shanghai Peach. Only took off a star as Mio struggled with English so while a lot of persons in the group were asking for recommendations, her default answer was “choose whatever you like”.
Nicola Pollard
Bar Hopping in Downtown Kyoto
Food Tours
Yuki was an incredible guide, kind and filled with so much insightful information about Ayabe and Japan in general. Everything about this tour was so special! The wood shop was awesome and the cups are such a unique souvenir, along with delicious food and amazing sake!
Emily Cegielski
Create a Handcrafted Sake Cup and Visit a Kyoto Sake Brewery
Food Tours
Fantastic! Lovely cooking class with real japanese recipes and tips/tricks for using this cuisine at home. Recipes were included and printed. Perfect way to spent your afternoon.
Sandra Toonders
Authentic Japanese Sushi Cooking Class in Kyoto
Cooking Classes
Few places in the world, if any, can claim gastronomic heritage on par with Kyoto. The historic capital of Japan is the spiritual home of washoku — the traditional Japanese cuisine which is listed as a treasure of world cultural heritage. It was also on these streets, trodden by merchants and samurai, that kaiseki dining and its cousin, the meditative Japanese tea ceremony, flourished.
This world of edible wonders has enough to discover for three lifetimes, so if you’re planning on getting involved, you might struggle to work out where to start. These Kyoto food experiences with byFood cut out all of the confusion, and take you right to the heart of the local culinary culture with the help of an expert local guide.
Whether you want to go drinking in the chic standing bars of Pontocho Alley, learn to brew tea like a true master, get the lowdown on all the street food in Nishiki Market, or add some traditional Japanese dishes to your cooking repertoire, you’ll find a food experience in Kyoto to suit your needs and budget. Itadakimasu!
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