Kyoto Tours of the City

Geishas walking down a street © www.123fr.com / Naomi Hasegawa
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Walking Tours
The Kyoto Zigzag Tour (website: www.zigzagkyoto.jp) is a group of volunteers who organise a variety of walking tours in and around Kyoto that are designed to give participants some understanding of local, daily Kyoto life. Mr Hajime Hirooka, better known as the professional Kyoto guide Johnnie Hillwalker (tel: (075) 622 6803; website: http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/h-s-love), is the man behind a very popular five-hour walking tour in central Kyoto that takes in local history, Buddhism, Shintoism, geisha and various aspects of local life. Kyoto Sights & Nights (tel: (090) 5169 1654; website: www.kyotosightsandnights.com) offers a 90-minute guided afternoon walk taking in geisha schools and artisan shops in Kyoto's world-renowned geisha districts.

Bus Tours
Sunrise Tours (tel: (03) 5796 5454; website: www.jtbgmt.com/sunrisetour) organise morning, afternoon or whole-day guided tours of Kyoto by coach.

Other Tours
Various guided bicycle tours are available from the Kyoto Cycling Tour Project (tel: (075) 354 3636; website: www.kctp.net/en). They offer a machiya tour, focusing on Kyoto's old merchant houses, as well as a mystery tour and a Japanese tea tour. Several taxi companies offer private sightseeing of the city, including MK Taxi (tel: (075) 721 2237; website: www.mk-group.co.jp/english) and Keihan Taxi (tel: (075) 602 7777; website: www.joho-kyoto.or.jp/~keihan).
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