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[Kyoto] Kyoto Nishiki Market Food and Culture Walking Tour
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Overview
  • This local guided tour takes you to food adventure in the heart of Kyoto! Gain a thoroughly enjoyable introduction to Kyoto’s authentic food culture with a small-group guided tour for the city’s best eating spot, Nishiki Market.
  • In addition, you will see different faces of this town while walking around the neighborhood and you will learn about not only foods but more about Kyoto such as religion, tradition and history.
  • Your friendly guide will also give you a lot of tips about Kyoto, such as useful information to travel around, cultural clues which makes your stay more enjoyable.
  • Let's enjoy one step deeper and get into the local.
What to expect

Soak up the sights, sounds, and smells, and learn about local food culture in this 400-year-old market with 130 shops all along a narrow five-block long street. This market still functions as an important place for both locals and professional chefs. Many chefs of Michelin-star restaurants and hotels/ryokans buy their ingredients from this market everyday. Locals come to the market when they want real atuhentic ingredients with best quality. While wandering through the market and sampling various kind of foods, you will learn about Japanese foods, local specialties, and food culture. Let's enjoy the market, not only foods but also all food related shops such as kitchen knives, tableware, and chopsticks.

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