Art & Culture, artisans, and food culture
You will feel all the natural beauty of Japan.
You will see the incredible skills of the artisans.
You will taste the delicious culinary cuisine of Japanese food.
We provide unique and sofiscated experiences and trip for you.
Art & Culture
The impression that you get through your five senses: taste, sight, touch, smell and sound. The Japanese culture and arts will highlight your trip. They will all be a lifelong, memorable experience for you.
Artisans
Japanese craftsmen have been using the same method for more than 1000 years. If you see the artisan’s work, you will feel that the art and craft has been brought to life.
We are proud of these artisans.
Food Culture
The best part of traveling is enjoying the local food!Japanese cuisine is supposed to be a feast for the eyes as well as the palate.
Taste the ingredients for that particular season that is otherwise unavailable at any other time of year.Enjoy an authentic Japanese meal in a relaxed traditional style room with serenity and beauty of the gardens in Kyoto.
Fushimi is famous for Sake because of the clear spring water
from a mountain in Fushimi.
Excellent water is necessary to make a good
Sake so the culture of Sake developed in Fushimi.
There are many points of interest in Fushimi
such as the Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine,
Sake breweries, Fushimi-Momoyama castle,
Lake Biwa canal, Jounangu shrine and etc.
Escape the crowds in Kyoto and have an easy day in Fushimi.
After the tour of Fushimi shrine, enjoy Kaiseki lunch at Ryotei restaurant.
We can arrange Geisha banquet and Samurai performance & experiences.
Fushimi day
Fushimi Inari shrine with your guide.
15min. to Ryotei restaurant
Kaiseki lunch
Geishas banquet
Finish lunch
Option: Attend a Tea Ceremony,
pound your own Mochi or
eat Somen noodles out of a flowing
bamboo stream
visiting Sake brewery & tasting
Sample itinerary
10:00
12:00
12:30
14:00
14:30
Important temples and shrines that are being restored by master restorationists.
Byoudouin-hououdou, Katsura-rikyu, Gosho, Choi-in, Nina-ji, Daigo-ji, etc.
These are some of the temples and shrines
that is restored by the professional restorationists
who have repaired numerous cultural treasures.
The doors of Shitomi-do alone was restored by more than 10
craftsmen in a period of over 4 years.
Additionally, Byoudouin-hououdou was restored over the course of 10 years.
Due to the technique and the years of work by each craftsmen,
the cultural properties of this beautiful timber of Japan,
are preserved and inherited by the same restoration method as in the Edo period.
This is the difference between the “Western Stone Culture”
and the “Japanese Tree Culture”.
The shrine temple tour with the Master Restorer,
includes the tour of the restoration site which is currently being done.
It is a fun tour that will AMAZE you and leave you dumbfounded!
This tour is not on the guide book!
It is a very popular and recommended tour.
Visiting temples with conservator restorer of cultural property
Visiting a shrine with the restorer
Having tasty sweets
Visiting a temple with the restorer
Lunch at a recommended restaurant near there
Telling you a story of the differences
between a temple and shrine
Telling you a Story and differences
about temple and shrine
Visiting a shrine or temple of cultural property
where restoration is in progress
Visiting a shrine or temple of cultural property
where restoration was completed
Sample itinerary①
Sample itinerary②
10:00
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:00
12:00
This Zen temple overcame the political and social turmoil
and was reconstructed by a tea master named Urakusai Oda.
This historical temple has been preserved since then.
The temple also inherited and preserved
the Urakusai tea ceremony which is now called the Samurai Tea Ceremony.
You can experience Zen and the Samurai Tea Ceremony
in a cozy and serene environment leaving the hustle and bustle behind.
Feeling & experience ZEN
Walking tours with the Priest
Zen meditation
Shojin Ryori lunch
(Japanese vegetarian Buddhist cuisine)
We have a private walking tour with a priest,
experience Zen meditation,
Samurai tea ceremony and NOH performance.
Sample itinerary
10:00
11:00
12:00
You can feel the world is one,
only if you know about the Buddha and Buddhist Statues.
One of the essential sights to see
while visiting Japan are the temples.
We will first tour the traditional sculpting process of the Buddhist statues
and learn the historical background,
then the visit to the temples will be enlightening.
You will smell and feel the freshly carved wooden pieces.
It will stimulate your five senses.
The visit the temples will then take you back into time.
Why don’t you learn a little bit about
the Buddhist statues then visit the temples?
It will be a trip back into time!
We have a tour to the temples with the sculptor.
Sculptor of the Buddhist statue
visit sculptor workshop
leaving for the Sanju-Sangen-Dou
the Sanju-Sangen-Dou with the sculptor
finish
Sample itinerary
13:00
14:30
15:00
16:00
We have the other tours “art & culture”,
“artisans work” and “food culture”.
We can coordinate exclusive tour plan for travel agencies.
Please inquire us.
Fushimi is famous for Sake
because of the clear spring water from a mountain in Fushimi.
Excellent water is necessary to make a good
Sake so the culture of Sake developed in Fushimi
There are many points of interest in Fushimi
such as the Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine,
Sake breweries, Fushimi-Momoyama castle, Lake Biwa canal,
Jounangu shrine and etc.
Escape the crowds in Kyoto and have an easy day in Fushimi.
After the tour of Fushimi shrine, enjoy Kaiseki lunch at Ryotei restaurant.
We can arrange Geisha banquet and Samurai performance & experiences.
Fushimi day
Fushimi Inari shrine with your guide.
Kaiseki lunch
Geishas banquet
Finish lunch
visiting Sake brewery & tasting
15min. to Ryotei restaurant
Option: Attend a Tea Ceremony,
pound your own Mochi or
eat Somen noodles out of a flowing bamboo stream
Sample itinerary
10:00
12:00
12:30
14:00
14:30
Important temples and shrines that are being restored by master restorationists.
Byoudouin-hououdou, Katsura-rikyu, Gosho, Choi-in, Nina-ji, Daigo-ji, etc.
These are some of the temples and shrines
that is restored by the professional restorationists who have repaired
numerous cultural treasures.
The doors of Shitomi-do alone was
restored by more than 10 craftsmen in a period of over 4 years.
Additionally, Byoudouin-hououdou was restored over the course of 10 years.
Due to the technique and the years of work by each craftsmen,
the cultural properties of this beautiful timber of Japan,
are preserved and inherited by the same restoration method as in the Edo period.
This is the difference between the “Western Stone Culture” and the “Japanese Tree Culture”.
The shrine temple tour with the Master Restorer,
includes the tour of the restoration site which is currently being done.
It is a fun tour that will AMAZE you and leave you dumbfounded!
This tour is not on the guide book!
It is a very popular and recommended tour.
Visiting temples with conservator restorer of cultural property
Visiting a shrine with the restorer
Telling you a story of the differences between a temple and shrine
Having tasty sweets
Visiting a temple with the restorer
Lunch at a recommended restaurant near there
Telling you a Story and differences about temple and shrine
Visiting a shrine or temple of cultural property
where restoration is in progress
Visiting a shrine or temple of cultural property
where restoration was completed
Sample itinerary①
Sample itinerary②
10:00
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:00
12:00
This Zen temple overcame the political and social turmoil and was reconstructed
by a tea master named Urakusai Oda.
This historical temple has been preserved since then.
The temple also inherited and preserved the Urakusai tea ceremony
which is now called the Samurai Tea Ceremony.
You can experience Zen and the Samurai Tea Ceremony in a cozy and serene
environment leaving the hustle and bustle behind.
Feeling & experience ZEN
Walking tours with the Priest
Zen meditation
Shojin Ryori lunch
(Japanese vegetarian Buddhist cuisine)
We have a private walking tour with a priest,
experience Zen meditation,
Samurai tea ceremony and NOH performance.
Sample itinerary
10:00
11:00
12:00
Where Buddhist statue came from?
You can feel the world is one,
only if you know about the Buddha and Buddhist Statues.
One of the essential sights to see while visiting Japan are the temples.
We will first tour the traditional sculpting process of the Buddhist
statues and learn the historical background,
then the visit to the temples will be enlightening.
You will smell and feel the freshly carved wooden pieces.
It will stimulate your five senses.
The visit the temples will then take you back into time.
Why don’t you learn a little bit
about the Buddhist statues then visit the temples?
It will be a trip back into time!
We have a tour to the temples with the sculptor.
Sculptor of the Buddhist statue
visit sculptor workshop
leaving for the Sanju-Sangen-Dou
the Sanju-Sangen-Dou with the sculptor
finish
Sample itinerary
13:00
14:30
15:00
16:00
We have the other tours “art & culture”,
“artisans work” and “food culture”.
We can coordinate exclusive tour plan for travel agencies.
Please inquire us.
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#206, 14 Kitamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0834
– Kyoto Office –
4th Floor, 75 Mikura-machi, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8166
Managing Director Yuka Sato
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