Together with your personal guide, enjoy a rickshaw tour through Arashiyama, one of Kyoto's greenest, most picturesque and historic neighborhoods.
About this activity
- Free cancellation
- Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund
- COVID-19 precautions
- Special health and safety measures apply. Learn more
- Small group
- Limited to 6 participants
- Mobile ticketing
- Use your phone or print your voucher
- Duration 45 - 190 minutes
- Check availability to see starting times.
- Instant confirmation
- Live tour guide
- English, Japanese
- Pickup optional
- JR SAGA-ARASHIYAMA Station: Your guide(s) will be waiting for you just outside the SOUTH exit of the JR Saga-Arashiyama train station, right next to the red mail box and telephone booth. A photograph and jpg map of the meeting place will be sent together with the manual confirmation email.
Experience
- Enjoy an informative, private, and fully customizable rickshaw tour through Arashiyama and the bamboo forest
- Relax at the sight of Kyoto's lush nature
- Explore the charming and quiet neighborhood streets of Arashiyama
- Have access to an exclusive rickshaw path through the bamboo forest
- Visit unique temples and gardens
- Private rickshaw tour
- Knowledgeable, local guide
- Photo stops at instagrammable spots along the tour
- Admission fee to selected temple
- Gratuities (optional)
- Snacks and drinks
- Hotel pickup
- Pregnant women
- People with back problems
- All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
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Prepare for the activity
JR SAGA-ARASHIYAMA Station: Your guide(s) will be waiting for you just outside the SOUTH exit of the JR Saga-Arashiyama train station, right next to the red mail box and telephone booth. A photograph and jpg map of the meeting place will be sent together with the manual confirmation email.
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- Selfie sticks
Know before you go
- Adult pricing applies to age 7 and over
- A maximum of 2 adults per rickshaw
- Up to 2 children, 6 years and under, can ride with 2 adults (children have to ride on ad adult's lap)
- While rickshaws are able to fit 2 adults, each rickshaw is 21.1 inches (74 centimeters) wide, but sometimes it might be more comfortable to book individual rickshaws for each passenger
- If a child 6 years will be using one of the 2 seats of the rickshaw, it must book as an adult (full fare paying guest)
- Wheelchair- and stroller-friendly
- Not recommended for expecting mothers in their first 16 weeks of pregnancy
- This tour can be customized depending on your interest