Terrible guide. No respect to the nation's religions and culture. Not a licensed illegal tour... read more
Terrible guide. No respect to the nation's religions and culture. Not a licensed illegal tour... read more
I thought it would be a fun tour, but the tour operator repeatedly hurled insults like "walk... read more
The guide showed up and asked for my name to confirm the booking. Then he told me we had to wait for five other people and disappeared. After 15 minutes, another couple who had booked the same tour as me arrived, and we waited for an hour, but the guide never showed up again and didn't answer his phone. So, I went to the police station to file a report. The police officers were very helpful and called him immediately. At first, he didn't answer, but when he realized it was the police calling, he responded and came to the station to sort things out. Eventually, I received a refund. If you ever find yourself in like this situation with this company where the guide doesn't show up, don't hesitate to go to the police station. (Most tours with Japanese people have been great, but this one, with a foreign guide, had issues.)
We booked the tour for the 26th of March and guide did no show up. There were also 4 other people wih us waiting for more than 40 minutes. We booked through their website and we did not even get a refund.
No Guide showed up at the meeting point. 16 People have waited for 30 minutes more than time for meeting was shown on the ticket. We gave up. The phone on the number given was not picked up at all. Now we can waste our time to get the refund. At least abig cheat.
Disappointing tour and one to avoid. The guide, who seemingly had all the charisma and personality of a wet paper towel, went to great lengths to regularly ditch the group and walk off in front, without bothering to check whether everyone was keeping up. On this tour we were taken to fantastic locations, such as a bridge from a film that only 1/12 people in the group had seen or the litter bins on the street - some truly wonderful Kodak moments which our family and friends have questioned why they are in our camera roll.
If you are keen to learn anything about Kyoto’s culture or history, don’t bother with this tour as it is a glorified walk taking photographs at night. You can get into the Gion District yourself for free and will be able to do the same thing.
If you are someone who enjoys inflicting pain on yourself, by all means book this tour and ask many questions. The guide will get very defensive if you try to ask anything he doesn’t know and clearly has some self-esteem issues since he was reading the Get Your Guide reviews during the tour.
Beautiful and informative tour at night. Our knowledgeable guide gave us dress circle seats to the real culture of Japan away from the major tourist traps and crowds. Warning lots of fast walking but it means you see so much!
京都に対する間違った知識を教える酷いツアーだった。
私は京都生まれ京都育ちですが、私の知らない京都を知りたくて参加したが嘘ばかりでつまらないツアーだった。
参加してはいけないツアーだ。