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Tenonis
Traditional Japanese temple with red lanterns in Kyoto

Kyoto Spirit Walk

Kyoto, Japan
4.9 (195 Reviews)

$3,700

/Starting From

7 Days / 6 Nights

Duration

Max 12

Group Size

Expert Local

Guide

Experience Overview

Step through the paper doors of old Japan on a seven-day journey through Kyoto's thousand temples and hidden lantern-lit lanes. Wake to the raking of a Zen garden, share tea with a master in a centuries-old teahouse, and walk the vermilion torii gates of Fushimi Inari before the crowds arrive. Tenonis pairs you with cultural guides who open doors most travellers never find.

Where You'll Stay

Hoshinoya Kyoto Ryokan

Hoshinoya Kyoto Ryokan

Zen garden

Kaiseki breakfast

Tatami suite

What's Included

Private transfers & regional rail passes

Tea ceremony with a tea master

Private geisha-district evening walk

Guided temple & shrine visits

Zen meditation & calligraphy session

Daily breakfast + two kaiseki dinners

Daily Itinerary

Day 01

Gion & the Lantern Lanes

Arrive in Kyoto and settle into a riverside ryokan. As dusk falls, stroll the Gion geisha district as lanterns flicker to life along the Shirakawa canal.

Day 02

Fushimi Inari at Dawn

Climb the mountain of ten thousand vermilion torii gates before sunrise, then join a tea master for a private ceremony in a 300-year-old teahouse.

Day 03

Arashiyama & Zen Stillness

Wander the towering Arashiyama bamboo grove, then practise seated meditation and brush calligraphy with a monk in a working Zen temple.

Route Map

Tour Gallery

Autumn maple leaves at a Kyoto temple
Cherry blossoms over a Kyoto canal at night

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