Taste of Downtown Kyoto by Walk
What Guests Love
- Guided market tour
- Clear, patient instruction
- Hands‑on cooking experience
- Insight into local culture
Guests say the experience combines a lively market walk with a clean, rooftop studio where knowledgeable guides answer questions and share seasonal ingredients. Instruction is clear and patient, allowing beginners to join in quickly and learn cooking techniques while tasting sake. Participants appreciate the hands‑on preparation of authentic local dishes and leave with a deeper understanding of Kyoto’s food culture.
What to Expect
3 hours walking tour to explore the tastes of local food shops and cafes.
There are many local food shops, restaurants and cafes which have a long history and have been loved by locals but most tourists just walk past them because no one explains. This tour makes it happen that people can truly 'experience' local food culture and meet proud local people behind it.
You will visit
- Local high-end supermarket who sells quality and unique foods from small and medium food businesses all over Japan
- Japanese chocolate shop which pursues to make 'chocolate that fits Japan', which has more than 10 shops in Japan and has
history of more than 15 years - Soba confectionary shop which started in the
Edo era (17th-19th century) - Old style cafe & restaurant where is often filled with locals of senior age
- A fish‐shaped pancake filled with bean jam
- Japanese pickles at Nishiki Market pickles shop
- Japanese knife shop
- Japanese kitchenware shop
- Local healthy food grocery
- Japanese spice shop
- Food court of a
department store where you find thousands of foods
Menu
You will taste
- Buckwheat snack
- Japanese pickles
- Chocolate (local chocolate shop)
- Taiyaki (fish-shaped cake)
- Egg-roll (Dashimaki Tamago)
- Takoyaki (octopus ball)
- Deep-fried vegetable
- Seafood
- **when some shops are closed, we purchase alternative tastings
Schedule
- 10:00 am: Meet at Karasuma Oike station (Exit 5)
- 10:10 am: Local supermarket
- 10:30 am: Local chocolate shop
- 10:50 am: Buckwheat snack shop
- 11:00 am: Japanese pickles shop
- 11:20 am: Taiyaki (fish-shaped cake) shop
- 11:30 am: Teramachi street
- 11:50 am: Nishiki Food Market
- 12:40 pm: Daimaru Department Store Food Court
- 1:00 pm: End of the tour in Daimaru Department Store
Meeting Point
Meet at Karasuma Oike Station (Exit 5)
*Be careful that it is not Karasuma station (next to Karasuma Oike station)
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Additional Information
Confirmation
You will receive the confirmation of your booking within 24 hours.
Free Cancellation
Full refunds will be issued for cancellations made at least 48 hours prior to the activity.
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