Tour Recommendations: · Make Japanese friend as you cycle and explore Kyoto City · Avoid traffic and explore hidden gems with local tour guide · Explore the beautiful views of Kyoto, chill, and enjoy! Tour Details: Have a unique experience in Kyoto with a Japanese tour guide, Asuka who is a graduate student of a UK university. Asuka loves to travel, play music, do yoga and so on. She has lived in North Carolina, USA as a high school exchange student and London, UK as a university student. Enjoy experiencing cycling around east Kyoto City with her! We do not go to the busiest places in Kyoto, so that we can enjoy chatting and chilling as well as cycling and exploring Kyoto. Meeting your guide at a rental cycling shop in Gojo area and take electronic bike. We will first head to Ginkaku-ji temple. On the way to Ginkaku-ji temple, we bike by Kamogawa River, and we enjoy jumping on the stones crossing the river. There is a shopping street by the temple. Have some free time and enjoy getting souvenirs, some coffee, and matcha crepes. After visiting Ginaku-ji temple, we will bike on the Philosopher's path and head to Nanzen-ji temple. After enjoying the gigantic view of Nanzen-ji temple, we will finally visit Heian Jingu Shrine. This tour lasts about 3-4 hours. We will take lots of pictures as you wish! Make lots of memories in Kyoto and you can keep it back home. The tour ends at the rental bike shop. If you wish to keep renting the bike, we can arrange it, so please let us know. Honestly, cycling is the best way of going around Kyoto City. You can visit everywhere with a bike! The destinations in this tour are not the most popular destinations even though they are historical and beautiful. If you want to know more about Kyoto, this tour is for you! The guide can help you for your whole traveling plan, places to visit, places to eat, etc. Also, you will make at least one Japanese friend, Aska! Keep connected wherever you will be in the world :) This tour is just an opportunity to get connected to Japan, and have a reason to come back!