What‘s Included

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Reviews

• Perfect Day in Kyoto!

  Jennifer W,

  Oct 31, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Jacky was a wonderful driver and guide. We only had 1 day to tour Kyoto and he took us to all the beautiful sites. He gave us great tips and tricks to help us make the most of our time. Was a very fun day!

  

  

  

• A lovely day in Kyoto

  Brandy B,

  Oct 23, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  4.00

  We booked a private tour of Kyoto because we had limited time in the city and wanted to cover as much as we could. I communicated the same with the visitor team and was assigned a very professional and driver - Yuki. She arrived at the hotel exactly on time and th car was spacious and clean. She mapped out our day to ensure whatever we wanted to see was covered. She was a good driver and didn’t try to rush us in anyway. We were very happy that we saw what we wanted to throughout the day, despite the slight rain and the crowds. The tour said the car would have WiFi, which it did not. It also says the driver would be English speaking and unfortunately Yuki was not. It was an expensive tour and these two things should have been arranged appropriately. Yuki could hardly communicate with us, which was a bit disappointing as we did not get any information from her about the city or the places we visited. We had to look those up ourselves. She did however communicate well on WhatsApp.

• The best tour

  P1914DVjasons,

  Sep 8, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Very good driver and he was sooo friendly in every situation he was waiting and he told us a lot of history about everything

• Great guide and driver

  yl63,

  Aug 29, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We visited during August so it was super hot and humid in Kyoto. With a 4 year old, having a private air conditioned car was super helpful with keeping him from overheating. Our driver, Yuki, was super friendly and helpful and accommodated our schedule and requests. She also walked us to the entrances for a lot of the shrines and gave good location information to find the pick up location. Overall, we were super happy with how everything went!

  

  

  

  

  

  

• No AC, No English speaking driver, Be aware of Asoko

  VISHAL B,

  Aug 8, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  1.00

  -Driver (Yuki) did not speak English and did not respond to us at all despite our concerns of AC not working in 40 C. -Driver did not respond to us when we wanted to be dropped to hotel as my daughter was sick from heat stroke. -Tour agency did not respond at all to our concerns and let us suffer. -Tour agency charged additional $260 for a guide on top (Viator did not know) who was from China and did not know Kyoto at all and could barely speak English. Our tour was not only complete waste but also a torture against our wish. Viator graciously offered us 10% refund but it does not change our suffering from Asoko tour agency.

• Worth it!

  K8097EHhannahw,

  Jul 4, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Great experience! Driver was great and it was awesome to have a comfortable air conditioned car to take us to every place we wanted to see.

• Kyoto tour

  Amber K,

  May 30, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  I highly recommend this tour! We would have never been able to see as much of Kyoto as we did without a driver! Our driver Sasaki was very kind and always managed to pick us up wherever we walked to or he waited for us at the same meeting spot. He was respectful, kind and helpful! If you want to see Kyoto and design your own tour, book this!

  

  

  

  

  

• Excellent private car option in Kyoto

  Marshall C,

  May 26, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Driver was very knowledgable about all the key sites and associated logistics. Safe and clean car. Flexible and accommodating to our real-time schedule changes.

• Not worth the money

  Mausumi G,

  May 4, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  3.00

  The car was v nice. V luxurious and comfortable. But the overall trip was not that great. I booked this trip with English speaking driver/guide. The guy came 1 hr late. The tour was scheduled to start at 9 am. He notified us at 7:30 am that he would be late by an hr. We had already planned an event for 7:30 pm that day with the understanding that tour will end at 7 pm. Since the tour started 1 hr late we couldn’t extend it to end late. We lost 1 hr. Secondly we were hoping to get a local person from Kyoto who knew the city. This person was from Osaka didn’t know much about Kyoto. I was pretty much suggesting what order we should go to cover things. All in all I would not recommend this tour. While the driver was polite and courteous he didn’t know much about Kyoto and was not fluent in English. We were having a hard time conversing with him.

• I DON'T RECOMMEND THEM AT ALL!

  MaryamKP,

  Mar 5, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  1.00

  Horrible experience! First of all they never ever contacted me till half a day prior to my the date! There has been a mistake in the date of booking, If I knew ahead of time like a day or two I would have cancelled it sooner. We were not even in Japan, We are going next month and this reservation was supposed to be for the next month. As soon as I got their message on Monday morning at 6 am (Tour was scheduled for Tuesday 9 am), I told them this is a mistake and please cancel it or transfer it to next month when we are actually there! I give them 4 different dates to change it to and they said they are all booked on those dates! Then I said then cancel and return 463$. They said since it is less than 24 hours their time, they won't give me a dime, not even half of it. Nothing! This is so unfair and I have been charged for the service I never received and I was cancelling more than 24 hours my time! The only reason I was cancelling that date is because I didn't know about it till then, If they would have communicated or contacted me earlier I would have cancelled it way earlier than that. They say Japanese people are nice but not this group! WILL NOT RECOMMEND THEM AT ALL!

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