From Osaka/Kyoto: Kinkakuji & Arashiyama & Fushimi Inari & Nara Day Bus Tour

Depart from Osaka or Kyoto
and meet the deer of Nara Park

Depending on your option, board the bus in Namba, Osaka (meet 7:50 AM, depart 8:00 AM) or near Kyoto Station (meet 9:00 AM, depart 9:10 AM). At the first stop, Nara Park, spend about 80 minutes strolling the park and seeing the free-roaming deer. If you wish, you can also visit Todaiji, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with a Great Buddha about 15 m tall; admission is paid separately.

Walk the Arashiyama bamboo grove
and enjoy your chosen lunch

In Arashiyama, explore the bamboo grove, Togetsukyo Bridge, the Kimono Forest and more at your own pace. Options without lunch have about 120 minutes in Arashiyama, while lunch options have about 50 minutes for lunch followed by about 60 minutes of free time. Tenryuji (admission extra) and the footbath at Arashiyama Station are available if you wish.

With a lunch option, enjoy the menu you booked at a restaurant in Arashiyama: Kobe beef shabu-shabu, sukiyaki, beef bowl or vegetarian curry.

Visit the golden Kinkakuji
with admission included

Spend about 40 minutes at Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, using the admission ticket included in the tour price. Take in the gold-leaf pavilion reflected in the pond and the surrounding garden.

Walk the Senbon Torii
at Fushimi Inari Shrine

Spend about 80 minutes at Fushimi Inari Shrine, walking the path of thousands of vermilion torii gates leading up Mt. Inari. At the end of the day, return by bus and get off in either Kyoto or Osaka.

※ If the bus is delayed by traffic or other conditions, time at each stop may be adjusted.
※ The itinerary may change depending on local conditions.