PRIVATE Osaka Walking Tour (From Kyoto)

This is a private tour

Walking is the best way to discover Osaka when it is hot, cold, or rainy outside. Osaka walking tour is a great way to see Osaka Castle, Dotonbori and Shinsaibashi on foot and blend in with the locals. This tour is ideal for first time visitors in Osaka You will mostly walk. You will take a train once. Don’t bring a bag and wear comfortable shoes

Osaka Walking Tour Itinerary

-Osaka Castle

-Dotonbori

-Shinsaibashi

-Tsutenkaku

Tsutenkaku tower is regarded as the symbol of Osaka, with its resemblance to Eiffel

Tower in Paris.  It’s also famous as the place where the wooden sculpture of a lovely god called Billiken is exhibited.  Today many people visit here to scratch the sole of this unique god’s feet and laugh, for this is said to bring happiness and fortune to people.

Shinsaibasi-suji is a roofed street stretching about 600 meters in the south center of  Osaka, lined with more than 180 fashionable shops and upscale restaurants. 

The street is always packed with many people from all over the world, strolling and speaking varieties of languages, while taking pictures of themselves standing in front of their favorite places. Free Wi-Fi is available. Connection methods and shop information are provided in 4 different languages; English, Chinese, Korean and Japanese.

Dotonbori, the area that represents and typifies the lively image of Osaka, is always the last destination of Osaka tour. Known for its famous sign displays such as a crab with moving legs, Blow Fish and Glico Man, this area attracts ardent followers of Cui-daore, those who ruin themselves by extravagance in food.

Osaka Castle was once the most extravagant symbol of political power in feudal days, established by one of the most popular unifiers of Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, in 1598. The present castle tower is the 3^rd generation, rebuilt in 1931 through fund-raising movements conducted by concerned Osaka citizens.

Kyoto Tours are available on a daily basis.

Kyoto tours are guided by government licenced and certificated tour guides in Kyoto.

Kyoto Tours usually departs from Maikoya Kyoto at 10am in the morning.

Kyoto Tours usually returns to Maikoya Kyoto at 6pm in the evening

Kyoto Tours had an additional cost of ￥400000 if a private van is needed. Kyoto Tours had an additional cost of ￥900000 if a tour bus is needed.

Kyoto Tours can be adjusted based on your specific needs and desires.

Kyoto Tours participants are allowed to keep their belongings at Maikoya Kyoto (Depends on the group size)

Kyoto tour itineraries may slighly change based on the weather and season. Kyoto Tours also provides tours without tour guides.