1 Days From £210 (330 USD)

Spend the day in Kyoto exploring the concept of Zen on this guided tour and partake in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony as well as a Buddhist lunch before walking through through the city visiting the temples and shrines of Kyoto. For full no obligation pricing options and operator contact details please enquire: Full Name* Email* Your Country* Afghanistan Albania Algeria Amazon American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bonaire Borneo Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote dIvoire Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Himalayas Honduras Hong Kong and Macau Hungary Iceland India Indochina Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kalahari Desert Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Limpopo River Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mekong Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar - Burma Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Okavango Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Congo Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Rwanda Saba Saint Lucia Saint Martin Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Silk Road Singapore Sint Eustatius Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka St Helena St Kitts and Nevis St Vincent and The Grenadines Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Andes The Antarctic The Arctic Tibet Timor Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu UAE Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay US Virgin Islands Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Victoria Falls Vietnam Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zanzibar Zimbabwe Telephone

Key Information Travel Style: Small Group Start Location: Kyoto, Japan End Location: Kyoto, Japan Accommodation: N/A Period: All Year Round Difficulty: Suitable for Most Travellers About The Operator Accreditations: Sustainability Policy, Ecotourism Principles and CSI Years In Business: 2

Dressed in Japanese traditional clothes (kimono), explore and experience what lies beneath Japanese culture and spirit, focusing primarily on Zen. Start your day by changing your clothes into kimono. Experience a tea ceremony, which originated from Zen Buddhism, and enjoy a soothing, tranquil time. Relish delicately prepared Japanese traditional vegetarian dishes for lunch. Walking through the quiet streets dotted with lovely local shrines and temples, and through a lively geisha district, head to Kyoto’s oldest Zen temple Kennin-ji, which stands solemnly in the midst of the vibrant quarter. Submerge yourself in the world of Zen, and have some time to reflect on your life in peace.

Meet at JR Kyoto Station at 9:00 or 9:30 at subway Gojo station and go to a kimono wholesale dealer to get dressed in the kimono of your choice out of around 200 beautiful, elegant kimonos for women and around 50 quiet-colored chic kimonos for men. Head to a venerable Japanese and green tea shop, which has been in business for more than 130 years, and participate in and learn about the tea ceremony, which is grounded in the spiritual discipline of Zen Buddhism. Enjoy the serene and peaceful time with aromatic green tea and beautiful seasonal wagashi (Japanese sweets). Savor a delicate and beautifully prepared popular Kyoto-style ‘namafu’ lunch. Go on to explore quiet back streets, stopping at small local shrines and temples while enjoying the flavors of everyday life in Kyoto. Also visit an old geisha district. Take a short ride on a train and get off at Shijo, the most vibrant area in Kyoto, then walk through the Gion geisha district to Kennin-ji Temple. This is the oldest Zen temple in Kyoto and was established in 1202 by the Buddhist priest Eisai, who first brought in Zen Buddhism to Japan and introduced the culture of green tea. Solemnly standing in the lively area, Kenjin-ji gives you the time to reflect on your life and soothe yourself in front of a simple but profound rock garden, a beautiful moss garden, and anywhere inside the temple filled with the Zen spirit. After a guided tour inside the temple, enjoy some free time doing whatever you prefer, before going back to the kimono wholesaler to unfasten your obi sash.

A full day by day itinerary will be provided by the tour operator when you make an enquiry about this holiday.

Includes
- Guide
- Lunch
- Tea Ceremony
- Transport
- Kimono hire
- Entry fees

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