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    Local guide
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    Gion walking tour (about 70-80 minutes)
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    Meeting Maiko experience (about 90 minutes)
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    Live performance by a maiko and a former geiko (1-2 dances)
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    Conversation with a maiko and a venue owner
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    Q&A session
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    Photo session with a maiko

Know before you book

  • Not suitable for: Children under 10 years, People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users

What you can expect

Discover an exclusive side of Kyoto that few—even locals—ever experience.

This tour offers rare access to a private residence and venue called Ochaya (tea house), where you'll meet a maiko (apprentice geisha) and a former Geiko. In this intimate setting, enjoy a graceful live performance followed by something even more special: a personal conversation.

They will share candid stories about their lives, training, and the traditions of Kyoto’s hidden geisha world—an experience far beyond what most visitors ever see.

Before the encounter, take a guided walk through Gion to explore the very streets where maiko and Geiko live and practice. This short stroll provides rich context to enhance your appreciation of the culture you’re about to step into.

Not just a performance—this is a once-in-a-lifetime cultural exchange with living tradition.

Location

Activity location

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    • Kyoto
    • Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Japan, 〒605-0075 Kyoto, Higashiyama Ward, Nakanochō, 216番地 祇園OKIビル 2階 | [Meet up place] the wargo Kimono Rental-Gionshijo Store. *Please be there 15 minutes before the starting time. Please note that if you do not arrive by the meeting time, the kimono rental will be canceled. However, you will still be able to join the tour. After Changing into Kimono, please go to the Izumo-no-Okuni statue by yourself. It's about 3min walk from the kimono rental store. The tour will start from 2:00pm, so if you finish changing kimono earlier, please feel free to walk around gion area, but please be at the meeting point by 1:45pm. Google map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/24TJRZXpTYHgNm8w5
    • Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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    • 日本、〒605-0076 京都府京都市東山区四条大橋上ル川端町 川端四条 | [Meet up place] The Statue of Izumo-no-Okuni (at the Exit 4 of Keihan Gion Shijo station). Find your guide who holds a green board written "Japan Wonder Travel". *Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before tour start time.
    • Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan