Zenkoji Temple tours

We had an absolutely fantastic time with our guide Joyce. She was incredibly knowledgeable and it really helped us fully enjoy all the sights but also gave us some valuable insight into the history of the city. The oyaki restaurant felt intimate and we enjoyed sitting by the fire watching them cook. The sake tasting was also fun, we learned so much and ended up purchasing several things and sent them to our accommodation in Japan for free which was really convenient. During and after the fire ceremony, the monk leading it was kind enough to spend time answering all our questions about the temple. When you visit the main temple, don't miss out on the underground passage! Lastly, our stay at the Shukubo was the perfect way to round out our experience. The hosts were so kind, and both meals were absolutely delicious! She also gave us a great recommendation for lunch inside the station, Meijitei which had amazing local soba noodles and Katsu. Perfect fuel for our snow monkey visit! 10/10 recommend!

eeing the snow monkeys were indeed the highlight of the tour. However, the trip to Zenko-ji was another highlight as this 7th century temple is beautiful. With the folklore shared out by Kay regarding the temple (my groups’s tour guide for first half of the tour), it made joining the tour worthwhile vs visiting such a historical site on your own. The other highlight worth mentioning was lunch at Hotaru-Tei was simply fantastic and delicious. The Snow Monkey Park experience is worth the 25 mins hike up. Beware of falling snow from the trees during winter season, although they add onto the overall experience + the scenery was straight out of a movie set. Do be in appropriate shoes when hiking up during snowy season as the trail is iced up with a mix of sleet + snow + mud. Seeing the monkeys uncaged, roaming freely and dipping in the onsen made the trip worthwhile. The monkeys are very calm around the crowd but do take heed of the advice provided by the tour guided! This tour is highly recommended!

our tour guide James is awesome! He prepared the tour nicely, leaving us enough time to explore and enjoy the scenery. The food he prepared was amazing and organized. It was an entertaining tour of areas near mount fuji. Would highly recommend James as your tour guide.

this is a popular tour and for good reason, it takes you fuss free to Takayama and Shirakawa-go. our guide Leonardo was a friendly guy and very informative. He even curated personal maps with key points marked out both on paper and on Google Maps which I have never seen for any other tour guide. Incredible effort!Everything was well organized and well worth the money paid. The only thing is the time was a little short at Takayama, but in order to keep to the existing schedule I don't think this can be changed.

It’s so easy to visit Amanohashidate & Ine Funaya with this package!! u just need to follow the guide and stay in the bus, no need to use public. Also, the place issss soooo beautiful 😍😍. Lastly, thanks to our tour guide Jay for the best trip and thanks for the free postcard😀all the instructions also so clear and easy to understand.

Thankfully it was a great weather where we can see Mt. Fuji in different locations. Though at the end Mt. Fuji became shy and hid behind the clouds. Overall it was a nice and fun day and experience going to different locations to locations. Guide was also there to explain the locations and also can ask to take a photo of you on the locations.

Absolutely perfect ! The guide was awesome and very knowledgeable without being overwhelming. First, we had some oyaki in a very nice place with very nice people. Then, some sake tasting. After, we visited Zenkoji and had some free time before the fire ceremony. Finally we learned about the tea ceremony at Tsumugi which was incredible. We slept at Ryōshōin Shukubo for the night. Midori-san was so nice and so helpful. The food was incredible. The next day, we went to the morning ceremony then to the crypt. The guide was extremely energetic at 6am and seemed a little bit miffed at realising that the guide we had the day before had basically told us a lot about Zenkoji already. Everything was seriously great and I definitely recommend. Even the terrible weather we had couldn't put a damper on that wonderful day.

highlight was definitely the snow monkeys! So wonderful experience to see them in their zone, soaking in the onsen and wandering around the humans. Hahaha. Lunch provided was also in a beautiful restaurant and the hotpot was soooo good.