Tours, sightseeing tours, activities & things to do | Viator.comKyoto Rail Tour by Bullet Train from Tokyo
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Duration: 12 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Product code: 2142TYO_QT1
If your time in Japan is limited and you don't want to miss the sights of Kyoto, zoom there and back by Bullet train on this comprehensive one-day rail tour from Tokyo. Weather permitting, you'll have splendid views of Mt Fuji from the Shinkansen Bullet train en route. Escorted by a professional guide, you'll embark on an afternoon city tour of Kyoto and enjoy local lunch before returning to Tokyo.
After lunch at the New Miyako Hotel, you'll enjoy an afternoon of sightseeing in the beautiful traditional city of Kyoto. You'll visit the Buddhist Sanjusangendo Hall with its 1,001 impressive images of Buddha, the vermilion-hued Heian Shinto shrine and the Kiyomizu Buddhist temple, with its wooden veranda.
In the early evening you'll board a Shinkansen Bullet train back to Tokyo to spend the evening in the capital.
- Day trip from Tokyo to Kyoto by Bullet train
- Views of Mt Fuji from the Shinkansen Bullet train (weather permitting)
- Lunch at the New Miyako Hotel
- Afternoon sightseeing tour of Kyoto's traditional highlights: Sanjusangendo Hall, Heian Shrine and Kiyomizu Temple
- Choice of standard and first-class Bullet train seat
- English-speaking guide
- Pick-up from selected Tokyo hotels
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Tour options:
Kyoto Rail Tour by Bullet Train from Tokyo
Hamamatsucho Bus Terminal or selected hotels in Tokyo
Departure Time: 9:00am from Hamamatsucho Bus Terminalor
Hotel pickup at:
- Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka/Information Desk - 8:00am
- ANA InterContinental Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:20am
- Ariake Washington/1st Floor Information Desk - 8:00am
- Century Hyatt/Concierge - 7:50am
- Cerulean Tower Tokyu/Guest Relation - 7:40am
- Conrad Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:10am
- Crowne Plaza Metropolitan Tokyo/Bell Desk - 7:40am
- Daiichi Hotel Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:25am
- Four Seasons (Chinzan-so)/Concierge - 8:00am
- Ginza Capital (annex bldg.)/Lobby - 8:00am
- Grand Hyatt Tokyo/Lobby - 8:25am
- Grand Pacific Meridien/Bell Desk - 8:10am
- Grand Palace/Bell Desk - 7:55am
- Hilton Tokyo/Bell Desk - 7:55am
- Imperial (main bldg.)/Bell Desk - 8:25am
- Intercontinental Tokyo Bay/Concierge - 8:30am
- Keio Plaza Tokyo/Front Information Desk - 8:05am
- Laforet Tokyo/Bell Desk - 7:55am
- Le Meridien Pacific Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:15am
- Mandarin Oriental/Bell Desk - 7:50am
- New Otani (main bldg.)/Bell Desk - 7:50am
- New Sanno/Lobby - 8:05am
- Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa/Bell Desk - 8:20am
- Nikko Tokyo/2nd Floor Bell Desk - 8:15am
- Okura (main bldg.)/Assistant Manager Desk - 8:10am
- Park Hotel Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:20am
- Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tokyo/Lobby - 7:50am
- Courtyard by Marriott Tokyo Ginza HotelBell Desk - 8:15am
- Royal Park/Bell Desk - 7:50am
- Royal Park Shiodome Tower/1st Floor Doorman Desk - 8:25am
- Shiba Park/Guest Relation - 8:30am
- Shinagawa Prince Hotel (Main Tower)/Guest Relations - 8:05am
- Shinjuku Washington/3rd Floor Information Desk - 7:45am
- Sunshine City Prince/Bell Desk - 7:30am
- Tokyo Dome/Bell Desk - 8:20am
- Tokyo Prince/Bell Desk - 8:30am
- The Prince Park Tower Tokyo/Bell Desk - 8:20am
- Tokyo St. (Hato Bus at Marunouchi South Exit)/Hato Bus Waiting Room #7 - 8:15am
- Westin Tokyo/Bell Desk - 7:55am
- Yaesu Fujiya/Bell Desk - 8:05am
- Hamamatsucho Bus Terminal/Sunrise Tour Desk - 9:00am
Concludes at Tokyo Station at approximately 9:15pm
- Bullet Train from Tokyo to Kyoto
- Afternoon sightseeing tour of Kyoto
- Lunch
- Professional guide
- Hotel pickup (selected hotels only)
- Local taxes
- Gratuities (optional)
- Hotel drop off
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Wheelchair accessible - if assistance is required, passenger must provide their own carer
- Infant rates apply provided they do not occupy a seat
- Infant meals not included
If you cancel at least 8 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel between 3 and 7 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 per cent cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 per cent cancellation fee.
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Superb guide excellent English, lots of information, the train was amazing, lunch could have been shorter, ... Read more ›
Gila R, Israel, April 2009
Great experience if you don't have more time to stay in Kyoto. Read more ›
Rolando R, Thailand, June 2009
